sserafim

sserafim

brighter than the sun, that’s just me
Sep 13, 2023
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Mine is minimum effort, maximum reward. Work smarter, not harder
 
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iloverachel

Enlightened
Mar 7, 2024
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My life philosophy is

"Life sucks and is completely pointless."

and The Longer you live, the more you suffer
 
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Dr Iron Arc

Dr Iron Arc

Into the Unknown
Feb 10, 2020
21,155
Life is like a box of chocolates: toxic to most animals and most of the options actually kinda suck.
 
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Oliver

Oliver

Experienced
Feb 28, 2024
235
I guess mine would be something like "make the best of what you got".
 
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sserafim

sserafim

brighter than the sun, that’s just me
Sep 13, 2023
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Life is like a box of chocolates: toxic to most animals and most of the options actually kinda suck.
The most annoying thing is that you were handed the box of chocolates against your will and forced to make a choice. Keep that box far away from me! I'm never coming back to this prison planet. This will be my last life
I guess mine would be something like "make the best of what you got".
Don't settle for less. I guess you should make the best of what you have though. Don't lose what you have now by chasing something else. You could end up losing it too. The grass isn't always greener on the other side. Make the most of what you have
 
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fiora

fiora

back from recovery
Apr 3, 2024
68
"all good things were eventually bad things; every original sin has turned into an original virtue"
 
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filthystray

filthystray

Get me out of here
Sep 21, 2023
42
Be the best version of you that you can be
 
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sserafim

brighter than the sun, that’s just me
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One day too late

One day too late

I don't want hope. Hope is killing me.
Aug 14, 2020
4,236
"Life's a bitch and then you die
That's why we get high."
 
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Agon321

Agon321

I use google translate
Aug 21, 2023
1,546
Actually, I don't know.

In practice, my only current philosophy is the pursuit of death.

Theoretically, it can: "Evolve or die."
What I mean is constant development and adaptation to circumstances.

I like this concept because it's true.
 
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Warlock
Feb 6, 2024
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Life is like a box of chocolates: toxic to most animals and most of the options actually kinda suck.
Life is like a box of chocolates: won't last for long if you're overweight. 😁
 
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One day too late

One day too late

I don't want hope. Hope is killing me.
Aug 14, 2020
4,236
I like the old MC Seuss's take (or was he a doctor? 🤔) - it makes more sense to me every passing year.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
That's not by Dr. Seuss. That quote is from Bernard M. Baruch
 
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sserafim

brighter than the sun, that’s just me
Sep 13, 2023
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Life is like a box of chocolates: won't last for long if you're overweight. 😁
Lol I used the chocolates as a metaphor for possible life choices. Hopefully I only need to choose one (this life) and never again. When they give me the box of chocolates next time, I will refuse! I'm not gonna gobble them all up like some people (cough cough those who *want* to reincarnate). I don't know why they want to try them all. One is enough for me
Actually, I don't know.

In practice, my only current philosophy is the pursuit of death.

Theoretically, it can: "Evolve or die."
What I mean is constant development and adaptation to circumstances.

I like this concept because it's true.
Life is a game of survival of the fittest. *Adapt* or die
 
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One day too late

I don't want hope. Hope is killing me.
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derpyderpins

derpyderpins

In the Service of the Queen
Sep 19, 2023
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Mine is minimum effort, maximum reward. Work smarter, not harder
lol you may relate to the protagonist in Hyoka if you haven't watched it. Although he focuses on minimum effort rather than maximum reward.



Don't know if I have a single firm philosophy, but a few general rules I've found:
  • It can always get worse. Doesn't mean it will, but it might if you let it.
  • I'm not the main character, or even special, really, so it's stupid to set expectations contradicting that.
  • Try not to be harder on yourself than you would on someone else in the same situation.
  • Related: but be patient with people. They'll feel better and be better to you and you'll feel better, because even though you aren't special you at least had a little positive influence. We're all trying, we're all flawed, and we're all struggling one way or another.
  • Let yourself love someone, but not blindly worship them. Live for that person. Way easier since your self-hatred doesn't apply.
These result in trying to yearn for lessened misery rather than happiness, which I find to be way more realistic. Rather than chasing some ideal perfect career or accomplishment or unicorn partner, aim for something where you could say, "you know, it could be worse."
 
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iloveduster

iloveduster

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Jan 21, 2024
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"The reassuring stories that many people tell themselves have no place in the investigation into our nature and that of the world. Reality is frightening and without refuge. The fact there is no absolute morality, justice, beauty, truth, purpose, meaning, or reality, is too much for most to bear, which is why they seek refuge in dogma and ignorance. This is not a judgmental statement; we all have a limit to what we can bear." (I took this paragraph from the book A Minority Interest by Martin Butler)
 
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Malaria

Malaria

If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead
Feb 24, 2024
1,085
My status, which is basically my motto.

"If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead." It's from the song Nutshell by Alice in Chains.

It resonates with me a lot because I don't feel like life is worth living if I can't be authentic and be myself.
 
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casandranova29

casandranova29

Lone robot in abandoned realm
Mar 29, 2024
67
My philosophy has always been

"Not to worry about anything
Life will itself find a way for you and you will thug it out"


But guess what? My philosophy broke down recently.

All my life I didn't care about anything, never used be tensed about exams, school, college, friends, career, etc. I always knew I had a great luck. My luck always used to save me from everything, no matter how bad the situation. I thought that this time also my luck will be there as always to save and thug me out of this difficult situation, but to my utter surprise, I ran out of luck. Now I have no goddamn idea on how should I deal with anything. Everything is falling/crumbling apart. My business, my studies, my relations, my health, my finances, my beliefs, my dreams.
How foolish of me to think that things will automatically work out for me like it always has...
 
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NullSz00

NullSz00

Full-Swing Sayonara
Feb 22, 2024
213
"Being ready to die and actively trying to get yourself killed are two very different things"
Quote from a videogame, it really stuck out with me when I first heard it.

But, considering that I'm here, I don't think I'm staying true to it, to be honest.
I don't even know how I'm feeling anymore...
 
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Forever Sleep

Earned it we have...
May 4, 2022
9,842
'You're a slave to money, then you die.'

(Lyrics from: 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' by The Verve.)
 
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leavingthesoultrap

leavingthesoultrap

(ᴗ_ ᴗ。)
Nov 25, 2023
1,212
When life gives you lemons,
squeeze them into people's eyes.
 
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sserafim

brighter than the sun, that’s just me
Sep 13, 2023
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letsgetittogo

letsgetittogo

Barbiturate Summer :p
Nov 11, 2023
202
don't be afraid of anything because there is no mistake or situation so bad that you can't just kill yourself out of 🤝🏽
 
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sserafim

sserafim

brighter than the sun, that’s just me
Sep 13, 2023
9,013
My status, which is basically my motto.

"If I can't be my own, I'd feel better dead." It's from the song Nutshell by Alice in Chains.

It resonates with me a lot because I don't feel like life is worth living if I can't be authentic and be myself.
I've always wondered what that meant. I thought it was actually "If I can't be on my own, I'd feel better dead." I was confused about it because you said that you had a boyfriend, but it makes sense now that I realize it's "my own" and not "on my own." I wonder why it's "my own" instead of "myself" though
 
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Pluto

Pluto

Meowing to go out
Dec 27, 2020
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sserafim

brighter than the sun, that’s just me
Sep 13, 2023
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bump
 
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Shiva_Story

Shiva_Story

Student
Mar 12, 2023
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Create or be Created
 
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