Theme of the week
I dunno, you wait ages for one theme of the week entry from me then two come along at once :¬p
So, this weeks theme is:
If you could go back in time and change one decision that you made in your life, what would it be?
And the answer is…
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
Not one single moment or decision from my life would be changed if I had a TARDIS.
(Course, I’d be too busy watching classic Aberdeen matches and telling random people I HAS A TARDIS! in the first place.)
The reason? There are a few. For a start, I happen to be one of those people who believes that everything happens for a reason. It’s the puzzle about the British sniper and the German soldier in WWI writ large. I don’t see the point in dwelling on these things. Yeah, I could say that i’d finish my degree but then I’d probably still be an unemployed wannabe writer just with a degree in psychology and criminology behind me.
The other reason is that when you make the choice as to what you’d change, you really have to remember what it is you would be changing. Humans are not just a collection of flesh, bone, meat, sinews and liquids. We are also the collection of our experiences. If someone were to clone you, would the clone actually BE you? Up to the point when it was created. After that, unless the two of you follow absolute parallel lives, right down to the second, you will be different people, just with the same genetic makeup.
And, really, why would you want to? In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Joel decides to get his ex removed from his memory, partly in revenge for her doing the same to him. He is stunned, however, when he realises that by doing so he’s not just getting rid of the bad stuff, but the good times as well.
And so the situation is here. I could say that I would never have split up with The Ex or got back together with her the first time, or even getting together with her in the first place. But those choices lined up and contributed to me moving to Middlesbrough in the first place. I’ve had some good times here and made some amazing friends. Admittedly, I’ve had some bad times and some bizarre times. But I wouldn’t change the time I’ve had here for the world so why on Earth would I go back and change something that led to me being here to begin with?
But, that’s just me.
Will
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just don’t forget, every time you step out of the TARDIS, you have to exclaim incredulously, “But that’s impossible!”, and then the Daleks show up despite being wiped out half a dozen times…
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just don’t forget, every time you step out of the TARDIS, you have to exclaim incredulously, “But that’s impossible!”, and then the Daleks show up despite being wiped out half a dozen times…
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just don’t forget, every time you step out of the TARDIS, you have to exclaim incredulously, “But that’s impossible!”, and then the Daleks show up despite being wiped out half a dozen times…
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i’m with you on this one.
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i’m with you on this one.
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i’m with you on this one.
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I don’t know if I’d _change_ anything, but I certainly might do the mind wipe.
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I don’t know if I’d _change_ anything, but I certainly might do the mind wipe.
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I don’t know if I’d _change_ anything, but I certainly might do the mind wipe.
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I think I agree. I wish I’d had the sense not to make some of my mistakes but I don’t wish to change them.
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I think I agree. I wish I’d had the sense not to make some of my mistakes but I don’t wish to change them.
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I think I agree. I wish I’d had the sense not to make some of my mistakes but I don’t wish to change them.
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I agree with you there. But one thing does puzzle me, what is the puzzle about the British sniper and the German soldier? I’ve never heard of that one.
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I agree with you there. But one thing does puzzle me, what is the puzzle about the British sniper and the German soldier? I’ve never heard of that one.
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I agree with you there. But one thing does puzzle me, what is the puzzle about the British sniper and the German soldier? I’ve never heard of that one.
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I agree completely with you on this. I remember a quote from Capt. Kirk in Star Trek when he was asked a similar question, what pain would he want to part with from his past? He said: ‘pain and guilt can’t be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They’re the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don’t want my pain taken away! I needmy pain!’ That’s how I feel about my past, to change them is to change who we are. Not going to do that… Later,
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I agree completely with you on this. I remember a quote from Capt. Kirk in Star Trek when he was asked a similar question, what pain would he want to part with from his past? He said: ‘pain and guilt can’t be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They’re the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don’t want my pain taken away! I needmy pain!’ That’s how I feel about my past, to change them is to change who we are. Not going to do that… Later,
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I agree completely with you on this. I remember a quote from Capt. Kirk in Star Trek when he was asked a similar question, what pain would he want to part with from his past? He said: ‘pain and guilt can’t be taken away with a wave of a magic wand. They’re the things we carry with us, the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves. I don’t want my pain taken away! I needmy pain!’ That’s how I feel about my past, to change them is to change who we are. Not going to do that… Later,
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Well said.
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Well said.
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Well said.
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It can be shown, mathematically, that the only things you can change are the ones that won’t result in your not being able to go back. In that respect, Back to the Future gets it right.
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It can be shown, mathematically, that the only things you can change are the ones that won’t result in your not being able to go back. In that respect, Back to the Future gets it right.
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It can be shown, mathematically, that the only things you can change are the ones that won’t result in your not being able to go back. In that respect, Back to the Future gets it right.
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