EPTLife is pointless, so what, by the same logic the entire universe is pointless. Just squeese as many endorphins as you can out of life while you still are alive, and then you can go back to being part of a planet for several hundred million billion years.
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DIRESTRAIT
Canada155 Posts
Life is pointless, so what, by the same logic the entire universe is pointless. Just squeese as many endorphins as you can out of life while you still are alive, and then you can go back to being part of a planet for several hundred million billion years. | ||
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Macabre
United States1262 Posts
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blahman3344
United States2015 Posts
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jliu
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SkySpy
United States245 Posts
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Dagobert
Netherlands1858 Posts
On June 23 2011 03:01 jliu wrote: existential crisis, one of millions. don't give up so quick and be promiscuous Fixed. + Show Spoiler + Use protection though. :D | ||
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IzieBoy
United States865 Posts
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Leeto
United States1320 Posts
On June 23 2011 03:02 SkySpy wrote: Looks like someone just discovered the Total Perspective Vortex. I was thinking the same thing. | ||
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IzieBoy
United States865 Posts
On June 23 2011 01:47 tiffany wrote: here's a better way to look at things Think about the world 100 years from now. will Mcdonald's still be around? Coke? IBM? Nike? Google? Apple? (ibm celebrated its 100th birthday last week) Take it one step further. Can you imagine an archaeologist in 1000 years, digging in the sand and finding these huge golden arches? What can this be, he asks. Must be some shrine to some unknown god. Upon further examination, he concludes that there is perhaps a slight resemblance to the ancient ying yang symbol. I was talking with a friend about the meaning of life. He told me about the Eqyptians. Some 5000 years ago, there was some guy who was the head man for the pyramids. Every morning, he'd get up, kiss the wife and kids goodbye, climb into his chariot and go off to work. He was a real important guy in his time. Men respected him. Women adored him. Princes held him in great respect. On his way home, he'd often stop at the market to pick of bread and eggs for breakfast the next morning. Sometimes he might stop off at the Egyptian equivalent of KFC to pick up dinner. When he'd pull up to the house, the dog would bark, the kids would run to the door and shout, "Daddy's home!" (in Egyptian) and so it was. Well one day that guy died. Today, he is not remembered. For all we know he might be nothing but a figment of my friend's imagination. But, let's say he was real. Today - he is forgotten. Just like you and I will be forgotten. Same thing with some of the companies mentioned earlier. The lesson? Live life like it means something. Enjoy it to the fullest. Don't take any crap from anyone - life's too short. Don't worry about anything. Hug the people you love. Go ahead and eat the skin off the damned chicken. Don't be afraid to have another piece of that cherry pie. Enjoy yourself. Live, love, laugh. lol yep i like this | ||
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Vod.kaholic
United States1052 Posts
We may be tiny in reference to the universe, which exists on a humongous scale in terms of time, space, and mass, but that's not OUR reference point, we can't perceive or even understand things on the scale of "the entire universe." We can understand some stats about it, we can perceive aspects of it, rules, laws of physics etc., but the true scale of it is beyond any individual human mind. You can say "oh there are x billion stars and we are nothing," but do you really understand whatever number you choose to cite, can you truly comprehend that? Chances are that you can't, because your mind isn't built for it, so that shit doesn't matter and has absolutely no impact on your life. The things we do probably don't matter for the sake of the Universe, but you're not the Universe, or God, or anything else other than a human, and the things you do matter on a human scale. To the Universe we're nothing, but we are much more than that to each other. You exist in the Universe first and foremost, but we exist on Earth and next to other humans, and interact with them in a much more intimate fashion than we do with the incomprehensible infinity of the Universe. The time we each have as individuals is limited, it's not infinite, and we can't get it back, and therefore valuable. Cherish your life. Tl;dr: the Universe is too big for you to give a shit about, start thinking about your life on Earth, where things matter. | ||
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Zeri
United States773 Posts
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Randomaccount#77123
United States5003 Posts
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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
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jackofclubs81
United States196 Posts
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Denzil
United Kingdom4193 Posts
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dudeman001
United States2412 Posts
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Avarice
United States36 Posts
Watch that, you should feel better! To contemplate the vastness of space-time and despair is to neglect the beauty of living within the space of a blinking eye. That sense of urgency is what has brought us so far in a couple measly human lifetimes. | ||
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Randomaccount#77123
United States5003 Posts
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dperc
Slovenia7 Posts
I think that everyone should assign their own meaning to things. Universe and existence is pointless and at the same time meaningful, just choose the perspective you prefer, you will not find THE truth anyway... The core cause of every depression is the idea of self-devaluation. While it is true that from the scientific point of view all beings are just sacks of meat, someone in this thread mentioned consciousness. It may be that there is some not-so-much physical part of ourselves...or not. It matters little...enjoy the mystery of life. | ||
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LarJarsE
United States1378 Posts
and also: smoke some weed alone and look inside yourself, perhaps you will become grateful of how miraculous life is. | ||
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