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"a <short amount of time> of my life i'll never get back"
always confused me as a criticism of having done/read/seen something. how many of us can honestly say that we'd have spent aforementioned short amount of time doing something useful? or y'know, something generally worthwhile or with achievement. sure we'd spend loads of similar amounts of time doing fuck all then feeling rotten about it
see also: "life's too short" - no it bloody isn't! it's eighty years or so. that's a long time, to do lots of things. i'm sure you'll spend enough of it sat around staring at the walls anyway
not having a go at you danielkelly, just something that's always seemed a bit odd