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What is the point of anything?
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RE: What is the point of anything?
(February 8, 2015 at 8:53 am)Nell Wrote: Life. Living. What is the point of any of it?
Who needs a point when you have an internet connection?

Quote:Yes..I know this sounds pessimistic, but this line of thinking goes on to higher levels too. Why bother building monuments when eventually either hundreds or thousands of years from now it's going to be gone. Why bother reproducing if the human race and the planet itself is inevitably going to pass away.
Because doing stuff is more fun than not doing stuff.

Quote:Not exactly a cheerful post I know, but it is something I think of more and more. Have any of you got an answer or an idea, because I can't come up with one.
First, you have to figure out why you NEED life to have a "point," when the "point" was just to follow the limitations on your freedom imposed by a religious institution. If you found the key to your prison camp cell, would you stay in the cell, asking yourself, "How will I know where to stand?" I wouldn't. I'd hit the ground running, and run whichever way my little feet wanted to lead me.

So that's my answer. Each morning, ask, "What would I like to do today?" Then go do it. Eventually, you might say, "Today, I want to build a monument." Or you might just stay in bed and pull the covers over your head. Either way, you're not going to be molding your thoughts and actions to a fairy tale that doesn't even include you as an important character.
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What is the point of anything? - by Nell - February 8, 2015 at 8:53 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Tonus - February 8, 2015 at 9:01 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Aoi Magi - February 8, 2015 at 9:05 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Gawdzilla - February 8, 2015 at 9:13 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by professor - February 8, 2015 at 9:58 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by robvalue - February 8, 2015 at 10:06 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by One Above All - February 8, 2015 at 10:17 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by bennyboy - February 8, 2015 at 10:41 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Tonus - February 8, 2015 at 2:09 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by robvalue - February 8, 2015 at 10:47 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Darkstar - February 8, 2015 at 3:22 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Homeless Nutter - February 8, 2015 at 10:58 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Alex K - February 8, 2015 at 11:05 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Norman Humann - February 8, 2015 at 11:10 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by SteelCurtain - February 8, 2015 at 11:19 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Jenny A - February 8, 2015 at 12:26 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Silver - February 8, 2015 at 12:32 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Cyberman - February 8, 2015 at 2:00 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Silver - February 8, 2015 at 2:01 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Esquilax - February 8, 2015 at 1:03 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Thumpalumpacus - February 8, 2015 at 1:47 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by downbeatplumb - February 8, 2015 at 1:50 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 8, 2015 at 1:55 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Chad32 - February 8, 2015 at 2:09 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Silver - February 8, 2015 at 2:12 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Chad32 - February 8, 2015 at 2:18 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Cyberman - February 8, 2015 at 2:11 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Pizza - February 8, 2015 at 3:40 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by emilynghiem - February 9, 2015 at 7:10 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by thesummerqueen - February 9, 2015 at 7:27 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Pyrrho - February 9, 2015 at 7:56 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by dyresand - February 9, 2015 at 9:17 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Jenny A - February 9, 2015 at 9:30 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Minimalist - February 9, 2015 at 9:31 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Drich - February 10, 2015 at 11:20 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by thesummerqueen - February 10, 2015 at 11:22 pm
RE: What is the point of anything? - by FlyingSpaghettiMonster - February 11, 2015 at 12:02 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Mudhammam - February 11, 2015 at 12:53 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Cato - February 11, 2015 at 1:24 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by Chad32 - February 11, 2015 at 10:50 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by The Grand Nudger - February 11, 2015 at 11:29 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by veoli - February 11, 2015 at 11:59 am
RE: What is the point of anything? - by SteelCurtain - February 13, 2015 at 12:31 am

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