Comments by "Thump Er the Sweaty Fat Guy" (@SweatyFatGuy) on "Hollywood sh*ts itself." video.

  1. I would like to live this life until my body decides its done, then download my consciousness and then set it off to travel through the universe exploring new worlds. Rather than escaping reality, I want to study it and keep learning. I don't want someone else's story played to me, I want to live my own story. Since it can take thousands to millions of years to travel the vast distances of our own galaxy, time dilation could make it seem like an eternity or a short nap. That appeals to me, like a video game but its in reality. Also we could live a thousand lives during the trip, the same one over and over making different choices to see what the outcomes might be, or new ones based on history or stories. That idea appeals to me. Video games are a way for me to do things I cannot otherwise do, like flying fighter jets, being a Viking, or surviving the wastes of Fallout. Yes Fallout and others like it are the stories someone else made up, but that is more of a sandbox where I can do things just to be funny.. I have no interest in games that are of things I actually do, like a mechanic simulator. I am a mechanic. Racing sims don't really get it for me, because you can't FEEL the car accelerating, braking, and going around corners. When you build and own race cars, a sim just isn't gonna do it for ya. I can't fly jets or even small planes, due to the cost of it not because I can't do it, so I get my flying fix in sims like DCS. Escapes from reality aren't my thing, something to do while I am waiting to do the things I like to do, that is where games come in. Something to do whilst traversing the expanse of space could be lots of things. I like things to be realistic and difficult to master, not mindless droning and mashing buttons. Thats why I race cars instead of cars being appliances used to get more taters and milk. I can still use them for that, but damn I tell ya what its a hell of a lot of fun driving a 1965 GTO with 550hp, and a suspension that turns as well as stops, but can also just cruise the highway. its also a ludicrous amount of fun taking a very rusty car and turning it into a fun daily driver, thats how the 65 started, and where the 69 GTO is right now. Reality is where the fun is, even if it involves work and pain. Its the payoff you get from what you put in.. If your life isn't fun, then you're not looking at it the right way. However.. I want to see where this life goes, what I can do with it, and even though I live alone with chronic pain because of my military time, I am having fun with the time I have left. What good is fun without it hurting a bit? The visceral part of living is what makes it so enjoyable.
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