Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

[Udhay Shankar N]

On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 11:17 PM Charles Haynes 
wrote:

The idea of an “anti-bucket list” is antithetical to my approach to life. I
> can easily understand why someone would have a list of things they want to
> do, but what’s the point of having a list of things you absolutely refuse
> to consider ever doing?


Speaking for myself, I started the thread as I wanted to put down a list of
things that people seem to want to do (or at least say that they want to
do) that I would not consider doing. Or so 2019/20 Udhay thinks.

Udhay

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

[Deepa Mohan]

It would be ironic if one of the things on my bucket list was making an
anti-bucket list.

Deepa.

On Fri, 3 Jan, 2020, 03:31 Heather Madrone,  wrote:

> +1
>
> Charles Haynes wrote on 1/2/20 9:47 AM January 2, 2020:
> > The idea of an “anti-bucket list” is antithetical to my approach to
> life. I
> > can easily understand why someone would have a list of things they want
> to
> > do, but what’s the point of having a list of things you absolutely refuse
> > to consider ever doing?
>
> I think many of us make declarations of the form "If I never do X
> [again], it will be too soon."
>
> I have even told my family "If I ever take up quilting, shoot me."
>
> I don't know why I would want to build a thought-horde of experiences I
> would hate, though.
>
> Is there some pleasurable aspect here that I'm missing?
>
> --hmm
>
>

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

[Charles Haynes]

I certainly have a list of "a supposedly fun thing that I'll never do again
"
but unless it's to say "ooh, look at this unpleasant thing that OTHER
people do" I'm not sure I get it.

And even those things I think I never want to do again, the universe has a
way of making us eat our words.

-- Charles

PS Wingsuit flying and BASE jumping are things I don't expect to ever try,
just because they're too risky for my taste not because I'm opposed to them.

PPS I will try cazu maru if I get a chance.

On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 at 16:00, Heather Madrone  wrote:

> +1
>
> Charles Haynes wrote on 1/2/20 9:47 AM January 2, 2020:
> > The idea of an “anti-bucket list” is antithetical to my approach to
> life. I
> > can easily understand why someone would have a list of things they want
> to
> > do, but what’s the point of having a list of things you absolutely refuse
> > to consider ever doing?
>
> I think many of us make declarations of the form "If I never do X
> [again], it will be too soon."
>
> I have even told my family "If I ever take up quilting, shoot me."
>
> I don't know why I would want to build a thought-horde of experiences I
> would hate, though.
>
> Is there some pleasurable aspect here that I'm missing?
>
> --hmm
>

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

[Heather Madrone]

+1

Charles Haynes wrote on 1/2/20 9:47 AM January 2, 2020:

The idea of an “anti-bucket list” is antithetical to my approach to life. I
can easily understand why someone would have a list of things they want to
do, but what’s the point of having a list of things you absolutely refuse
to consider ever doing?


I think many of us make declarations of the form "If I never do X 
[again], it will be too soon."


I have even told my family "If I ever take up quilting, shoot me."

I don't know why I would want to build a thought-horde of experiences I 
would hate, though.


Is there some pleasurable aspect here that I'm missing?

--hmm

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

[Charles Haynes]

The idea of an “anti-bucket list” is antithetical to my approach to life. I
can easily understand why someone would have a list of things they want to
do, but what’s the point of having a list of things you absolutely refuse
to consider ever doing?

I mean sure, there are things I think now that I would never want to do,
but when I was a child I didn’t like beets too and couldn’t imagine ever
liking them.

Now l love beets.

— Charles

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

[Jim Grisanzio]

On 2019/12/26 10:30, Shoba Narayan wrote:


Thanks for pointing Casu Marzu out Udhay. Had never heard of it before.

For me, a similar list would be
1. Networking events.
2. Anything in this list .



Wow, that's quite a list at that link up there. :) I've had a few of 
them but not all. Cheers for a great New Year.


Jim

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

[Shoba Narayan]

Thanks for pointing Casu Marzu out Udhay. Had never heard of it before.

For me, a similar list would be
1. Networking events.
2. Anything in this list .

Shoba
--
https://shobanarayan.com/


>
>

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

[Thaths]

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 3:15 AM Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> Inspired by something I saw on reddit, what are the things you "can't be
> paid enough to try", and why not?
>
> For me, an incomplete list:
>
> - Summiting any meaningful peak. Frostbite and oxygen deprivation? No
> thanks.
>

Anything that pumps up my adrenal glads Maybe it is a genetic
condition of some sort that makes me allergic to adrenaline, but I just
don't derive pleasure from these pursuits. The same goes for horror movies.

Thaths
-- 
Homer: Hey, what does this job pay?
Carl:  Nuthin'.
Homer: D'oh!
Carl:  Unless you're crooked.
Homer: Woo-hoo!

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

[Udhay Shankar N]

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 10:50 PM Peter Griffin 
wrote:

> - Starting another company from scratch. Been there, done that, had fun,
> > not doing it again.
> >
>
> You were not paid enough to try?
>

These days, I get paid for helping others navigate the path of
entrepreneurship.

Udhay

-- 

((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

[Peter Griffin]

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 4:45 PM Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> Inspired by something I saw on reddit, what are the things you "can't be
> paid enough to try", and why not?
>
> For me, an incomplete list:
>
> - Summiting any meaningful peak. Frostbite and oxygen deprivation? No
> thanks.
> - Starting another company from scratch. Been there, done that, had fun,
> not doing it again.
>

You were not paid enough to try?

- Casu Marzu. No. Just no.
>
>
Sky-diving
Bhut jolokia

[silk] The anti-bucket list

[Udhay Shankar N]

Inspired by something I saw on reddit, what are the things you "can't be
paid enough to try", and why not?

For me, an incomplete list:

- Summiting any meaningful peak. Frostbite and oxygen deprivation? No
thanks.
- Starting another company from scratch. Been there, done that, had fun,
not doing it again.
- Casu Marzu. No. Just no.

-- 

((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))