What Do I Want?
I had to laugh a couple of months back when I saw this on the Huffington Post:
Most Inappropriate Google Suggests Of All Time.
But I find it strange how so many people and even my computer try to tell me what I want. Google wants to tell me what I’m really looking for since what I typed in isn’t as good as what they think I meant to type, Facebook wants to tell me who I want to be friends with or whose wall I want to write on, other websites tell me what I want to read or what videos I probably want to view. iTunes is masterful at telling me what music I want to buy based on things I’ve wanted in the past.
It’s getting to the point that I really don’t have to think for myself at all! How delightfully easy it would be to just to let go and let the PC tell me what I want along with a handy little button showing me where I want to buy it.
But to be perfectly honest, there’s hardly anything I want, no matter WHAT my computer tells me. I’ve already got more stuff than I know what to do with. Our garage and our closets are bursting with all the stuff we thought we wanted, but it turns out we maybe didn’t, because they haven’t seen the light of day in 5 years.
On the bright side, I’ve found out there’s even something that people who don’t want anything want:
The thing I liked best about this nothing is that it appears to be out of stock.
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I came over to the US with what I could fit in two suitcases and a laptop bag, some of which was work stuff. Since then, I’ve realised I didn’t actually need most of that, and the only possessions I really miss are my guitars and my motorcycle. I got rid of most of what I owned before I left, and just kept some stuff in storage, but now I’m not sure how much of that I’m actually going to keep, other than a few mementos from travels round the world.
It’s amazing how little I need to own in order to survive and be happy.
What do I want? Not things. Great experiences and happy memories.
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… and my Le Creuset cooking pots. Damn, I wish I’d been able to bring those with me, but the pots are way too heavy.
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…hey! Know what? Although “Nothing” is sold out till 2010, as India–chortling–told us, you can place a backorder. Now, that’s hilarious!
Matt, I know what you mean about the pots. If the house were on fire and I could grab one thing …. well, I suppose I would want the photos …. but I’d have to grab my pots & pans. Oh, and my knives. I love my knives…cut impressively. Then there’s my …. I’m a typical American after all. Thanks for “Nothing” India. I’ll let you know if its good when my backorder arrives.
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