Hm. I hadn't really thought about the phrase "get a life" recently, probably because I hadn't heard it since middle school. There it meant (approximate translation), "You're weird, and that means different in a bad way. Since I am in a painful stage of adolescence, and need to put others down in order to make my life tolerable, I will insist disdainfully that your way of coping with this age is unacceptable and you should do what we do. By the way, you couldn't manage it, 'cuz you're weird, but you should at least try. Geez."
So, with that as my working def., I've never seen the need to "get a life" because that would involve doing things I dislike, such as dressing preppy, going out to movies, boozing, and trying to be in with the cool crowd. Since that seems teenaged to me, I've never wanted to "get a life". I have one, thanks, and struggling to make it something I'm proud of is my life's goal. But maybe I am just weird.
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Date: 2004-08-12 06:43 am (UTC)So, with that as my working def., I've never seen the need to "get a life" because that would involve doing things I dislike, such as dressing preppy, going out to movies, boozing, and trying to be in with the cool crowd. Since that seems teenaged to me, I've never wanted to "get a life". I have one, thanks, and struggling to make it something I'm proud of is my life's goal. But maybe I am just weird.
-Ghost