Conversations with Ani

You said the youtube comments were procrastination. We generally associate activities that aren't conventionally productive to the self or society as ones that are pointless - thus indulging in them is procrastination.

But that requires us to set about understanding why productivity is important. It's important, I suppose, because we are genetically built to propagate and ensure the continuation of our genetic coding. When we're productive, we make our species more resilient. But what of it? So we live longer as a species? Towards what end?

We will one day die. We know this in our lifetime. So we keep ourselves busy till we die, and when we do, we smile thinking of how much more resilient we made our species.

We live in a world of probabilities and I can safely assume that the probability of the extinction of our species (and life on earth) is non zero. Perhaps infinitesimally small, but non zero. Given we're this resilient, I can again safely assume that we're going to persevere until we can't. In theory, life will exist for an infinitely long time. In this infinitely long time span, the probability of an event with an infinitesimally small chance of occurring is a certainty. Eventually, it stops. It could be the sun burning out, a meteor or just stupidity. It doesn't matter.

So given that there is this end (for us and our species), what is it that we do but procrastinate?

It sounds morose. I don't mean it to. It's only morose if you think of death morosely. I don't. It's inevitable. It's like a roller coaster ride that ends. Just because it ends, doesn't mean the ride isn't epic

MindSpeak

Thirsty.

Decent movie. Slow so far. Different telling of Batman. No. Definitely more about Bruce Wayne. Hm, it's not Batman's story, it's the story of a man. Anybody can be Batman.

Thirsty.

Guess I'll get up. Ugh.

Inox isn't shabby. Could be worse. Could be PVR.

Hm. Diet Coke or Thums Up?

Diet Coke is guilt free. But aspartame. Donald Rumsfeld lead the legislation of aspartame. History of not making the best moral choices. Higher blood sugar levels? Guilt Free.

Poda. Thums Up.

Sucha long line. Two tills. But only one open. Ugh. Inefficiency. I can do this better. Shouldn't I be? Invisibile Hand? Run them out of business?

Oo. My turn. Thums Up.

Pretty girl. What's she ordering? Pulpy Orange. Damn it, should have got that.

Why can't girls be witty and wry? Especially the pretty ones? Look at this one. Pulpy Orange. Who orders that? Ugh. I'm sure she doesn't even know the rules of poker.

Haha, he spilt his coke. Poor sap. Extra Large. Two. Haha. Don't laugh. Empathy. Buys his girlfriend Extra Large Coke. Spills it. Haha. Girls would never see the irony. They'd cry. And be sad. Gentle souls. Boring. This pretty one. No spice, I'm sure.

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Oh my. That's quite a nice smile. Bittersweet. Pretty. Her eyes see the irony. What do I know? Maybe they aren't all vacant.

Pulpy Orange. Damn it, should have got that.