Life is short...

[giskardsb 12,565]

I lost a friend this weekend... he died in his sleep.  Why is this in Gaga Topics you may ask?

It made me think of course, about whats important; and maybe help give some people in this fanbase some perspective.

Amy Winehouse died before this point that Gaga is at.  Her fans ( including me) never got to see her full fruition as an artist, to see what other directions she would go.   We all know of the infamous 27 club.  Jim Morrison's fans never got to see what he would be capable of.   The same is true for many artists that died way too young.

It's been 2 years and 7 months since ARTPOP.  Yet people complain like its been 10 years.   

You absolutely never know when your time may be up, or the time of an artist that you respect and admire.  There are way more important things in the world than whether Gaga has released LG5 yet, including many of the issues that she speaks about that some of you are calling a "distraction."  

I get that you are "thirsty" for music, but get some perspective on life.   All the bitching is a waste of your time and perpetuates a negative attitude that you don't need.   Are you going to go through life like that, complaining all the time when things aren't going your way?  Is that how you are going to waste the time you have here, by harassing a pop star over the fact that you don't think she is working fast enough for you?

Get a grip on reality people.  You may be cynical about Gaga's message of kindness, but it's needed, and mostly by those that are complaining the loudest that she is "wasting time" talking about it.

In the meantime, give a hug to those you love.   They might not be here tomorrow.  And appreciate what Gaga has given you to enjoy to this point in her career.   She's made the world a brighter place for all of us, or we wouldn't be here.   Quit trying to cast shadows over that light or complain that it's not bright enough for you.   You want to know the message of the Dalai Lama, of Buddhism in general?  Live for today, because the past is the past and the future may not come.  Don't spend your life in negative pursuits because it's a waste of your time.  I don't always manage to follow that credo either, but it's a goal.

 

 

 

 

[Mikey Monster 1,561]

I agree. I'm SO sorry for your loss sweetie <3 

[littlepotter 75,083]

I'm really sorry we really don't know how lucky we are. 

[giskardsb 12,565]

6 minutes ago, WineWater said:

So sorry for your loss, but are you using his death to criticize users of this stupid site?

no, just trying to get people to think a bit about the fact that life is short and think about how you spend it.  But you bring up a good point and I see how you could think that and I'll change the wording of the title and part of my post.

 

 

 

[Decodekid 28,168]

really really sorry about your friend, and yes you got a point, there's just so much other important things to worry about atm rather than just a release 

[KURUSHITOVSKA 20,451]

[Didymus 34,379]

I don't buy this "giving you a lecture is also kindness" thing. Kindness in this context would just be to be kind to the people who are doing something you don't like (i.e. complaining about LG5 not coming soon enough) in general.

You're clearly frustrated by the behavior of some people here, and that automatically annuls anything you're trying to say in the form you're saying it in

[Sara 1,128]

5 hours ago, Didymus said:

I don't buy this "giving you a lecture is also kindness" thing. Kindness in this context would just be to be kind to the people who are doing something you don't like (i.e. complaining about LG5 not coming soon enough) in general.

You're clearly frustrated by the behavior of some people here, and that automatically annuls anything you're trying to say in the form you're saying it in

What I don't buy is this assumption that there can't be one exception to prove a rule.  If I say I don't like people who are prejudiced, I get accused of being prejudiced against prejudiced people.  If I hate the amount of hate there is in the world, does that really make me a hypocrite?  

When I was little, my little brother was bullying another kid, and my mom lost it and yanked him by the arm and hissed through her teeth "YOU....BE....NICE....TO.....OTHERS!!!!"  What she did wasn't an example of being nice, but I don't think it was wrong.   Maybe that's because I fight with my little brother a lot. 

Life IS too short to get upset about LG5, but it's not too short to try and warn others from focusing on trivial things.  So giskardsb warning people about wasting time on trivial things is a very different thing than people complaining that LG5 is late.   Even if this site is trivial, the people on it are not. 

 

[Runway 27,876]

PopStar years work like dog years tho  

[Didymus 34,379]

15 minutes ago, Sara said:

Life IS too short to get upset about LG5, but it's not too short to try and warn others from focusing on trivial things.

I think they're both equally trivial pursuits. Trying to tell someone what to do, based on whatever authority you imagine yourself to have, is not admirable in any way in my book.

The only real difference between fans complaining about LG5 and the intent of this thread is that the latter imagines itself to be above the concept of complaining because it's actually based on "correct morality", but that's not very different from the Gaga fans imagining themselves to be correct for demanding stuff from Gaga based on the fact that they've supported her all this way and they're not getting anything valuable back anymore.

Just because things sound nice and idealistic doesn't mean it's different from what's being complained about.

[Sara 1,128]

19 minutes ago, Didymus said:

I think they're both equally trivial pursuits. Trying to tell someone what to do, based on whatever authority you imagine yourself to have, is not admirable in any way in my book.

The only real difference between fans complaining about LG5 and the intent of this thread is that the latter imagines itself to be above the concept of complaining because it's actually based on "correct morality", but that's not very different from the Gaga fans imagining themselves to be correct for demanding stuff from Gaga based on the fact that they've supported her all this way and they're not getting anything valuable back anymore.

Just because things sound nice and idealistic doesn't mean it's different from what's being complained about.

So are you telling me not to tell someone what to do?  And you site your "book" as your authority to judge my authority as imagined?       

Telling someone to not get upset over trivial matters is more important than getting upset over trivial matters. 

 

 

 

 

[Didymus 34,379]

25 minutes ago, Sara said:

So are you telling me not to tell someone what to do?  And you site your "book" as your authority to judge my authority as imagined?      

I'm not telling you to do anything.. that's like the third time now in the last hour I see you inserting things into my posts

Any authority is imagined, including my own. It wasn't a personal dig.

25 minutes ago, Sara said:

Telling someone to not get upset over trivial matters is more important than getting upset over trivial matters. 

And you don't think this thread was made in response to the original poster being upset about the ultimate triviality: people complaining about a damn pop album not coming soon enough? Please. The two don't cancel each other out. Imo telling someone to do anything already marks you being upset as a necessity.

I'm not telling him not to get upset, he can do that all he likes. But he opened a place to discuss whether life is really too short to spend it the way a group of people likes to, and I voiced my opinion, and anything else is your own inappropriate reading.

[ryanripley 86,575]

yes, life is way too short and i'd love to see the world before i end up stuck behind a desk for the rest of my life

infact i'd like to spend the rest of my life seeing the world and not be stuck behind a desk at all  

[Bradley 59,023]

6 hours ago, Didymus said:

I don't buy this "giving you a lecture is also kindness" thing. Kindness in this context would just be to be kind to the people who are doing something you don't like (i.e. complaining about LG5 not coming soon enough) in general.

You're clearly frustrated by the behavior of some people here, and that automatically annuls anything you're trying to say in the form you're saying it in

I don't get why 'giving a lecture' is brought up here, the OP seems like he genuinely wants to change the culture here on GGD, without wanting to be placed at a superiority as in 'I'm more moral than you because I don't whine about LG5 not being released yet'. What I'm trying to say is that you might have been a little harsh on him by claiming him to have given us a lecture, when in fact he was just sharing a value that he believes in. I might have misunderstood something, go easy on me, I'm pretty exhausted right now.

[Sara 1,128]

2 minutes ago, Didymus said:

And you don't think this thread was made in response to the ultimate triviality: people complaining about a damn pop album not coming soon enough? Please.

I'm not telling him to get upset, he can do that all he likes. But he opened a place to discuss whether life is really too short to spend it the way a group of people likes to, and I voiced my opinion, and anything else is your own inappropriate reading.

Life is too short to spend it on trivial things, and yet we all spend it on trivial things (like moderating a Gaga fan site) to some degree.      However, there is nothing wrong with someone reminding us from time to time of the bigger picture, let we waste our whole lives on trivial pursuits.