Question:
Who defines what a life is?
I tend to become a little irritated when I hear people say to someone, whether it be online or in the real world, 'get a life.'
Is it society that determines what a life should be? Is there someplace we vote on what are the acceptable standards for living?
If someone is happy living as a hobbit, I say let them. Some of the greatest artists and composers of all time,. whether it be from an actually social disorder, or by choice, had little social contact with the public at all, they lived through their art, and they lived well.
This especially perturbs me as the norm for college aged kids is to spend their free time as mindless zombies getting wasted.
I'm a musician, and I spend most of my time with my art. I don't relate to many of my peers, but I do go out for the occasional social occasion with those I do hold deer to me, though living through my deepest hours of depression I can understand those who can not.
What are your insights, should anyone be able to judge a life?
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Only the living, and then, only those with language, and again those with languages that allow definition. Rocks could care.