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I thought they meant the lions. Personally I think we'd be better off having some predator to worry about that isn't ourselves. It actually makes sense since it has to eat. With humans it's personal. Zebras aren't sat around on suicide forums discussing whether it's wrong to breed. They fuck like there's no tomorrow
Life is wonderful!
One of my problems with the world is how often people confuse the two or how often they just believe what they want even when it's not right or detrimental to others. As if it wasn't divisive enough already I'll mention Trump. He's a reflection of those things. Bad for the country meaning bad for him. The world cannot revolve around every single one of us individually. Every day would take years
They're very unlikely to unless given reason. I'm probably the reverse of that. I don't find it easier to believe it's all pointless. In fact I'd end it now so why do they keep going?
I don't exactly mean to ruin other people's perspective on life and their happiness, but I think optimism and dismissal of pessimists/nihilists can be dangerous. I'm reminded of the phrase "Let them eat cake", in that people who are afforded the ability to be happy in life will not understand the perspective of pessimists and think there is something wrong with them or their way of thinking for being the way they are. Thus offering unhelpful or unworkable advice for a problem that they averted from the start. The reverse is likely true in that pessimists think optimists are insane for being the way they are, but in that sense it doesn't really matter since optimists don't have anything wrong, and if they do, they have the correct mental tools to handle it. Invalidating a pessimist's view on life, especially on a suicide forum, seems inconsiderate of their problems and, in a way, their entire life. People think the way they do for a reason and their suffering is very real. You may think life is wonderful or at least has the potential to be and that's perfectly fine, but there's a lot more to consider and this is why others may think life is not good and will not be good for future generations, or at least a fair amount of them.
I want to die, but life is amazing. I am talking about awesome lives, not about my life.
It is the worst time to be alive. It is the Dark Ages of modernity. Life is gonna be awful for future generations, they have to deal with the destruction of the ecosystem that is currently taking place, there will be wars for ressources and so forth. People will suffer even more than today and already today it is tremendous how many people get mentally ill or kill themselves because life is just not as amazing as you think for most people.
Ecosystem will be fine, there will be no wars, and mental illnesses will be cured even before birth, through genetic engineering.
The day heaven is realised on earth, is the day tragedy makes its exit. Without tragedy man is nothing - soulless.
I don't agree. I think the meaning of life is in studying the world. Being happy is also a science, that can be studied. Read the Moral Landscape by Sam Harris.
Empirical facts about the world say nothing about human meaning, read Hume. Can you define happiness for me, so I know what you mean?
I can't define it. But I know it, when I see it. There are many things you can't define with words. Neil Degrasse Tyson is a happy guy.
You're doing the right thing, let happy people procreate, while depressive people go extinct. Then everyone will be happy.
I gave you a happy guy, now you define happiness. What does Neil Degrasse Tyson experience?
He might appear happy to you. Depressed people can look happy on the outside and then suddenly kill themselves. You never know how happy someone really is.
Yes, you win. And as for the reason I quit, I'll leave you with an analogy: What would a boxer have to gain by fighting a man with no arms?
