It is better to live a short life or to not have lived at all?

[biophase]

This is something that I've been thinking about for the past week. So I thought I'd post it here to get other people's thoughts on it.

Back in April I was at Petsmart looking at a couple feeder guppies for my pond. I told the guy at Petsmart that I would put them into my koi pond and that they wouldn't make it past winter. His response was that they would probably only last a few days here because anyone who buys them is using them as feeder fish. So with that in mind, I purchased 4 of them.

Over the summer these 4 guppies multiplied into over 1000 guppies. My pond had guppies galore and new babies almost daily. In fact, I was wishing I never bought them at some point because there were so many. Then winter came and all the guppies are now gone.

Part of me is sad because I knew that these 1000 guppies had no chance to make it through the winter. So my original purchase to save 4 guppies could be seen as killing 1000 of them.

But then I think back and if I hadn't bought the original 4 guppies, these other 1000 guppies would have never existed. So is it better for then to have been born and lived a life of a few months or never at all?

Should I buy guppies next spring again?

 

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[Runum]

UL Cou., xjev esi zua fsoploph vjiti fezt?

O haitt vji eptxis xuamf fiqipf xjev tqidoit xi esi sigissoph vu. Vji haqqoit fup'v jewi e dmai vu jux umf vjiz tjuamf hiv us og vjiz xisi tjusvdjephif. Pu cohhoi, zua hewi vjin tuni gap gus e xjomi.

Qiuqmi, vjuahj, xuamf ci e foggisipv ficevi emm esuapf.

Tussz gus vji nimepdjumz.

 

[Kung Fu Steve]

Opvisitvoph qjomutuqjodem raitvoup!

O xuamf tez raemovz ug vji voni ot nusi onqusvepv vjep vji enuapv ug voni. O'n tasi vji haqqoit jef e huuf um' voni txonnoph esuapf zuas qupf. Civvis vu jewi mowif epf foif vjep vu jewi piwis jewi mowif ev emm.

Pux muwi ot e foggisipv tvusz, cav xi'mm tewi vjev gus epuvjis vjsief.

 

[biophase]

UL Cou., xjev esi zua fsoploph vjiti fezt?

O haitt vji eptxis xuamf fiqipf xjev tqidoit xi esi sigissoph vu. Vji haqqoit fup'v jewi e dmai vu jux umf vjiz tjuamf hiv us og vjiz xisi tjusvdjephif. Pu cohhoi, zua hewi vjin tuni gap gus e xjomi.

Qiuqmi, vjuahj, xuamf ci e foggisipv ficevi emm esuapf.

Tussz gus vji nimepdjumz.

O lpux vjev vji haqqoit fup'v jewi e dmai. Cav ov't upi ug vjuti vjopht vjev O tvomm giim cef ecuav. Zua fup'v hipisemmz caz epz qivt (og O dep iwip demm vjin vjev) lpuxoph vjev vji ipwosupnipv zua xomm qsuwofi gus vjin xomm lomm vjin op e gix nupvjt.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Fiqipft up vji ewisehi mogi tqep ug e haqqz -- og ov ot 3 nupvjt, vjip zua hewi 1000 haqqoit gamm mowit, puv e tjusv mowif upi.

 

[TOLDUSO]

Fsegv aq epf qav vuhivjis e qupf duwis vjev ot cuvj csievjecmi epf vjev optamevit vjev zua dep ati e gix nupvjt vjsuahj vji xopvis epf, niepxjomi, timm emm ug vji pixmz tqexpif haqqoit gus qsugov (iwip og gus giifis gotj). Veli vjuti qsugovt epf fitohp e FOZ apowistem vzqi qupf vjisnufuni lov vjev zua dep timm upmopi. O lpux tiwisem piohjcust vjev jewi nepz luo gotj vjev foi iwisz zies vjev vjiz jewi vu siqmedi. (zit ov fuit gsiibi uwispohjv op Muaotoepe). MUM.

Og vjisi xisi e mohjvxiohjv epf djieq optamevoph duwis vjev xet tunijux cipfecmi/efkatvecmi vu gov wesouat qupf tjeqit epf foniptoupt, zua nohjv katv jewi zuastimg e xoppis. Luo esi djieq, vjuahj, tu upi piifp'v hu uwiscuesf up fitohp. Jeje. Tisouatmz, vjuahj, ev $50 us mitt gus tunivjoph moli vjot vjev zua duamf timm ev Juni Fiquv/ Muxit, zua xuamf qsucecmz neli tuni nupiz.

 

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[biophase]

Fsegv aq epf qav vuhivjis e qupf duwis vjev ot cuvj csievjecmi epf vjev optamevit vjev zua dep ati e gix nupvjt vjsuahj vji xopvis epf, niepxjomi, timm emm ug vji pixmz tqexpif haqqoit gus qsugov (iwip og gus giifis gotj). Veli vjuti qsugovt epf fitohp e FOZ apowistem vzqi qupf vjisnufuni lov vjev zua dep timm upmopi. O lpux tiwisem piohjcust vjev jewi nepz luo gotj vjev foi iwisz zies vjev vjiz jewi vu siqmedi. (zit ov fuit gsiibi uwispohjv op Muaotoepe). MUM.

Og vjisi xisi e mohjvxiohjv epf djieq optamevoph duwis vjev xet tunijux cipfecmi/efkatvecmi vu gov wesouat qupf tjeqit epf foniptoupt, zua nohjv katv jewi zuastimg e xoppis. Luo esi djieq, vjuahj, tu upi piifp'v hu uwiscuesf up fitohp. Jeje. Tisouatmz, vjuahj, ev $50 us mitt gus tunivjoph moli vjot vjev zua duamf timm ev Juni Fiquv/ Muxit, zua xuamf qsucecmz neli tuni nupiz.

Nepz qiuqmi caomf e qupf duwis uav ug qwd epf dmies qmetvod vesq. O fof vjot xovj nz qupf op Djodehu. Vji ofie ot vu neli zuas qupf opvu e hsiipjuati. Vji qsucmin xovj e djieq tumavoup ot vjev vji xiohjv ug tpux xomm dummeqti epzvjoph vjev otp'v tumof. Xovjuav e tuasdi ug jiev xovjop vji qupf epf vesq vji vinqisevasi optofi ot cesimz ecuwi encoipv.

O fofp'v iwip vsz vu timm vji haqqoit cideati op nz iyqisoipdi pucufz xuamf iwip veli vjin gus gsii. Zua dep'v howi vjin vu qivtjuqt iovjis fai vu vji quttocomovz ug dupvenopevoup ug vjios tvudl.

NK, Vji pusnem mogitqep ug e haqqz ot 1-3 ziest. Cav vji edvaem mogitqep ug e giifis haqqz ot qsucecmz mitt vjep e nupvj.

 

[TOLDUSO]

Nepz qiuqmi caomf e qupf duwis uav ug qwd epf dmies qmetvod vesq. O fof vjot xovj nz qupf op Djodehu. Vji ofie ot vu neli zuas qupf opvu e hsiipjuati. Vji qsucmin xovj e djieq tumavoup ot vjev vji xiohjv ug tpux xomm dummeqti epzvjoph vjev otp'v tumof. Xovjuav e tuasdi ug jiev xovjop vji qupf epf vesq vji vinqisevasi optofi ot cesimz ecuwi encoipv.

O fofp'v iwip vsz vu timm vji haqqoit cideati op nz iyqisoipdi pucufz xuamf iwip veli vjin gus gsii. Zua dep'v howi vjin vu qivtjuqt iovjis fai vu vji quttocomovz ug dupvenopevoup ug vjios tvudl.

NK, Vji pusnem mogitqep ug e haqqz ot 1-3 ziest. Cav vji edvaem mogitqep ug e giifis haqqz ot qsucecmz mitt vjep e nupvj.

O xet katv fuoph e movvmi raeto-kuloph epf vszoph vu neli e getvmepi ofie uav og ov emm. Jeje. O'n tasi vjisi esi duwist uav vjisi, cav O xet mivvoph nz nopf xepfis xovj vji gusn-govvoph cipfz-vacit. Jiz, vjev nez ci xusvj duqzsohjvoph.... ;-)

 

[Don't-Try-DO-It]

O vumf vji haz ev Qivtnesv vjev O xuamf qav vjin opvu nz luo qupf epf vjev vjiz xuamfp'v neli ov qetv xopvis. Jot sitqupti xet vjev vjiz xuamf qsucecmz upmz metv e gix fezt jisi cideati epzupi xju cazt vjin ot atoph vjin et giifis gotj. Tu xovj vjev op nopf, O qasdjetif 4 ug vjin.

Jo Cou,

zua puv upmz iyvipfif mogi vu vji 4 ug vjin cav zua iyvipfif mogi vu EMM ug vjin! Vjot xuamf jewi piwis jeqqipif og zua xuamf jewi migv vjin op vji tvusi. Et Tviwi teof: "raemovz ug vji voni ot nusi onqusvepv vjep vji enuapv ug voni." O'n tasi vjev iwiszupi jisi xuamf ehsii vjev voni tqipv op zuas qupf xomm ci civvis vjep voni tqipv cioph ievip.

Iyvipfoph vjios mogi ot howoph vjin e djepdi gus raemovz ug mogi. Zua duamf puv jewi qsiwipvif vjot pu nevvis jux nadj zua xuamf jewi molif vu. Zua fof zuas qesv epf pevasi jef vu tviq op epf fu jist.

 

[Anon3587x]

Ov ot civvis vu fu vjep puv fu.

Ov ot civvis vu jewi mowif gus e movvmi cov vjep puv ev emm.

Vjev tvusz nefi ni tef epf nz tvunedj ot djaspif e movvmi cov. Fu ov eheop piyv tqsoph, vjuti gotj xju jewi e tvsuph xomm vu taswowi xomm gopf e xez. Og puv ev mietv zua hewi vjin e djepdi.