Life is meaningless? - Page 3

TheMercenary · 05-20-2007, 10:14 PM

Aliantha · 05-20-2007, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

having a purpose and seeing meaning in life are separate considerations. the question "What is the Meaning of Life?" assumes that there IS meaning. WHy does there have to be a meaning? Can't it be a product of a series of random events?

Of course it can be. I actually tend to agree with this philosophy more or less.

for people to believe life is 'a meaningless existential hell' is pretty extreme though. It comes across to me as suggesting there's no meaning in anything and that life is hell.

Aliantha · 05-20-2007, 11:20 PM

ok...have we entered a new dimension or something?

lumberjim · 05-20-2007, 11:21 PM

remember when Hulk Hogan was a good guy...then he changed and became a bad guy? yeah. Now he's a good guy again. weird huh?

Aliantha · 05-20-2007, 11:23 PM

very

xoxoxoBruce · 05-20-2007, 11:30 PM

And through it all he was still the best.

lumberjim · 05-20-2007, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

And through it all he was still the best.

whatever. the point is that you've been acting in a very un brucelike manner lately. several people have commented on it. you've ignored it. what up?

Aliantha · 05-20-2007, 11:41 PM

I think I've entered the twilight zone.

skysidhe · 05-20-2007, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

And through it all he was still the best.

You bet! As a country kid myself we used to watch him on the weekends. Yes I watched wrestling!

He's kept that 'aura' hasn't he?

Remember when the tv would actually go off the air? I don't know why I mention that except he came from an era when things were more pure and true. When there were actually quiet spaces in a day. Now we have to actually find the time to be quiet.

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I think I've entered the twilight zone.

Yes, I cringed a couple of times while their verbal shots were flying over my head.

DucksNuts · 05-20-2007, 11:44 PM

Ali and LJ are agreeing n shit.

....head for the hiiiiillllllllllsssssssssssssssssssss!!!

Aliantha · 05-20-2007, 11:45 PM

Be afraid. Be VERY afraid!

Urbane Guerrilla · 05-21-2007, 03:59 AM

That aura may be either wing of the mustache.

Should he and Senior Teutel have a "baddest mustache" competition? -- sort of a Clash of the Titans? Yeah, I know: they clash those two titans together, the heterosexual population isn't gonna want to watch.

Are any of those students depressed because they're taking meds?

Aliantha · 05-21-2007, 04:02 AM

Well the source was dumb.com, so I doubt anyone really knows although I suppose this could be the result of some clinical study - who knows?

It was more a question of, do you think this could be true, and if so, what do you think could be done or alternatively, not done.

piercehawkeye45 · 05-21-2007, 08:43 AM

For the percentage, I have no idea. I don't go around asking people that question and if I do talk about it, I am usually with people that think the same way I do so generalizing the whole college population of that would be extremely biased.

I personally do think life is meaningless but I am not depressed or suicidal about it. I know in 100 years I will be forgotten and besides my direct descendants, my life will mean nothing to everyone living at that time.

I know more or less how to be happy and I try to live that way. Even though I do try to make the world a better place (not to be cliché), I do not expect to be remembered for it. I just want the people that are around me to be happy and that will usually keep me satisfied.

TheMercenary · 05-21-2007, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

For the percentage, I have no idea. I don't go around asking people that question and if I do talk about it, I am usually with people that think the same way I do so generalizing the whole college population of that would be extremely biased.

I personally do think life is meaningless but I am not depressed or suicidal about it. I know in 100 years I will be forgotten and besides my direct descendants, my life will mean nothing to everyone living at that time.

I know more or less how to be happy and I try to live that way. Even though I do try to make the world a better place (not to be cliché), I do not expect to be remembered for it. I just want the people that are around me to be happy and that will usually keep me satisfied.

Great outlook. Life really is meaningless, except to those who depend upon you for there life. Then it takes on a new meaning.

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Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I think I've entered the twilight zone. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well the source was dumb.com, so I doubt anyone really knows although I suppose this could be the result of some clinical study - who knows? It was more a question of, do you think this could be true, and if so, what do you think could be done or alternatively, not done. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-21-2007, 08:43 AM	#14
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	For the percentage, I have no idea. I don't go around asking people that question and if I do talk about it, I am usually with people that think the same way I do so generalizing the whole college population of that would be extremely biased. I personally do think life is meaningless but I am not depressed or suicidal about it. I know in 100 years I will be forgotten and besides my direct descendants, my life will mean nothing to everyone living at that time. I know more or less how to be happy and I try to live that way. Even though I do try to make the world a better place (not to be cliché), I do not expect to be remembered for it. I just want the people that are around me to be happy and that will usually keep me satisfied.

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