Questions (Phone)

[ceasetoexist]

[At first, there's just silence over the phone, like someone knocked it over and forgot to put the receiver back up. Finally, after a few moments of this and of fake starts, Pokey finally speaks.]

So, with all the stupid age crap going on, I got a question for you people.

If you could stay one age, forever, would you? Or would you choose to keep aging?

Because, I mean, why wouldn't you want to stay the same age, right? I mean, it's pretty much immortality, and you wouldn't really miss out on anything by not getting older or anything. Really, you'd be doing better then them, right? So yeah.

Sorry, stupid question. Because it's not like anyone WOULDN'T take immortality when given the option. Because everyone would choose immortality.

Right?

Comments

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

But if somebody had the power do to something bad, like cause a world disaster, and applied your logic then what?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Then they still have the right to do it. Guy might be at fault for being a huge jerk, but it's also the fault of everyone else for not being prepared to preempt something like it. People get crushed because they aren't strong enough. And when that's the case, they deserve it.

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

[Does that mean you deserved to be burned to death because you weren't strong enough?? Good thing Kyrie doesn't know that.]

You can't prepare for something you have no idea about.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Well of course it doesn't apply to himself, silly! Though deep down he'd probably say yes, considering how self-loathing he is.]

Yeah well....that's why you've got to have lots of plans!

[CLEARLY THIS IS A GREAT ARGUMENT!]

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

Planning for the absolute unknown means you're going to end up with a lot of headaches.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

But the headaches would ultimately be worth it if it kept something bad from happening to you!

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

The likely hood of planing for every possible scenario is little to none. You might overwork yourself to death before you make a plan for every situation.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Not if you're a genius.

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

Being a genius and seeing into the future are two different things, Pokey.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but-

See-

[Well shit. You've just crushed his childish little train of thought, Kyrie.]

Well you still ought to be able to tell if something bad is coming up! I mean, the hardest ones to really recognize are natural disasters, and...and there are ways to predict those anyway!

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

Not everything can be predicted. If it could then there wouldn't be so many things wrong in the world. If we could predict everything that would happen in Mayfield, as an example, then it would be easier to live in this situation.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

..........

Yeah. You're right.

[And now he has to concede defeat and pout. Because that's more or less what Pokeys do.]

[enviousmath.livejournal.com]

Don't worry too much about the future. Not that you have to if you live forever in one age.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I guess not.