Great point, Kento.
Now this is why I started this thread.
Bravo.
I hate watching people just sit there and talk on TV/videos (and yes, Kentucky Fried Movie put me into almost eternal sleep when I finally watched it [Catholic Schoolgirls in Trouble was good though]) and would much rather read as it is just faster.
Now, that being said, the rules for life are pretty basic. #3 edges towards having friends so you can use them. #5: That would be tough; I'll keep them away from SUPs. #6: To a degree. But, yeah, a former boss who complained about me going on internet (despite me getting all of work done easily) probably shouldn't have done so considering I knew he was going on massive amounts of porn, including kiddie and gay surfer; I copied the server history onto a disk as leverage on that one. #7: yeah, except for work. #8 I agree with very much; not many seem to these days, though. #11, yeah, that went bad in the movie Kids. #12, pet a feral cat? Screw that. If cracking one off won't get hair on your palms, that will.
Overall, those virtues are relatively simplistic. This child of the 80s says you could do better just by beating Ultima IV. More cerebral than any youtube video, that's for sure.
Suffering as part of the being? Ha! Caught enough inside by enough seemingly endless sets, paddling for an hour before either finally making it out the back or just giving up after getting so close and then having an 8' wave detonate in front of me, knowing there are at least 20 behind it. And this was at the spot I refer to as OB Jr.
Of course, after all that, I'd then take the 1st or 2nd wave of the set, cruise over the back, and then think, oh right, there were waves behind this one.
But yeah, beating a retreat when defeated in the water is the exact opposite of suicide.
Bottom line: You can learn far more about life and the cruelty of the world from surfing (good waves, not something like Linda Mar or Doheny) than a pundit.