The struggle is essential to valuing life, yes. If you don’t struggle, you lose sight of what matters. You lose perspective. The struggle can be emotional, physical, monetary, etc. We all struggle in our own ways, but by accepting that & moving past it: that is how we truly start to improve ourselves.
Standing ovation?
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It seems that either way a person will struggle; struggle with purpose or because of instinct. So does purpose matter that much if comfort and thus some happiness will outweigh the alternative uncertainty?
What comfort is there to be found in just sitting around waiting for death, for the inevitable heat death of the universe? Sure you can sit around and feel mopey about things, I won’t deny I’ve been there. These past two years have been incredibly dark times for me…
My Uncle died of COVID, my other Uncle had a mental breakdown as a result and his Schizophrenia just went into overdrive. My Nan almost lost her house because she had to bury her own Son & now deal with her other Son needing full time care. My Sister had a miscarriage. And I almost died too.
I’m not gonna lie I stumbled, fell and considered suicide myself. We can all fall. But its better to pull ourselves back up. So I did. And I’m still here, and I don’t intend to stop being here. Shit happens, life’s hard & its cruel as fuck. But there’s always something to do, always somebody who needs you. You can’t give up on them, you can’t give up on yourself.
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I agree with do what you can.
But I find it extremely naive to be so happy when no one can truly affect the world in any permanent way.
Like we cant leave this place, literally until humanity advances technology enough, we remain insignificant and irrelevant.
I’m glad yall can feel happy and find meaning.
Like genuinely, more power to you.
But I dont understand why everyone loves to mock those of us who can’t be happy here.
Like fucking hell. God forbid anyone’s different.
But in the spirit of absolutely true nihilism, doesn’t matter either way.
I have no intention of changing the world, its not my problem. I got my own shit to do. Just because I believe we can all be better & do great things doesn’t mean I’m not gonna deny my own intentions of looking out for myself & my own. I don’t intend to do any great deeds or change the world, I just wanna create works of art & live my life.
And if you think I don’t know what you feel read the comment above. I pulled myself out of it, you can to.
Agreed, but that’s what I’m saying, the possibility of comfort and pleasure should be enough purpose to live a productive life, as the other option makes life more uncertain and probably is more of a struggle.
Well that’s why I work, its why I create. Comfort & luxury. Sure along the way it makes people happy, it can inspire: but at the end of the day we all got bills to pay and we all wanna live a little better. What can I say, I’m a Capitalist at heart? If I can create good things, I can make good money. Money means better lives for myself & those around me. That’s enough to get me going. I don’t need to change the world or anything like that.
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On a side note.
I guess I am closer to the nihilism you mentioned as being the real one.
I know for a fact nothing matters at all.
There’s no good or evil, no true right or wrong.
However I also know that these concepts can be made into reality as long people get on the same page and technology advances to a good point.
And honestly, I wish that would happen.
We don’t necessarily have to aim to change the world, but at the least we can’t try not to make it worse. We can be unhappy, but still life is much better than it was decades ago. We should appreciate that at least
As long as you don’t make the world worse
I’m just fortunate that for as rough as life has been I wasn’t born ill. I wasn’t born blind, i wasn’t born deaf. Had a full set of limbs & working organs. There’s people born with all number of problems they gotta live their whole lives with beyond what I’ve faced, and they still face what the rest of us do too on top of all that and can still manage to go on.
I got no excuse to give up.
I have no intention of worsening where I live, that’d be stupid. I have no love for this Mudball, because realistically one day it will just be one of many worlds we call our own: but I have no desire to make it a worse place either. You don’t shit where you eat.
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I think things matter because you respect rules of society to a certain extent and enjoy the privileges that offers. Even being here, having internet, communicating, getting some laughs does good for the mind.
Realistically, for as bad as we can all have it. Our living standards right now, as we are all here talking and discussing such profound concepts as the meaning of life on a backwater internet forum for a shit game: we’re living better than Royalty ever did 100s of years ago.
People worked their tails off to get us here 😁
Precisely. Our family worked, fought & died to get us here. We owe it to them & whatever kids we all one day have to keep the grind going.
Heh… guess I grew a little soft after becoming an Uncle myself.
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Strongly disagree.
I wish Puerto Rico was as calm as it was in the 90s and early/mid 2000s, it was better.
And if it was, I would move back there.
Hell as much as i enjoy online gaming, or have enjoyed it, I’d gladly go back to that no internet, no cellphone everywhere era.
It was so peaceful.
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Why did Puerto Rico change?
Perhaps i misspoke about decades. I meant to say centuries. Colonial or feudal era. Before enlightenment and industrial revolution.
But i guess it would still depend on the place.
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Ah that makes sense. And you’re right.
Around 2010 things started getting extremely violent.
It’s pretty dangerous now.
Constant shootings, theft, ect.
Back then tho, it was more if you didnt mess with anyone, no one would mess with you.
Idk what the hell happened.
Did economy tank? It feels like if there is economic stability, people are more likely to respect the law cause the value what they have and by extent what others have.
Fairness of opportunity also matters