How many of you consider life just pointless?

[venin.n]

Futile, pointless, senseless, absurd, you name it.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

Yes i do . There is no objective purpose nor meaning to DNA based life

 

[venin.n]

Yes i do . There is no objective purpose nor meaning to DNA based life

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[SpiritualDeath]

It's not only pointless but harmful - it's perfectly "designed" for suffering.
The concept "meaning of life" would not need to be created if life was full of happiness instead of suffering.

 

[g&hexmhn]

This is one of the things keeping me up at night lmao. Trying to find purpose or meaning when it all just seems pointless. We're all gonna die anyway, plus I can't see a future where I'm in it.

 

[Aim]

 

[𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆]

I see many people around me who are truly happy. Living their best life, reaching their goals. Based on that I wouldn't go as far and call life pointless or meaningless in general. That's what I would consider my life. My life is poinless and meaningless.

 

[Seered Doom]

I see it as existing pointlessly.

 

[Engström]

I'm reminded of the last social media (IG) post by Zhanna D'Art:

"Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless."

D'Art died this past summer - she was a radical raw food blogger who eventually /essentially starved herself to death. She had other health complications as well.

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[Praestat_Mori]

It's a subjective feeling whether life is pointless for someone or not. Yes we all will die sooner or later and we can't take anything with us but in my case if I wasn't screwed and so fucked up and I was able to live my life the way I did before I'd not say my life is pointless/futile. It's somehow pointless now bc I can't live it the way I want to live my life.

 

[MatrixPrisoner]

We all have a pupose. 99% of us exist so that the other 1% can live in their elysium utopias.

 

[venin.n]

It's a subjective feeling whether life is pointless for someone or not. Yes we all will die sooner or later and we can't take anything with us but in my case if I wasn't screwed and so fucked up and I was able to live my life the way I did before I'd not say my life is pointless/futile. It's somehow pointless now bc I can't live it the way I want to live my life.

I can understand your point of view and I've lived it, but since it doesn't have any inherent purpose or meaning I would still state the above.

 

[Beyond_Repair]

Futile, pointless, senseless, absurd, you name it.

Life is definitely absurd. People seem to find meaning in things - kids and family, usually. Pets. Hobbies, their careers. My family has never been a source of joy, quite the opposite, and I do not want to bring more kids into this world.

If someone is able to find meaning or purpose in this life, good on them. I'm happy for them. I've just never been able to, which leads me to the belief that something is inherently wrong with me

 

[venin.n]

We all have a pupose. 99% of us exist so that the other 1% can live in their elysium utopias.

Maybe not 99%, in my opinion, but probably the vast majority…

I'm reminded of the last social media (IG) post by Zhanna D'Art:

"Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless."

D'Art died this past summer - she was a radical raw food blogger who eventually /essentially starved herself to death. She had other health complications as well.

NY Post coverage

Daily Mail coverage

It definetely is worth living in the right circumstances

This is one of the things keeping me up at night lmao. Trying to find purpose or meaning when it all just seems pointless. We're all gonna die anyway, plus I can't see a future where I'm in it.

If I weren't sleeping because of meds, I'd probably do the same

 

[Beyond_Repair]

I see many people around me who are truly happy. Living their best life, reaching their goals. Based on that I wouldn't go as far and call life pointless or meaningless in general. That's what I would consider my life. My life is poinless and meaningless.

Same. I see other people who seem perfectly content and enjoying their lives. I definitely don't understand it, and it's what makes me feel so alone and misunderstood at times.

That's what I love about this forum though, knowing that there are other people that feel similarly makes me feel less alone.

 

[DEATH IS FREEDOM]

Life can be good if we could decide the time of our death. If I am forced to live too long, life will become meaningsless suffering because I will become chronically sick or disabled. That is the situation I have found myself in. I live in a country that is in denial of human death, a country where humans are expected to live no matter how life turns out for us.

 

[venin.n]

Life is definitely absurd. People seem to find meaning in things - kids and family, usually. Pets. Hobbies, their careers. My family has never been a source of joy, quite the opposite, and I do not want to bring more kids into this world.

If someone is able to find meaning or purpose in this life, good on them. I'm happy for them. I've just never been able to, which leads me to the belief that something is inherently wrong with me

True

I'd say something is inherently wrong with what has happened to you

 

[Deleted member 65988]

Absolutely absurd.

 

[BetterInTheory]

It is incredibly absurd. But more importantly, it is incredibly cruel. So much pain and suffering that has no justification.

 

[shekindabadtho…]

It's def meaningless
The idea of it being meaningless has actually made me happier, it feels like you're not really failing at life when there's not really anything to accomplish in the first place. I believe it's easier to be comfortable with yourself no matter what position you're in.

 

[Ksmиda]

Yes, I do think that my life is meaningless, but not in a bad way. If my life is pointless, I can do what I want and I can end it without feeling guilty.

 

[shekindabadtho…]

It's def meaningless
The idea of it being meaningless has actually made me happier, it feels like you're not really failing at life when there's not really anything to accomplish in the first place. I believe it's easier to be comfortable with yourself no matter what position you're in.

You pretty much get to do whatever you want, and when there's nothing left, and it's all pointless pain, the idea makes it easier to leave

 

[FuneralCry]

Of course it is. There could never be any meaning behind this tragic and senseless cycle of suffering that cruelly continues to repeat once new life is forced here.

I see existence as nothing more than a virus that continues to be infected onto existing beings, that disturbed the peace of nothingness so repulsively torturing existing beings all throughout history as a result, existence is just so unnecessary. All that existence does is create problems and suffering there was never a need for.

 

[BLEH:3]

nihilism and absurdism are two ideaologies i subscribe to, nihilism basically is that you live for nothing, like reading a book just to end it without sustanence. and absurdism is that the world is just one absurd place, right there in the name. the point of life is what you give it, it has no inherent reason, you were born to fulfill the selfish needs of your parents.

 

[Spiritual survivor]

This world can make it feel that way. I just try to find pleasure in the little things. If u got somewhere warm to sleep every night, if u have food, pet/pets, drugs, a friend or two, coffee, some way to entertain yourself. I'm greatful for these things. I know it's not a fancy or exciting life but I don't need that much to be happy I guess.

 

[SMmetalhead36]

Yes. Things are getting worse by the day. How is one supposed to make the best of it if when you try you don't get anything but suffering?

 

[Mistiie]

Me.

I wasn't always so bitter towards being alive, but there genuinely is no point continuing on. I feel like I've done all I possibly can to make my life worth anything and so far, none of it has gone well for me, or has just resulted in more and more stresses piling on.

If this is what life is going to be like for the next 20, 50, 70 years, then you can count me out.

 

[hermestrimegistus]

I don't think life is pointless. I just think mine is haha

 

[IDoNotExist]

Me.

Absolutely pointless. Meaningless. A waste of time. I don't see what the big deal about life is. My existence is irrelevant to me. I don't want my own exist to exist. I don't want to waste my time existing. But since I am here anyway, I can only turn to death.

 

[Blurry_Buildings]

I think the generally accepted convention is that you create your own reason for living (like camu's sisyphus - that one dude who rolls a rock up a hill for eternity and likes being a masochist by finding meaning in it).

I think that's 100% BS though, and a convienent solution to an unsolvable problem. People actually enjoy being sociopaths and they especially enjoy achieveing personal stability at the expense of the greater good, holding us all back. This is human nature.