Is there really any purpose to living?

Is there really any purpose to living?
I mean, surely there's more to it than just reproducing and working your life away right?

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its your life nigger you can give it any purpose you want

No, unless you count GOD. Try it. I promise it will work out, just be careful of the human element.

>that pic
that's shopped, right??

What said. Also, reproducing and working your life away are terrible ideas imo.

I mean, it's kind of arrogant if you think about it. Humans thinking they're above the beasts and that their lives have value and meaning. That we have a purpose and there's something to keep us going other than biology and shit.

I'd think it'd depend upon the woman you meet, and how well you enjoy your work and get paid for it

Maybe you can make your purpose to help others. It feels good.
Or maybe you can make it to advance humanity as far as possible.
Like said, it's your life. Give it whatever purpose seems right.

Nah man. she's using a powerful suction device to make her cunt get bloated.. goes away after a couple of days..

they used to sell them on Monsternuts.com before one of the fags who owned it got AIDS.

What the fuck is that pic?

Life has no purpose until you give it purpose.

Sex

Yeah. Reproducing and NOT working your life away.

To answer seriously, the purpose in life is pleasure.

The pursuit of happiness.

Whatever makes you happy (this goes for anybody) is the purpose in your life. Your happiness may be sex. Your happiness may be music. Your happiness may be religion. It may even be murder. Whatever your happiness is, pursue it.

>advocating murder omg crazy wild edgy

Yeah kinda. So like, you could go the sensual pleasure route, but that gets old pretty quickly and eventually sinks either into addiction or depravity, so that kind of sucks. Then there are the folks that go for the God route, which is kinda like going the sensual pleasure route, only now the thing we wind up clinging to is an idea about how the universe works and not just stuff. We call this spiritual materialism. So we turn to the science route, looking for answers in data and testing, but this too is a dead end (or rather an infinite end) and will only wind up with just asking questions for eternity. This isnt so terrible as at least we start to get some vague answers about stuff, but data isnt super fulfilling when it comes to the human experience so thats kind of a drag too.

Then there are the folks who do the meditation route, which is kinda like the god route and the science route all smashed up together. This path shows us how our system works and effectively how best to totally bliss out and get high naturally, but even this doesnt pan out because no matter how high we get, we look around us at people suffering and unless we are totally devoid of empathy, we come crashing down feeling helpless. So then what's left is seemingly the service route, which is an attempt at ending the suffering of others because we realize we can never be truly, 100% whole without everyone being whole.

TLDR: Spread love and kindness and shit, it makes everyone feel good including you and it gives life inherent meaning.

>how well you enjoy your work and get paid for it

You may be right about that, but no woman could convince me to spawn a little ingrate. In fact, I refuse to date anyone who wants kids. But if you're the kind of person that likes kids, then sure, go for it.

We wouldn't be here if we didn't want to initiate life.

Here we go with another 18 year old hitting his post-modern existential crisis.

No, there isn't an objective meaning or whatever for the universe or anything.
You have 2 choices:
Be a pussy and embrace nihilism because it's the easy way out.
Be a god damn man and create your own meaning and fight for it.

I'm not your dad so I'm not going to make you choose either one.

Finding God

We will all find him in the end

I actually never thought that a post on Sup Forums would be the reason I feel happy about living. Thanks user, you truly just helped me in more ways than you can think of

There isn't one you fool. YOU give your life purpose. Choose a worthy cause.

Live to witness the technological revolution first hand. Stay healthy and you may see the results of the singularity

is your fucking son user

But why, why do we all work so hard? What are we all working towards? I mean the expansion of the human race of course, but why? Why is it that humans have to be way more intelligent of a species than that of any other on Earth?

>life has no purpose until you give it one

wrong

life doesnt need a purpose thats a fucking concept conceived by us as retards life flows without a need for purpose if youre so anal you need one then you can default to success otherwise go with the fucking flow and party until its taken from you

We're working towards evolution, same as it always has been.

Assuming you're seriously asking, which you probably aren't because most nihilists live through a layer of ironic disassociation;
Because why not?
There is as much reason to try at life than to not try at life, but one makes you feel better.

If you want to lay on the ground and moan about how nothing holds objective meaning, that's your choice.
Just know that you're a fucking pussy who gave up because shit got a little bit difficult.
You could travel the planet, meet other people, experience technological advancements, but you're going to spend your life bitching and complaining because there isn't something within your realm of reasoning that you like.

It's a mental illness called chronic depression, friend.

it's up to you in the end and you can only blame yourself for the results. you make your own purpose.
But generally speaking, no there is no meaning to life.

And that's a choice.
As much as social media morons would like to convince you, depression is not permanent.
Every time you listen to death grips or whatever, and post ironic memes that further distance you from yourself, you'll be depressed.
Literally the only thing that is keeping you from being happy is you.
Go for a run.
Eat better.
Watch a movie.
Read a book.

Stop sitting around being a self destructive dipshit wondering why you're sad.

Your mind is your own, take control of it.

We are above everything we know because we are capable of producing quality memes

There are only 2 purposes for living:

1. Get big in the stuff you like.
2. Help others get up so they can get big.


Cucks propably prefer 2

smoke weed and get drunk

fap to furry porn

ride motorcycles really fast and wrecklessly

thats my life

wtf I like furries now

everything makes much more sense once you realize you are god

what this guy says, optionally you can just make the decision to be happy without even going out or doing anything.

What if I can't seem to find what makes me happy?

Video games, TV series, anime and shit like that doesn't make me happy, they just occupy my mind.
No jobs I can think of that make me happy.
I have a decent paying one but I don't like it.
Only liked one job out of 7-8 (I'm just 27 haven't worked at a lot of places) when I was a mechanic.

I honestly can't remember the last time I was happy. Not joyful for a while, not entertained. Happy.
Probably high school or primary school years.

The reason I don't kill myself is even though I see no purpose to life, I see no purpose to end it either. It will end by itself eventually.

see

Just because you think your life has meaning, doesn't make it so.

Whats wrong with her asshole then. Jesus it looks like chapped lips andbeef jerky. Will that go way in a couple of days?

Sounds like you aren't applying your mind, which is leaving you empty and bored. Get a job which isn't the equivalent of a box stacker and you may find enjoyment

Not trying to be an asshole just geniunly curious. What is the appeal of watching mascots fuck?

yes, it is to develop a good energy flow in your life where you get natural highs whilst carrying out a good purpose and looking after the biological body.

You're so retarded. You can do all those things, or only things that would normally make you happy, and still be permanently depressed. It's an illness, like cancer. It's in the DSM for fucks sake. If you are such an authority, write a new manual fuckface.

Oh that, that's just from overuse of large objects

Philosophy 101 is rough.

life has whatever purpose you want it to have. Life is meaningless, but that just means you have a blank canvas to paint on.

I am worried her asshole will not recover. She probably can use it to shoplift lots of shit for you though

She won't love me and there is only one her. Wat do

you can either accept responsibility for your mental states or you can go on believing that ultimately you have no more control of yourself than you do over the ocean, it's up to you.

move on

Also, go to bed Jared

Not until god tells me to

Choice is an illusion. Accept that you fucking retard.

THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN

Yes but if it's an actual chemical imbalance, which is depression, then it's not that easy.
Gotta find the right medication, which can be a hard road to walk.

If it's just Special Snowflake Syndrome, then you need to be slapped around and get your shit together

Does your sky-father tell you what to do?
Are your imaginary friends being bossy?
Grow a pair and take charge of your life.accept that you are the only motherfucker responsible for your choices and actions and stop trying to externalize all responsibility.

>yes but...
those chemicals will are how we interpret mental state, mental state is a choice.

or you could not be a narrow minded dumbass and understand that the mind and body and not perfect clean slates that have a genetic or simply natural predisposition to not work in perfect homeostasis sometimes. i.e. cancer, disorders, and yeah depression. If you believe most mental illnesses can be willed away then youre fucked man. Im sorry youre fucked. Some shit in life is gonna teach you that karmic lesson lol.

wut

The purpose is to hide the purpose from others. There's only so much purpose to go around.

'yo ive got a mental illness so im gonna say "chronic depression" whenever someone calls me out for being a whiney bitch'

No.

>then it's not that easy.
Yes it is.
He didn't mention ease dumb ass. He just gave an instruction.
It's ease depends on the person.

Those posts are from separate people man

The shit that happens to us is a combination of our actions and the rest of reality around us. Nobody is trying to externalize all responsibility. I think as capable beings we all know when to take responsibility and when shit is just fucked. I honestly dont think people wake up and say "well shit time to be sad". Why would your being want to be something thats unhealthy for it unless something is going wrong up in the head.

First, learn what Karma is.
Second, you assume much, I could tell you about my history of mental illness but that really wouldn't make a difference here as I'd be another jack-off spouting shit. So be my guest take all the pills.

I think you deserve to be shot right in the fucking face. I hope you get decapitated during a tornado.

why do you like junk food?
why do you like take out?

considering you have had mental illness before and you still think the way you do. Actually gives me more reason to think a karmic lesson can be involved :).

probably because the taste tricks my brain into thinking its good for me. Due to a release of dopamine whenever I buy that szechuan beef. Oh wait i mentioned a chemical right...chemicals have a funny way of making us think and do shit. like...depression? yesss

Wow, you got some shit to work out, and hey I appreciate the honesty, and the choice you made to express yourself.

underrated post

you mean the choice you made to associate that purchase with something you enjoy released dopamine? I'm fucking shocked, I never denied the electro-chemical construction of our bodies.

I'm rather old (36) but I think I have figured it out.
My purpose in life is to enjoy life.
>sex
>food
>alcohol
>music
>sports
>cars
>nature
Do whatever makes you feel good. Life is short, enjoy it while you can.

There's nothing to work out. Try it, say something similar, I'll just jack off.

Or I decided one day to take charge of my thoughts and hold myself accountable for the choices I was making and the way they were affecting me and everyone around me. . . I know it's a radical concept but at the end of the day who the fuck else can make these decisions for me?

Anyone?

No?

Oh just me then.

So what makes me deserve that then chap? lets discuss your angst.

then what was the point in asking if you knew the answer. I just thought you were ignorant to the fact since you spent the time asking not one. but two questions that both seem to have same answer. Drugs are bad for us but i sure love that feeling so ill keep buying. my brain isnt gonna get high without smoking so obviously theres something wrong when youre sad because your brain releases something when it has no reason to. hence medication to stabilize and fix it.

Robot assistant or someone with better charisma. I like to have the same thoughts that others are having but then shame them for those thoughts.

Entertainment. You're not gonna suck my dick and I don't want you to.

even though I dont agree I can understand youre point and logic. Through my personal experience I just cannot come to agree to the fact that we have control over everything. How can something think straight if whats making them think..isnt working straight? I am starting to undertsand the responsibility aspect. Yes no matter what the reason if i do something shitty i still am responsible. But that doesnt mean there isnt an understandable reason to why a person chooses those actions. I just try to have compassion because what would it be like to not be in control of how you feel? horrible. sad. lonely. so Im not gonna go up to someone depressed and tell them to get over it. because they ARE sick and need external help...in my opinion.

So you don't want to explore the option of ease? Most people order takeouts because it's easy, and they're lazy. Much the same way people guzzle anti-depressants, it's easier than doing the work on yourself to understand the process of choice making.

I guess this also goes down the path of if we are truly in control of the deepest centers of our mind. Existential consciousness questions yadada.

there is not

you create your own little world where things matter, after a while it fades and there is emptiness

listen to this

youtube.com/watch?v=04n3WAtnudA

So "because troll" is your answer? it really sounded like you wanted to say something of value there for a minute.

Sounds like half of Sup Forums.

How is that not of value?

Short answer, no.
Long answer, there's absolutely no meaning to life. We're just the product of what our ancestors evolved to be, and there's no real rhyme to reason for life. On a cosmological scale, we're nothing but tine little specks floating on a rock through space. The universe doesn't give a flying fuck about anyone or anything. So live life day by day, take it easy, and just roll along at your own pace. Any meaning one gets from living is just them inserting purpose into what has none. Just ride the waves of cosmic wonder and do your own thing.

that i can agree with. Nothing has exactly one answer. But they have to be the right answers. Humans are indeed lazy beings so we do tend to go for whats eazy. But it again is a mix of the option of ease and the subconscious drives in our mind . Cus even tho papa johns is easy it doesnt have the same effect on me so I wouldnt order it.

God. Period.

I'm assuming you just recently graduated high school?

>inb4 hurrrr durrr no god

use to make 100k a year driving a 370z spent tons of money life was good one day everything burnt down lost my job lost my car, but hey i found a new purpose now i live with 3 buddies we're on welfare playing videogames all day feelsgood everyday is better then the next

...

I haven't fallen down that rabbit hole yet, give me time.

im super stoned and its 5 am so im just replying to a bunch of shit. Im a physics grad so I like to understand concepts of the universe to the smallest transfer of energy. But then theres always the fucking questions . WHO IS THE ARCHITECT OF THIS TRIPPY ASS SHIT. there has to be something of higher thinking beautifully designed the flow of everything. Because it all just works.

Gods are just a way of explaining what we don't know. I prefer to let the dance of life and the true meaningless of it guide me instead of a magical cloud man telling me not to eat shrimp or masterbate. But if you believe in a god then that's your deal and I'm not gonna tell you how to think, because that's my own problem with gods in the first place. So you do you user, and I'll do me.

>18 year old
lol i'd be amazed if he was even 16
or r people really this fkn slow?

I couldn't agree with you more.

What if I told you, I spend my life trying as hard as I can, I try to be as kind as possible to everyone, and always try to make the best choices? Just like any other sane being. Happiness is only temporary you know, just like everything you think exists

>create your own meaning and fight for it.
>not making your point of life as being as meaningless as possible