Darkover

Darkover

Angelic
Jul 29, 2021
4,588
Like, really, is there any fundamental reason why a human should live? Is there something that every human should be living for? Family and friends can leave you, and you can leave them too. At the end of the day, it's just you and yourself. You can pretty much lose everything since everything in this life is lasting for a very short time

Fundamentally, there may not be a universal reason why anyone should live. But individuals often find or create their reasons, even when life seems indifferent or hostile.

The value of life is personal and subjective, often shaped by experiences, beliefs, and choices. While impermanence can make life seem meaningless, it can also be what makes every moment more precious, knowing that it won't last forever.

Life is only worth living if you can meet your most basic needs without struggling and if you're not suffering from some terminal illness. But if you constantly struggle to meet your basic needs, the death becomes the most valuable thing to escape suffering

Many people do indeed believe that life is only worth living when certain conditions are met—like having health, safety, or fulfilling relationships. When those conditions aren't present, suffering can dominate, making life feel unbearable.

Everything in life is temporary; nothing is truly permanent. This impermanence can make life feel like it lacks solid meaning.
 
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Higurashi415

Higurashi415

Member
Aug 23, 2024
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We're animals; animals have no purpose.
Outside of reproducing, if you will.
The difference between other animals and us is that we have so much computational power that it doesn't take long for us to discover that it's pointless.
 
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ThisGameIsOverrated

I need RCs
May 6, 2024
185
We're animals; animals have no purpose.
Outside of reproducing, if you will.
The difference between other animals and us is that we have so much computational power that it doesn't take long for us to discover that it's pointless.
Also doesn't take long for us to build delusional belief systems that convince us it's somehow objectively worth living
 
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GalacticWarrior777

GalacticWarrior777

One day I'll be gone and that's it
Sep 24, 2024
121
Besides the reasons we make it worth living for, no. It is not worth living. Everything we see, we feel, is temporary. We can enjoy our lives one day, but the other, we are in the biggest pit we've ever been in. I don't find it worth living, but some things will try their best to keep you alive for as long as possible, for me it's hope. Hope that a miracle will happen, making my dreams come fucking true, but by the time that miracle could potentially happen, I bet i'll already be dead, as it overpowers anything else in the end.
 
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ARW3N

ARW3N

Melancholia
Dec 25, 2019
401
The Buddha taught that nothing in the universe is lasting - that everything that comes also goes, everything that lives must die, and everything that is created will crumble. Nobody thought the Buddha was crazy for teaching them the concept of impermanence and neither are you.
 
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ijustwishtodie

ijustwishtodie

death will be my ultimate bliss
Oct 29, 2023
4,654
No, life isn't worth living. There's no reason or need for life to exist. Life existing is just pointing and serves no purpose. Whether you die now or die in 50 years time, it's just as equally pointless. It's difficult to try and convince this to people because the human ego is just so blinding to where people think that what they do matters and is important. No, none of this crap is important and, at the end of the day, we'll just be in the grave as if we never existed at all
 
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We Are Angels

We Are Angels

Student
Sep 24, 2024
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If you are born into some privilege, have all your physical needs met, are good looking and so on, it can (arguably) be worth living. Most people on this planet, being subject to abject poverty, do not have lives worth living. Most people are brainwashed into thinking it's a gift, and that reproducing is somehow a moral choice, even though in the next breath they will say life sucks, taxes suck, their job sucks etc. I'll be dead soon because I refuse to accept this horseshit.
 
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Dr Iron Arc

Dr Iron Arc

Into the Unknown
Feb 10, 2020
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It can be for some people but I doubt you'll find many who think so on here.
 
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