Merry Christmas~

Cheers, same to you~

One year closer to the end of the world. Cross fingers.

One year closer to the end of the world. Cross fingers. — The Great Whatever

Indeed, but in the meantime, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Glad Yule, joyeux Noël, carpe diem, sic transit gloria mundi, auld lang syne, etc. BTW, are you crossing your fingers for a quicker end of the world, or a later one?

It is especially kind, gracious, and noble of you to give up social media in favor of your family. You'll probably experience withdrawal. More beer, in that case.

Here's an old favorite Christmas piece by Stan Freberg, 1958:

In light of Christmas, I share my still-favorite x-mas song, as unhappy as it might be. Ahhh what can I say -- I try to be happy, but if you ask me, these are the things that make me happy.

I wish a "MERRY SOMETHING" to all.

My favorite holiday song:



All the best!

Meow!

GREG

I wish a "MERRY SOMETHING" to all. — Mayor of Simpleton

I agree with you there, something is always better than nothing.

Whatever you celebrate, whatever you believe, I hope you you have a very happy one of them.

And definitely a Happy New Year to everyone.

(L)

I'm busy setting up my Tauroctony scene on my lawn, complete with Mirthras, his bull, Helios, Cautes and Cautopates. I hope the neighbors don't mind.

Here's my favourite Christmas song, from Tom Lehrer. Best to all.

Merry Christmas to all, and thanks everyone for making this new forum a good place to be. I haven't been participating much of late because of work and getting drunk, but I'll be back with a vengeance in the New Year.

My best wishes to all for this Holiday Season, and I hope 2016 is the best year yet!

Merry Christmas to y'all! Above is my favorite Christmas song. It's not exactly a happy song, but I always have a soft spot for sad songs -- especially one's sung by half-drunk sounding irreverant celtic punk bands.

MERRY CHRISTMAS BOYS AND GIRLS!!! :) Hope our community thrives, and thanks to all of you for the opportunity you have given me to have intelligent discussions together, and hopefully learn something from each other! :) All the best!

What's with the depressing thoughts ? :P And btw, what's your avatar supposed to be?

It's not depressing, it's happy. And my avatar is from the cover of the Jethro Tull album, A Passion Play.

The world ending? Why the hurry? :P

Because then there would be no more suffering.

Neither would there be any joy :P I will welcome the end when it comes - in the hands of the gods - as the Ancients would say - but it doesn't concern me much - only life makes sense to me, I cannot even conceive death anymore, except in the abstract. I feel immortal, even if I die.

There already isn't any joy. That was all made up by poets who couldn't get laid.

Ahh surely - but then what about those who could get laid?

Or joy!

Joy to the world! (I so hate that Christmas carol; as though joy is obtainable only from accepting a savior!)

Don't worry, be happy! And not just at Christmas time...

They already had everything they wanted so they didn't invent or do much of anything.

So surely - they were joyous then :P - therefore there is joy

No, most committed suicide. Those that didn't endured a hollow living death.

Why did they commit suicide? Sex wasn't satisfying enough then?

There already isn't any joy. That was all made up by poets who couldn't get laid. — The Great Whatever

Edgy.

Perverse.

Because then there would be no more suffering. — The Great Whatever

I agree with Agustino. I classic Buddhist response to why a monk doesn't kill themselves (to get rid of suffering) would be that it also means there is no more happiness, joy, pleasure, etc. It would be a shame to throw all that potential away.

They already had everything they wanted so they didn't invent or do much of anything. — The Great Whatever

Feynman was a real ladies man, and yet was one of the most important physicists of our time.