<p>Seriously, what the hell does that even mean? Do I have heart problem or something, should I go to the doctor? Sorry, but I really hate that phrase. Is having a "life" hanging out with people everyday doing nothing? Is it doing something you enjoy? Is it making memories? </p>
<p>Is a person who spends their time doing nothing but does it with others, having a life?</p>
<p>Is a person who is ambitious about something and works really hard to get it, but doesn't have much time for friends a loser that needs a life?</p>
<p>Is a person who loves to do something but its on the computer like programming or illustrating, someone who needs a life?</p>
<p>Is a person who goes to the same old parties, drinks the same cheap beer, grinds to the same old songs every single night, someone with a life?</p>
<p>Is it more important to make more memories with people or make the important memories to be considered living?</p>
<p>Question: Is there such a thing as a rhetorical post?
Answer: Yes.</p>
<p>You seem to have many preconceived notions of what a life is, but you don’t sound very happy.
Please consider that life is very rarely either/or.
And I’m sorry if I sound like a fortune cookie.</p>
<p>The term refers to a social life. You taking the phrase so literally leads me to believe that your insufficient social life caused you to not understand the phrase correctly. Perhaps you should get a life.</p>
<p>None of those things cause someone to have to “get a life”, unless that’s all they do. Everything in moderation is key. I mean your example of the “same old” everything every night - as opposed to the “same old” chair you sit in, at the “same old” computer, in your “same old” room? Only difference is at the parties, it isn’t the “same old” everything.</p>
<p>For ****'s sake, I hope this thread is a joke.</p>
<p>Depends on if you’re introverted or extroverted. If you’re introverted then yeah, solitary walks in nature, computer programming, reading etc. should make up most of your life and leave you feeling happy. If you’re extroverted then raucous social activities, parties, etc. should be more natural for you. But like Another_Adam says, moderation is important. Still I know it can be hard to accept yourself when people around you tell you it’s wrong.</p>
<p>I’ve always applied the phrase “Get a life!” to nosy, intrusive, controlling people. </p>
<p>You’ve undoubtedly crossed paths with such people. They’re the ones who crawl out of the woodwork no matter how hard you try to avoid them. They’re the ones who monopolize your time, who lecture you about what to think/what to do/how to act/how to live, and who attempt to “fix” your life (while their own lives are falling apart). They’re the ones who think they know you better than you know yourself, and therefore, have decided to make you their “project.” They’re the ones who–despite polite hints turned to straightforward statements–are unable or unwilling to understand that you don’t need “fixing,” that you are sick of them hanging around you, and that you want them to shut up and go away and stay away.</p>
<p>Finally, you’re left with one thing to say to such people: “Get a life (because you can’t have mine)!”</p>
<p>The only time I use that phrase is when people are telling me what to do. I hate when people tell me what to do, so I say the phrase in regards to them getting a life of their own (any life really, I don’t care).</p>
<p>I hate it when people say “get a life.” They just think there is only one way to enjoy life and “have a life” and it is the way they live. Just ignore them.</p>
<p>You can guarantee these people aren’t on message boards Friday nights pointing out why they think you spending all your time on a computer is stupid. I guess the fact you’re even criticizing these people does mean you should get a life… if you have to put down someone else’s MO to justify your own that’s something to think about.</p>
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<p>When you have a little more life experience you’ll probably find the important memories “to be considered living” ARE the memories with people like family or friends.</p>
<p>friends are one of the most important things to have in life. this is just not my opinion. as “It’s a Wonderful Life” put it “No man is a failure who has friends.”</p>