If nothing happens after we die, what's the point of it all?
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There are two types of thinking about it:
- There is no point in living. We are doomed to get into the grave, and eventually be forgotten forever.
- There is no point in living. No higher order, no higher purpose, no higher authority. We are free to live our lives, to explore, to insert any meaning whatsoever into it. We are forging our own destiny.
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There’s nothing after this, so make the most of what you get. Try leave your corner of the world a slightly better place then when you were born.
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And, protip, you're not going to be around for option 1 anyway.
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people still manage to catch a glimpse of happiness. Why?
Why not? Happiness comes from what happens while we're still alive. It's ""just"" a question of finding those things.
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Nietzsche was low-key a little too excited about the meaninglessness of the universe, from what I've seen.
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Why aren't you creating meaning?
Without a god, there's only one option left for anyone with agency - us.
The fuck are you doing whining about it? Time's wasting and you don't have much. Get out there and build something that matters.
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You've got to outlive your enemies
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Why does there have to be a point? I have no legacy, I'll never pass anything to the next generation, I have and will not ever make anything that changes the course of humankind, the world will probably not be a better place after I am gone. But I still feel happiness when I see a beautiful sunset, I laugh when my dog does something goofy and I smile when I see others expressing real joy. I don't have to have a direction to still enjoy life while I am here to enjoy it.
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I think life is about maximizing positive subjective experience. If it doesn't make you happy or allow you to live happy in other moments, don't do it. Work sucks, but it gives you money that allows you to buy things that make you happy.
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thanks for the profound insight, nutsack.
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Because you dont know jack shit no one does, might as well wait til the longest possible length to figure out the unknown
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Ngl this type of post on reddit used to make me depresssed as a kid and id make them too, dont want to see them, theres no point in thinking about this thats why ppl either dont or spend all their time religious
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There’s no point, and that’s beautiful. Go live your life the way you want to — nothing will happen after you die
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A lot of things happen after you die. And if you participate actively (both positively and negatively) then some of that have your contribution and thus you leave a legacy.
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Also kind of sad that Palestine and Ukraine were apparently hot topics even in Nietzsche’s day…
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I'm pretty confident that there's an afterlife.
I speak from my own research into related phenomena.
The afterlife is basically the dreamworld but moreso.
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I'm just hoping we help each other to achieve our goals before we go
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Embrace Absurdism.
Watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv79l1b-eoI
And/Or read Albert Camus -
Or another way, the process is the point
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Live your life its the point of living. not working all day in the best days of your life.
Your time its all you have. don't waste it.
