I don't think the good in existence can make up for the bad

RMQualtrough said:
Well it is worth it to me but is that how we think as a species? "I'm alright Jack pull up the ladder." Lmao... There are things I can do in my limited lifespan to help the living things around me. But nothing could save the millenia of creatures which existed and suffered before me whose lives were suffering.

21st century living, we're all in our ivory towers with modern comforts. Not struggling to not just straight up die every day.

In even the hypothetical, assume infinitely good exists and infinitely bad. It's like the coin flip scenario, it should balance out to neutral but it doesn't. A smart man would walk away.
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That is how we think as a species yes. We are the last humans alive; that means that every single other type of human we have ever met in our entire evolutionary history, we have wiped out. We either out bred them, out competed them or just outright killed them. We pulled up the ladder for every other version of us. Do the same; help the people you care about. You cannot change the past, and ruminating on it is pointless.

Your ancestors toiled and suffered so you could live in comfort and by not working hard, and not cherishing the things you have, and by not passing that down to your children you are making the struggle of your ancestors pointless. The only thing we can do with our limited lifespan is to try and ensure that the lives of those we leave behind are made better.

You can call that pointless in the face of 'infinite bad' if you want, but that's pure cope to try and deal with the fact that if you use that an as excuse for anything; you're just too chickenshit to put the hard work in. A smart man wouldn't walk away, a smart man would cherish what he has, what he can gain and what he can give to those that he loves and that love him.


Lammy said:
your brain is totally owning you with negative confirmation bias
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Johan Schmidt said:
You can call that pointless in the face of 'infinite bad' if you want, but that's pure cope to try and deal with the fact that if you use that an as excuse for anything; you're just too chickenshit to put the hard work in. A smart man wouldn't walk away, a smart man would cherish what he has, what he can gain and what he can give to those that he loves and that love him.
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Walk away from the coin flip, and simply not flip it at all.

It is too late now, existence exists, and that is that. Given the option though between sticking at neutral or gambling on a 50/50 between seriously good and seriously bad it would be better to stick as you are.

Nothingness would have been better than somethingness. But too bad, there is somethingness and always will be. Oh well.
 
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RMQualtrough said:
Walk away from the coin flip, and simply not flip it at all.

It is too late now, existence exists, and that is that. Given the option though between sticking at neutral or gambling on a 50/50 between seriously good and seriously bad.

Nothingness would have been better than somethingness. But too bad, there is somethingness and always will be.
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Do you also regret that you don't have a hypercapsule teletron to the whore pits of Alpha centauri?
 
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RMQualtrough said:
The millions of humans genocided in the war. My jolly outing with pals makes up for what they endured? My jolly vacations make up for child cancer and losing family to disease etc?
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Yes it does, you doomer sped. Those people aren't you, why are you shouldering their burdens and grief? This world is absolutely about you, your life and your pleasures/pains. Even toddlers understand this fact that you've somehow unlearned through sheer retardation.

Other people's suffering doesn't take away from your own blessings, and vice versa. (And not even the most cucked philanthropists would disagree with this point: as you've so generally proven with your ridiculous coin analogy, there's nothing you can do for anybody when you've let nihilism demoralize you into inaction.)
 
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If you're going to get all stupid about overthinking the state of the world, how do you know it even exists?

Technically speaking, the whole brain in a vat thing hasn't been disproven. For all you know none of those fuckers existed and you've just had stimuli introduced to see how you'd cope with knowing the world sucks. Currently you're showing yourself to a pussy. Instead look at things you can control and what you can do to improve your own life since thats specifically what you can control. If we're just brains in vats you're at least passing whatever stupid test the scientists are trying by getting through what they hoped would cripple you.

In the alternative maybe re-read Nietzsche because he'd be calling you a faggot atm.
 
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I'm in a world of shit... yes. But I am alive. And I am not afraid. - Private Joker, Full Metal Jacket
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The world can be a scary and evil place sometimes, but it's not all bad. You give your life meaning, purpose, and direction. If you want the world to be a shitty, meaningless place, then it will be.

The way I see it, this is my only life. It's not perfect. It never will be, but that's okay. Life is like a cigarette. Smoke it till the end!
 
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more people have been born than have been horribly murdered

obviously

more people have lived nice lives than have been horribly whatevered

ggnore nihilist
 
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I find it funny that antinatalist insist on whining, and not changing anything or commiting suicide. (I'm glad they're not but still)
 
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I suppose that sounds awful and everything but what are you doing about it right now?
 
In the end, nature is brutal and uncaring and so, in essence, is existence. I would suggest to not think about a possible lack of existence as a whole, because as things are right now, you cannot end it, ever. But hey, if you want to feel sad/worried/hopeless or whatever, that's your own decision that I cannot influence.

If you are talking about existence as in your own life, then I am afraid that there is no purpose of life, you happened to exist in this world by an uncountable amount of random chances. Life technically doesn't owe you anything, nor do any other people owe you anything, we as humans just happen to be a bit more complex and try to form rules/morals or general guidelines to life. But yeah, at the end of the day life is completely meaningless and you have to search for reasons to live for yourself.

To not end this pseudo-philosophical drivel I have just whipped up while bored on a negative note, let me add that there are infinite reasons to feel happiness. Even autistic speedrunners can find happiness in the most mundane things and if you are happy, you are winning the game of life. Of course, there needs to be some sort of balance, otherwise constant positive stimulation will just make you feel numb, there need to be bad moments in your own life to let you appreciate the happier moments.
 
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I saw the lunar eclipse the other night, that shit was rad.
I could have been watching beheadings on liveleak, but I chose not to.
You post on kiwifarms, which means you are (autistic, but) infinitely wealthier that 99.99% of people who have ever lived.
Sadfags are sad because they don't want to accept that we live in paradise.

Seriously, turn off your computer /put down your phone, and go an look at the sky. It's infinitely better to be living, and life is short, so live the best life you can.
 
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Lord of the Large Pants said:
Literally become a Buddhist.
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That already is my philosophical belief (the monist forms of Buddhism and Hinduism). That is why it is easier to see the fact of existence is a problem, because in those viewpoints you don't only live your own life but are everything that exists.

The negative outweighs the positive even though it's technically neutral. It would be more bad to go through the worst pain possible than good to go through the best joy possible.

I am irrelevant to this. Whether I am happy or sad has zero bearing. Joy oh joys I wasn't holocausted. Millions of others were.

People are only focusing on their SELVES like oh wow I saw an eclipse and didn't watch cartel executions, this is paradise. What about the ones IN those videos, no joy for them. Your enjoyment of an eclipse is eclipsed by the poor cnt in those videos having his eyes gouged out with a screwdriver.

Knight of the Rope said:
Yes it does, you doomer sped. Those people aren't you, why are you shouldering their burdens and grief? This world is absolutely about you, your life and your pleasures/pains. Even toddlers understand this fact that you've somehow unlearned through sheer retardation.

Other people's suffering doesn't take away from your own blessings, and vice versa. (And not even the most cucked philanthropists would disagree with this point: as you've so generally proven with your ridiculous coin analogy, there's nothing you can do for anybody when you've let nihilism demoralize you into inaction.)
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Newborns think that because ego is default. That is how survival and evolution works. If you did not distinguish self from other you would not be able to survive.

My feelings do not matter. Take the outside perspective. Look at other species like pigs bred in battery farm type conditions for no purpose other than slaughter.

Of course ivory-tower humans who rule the entire planet sitting at home with heating and aircon are happy. It does not overall make the fact of existence itself a good thing.
 
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I don't think the good in your posting makes up for the bad.
 
RMQualtrough said:
oh wow I saw an eclipse and didn't watch cartel executions, this is paradise. What about the ones IN those videos, no joy for them. Your enjoyment of an eclipse is eclipsed by the poor cnt in those videos having his eyes gouged out with a screwdriver.
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Meh, OK dude. Kys.
 
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