anonymous text.

[madannoshashu]

do you ever think about the road not taken?


[ ooc: All replies from Xigbar will be anonymous. ]

Comments

[badluckblues]

uh huh. only place those have ever gotten me is straight down to the bottom of a bottle

[madannoshashu]

now there's a novel thought

you like this place better than where you came from?

[madannoshashu]

i do subscribe to the cute "mind over matter" adage, but it doesn't always quite work like that

you got regrets? problems? things left undone?

[madannoshashu]

sure it is

wasn't expecting quite so many anons, but hey - we've all got Issues

[madannoshashu]

i mean, 'could have's and 'what if's aren't really certain things

maybe y could have happened instead of x, but there could've also been variable z that would've changed the whole equation

the heart's a funny thing. we think about these things, but it never really helps

[huaisang]

Hm, I won't deny that in other cases it is a bit of both, but in mine it was not.

Yes, actually, all three of those.


I'm curious, if you don't mind me asking, what brought up this question? Your first one.

[madannoshashu]

well, there's that, but there's also those times where whatever you choose, the result's gonna be what it is

good or bad

[foolishjustice]

At least in those cases, there's less to wonder about. But I get the feeling what you're talking about isn't situations where your choice doesn't make a difference at all, just one where all routes would have the same outcome.

Am I right?

[madannoshashu]

nope! not a thing anybody can do to take back what's already done

curious what your definition of a "better person" is though

[madannoshashu]

that's one nice thing about booze

it doesn't judge and you can always find some more

[madannoshashu]

well, we've all got our Issues, obviously

if you're sure of what you're doing and why you're doing it, there ain't much else worth asking for, amirite?

[madannoshashu]

sounds rough


the same reason anybody ever asks the network a weird, cryptic question. i've had something stuck in my craw for a bit so i thought i'd get it off my chest

[oncebrokenway]

Yeah, that's about right.

[madannoshashu]

it's like that, yup

all roads leading to the same place, etc etc

[teaserving]

that's tough to define without getting into the details
but i did some shit i regret
it got someone killed that didn't deserve it
so there you go
don't be me kids

[foolishjustice]

But then, some people say it's about the journey, not the destination. I can definitely see how it would bug someone, not knowing what other things they might have experienced if they'd taken a different path.

Of course, even if you had taken that other road, then you'd still be left wondering what you might have missed out on.

[madannoshashu]

well

can't say i'm one to judge

wouldn't recommend anyone be like me since my rap sheet's pretty long, but i don't really regret any of it, either

[supersoldier]

You might have framed the question differently, but you’re essentially asking after someone’s regrets. Very rarely do people wonder “what if” beyond the scope of that.

Anonymity isn’t surprising.

un: 1stQadrMargaFan

[wearingguess]

What do you mean?

anonymous

[liveandforgive]

I try not to.

All I can do is make the best of the road I see in front of me. No looking back.

un: bluemarine

[raptura]

There's no point, of course. Idle thought about irrelevant fates only serves as a distraction towards the main goal, so I don't bother at all.

anon

[pidgeypidge]

More than I should, probably.

text, un: hua. (Because he's too new to the whole thing to figure out anon yet.)

[fafa]

Whatever for?

anon;

[dereban]

sometimes

but i don't regret the path i've currently chosen.

[sheisthewind]

Not this place. My situation. My situation here is better than it was where I came from.