The meaning of life

[Delta-9 Tetrahydrocannabinol]

Each individual ultimately decides what the meaning of their own life is.

[LimpBizkit]

The most basic "meaning of life" in my book is to reproduce before you die. Other than that, it's pretty specific for each person, I reckon

[West Leas Oros 2]

Why does there need to be an objective meaning? If there is a Meaning, great. If not, oh well. Might as well enjoy it. A few possible answers though.
1. Practice kindness and tolerance
2.Love Yourself
3.Never Ever refreeze food that has been defrosted
4. 42 (I had to)

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Why does there need to be an objective meaning? If there is a Meaning, great. If not, oh well. Might as well enjoy it. A few possible answers though.
1. Practice kindness and tolerance
2.Love Yourself
3.Never Ever refreeze food that has been defrosted
4. 42 (I had to)

Because people like to give their life an objective meaning. I agree with you, mind you, but that's pretty much it. People like to think that there is a reason for what they're doing or aspiring to do.

[West Leas Oros 2]

Why does there need to be an objective meaning? If there is a Meaning, great. If not, oh well. Might as well enjoy it. A few possible answers though.
1. Practice kindness and tolerance
2.Love Yourself
3.Never Ever refreeze food that has been defrosted
4. 42 (I had to)

Because people like to give their life an objective meaning. I agree with you, mind you, but that's pretty much it. People like to think that there is a reason for what they're doing or aspiring to do.

I mean, I myself find absurdism to be intriguing, as well as others. If life has no meaning, then you are free and have free will.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Because people like to give their life an objective meaning. I agree with you, mind you, but that's pretty much it. People like to think that there is a reason for what they're doing or aspiring to do.

I mean, I myself find absurdism to be intriguing, as well as others. If life has no meaning, then you are free and have free will.

Tbh, speaking only for myself, life is what you make of it. If it has no meaning, good. If it has one, good. I only know what I want for mine, more often than not. And that's it.

[West Leas Oros 2]

I mean, I myself find absurdism to be intriguing, as well as others. If life has no meaning, then you are free and have free will.

Tbh, speaking only for myself, life is what you make of it. If it has no meaning, good. If it has one, good. I only know what I want for mine, more often than not. And that's it.

Kinda same here.

[Pope Joan]

In The Saviors of God, Nikos Kazantzakis advises us to "sail calmly toward the abyss; learn to say that nothing exists."

It is a way of living which is active and has direction but does not depend upon external mileposts.

http://www.angel.net/~nic/askitiki.html

[Risottia]

If life has no meaning, then you are free and have free will.

That's quite the non sequitur.

[Risottia]

The meaning of life is being too edgy to show interest for the NSG Awards, while writing angsty, lengthy, boring essays about how dull, petit-bourgeois and mainstream are the people who didn't vote for you and your radical freedom at the NSG Awards.

Fass, is that you?

No, but thank you.

[West Leas Oros 2]

If life has no meaning, then you are free and have free will.

That's quite the non sequitur.

How so. If there is no meaning, then you are free to decide what you will do instead. Without a reason or a fate, you are able to decide yourself.

[Dogmeat]

That's quite the non sequitur.

How so. If there is no meaning, then you are free to decide what you will do instead. Without a reason or a fate, you are able to decide yourself.

I get what your saying, and I'm rather a fan of optimistic nihilism myself, but a meaningless universe does not necessarily equate to free will. Determinism could still be a thing.

[Garden at 6th Mile Road]

This song also applies here, so here goes:

What is Life?
Baby don't hurt me... don't hurt me... no more.

When life hurts you, just sing this.

[Risottia]

How so. If there is no meaning, then you are free to decide what you will do instead. Without a reason or a fate, you are able to decide yourself.

(...) a meaningless universe does not necessarily equate to free will. Determinism could still be a thing.

This is exactly what I'm meaning. What you call "will" could just be the product of purposeless/meaningless interactions between well-defined physical entities (electrons and molecules, mostly) in your own body. The idea of "fate" (or servum arbitrium, or mechanicist determinism if you prefer) is unrelated to the idea of "purpose" or "meaning".

[The Blaatschapen]

How so. If there is no meaning, then you are free to decide what you will do instead. Without a reason or a fate, you are able to decide yourself.

I get what your saying, and I'm rather a fan of optimistic nihilism myself, but a meaningless universe does not necessarily equate to free will. Determinism could still be a thing.

Isn't the meaning of life: Bellyrubs?

[Garden at 6th Mile Road]

I get what your saying, and I'm rather a fan of optimistic nihilism myself, but a meaningless universe does not necessarily equate to free will. Determinism could still be a thing.

Isn't the meaning of life: Bellyrubs?

Not for cats, apparently; I once tried to give a cat a belly rub. Didn't go so well, though my hand is still intact.

[Alvecia]

Having just had lunch, I can say with absolute certainty that the meaning of life is chocolate

[Garden at 6th Mile Road]

Having just had lunch, I can say with absolute certainty that the meaning of life is chocolate

Life is like a random box of chocolates - sometimes you get the sweet, sweet white or milk chocolate, then other times, you get the bitter dark chocolate.

(This ain't a racist statement; I'm using the literal fact that the dark chocolate tastes bitter than the white one. )

[The Sakhalinsk Empire]

I read somewhere that the author of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a computer nerd and that, in programming/computing, the asterisk means "whatever you want it to be" i.e. a wild card. The number representing the asterisk was 42, thus the meaning of life is whatever you want it to be.

[Hammer Britannia]

Having just had lunch, I can say with absolute certainty that the meaning of life is chocolate

Life is like a random box of chocolates - sometimes you get the sweet, sweet white or milk chocolate, then other times, you get the bitter dark chocolate.

(This ain't a racist statement; I'm using the literal fact that the dark chocolate tastes bitter than the white one. )

NAh, Dark Chocolate is way better than that white crap.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Life is like a random box of chocolates - sometimes you get the sweet, sweet white or milk chocolate, then other times, you get the bitter dark chocolate.

(This ain't a racist statement; I'm using the literal fact that the dark chocolate tastes bitter than the white one. )

NAh, Dark Chocolate is way better than that white crap.

Dark chocolate is objectively the worst kind of chocolate.

[Hammer Britannia]

NAh, Dark Chocolate is way better than that white crap.

Dark chocolate is objectively the worst kind of chocolate.

Washington Resistance Army is objectively the worst kind of NSG poster

[Ameriganastan]

The meaning of life is to search for the meaning of life. And since that's an impossible goal to truly figure out, it sustains our innate human curiosity.

...What? I'm allowed to think about stuff.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Dark chocolate is objectively the worst kind of chocolate.

Washington Resistance Army is objectively the worst kind of NSG poster

Milk chocolate master race :^]

[Hammer Britannia]

Washington Resistance Army is objectively the worst kind of NSG poster

Milk chocolate master race :^]

I mean, yeah