You find a book..

[Maggot]

Well like a normal person I would think WTF after the first page or two, then I would skim through the pages still thinking WTF. Once I got to the present I would read it word for word until the end. Then I would contact the writer because that's too weird not to find out why someone wrote a book about my life.

Cut it out...........If you read the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin It doesn't go into detail about what time of day he took a dump. The book would be a generalization of your life. I want to know when I died so I could plan for it.
No wonder CN gets pissed at you.

[sally]

"It's the complete story of your life. Page for page, word for word." What part of that don't you understand, Magpie? This is twilight zone shit, not a Benjamin Franklin autobiography.

It would start something like this....

To the as-yet unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life.

I have caught life. I have come down with life. I was a wisp of undifferentiated nothingness, and then a little peephole opened quite suddenly. Light and sound poured in. Voices began to describe me and my surroundings. Nothing they said could be appealed. They said I was a girl named Sally, and that was that. They said the year was 1975, and that was that. They said I was in Quincy, Mass, and that was that.

They never shut up. Year after year they piled detail upon detail. They do it still. You know what they say now? They say the year is 2014, and that I am thirty eight years old.

Blah blah blah.

[HairOfTheDog]

Seriously, I wouldn't want anyone in my family spending their futures reading a word-for-word detail-by-detail account of their lives just in case there's something in there that might give them insight on how to positively impact my future (or want them to worry ahead of time about those things they couldn't change on my behalf).

I want the people I love to just live their lives, whatever happens, and let me live mine. I don't think they'd want to confine me and put responsibility for their futures on my shoulders either.

IDK. I don't think I'm well equipped for this "what if" exercise, even though it's really interesting. I keep thinking if it was possible to change what's in the book by reading it ahead of time, then it wouldn't be the story of my life at all -- it would be more like going to a psychic.

Anyway, once I took action to alter something seen in future, the remainder of the book would be rendered completely invalid -- domino effect, one change affects the rest of the chain.

[Duchess]

I wouldn't read the book & I wouldn't clone a beloved pet either...nor a human for that matter.

[Maggot]

"It's the complete story of your life. Page for page, word for word." What part of that don't you understand, Magpie?

It would start something like this....

To the as-yet unborn, to all innocent wisps of undifferentiated nothingness: Watch out for life.

I have caught life. I have come down with life. I was a wisp of undifferentiated nothingness, and then a little peephole opened quite suddenly. Light and sound poured in. Voices began to describe me and my surroundings. It was so fucking cold this life that I was kicking and screaming and clawing to get back in.

Blah blah blah.

You forgat sumptin.

[HairOfTheDog]

I wonder what Dick would say about the book?

He'd probably toss it.

Probably kinda hard to read something so massive with a dead eye.

[Maggot]

Seriously, I wouldn't want anyone in my family spending their futures reading a word-for-word detail-by-detail account of my life.

That's right .........I edited it. But If I was able to read my Grandmothers diary or my Aunts or Uncles diary from 50-100 yrs ago I would be enthralled. I could not put it down. You live a great open fantastic life compared to many many people. Hell...... just look at Sally. She's well adjusted.

[HairOfTheDog]

Seriously, I wouldn't want anyone in my family spending their futures reading a word-for-word detail-by-detail account of my life.

That's right .........I edited it. But If I was able to read my Grandmothers diary or my Aunts or Uncles diary from 50-100 yrs ago I would be enthralled. I could not put it down. You live a great open fantastic life compared to many many people. Hell...... just look at Sally. She's well adjusted.

Yeah, that would be interesting. I like history -- whether it's factual or first-person edited for whatever reason.

If I found a diary underneath a tree, I'd start reading...

[Maggot]

.....about me.

[Duchess]

It's the complete story of your life. Page for page, word for word.

Do you read it to the end? Every page? Or do you skip to the last page? Or do you throw it away?

I'm still thinking about this question. I stand by my original comment but this is making me contemplate things. Knowing the details of one's future would be a blessing & a curse. How could you truly live your life knowing your future? Life can go from sugar to shit in an instant.

[sally]

IDK. I don't think I'm well equipped for this "what if" exercise, even though it's really interesting. I keep thinking if it was possible to change what's in the book by reading it ahead of time, then it wouldn't be the story of my life at all -- it would be more like going to a psychic.

Anyway, once I took action to alter something seen in future, the remainder of the book would be rendered completely invalid -- domino effect, one change affects the rest of the chain.

The book doesn't change, it has your future marked whether you read it or not, word for word. And obviously it knows if you'll read it or not which will also be in the book. You're reading it ahead of time though so if you took any action to alter something, that and it's consequences would also be in there.

[HairOfTheDog]

I see.

Well, I'm going with ignorance is bliss as my final answer on this one.

I don't wanna know my future ahead of time. I'd rather take it as it comes.

[HairOfTheDog]

It's the complete story of your life. Page for page, word for word.

Do you read it to the end? Every page? Or do you skip to the last page? Or do you throw it away?

So, crash, what would you do?

Seriously, I wouldn't want anyone in my family spending their futures reading a word-for-word detail-by-detail account of my life.

That's right .........I edited it. But If I was able to read my Grandmothers diary or my Aunts or Uncles diary from 50-100 yrs ago I would be enthralled. I could not put it down. You live a great open fantastic life compared to many many people. Hell...... just look at Sally. She's well adjusted.

Shoot; missed the context of your edit the first time out.

You're right, wouldn't want anyone to have to read through my detailed life story or skim through theirs to try to improve my future. My life isn't an open book; still, I don't think the details of it would be a page turner for many many people.

BUT, I'd skim through yours, if you threw the book at me after reading the last page.

[crash]

So, crash, what would you do?

Into the fire with it.

I don't want to read about my early years. I don't want to live the rest of my life ruled by the knowledge of it.

I like surprises..

[FAHQTOO]

So, crash, what would you do?

Into the fire with it.

I don't want to read about my early years. I don't want to live the rest of my life ruled by the knowledge of it.

I like surprises..

You're right...gonna change it back to not reading it...wait...

I lost my place.