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FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

There are a finite number of seconds in your life and you just spent some reading this post

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There are a finite number of seconds in your life and you just spent some reading this post

FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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  • YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world
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    55 minutes ago

    I was shitting at the same time, so whats your point? 😀

  • thethrilloftime69@feddit.online
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    Is everything dumb a complete waste of time?

    • Chaotic_Altruist@lemmy.zip
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      Always has been.

      Conversely, you can do some pretty cool stuff with the (arguable not that important) life you’ve been given, and you can enjoy wherever you’re at.

      But nothing anybody ever does will matter that much on a cosmic scale. So no stress.

  • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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    You were worth every single second

  • Willdrick@lemmy.world
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    Jokes on you, I’m here doubling down, spending more seconds posting this comment:

    Have a great and fruitful rest of your life, dear internet stranger!

  • SuDmit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” — Bertrand Russell or something. Also while finite, it is still very big number.

    Another point, I am already on lemmy, I am here exactly for this purpose. Gonna read all comments too.

    • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
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      Are you going to read this one?

      • SuDmit@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        10 hours ago

        And reply too

  • Archimedes@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    Eh, I watched Tron.

  • Miller@lemmy.world
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    Finite but not fixed, maybe the time spent on this caused me to miss some rendezvous with fate I otherwise had and so gained a great many seconds by it.

  • No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org
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    18 hours ago

    3 times in the last 3h

  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I also spent some replying

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    At some low point in my life I binge-watched the entirety of “How I Met Your Mother”… Trust me, you cannot hurt me the way I’ve hurt myself. 😔🤣

  • yaroto98@lemmy.world
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    Eh, I wasn’t using them.

  • smaximov@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I now spent some more fantasizing about your mom.

  • hydrashok@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Thanks for wasting my time!

    /s

    • Linktank@lemmy.today
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      22 hours ago

      This, but serious.

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    You bastard, you stole 14 seconds from me! I want them back, do you hear?!

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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      You don’t read too good, do ya?

    • TheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      It took you 14 seconds to read that!?!?

  • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
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    *is a finite number of seconds

    • bottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Either is correct because the sentence can be read with either number or seconds as the subject:

      There are (a finite number of) seconds…

      There is a finite number [measuring the] seconds

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