Theory of John "Couger" Mellencamp

Getting older I notice alot more people who just exist but do not live...

Is there really another purpose to life past just to having fun?

Well, The Artist Formerly Known as RA, I suppose there are different levels of pleasure, and you can get enjoyment out of your life without it being the kind that makes you giggle.

But I suppose where ailing health and worrying about your budget not stretching to cover the basics, loneliness - that kind of thing - at any age, can put a spanner in the works.

Older people might also have worries about their extended families circumstances to contend with as well as their own. That's life, innit! It's not a non-stop barrel of laughs. I hope everyone gets some fun / pleasure though. The more, the better.

Gilly wrote:
Another way of having fun is to sock-up on a forum to slag-off and insult people that have shown a genuine concern for you.

There are cock suckers out there who think that is a good laugh.

Nah surely not Hugo. No-one would be that much of a douche surely

dubmeup wrote: Some people will apparently hold onto 16 for as long as they can.

That went way over my head feather

dubmeup wrote: Lyric from Jack and Diane m8.

Hold on to 16 as long as you can
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men

I was suggesting the OP may be caught up in an immaturity loop.

feather wrote:
The first 28 seconds of the song are pretty good but the rest is an epic let down.*

I like the sound of an immaturity loop. Very sci-fi.


*insert sex life gag here.

feather wrote:
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Great Reply....

Well I got found out. I didn't click the vid in the OP

Like I was ever gonna subject me noggin to that utter shite

I always had a soft spot for this song tbh.

A simple wee vignette of 80's Americana with a memorable riff
You of course realise that today Jack and Diane are still living in the same wee town in a trailer with double-wide asses and voting republican.

feather i was down in North Carolina a few days ago going thru the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Greensboro area...

I was out in the sticks somewhere aka the bible belt and noticed alot of people just existing...

It really put this song in perspective after hearing it so much on the radio as a kid...

I would hate to think life goes on after the thrill of liv­ing has gone, but oh well.

"Gonna let it rock
Let it roll
Let the Bible Belt come and
Save my soul
Hold on to sixteen as long as you can
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men"

But how do you know those people you saw are just existing?

i know a guy who thinks the world is 5000 years old and dinosaurs were put there by the devil to trick us. thats ok he's a cool guy otherwise, not a zombie.

dubmeup wrote:
I can't explain it because I would come of judgmental and that's not my intention...

I realize there are part's of this country where people never leave their neighborhood...ever

I knew a guy in Peterborough who had never left the county, he was 45.

.......... wrote:
Pardon? Am I reading that right RA? You make a statement that people are just existing but won't explain your thoughts because you don't want us to see you as judgmental? Is that right?

batou wrote:

One of them religious nutters eh?
I'm waiting for the day I finally come across one that responds like that when I ask "so where did dinosaurs come from?" so I can fall down laughing at them.

dubmeup wrote:
It's just hard to find words to what someone else quality of life is perceived to be...