arguing as wasted time and energy

[clauditorium]

Interesting thing I read in an interview with comedian/actor Patton Oswalt. The guy comes off as an enviably well-balanced fellow.

"I think one of the good things about getting older is, I just listen to all the arguments and nod my head and go, “Oh, that’s interesting.” And then I just do what the fuck I want to do. So a lot of my friends would lecture me about the home birth, or say, “Oh, you can’t vaccinate your kid.” And instead of going, “Oh, you’re such a fucking moron,” I would just nod my head and say, “That’s really fascinating.” And then we went ahead and fucking had it in the hospital, and booked a luxury suite, and said “Fuck it.” Dana Gould had this bit where he said, "In the time that I would have spent arguing with my friends in the past, I go get an ice-cream sandwich and just sit and enjoy that." Because at the end of my life, I’ll go, “Oh, I enjoyed all those ice-cream sandwiches when I wasn’t arguing with anyone.” I’ll just quietly do what the fuck I want to do."

Comments

[kev-bot.livejournal.com]

Holy shit. I love Patton.

I am totally going to do this. I NEED this. It would divorce anxiety from my life.

[clauditorium.livejournal.com]

Did you read the whole interview? I envy his attitude, and how grounded he is.

I'm not sure I can do what he suggests here, but it's a good thing to keep in mind.

[bassboom.livejournal.com]

what an interesting and fascinating post.

[clauditorium.livejournal.com]

ha!

[apbearg.livejournal.com]

Haha. That's quite an interesting way of looking at that kind of things... Specially if they are actually stupid senseless shit as dumb arguing about dumb stuff, etc.
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