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I had initially Google-searched quotes about smoking and drinking. Not knowing anything about this piece of shit, the quote looked suitable. After perusing Wikipedia, I guarantee it will be my last quote of his.
Oh my god. I quit drinking a couple years ago. But I'll be damned if Hitch didn't hit the nail on the head. "It stopped me from being bored. And it stopped other people being boring"
Some of the best conversations I've ever had were in airport bars. The drinks were overpriced to all hell, but everyone has a built story revolving around their travel and you'll likely never meet them again. I'd get an expensive little buzz and really savor those passing moments.
Yes, all of life is a wager. It's human nature to make decisions based upon what we feel is best for us at the time. That is why, when I am asked if I have any regrets in life, I say I do not regret any of my decisions. Now, do I regret the consequences of some of my decisions? Yes, of course I do. However, I did not know those would be the consequences. So I don't feel badly about them. There is nothing I could have done about them. A person can bring themselves down easily if they get into their head too much. That's why I follow Will Rogers sage advice. "Do the best you can and don't take life too serious".😉
Who was the author of When I was young I couldn’t understand how people could drink and when I got older I couldn’t understand how people could not drink.
I have a family member who had their life cut short because they were addicted to alcohol. They too used alcohol to make life better, but at the end of the day, they were still addicted. I think it's a tough situation to look at someone who uses alcohol to make life better, especially in the case of Hitchens where he created great works with the help of alcohol, and attempt to decide whether it was all worth it. I think it's tough, but I still think there is a life out there for everyone, who can enjoy life and even do great things, without having to cut life short because of alcohol.
I drank for 30 years, age 12 until 42. I never realized how miserable I was until I stopped. I find life infinitely more enjoyable sober than I ever did drunk.
Life is going to end. That's a certainty. How we live that life until that end is largely up to us. Do we want to live it wretched in the grip of addiction? Do we want to live it fully, enjoying what life has to offer? Do we want t play it safe, and not really live? Across that range, each of us must choose, but we're all dead men walking regardless.
I was an Atheist before discovering Hitch. However, he gets the credit for confirming I'm right. Thank you, Mr. Hitchens, for so eloquently showing the world that the truth is in what we know, not what we wish to believe.
Except you aren't right. You have no way of knowing for sure. Agnosticism is the only truly rational position as it recognises that the things you deny exist cannot be known using the intellect in the first place. Atheism is the religion of choice for Christians with daddy issues.
I think the bohemian lifestyle can be compared to the resistance to being politically correct. PC is bored people being boring. They live in a tight window of acceptable behavior, but life is too short for that.
@@MorphingReality You are still young and have lots of time to get people to dislike you and they will all do it on their own accord. There is nothing you can do to change that.
@@let_me_explain8572Hitchens smoked like a chimney and drank like a Templar. The combination of smoking and drinking is the #1 cause of throat cancer. You do the math.
On second thought.. maybe I can explain most of it in a comment. I 'chose' to publish independently through Amazon for my first two books. Wasn't much of a choice as I had no connections to the book publishing sphere. If that is what you want to do.. the main benefit is that you get more of a return per book sold.. the main downside is that you don't have a publisher to sell it, market it etc.. I opted to do essentially everything myself to keep costs down. Write the books (kind of goes without saying lol) Edit the books (helps to have somebody who knows writing go over your stuff at least once) Format the books (pain awaits you) Figure out the cover, distribution, pricing, all that Get them 'published' (having an ISBN helps) Market the books.. The last bit is in some ways the hardest, my books don't make enough to cover food.. so far :D Fiction tends to outsell non-fiction.. I'm working on a novel (not for that reason!) and will see how that goes.
@@thedailydoseshow5453 You can purchase an ISBN from a variety of places to keep more of the rights.. Amazon offers a free one but authors generally recommend paying for one. Formatting is making the stuff you wrote match Amazon's standards. So the page size.. the fonts the margins all of that stuff.. and there's one set of guidelines for Kindle E-books and another for physical books. Ideally you'd get it done before you write the book but I never manage that :p
There are healthier ways to get high and live a "bohemian" lifestyle. It doesn't have to be through unfiltered cigarettes and hard liquors. I don't mean diet and exercise, I mean that there are different ways of taking mind altering substances that are not deterministically destined to make you ill in the long term, as Hitchens would like to make out. Edibles for instances are far healthier than smoke inhalation. "Bohemia" doesnt necessarily even imply intake of external substances, it can be, as he said; lifestyle.
Lightweight ... trick is not to die ( I'm interjecting consciousness in an aim ordered at being profound!!) Not to impress but rather to illuminate enemies inside the parameters)
It is shit, but we are all, each and everyone of us, going to die. from the youngest child to the oldest grandparent. So then the question becomes, “Did you live your life to its fullest” did you taste all of life’s flavours? It is possible that Christopher Hitchens may have done so.
I really don’t feel you can live life to the fullest with your mind clouded and body polluted with alcohol. I say that as someone who drank for 30 years and have been sober for just over 10, so I’ve seen both sides. Life is infinitely more enjoyable sober. I can’t believe how many years I wasted. I’m trying to make up for it now in my 50’s. My life improved the moment I gave it up.
It's clear to me that he was an alcoholic, and smoking dozens of cigarretes a day didn't help either. It's sad and ironic that a man who prided himself on his rationality behaved so irrationaly and let his appetites destroy his health.
Why is it inherently rational to wish to prolong your life? He knew it could kill him and made the rational decision to indulge in these pleasures anyway because he decided that it was worth the risk.
@@jamesdettmann94 You can justify any foolish decision by what you're saying. It is rational to reduce unnecessary risk when your life is at stake, which it is. Obviously we need to drive around and go work, and eat, which all have risk, but these things are unavoidable. But smoking and drinking is not something that one needs. He needed it because he was arguably addicted. And even if he were to be rational about accepting the risks, it doesn't dismiss the original action.
@@BadMannerKorea he knew better than you do that alcohol radically helped him to write and also to enjoy life. Even if he was wrong about that which I highly doubt, it's perfectly rational to take the risk of dying young in order to enhance the life you have.
The older I get, the more I dislike some aspects of Hitchens. We really do need a guy just roasting his stupidity and pretension. He’s not a role model, and I don’t think he claimed to be, but a lot of kids treated him like one and he consequently created a whole generation of pessimistic complainers that frankly just like to bitch about things and criticize without offering any solution to a problem. Totally narcissistic and unaccomplished and unpractical people that feel entitled, like the world owes them something. I agree with a lot of his views about religion and state overreach, but he truly was an incomplete person that couldn’t build something tangible to save his life.
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"If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer." -Clement Freud.
You might want to hesitate before quoting such a reprehensible man
@@punchgod Looking into this, now. Thank you.
I don't wanna sound like an asshole but I wouldn't exactly quote such an abhorrent man.
I had initially Google-searched quotes about smoking and drinking. Not knowing anything about this piece of shit, the quote looked suitable. After perusing Wikipedia, I guarantee it will be my last quote of his.
Actually. You do live longer.
Amazing video, I like this perspective. Maybe it's not socially acceptable but I'm glad that he expressed it.
Thank you, I feel the same way.. not an endorsement but realistic self-inquiry.
Looking forward to your next project :)
yeah, you pays ya money... you takes your choice
Oh my god.
I quit drinking a couple years ago. But I'll be damned if Hitch didn't hit the nail on the head.
"It stopped me from being bored. And it stopped other people being boring"
If you can't find enjoyment in life without drugs then there's something wrong.
@@BadMannerKorea If you're going to hit up a 2 year old comment, at least read properly. I didn't say anything about drugs.
@@gregbrown3082 Alcohol IS a drug. You're watching Christopher Hitchens content and you aren't even educated on a basic level? Wow.
@@BadMannerKorea Well, aren’t you a peach.
@@gregbrown3082 Looks like the drugs destroyed your brain
Some of the best conversations I've ever had were in airport bars. The drinks were overpriced to all hell, but everyone has a built story revolving around their travel and you'll likely never meet them again. I'd get an expensive little buzz and really savor those passing moments.
Yes, all of life is a wager. It's human nature to make decisions based upon what we feel is best for us at the time. That is why, when I am asked if I have any regrets in life, I say I do not regret any of my decisions. Now, do I regret the consequences of some of my decisions? Yes, of course I do. However, I did not know those would be the consequences. So I don't feel badly about them. There is nothing I could have done about them.
A person can bring themselves down easily if they get into their head too much. That's why I follow Will Rogers sage advice. "Do the best you can and don't take life too serious".😉
Who was the author of When I was young I couldn’t understand how people could drink and when I got older I couldn’t understand how people could not drink.
Excellent quote
I have a family member who had their life cut short because they were addicted to alcohol. They too used alcohol to make life better, but at the end of the day, they were still addicted. I think it's a tough situation to look at someone who uses alcohol to make life better, especially in the case of Hitchens where he created great works with the help of alcohol, and attempt to decide whether it was all worth it. I think it's tough, but I still think there is a life out there for everyone, who can enjoy life and even do great things, without having to cut life short because of alcohol.
I don’t smoke but I don’t think I’ll ever quit drinking life is to be enjoyed , all of us are gonna die some earlier than others and some later
Moderation. Some drugs are more dangerous and harmful than others. Every cigarette does damage, the occasional wine or whiskey is different.
Bro smoking after some drinks is a another experience
@@anshupandit4490 I don't smoke often, but when I do it's becasue I'm drunk. I did smoke today though, leftover cigarettes from a night out in town.
@@BradleyCoopertest yes parliaments or reds after a buzz is so soothing.
I drank for 30 years, age 12 until 42. I never realized how miserable I was until I stopped. I find life infinitely more enjoyable sober than I ever did drunk.
Life is going to end. That's a certainty.
How we live that life until that end is largely up to us. Do we want to live it wretched in the grip of addiction? Do we want to live it fully, enjoying what life has to offer? Do we want t play it safe, and not really live?
Across that range, each of us must choose, but we're all dead men walking regardless.
I was an Atheist before discovering Hitch. However, he gets the credit for confirming I'm right. Thank you, Mr. Hitchens, for so eloquently showing the world that the truth is in what we know, not what we wish to believe.
Except you aren't right. You have no way of knowing for sure. Agnosticism is the only truly rational position as it recognises that the things you deny exist cannot be known using the intellect in the first place. Atheism is the religion of choice for Christians with daddy issues.
I think the bohemian lifestyle can be compared to the resistance to being politically correct. PC is bored people being boring. They live in a tight window of acceptable behavior, but life is too short for that.
Hitchens did a round-table on Charlie Rose on Feminism and made a similar point.
Though he focused on the banality of asking for authority.
Fucking love this
See that wasn't so hard was it Mr. Reality.
I'm still not disappointed and everything is going well so far at least from my side...
The internal deliberation was brutal!
Thanks as always :)
@@MorphingReality
You are still young and have lots of time to get people to dislike you and they will all do it on their own accord. There is nothing you can do to change that.
@@RichardDanielli A call too ....
@@MorphingReality :-)
It was smoking and drinking that killed the Hitch at a very early age.
Bohemian lifestyle in general yeah.
Tons of people smoke and drink and don't get cancer from it. Hitch just found himself among the few unlucky ones.
@@let_me_explain8572Hitchens smoked like a chimney and drank like a Templar. The combination of smoking and drinking is the #1 cause of throat cancer. You do the math.
He was also genetically predisposed to it as his father died of the same cancer.
@@margaretcallan1065 If that's true then Junior must have had a death wise to drink like a Templar and smoke like a chimney.
I would as well Hitchens
Yo dude, could you do a vid on how you published your book
Will do!
On second thought.. maybe I can explain most of it in a comment.
I 'chose' to publish independently through Amazon for my first two books.
Wasn't much of a choice as I had no connections to the book publishing sphere.
If that is what you want to do.. the main benefit is that you get more of a return per book sold.. the main downside is that you don't have a publisher to sell it, market it etc..
I opted to do essentially everything myself to keep costs down.
Write the books (kind of goes without saying lol)
Edit the books (helps to have somebody who knows writing go over your stuff at least once)
Format the books (pain awaits you)
Figure out the cover, distribution, pricing, all that
Get them 'published' (having an ISBN helps)
Market the books..
The last bit is in some ways the hardest, my books don't make enough to cover food.. so far :D
Fiction tends to outsell non-fiction.. I'm working on a novel (not for that reason!) and will see how that goes.
@@MorphingReality Ahh nice. and how do you get a ISBN number. Yourself? haha and when you mean Format the book? Thanks
@@thedailydoseshow5453 You can purchase an ISBN from a variety of places to keep more of the rights.. Amazon offers a free one but authors generally recommend paying for one.
Formatting is making the stuff you wrote match Amazon's standards.
So the page size.. the fonts the margins all of that stuff.. and there's one set of guidelines for Kindle E-books and another for physical books.
Ideally you'd get it done before you write the book but I never manage that :p
There are healthier ways to get high and live a "bohemian" lifestyle. It doesn't have to be through unfiltered cigarettes and hard liquors. I don't mean diet and exercise, I mean that there are different ways of taking mind altering substances that are not deterministically destined to make you ill in the long term, as Hitchens would like to make out. Edibles for instances are far healthier than smoke inhalation. "Bohemia" doesnt necessarily even imply intake of external substances, it can be, as he said; lifestyle.
Nothing wrong with it, if you do not have people who rely on you and love you!
Lightweight ... trick is not to die ( I'm interjecting consciousness in an aim ordered at being profound!!) Not to impress but rather to illuminate enemies inside the parameters)
'I can't die yet, there's still wine in the bottle!'
@@MorphingReality thank you ❤
It is shit, but we are all, each and everyone of us, going to die. from the youngest child to the oldest grandparent.
So then the question becomes, “Did you live your life to its fullest” did you taste all of life’s flavours?
It is possible that Christopher Hitchens may have done so.
I really don’t feel you can live life to the fullest with your mind clouded and body polluted with alcohol. I say that as someone who drank for 30 years and have been sober for just over 10, so I’ve seen both sides. Life is infinitely more enjoyable sober. I can’t believe how many years I wasted. I’m trying to make up for it now in my 50’s. My life improved the moment I gave it up.
It wasn't the "bohemian lifestyle" that killed him, it was that plus the waterboarding.
500 cigarettes 🚬👽😤
if only he had discovered pcp instead of alcohol.
Hitch would have prevented Brexit, Trump and the Ukraine war.
yes. drink.
not too much!
Was there a genetic component at work?
Late reply oops, pretty sure his father died of the same thing, not sure if the father drank though.
Cancer is completely genetic
It's clear to me that he was an alcoholic, and smoking dozens of cigarretes a day didn't help either. It's sad and ironic that a man who prided himself on his rationality behaved so irrationaly and let his appetites destroy his health.
Why is it inherently rational to wish to prolong your life? He knew it could kill him and made the rational decision to indulge in these pleasures anyway because he decided that it was worth the risk.
@jamesdettmann94 There's nothing rational about addiction.
@@GayFrogsTho no but you can rationally decide to embrace your addiction.
@@jamesdettmann94 You can justify any foolish decision by what you're saying. It is rational to reduce unnecessary risk when your life is at stake, which it is. Obviously we need to drive around and go work, and eat, which all have risk, but these things are unavoidable. But smoking and drinking is not something that one needs. He needed it because he was arguably addicted. And even if he were to be rational about accepting the risks, it doesn't dismiss the original action.
@@BadMannerKorea he knew better than you do that alcohol radically helped him to write and also to enjoy life. Even if he was wrong about that which I highly doubt, it's perfectly rational to take the risk of dying young in order to enhance the life you have.
The older I get, the more I dislike some aspects of Hitchens. We really do need a guy just roasting his stupidity and pretension. He’s not a role model, and I don’t think he claimed to be, but a lot of kids treated him like one and he consequently created a whole generation of pessimistic complainers that frankly just like to bitch about things and criticize without offering any solution to a problem. Totally narcissistic and unaccomplished and unpractical people that feel entitled, like the world owes them something. I agree with a lot of his views about religion and state overreach, but he truly was an incomplete person that couldn’t build something tangible to save his life.
i don't think we can attribute a generation of pessimism to Hitch