hermestrimegistus
Specialist
- Sep 16, 2023
- 341
I'd do anything to be able to go back in time and unmake these decisions. Literally haunted by them
Lookoutbelow
Jump to it
- Sep 14, 2023
- 512
I'm 53. You are correct. There is no looking forward after a certain age. Life only goes down hill from here for me.
Cress
Arcanist
- Oct 15, 2023
- 412
I'm glad you were able to make it this far It's no easy feat. It couldn't have been easy with all the trials and tribulations that you've been through. I probably won't make it to that age myself
Professor K
your eyes vacant and stained
- Feb 9, 2023
- 225
After you die, you won't be able to think about this and you'll be away from this reality.
This interrogation and this feeling is only relevant within the context of being alive.
The many 'What ifs' about possible missed opportunities in the future is no different than those of the past ''if i hadn't done this then my life would've been so much better''.
You can't change the past and you are now the result of all of the elements of this past.
You either die and it's all gone, your life ends...or it continues, you stay alive and whatever will be, will be.
pthnrdnojvsc
Extreme Pain is much worse than people know
- Aug 12, 2019
- 2,508
What opportunities will i miss that unbearably painful cancer, that arthritis, posibility of kidnapping accident starvation homelessness, dementia ?
Any sentient animal is under constant threat of extreme torture stroke accident attack brain damage tape worm, diseases that causes constant pain or constant itching any part of the complex machine could start to malfuncion or be attacked by a myriad of bacteria, fungi, mold , parasites at any time for any animal or human
My question is why should I continue to be under threat of pain suffering torture for what objective reason? life is a meaningless imposition , prison slavery torture
I don't see anything that is objectively real except extreme pain to me. There is no objective purpose to life. Life is meaningless. that every human will die is just a clue that there is no purpose. that the Sun will burn this tiny peice of dust called Earth to a crisp shows it's all meaningless.
The universe has always expanded. It's expanding so fast that 97% of the universe is already unreachable forever moving away from Earth faster than the speed of light. This shows to me the universe will continue expanding into nothingness and become nothing forever.
www.astronomy.com
Any sentient animal is under constant threat of extreme torture stroke accident attack brain damage tape worm, diseases that causes constant pain or constant itching any part of the complex machine could start to malfuncion or be attacked by a myriad of bacteria, fungi, mold , parasites at any time for any animal or human
My question is why should I continue to be under threat of pain suffering torture for what objective reason? life is a meaningless imposition , prison slavery torture
I don't see anything that is objectively real except extreme pain to me. There is no objective purpose to life. Life is meaningless. that every human will die is just a clue that there is no purpose. that the Sun will burn this tiny peice of dust called Earth to a crisp shows it's all meaningless.
The universe has always expanded. It's expanding so fast that 97% of the universe is already unreachable forever moving away from Earth faster than the speed of light. This shows to me the universe will continue expanding into nothingness and become nothing forever.
What will happen to the planets when the Sun becomes a red giant?
categories:The Sun | tags:Magazine, The Solar System, The Sun
www.astronomy.com
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Ashu
novelist, sanskritist, Canadian living in India
- Nov 13, 2021
- 702
It's an interpretation, and when you begin to explore the eternal debate on the problem of free will, you find that it's an interpretation that is difficult or impossible to support.
Lord, do I know the feeling. It's hell on earth.
Hey, I'm fifty-three too. You're right, but at the same time, realizing that you've wasted all your chances can have its positive side.
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Blue Elephant
Mage
- Sep 22, 2023
- 519
I thought so, and maybe the others thought so as well. I guess why they tell you positive things (even though those things are incorrect) is for support. Because what would be the point of pushing (in a corner) a person who did something bad but who feels sorry about that, a person who would do things differently, who is trying to change. I wouldn't push them in a corner, I would offer forgivness, I would support them. To be honest .. I'm one of those who did bad in the past and I would like to have the chance to change, to do better.
hermestrimegistus
Specialist
- Sep 16, 2023
- 341
I appreciate the sentiment. But telling people things that are incorrect just for the sake of support can sometimes do nothing other than instill a deeper sense of guilt. I don't deserve to be supported or forgiven. If you had any idea what I've done you wouldn't say or think any of these things. But thank you for the thought. It's a nice gesture. It doesn't matter how much I try to do better now I will never be able to undo the past and that is what drives me to think its completely hopeless to continue to go on
Blue Elephant
Mage
- Sep 22, 2023
- 519
I agree with what you're saying. But I think that some people just want to help (want to give positive energy) and they don't know how to do it otherwise, how to do it properly. I think the intention matters though. I know it can be annoying but I don't think we should shut them down, just .. ignore them if it's too painful for us, but never shut them down.
I respect your thoughts and your decision to CTB, I understand. I think I would have chosen the same path if I were in a similar situation.
