I don't define myself by my leg.
I didn't say it was rational.  HIV testing is ninety-nine percent accurate, which means there are some people who test positive, who live with their own impending doom for months or years before finding out Everything's okay. Weirdly, most of them don't react with happiness, or Even anger. They get depressed, not because they wanted to die, but because they've defined themselves by their disease. Suddenly, what made them 'them' isn't real.
If you've got a good life, you're healthy, you've got no reason to bitch, no reason to hate life. Well, here's the flaw in your argument: if I enjoy hating life, I don't hate life, I enjoy it.
If you've got a good life, you're healthy, you've got no reason to bitch, no reason to hate life. Well, here's the flaw in your argument: if I enjoy hating life, I don't hate life, I enjoy it. [SEP] I didn't say it was rational.  HIV testing is ninety-nine percent accurate, which means there are some people who test positive, who live with their own impending doom for months or years before finding out Everything's okay. Weirdly, most of them don't react with happiness, or Even anger. They get depressed, not because they wanted to die, but because they've defined themselves by their disease. Suddenly, what made them 'them' isn't real. [SEP] I don't define myself by my leg.