You Still Have Time.

[Mindful]

There remain few expressions better able to capture the futility of a task than one which compares our efforts to ‘rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.’ The hull has been breached, the ship is sinking; to concern ourselves, at such a moment, with the position of the loungers would be the ultimate folly, the deepest possible failure to recognise the true hopelessness of the situation.

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[Mindful]

The point seems grimly apt because we are, many of us, a little like the passengers on a stricken liner. Our larger hopes in life have been fatally holed: we see now that our career won’t ever particularly flourish; our relationships will always be compromised; we’ve passed our peak in terms of looks; our bodies are going to fall prey to ever more humiliating illnesses; society isn’t going to cure itself; significant political progress looks deeply improbable. Our ship is going down. It can feel as if trying to improve our condition, let alone find pleasure and distraction would be an insult to the facts. Our instinct is to be as funereal and gloomy as our ultimate end.

So, though we can’t be saved, though the end will be grim, we still have options as to how to use our remaining time. We are involved in a catastrophe, but there are better and worse ways of filling the days. In the circumstances, expending thought and effort on ‘rearranging the deckchairs’ is no longer ridiculous at all, it’s an eminently logical step; there could be no higher calling.

 

[Grumblenuts]

"What are our viable versions of seeking the best spot for a deckchair on a listing liner?"
Dunno, but I'd be busy building a raft from them regardless.

 

[Mindful]

As Gandalf said:

"All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us." -

 

[Grumblenuts]

Life is short. Quit wasting it on philosophy!

 

[Mindful]

Life is short. Quit wasting it on philosophy!

Well, we can always come to this place.

What a way to go!

 

[BULLDOG]

There remain few expressions better able to capture the futility of a task than one which compares our efforts to ‘rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.’ The hull has been breached, the ship is sinking; to concern ourselves, at such a moment, with the position of the loungers would be the ultimate folly, the deepest possible failure to recognise the true hopelessness of the situation.

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Do you ever stop whining?

 

[Mindful]

Thanks for that.

 

[rightwinger]

The hull has been breached, the ship is sinking; to concern ourselves, at such a moment, with the position of the loungers would be the ultimate folly

If the ship is being evacuated, you need to move the deck chairs out of the way so people can access the lifeboats

 

[Mindful]

If the ship is being evacuated, you need to move the deck chairs out of the way so people can access the lifeboats

Does that apply to the metaphor of life?.

 

[rightwinger]

Does that apply to the metaphor of life?.

Yes
Your metaphor is WRONG

With all those people on the deck, you want to get those deck chairs out of the way.
Rearranging the deck chairs makes sense

 

[Mindful]

Rearranging the deck chairs makes sense

I’ll see to it right away.

A way to pass the time left to me.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

If the ship is being evacuated, you need to move the deck chairs out of the way so people can access the lifeboats

Go back to sleep and let the adults figure this shit out.

 

[Hellokitty]

If the ship is being evacuated, you need to move the deck chairs out of the way so people can access the lifeboats

The expression refers to doing something knowing it won't improve the situation, of there not being enough lifeboats.

 

[rightwinger]

Go back to sleep and let the adults figure this shit out.

Thankfully, I would not have to deal with you in a crisis like a sinking ship

Hey!
Don‘t touch those Deck Chairs!

 

[Mindful]

Thankfully, I would not have to deal with you in a crisis like a sinking ship

But you have to deal with the existential crisis of life, on a daily basis.

 

[rightwinger]

But you have to deal with the existential crisis of life, on a daily basis.

Existential crisis of life?
What a Snowflake

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Thankfully, I would not have to deal with you in a crisis like a sinking ship

Hey!
Don‘t touch those Deck Chairs!

You're right. You wouldn't have to deal with me in such a situation. I have the intelligence to have an exit strategy in place LONG before the ship starts sinking.

 

[Mindful]

Existential crisis of life?
What a Snowflake

It’s not my fault you don’t get things.

 

[Blues Man]

If the ship is being evacuated, you need to move the deck chairs out of the way so people can access the lifeboats

All the lifeboats have holes in them so you better know how to swim