If nothing happens after we die, what's the point of it all?
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Whatever you decide to make of it, which is an incredibly beautiful thing.
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I guess everybody will come up with different answers to that.
To me, saying "there is nothing after death" is a simplified model. It asks you to live in the here-and-now, to live in the moment, because that makes you productive today.
Of course, the world won't end when you die. You will leave an impact on the world, kind of a track. Like, when water flows over a landscape long enough, it leaves a river bed. That will stay, even after the water subsides.
So in some sense, death might be your end, but it's not the end. I don't know whether that helped you.
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From what i've observed, people deal with "there's no higher power" differently.
For some people, that i call right-wing, or authoritarian, having some higher power that tells them what to do, is the meaning of life. If they lose that something, then they become depressed and stop living, in any sense, a joyful life.
On the other hand, there are people, which i am comfortable to call left-wing, or hippies, or communitarian, who don't need that higher power to tell them what to do, in fact, it rather obstructs them. They are joyful even in the absence of a higher, guiding power, because they can find their own meaning in life.
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The point is to pass on your genes.
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That absolutely not the point I have made and determined for my run at existence lol
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Nobody exists on purpose. Nobody belongs anywhere.
Everybody’s going to die.
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Hell yeah!
I have procreated and passed off my genes, but it's bullshit to tell other people that's the point of being alive.
You gotta do what you feel is right. If nothing feels worthwhile, make the best of the ride!
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It's a sandbox survival game. So, the first step is to survive to the point where you can start making choices, the next step is to figure out what you want your goals to be. Then, the hard part. How will you achieve those goals?
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Cat videos.
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In my book, it doesn't have a purpose, everything only matters for a brief moment in your life. "This too shall pass", for better and for good.
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If nothing we do matters, the only thing that matters is what we do.
Life sucks, the world is a bad place. Leave it just a little bit better than you found it and you've lived life's purpose in my book. We are generational garbage collectors, picking up the pieces of societal trash our forebearers left behind. So do your part. Pick up the trash. Leave the world just a little bit better than you found it.
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For real, my genes suck, will happily keep them to myself
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Genuinely thanks for that first line. I’ve held that idea for a long time without the correct words for it to explain how I feel to other people.
I feel like it also compliments the philosophy of “why not?” As in, “if nothing we do matters, why not be kind? Why not love people? Why not help people present and future?” If good and evil are equal utility, why not be a good person?
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life's like minecraft (survival mode). you set your own goals and then you pursue them.
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Lol I got sterilised at the age of 23. Guess I have nothing left to live for
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It's important to me that I have no goal or purpose, and I will focus on making that come true no matter that.
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Friend, have you considered becoming a full-time philosopher?
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Also punching trees is a lot of fun.
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We're just smelly sacks of biology like a rat or a lizard who happen to have developed higher reasoning capacity for whatever reason.
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I promise that I will die. Even if it takes the rest of my life!
