Discussion Do you ever feel like our lives mean nothing

[JM Aggie08]

Doesn't matter if 10,000 people show up and you get a dozen statues and buildings named after you.

In the grand scheme of nature, no humans matter. We are bacteria, parasites, dust.

Right on queue, lol.

It's all relative, ya wet fucking blanket.

 

[Red Squirrel]

This is all far to existential for me.
Life is getting your hair cut every two weeks and watching your neighbor fall off his roof.

That reminds me, I'm probably due for my yearly haircut.

 

[nOOky]

It's just that we are probably born during a period in history that so far, really doesn't matter. Humans don't live long enough to matter, and most of us don't see past our own day, much less how we leave the rest of humanity in say, 672,283.5 years from now.

At some point someone may develop and publish a theory for traveling faster than light, later on someone else may build an actual ship that can do that. And eventually someday humans might meet a race that isn't hostile, and has also travelled the universe seeking out other life forms. And the first time in history, likely hundreds of thousands of years from now, they will meet and actually be able to communicate and the other beings will say "what did we do all of this for, if we are all going to die anyway, and btw, you people are morons".

And after that, as the universe begins to die out, and all of the available fuel for the stars is spent, and the universe is a cold, vast, black, lifeless place 100 trillion years from now, the only thing left will be an unopened package of Hydrox cookies from a distant dead planet orbiting a distant dead star, floating forever in the vast void, still okay to eat despite being past the freshness date.

 

[WelshBloke]

With what time and money? Bills have to be paid and need a job for that. My goal is to continue working on my off grid land and once it's in a state where I can move there then I can sell the house and move there, and my costs of living will be super low, then I won't need a full time job anymore, and can actually live life. That's how I plan to break out of the system. Takes lot of initial work though and it's tough with limited time, but will be worth it.

I mean you can keep planning for the future and not doing anything but at some point you'll turn around and realise that you're too old for adventures.
Shit like that doesn't get easier as you get older!

 

[iRONic]

I've personally taken on the responsibility of making sure that none of those fucking cookies escape our atmosphere!

It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it…

 

[conspireagainst]

Life is truly without meaning, as in, we're not here to accomplish anything. We just are. We might be alone in the universe, we might not. Either way, I try to derive enjoyment out of everyday life when possible. It's hard not to get caught up in online negative discourse, but try and think about and celebrate human achievement. If you consider what we've been able to accomplish as a collective, especially with regards to technological innovation, we've come a long way and life is pretty easy now.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Do you ever feel like our lives mean nothing​

The accelerationist billionaires certainly feel like our lives mean nothing.