The meaning of life

[Mr Sensible]

Your life has no more meaning than that wasp you squished last summer.

Deal with it.

[triadboy]

Originally posted by Mr Sensible
Your life has no more meaning than that wasp you squished last summer.

Deal with it.

I'll have you know, that wasp I squished last summer is living a glorious afterlife in Insect Heaven where the streets are paved with mucus. He is seated beside the Holy WASP, who was crucified by the Orkins.

[rustypouch]

I always thought the answer was 42.

[arcticpenguin]

Originally posted by Mr Sensible
Your life has no more meaning than that wasp you squished last summer.

Deal with it.
Meaning to whom?

[LuxFerum]

http://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~madison/images/worst/gro/life/life.gif

Why are we here
What's life all about
Is God really real
Or is there some doubt
Well tonight we're going to sort it all out
For tonight it's the meaning of life

What's the point
Of all this hoax
Is it the chicken and the egg time
Are we just yokes
Or perhaps we're just one of God's little jokes
Well ca c'est the meaning of life

Is life just a game where we make up the rules
While we're searching for something to say
Or are we just simply spiralling coils
Of self replicating DNA

In this life what is are fate
Is there a heaven and hell
Do we reincarnate
Is mankind evolving
Or is it to late
Well tonight it's the meaning of life

For millions this life is a sad vail of tears
Sitting round with nothing to say
While the scientists say
We are simply spiralling coils
Of self replicating DNA

So just why, why are we here
And just what, what, what
What do we fear
Well ce soir, for a change
It will all be made clear
Because this is the meaning of life
Ce le sans de la vie
This is the meanimg of life

[Mr Sensible]

We shall all very soon fall into an eternity of nothingness. We must try to console ourselves by losing ourselves in our day to day activities. Otherwise our existential angst might overwhelm us.

[scribble]

Originally posted by Mr Sensible
We shall all very soon fall into an eternity of nothingness. We must try to console ourselves by losing ourselves in our day to day activities. Otherwise our existential angst might overwhelm us.

I dunno if you're being funny or what, but this is a problem I cope with.

The funny thing I notice in my life is that when things are going good and I've got the whole world at my feet, I don't seem to think about it so much. When times are troubled, I tend to spend a lot more time in fear of death.

-Chris

[neutrino_cannon]

Originally posted by triadboy


I'll have you know, that wasp I squished last summer is living a glorious afterlife in Insect Heaven where the streets are paved with mucus. He is seated beside the Holy WASP, who was crucified by the Orkins.


Wow! What about pangolin heavan? Is pangolin heavan insect hell?

And wouldn't a holy WASP be some sort of female aviator?

[csense]

Originally posted by Mr Sensible
Your life has no more meaning than that wasp you squished last summer.


Then do you think that wasps, as a species, are aware of the dangers posed by humans (via a method of inqury, understanding, and communication) as humans are aware of the dangers posed by wasps.

Do you think a wasp is capable of reasoning potential events, as opposed to merely reacting to actual events.

[edited for clarity]

[Gulliamo]

Originally posted by Mr Sensible
Your life has no more meaning than that wasp you squished last summer. Deal with it.

Some people introduce themselves for thier first post...

[c4ts]

I'm sure I could give my life more meaning than that wasp did.

[jan]

I suggest we listen to the word of the Lord, my brothers and sisters.

King James Bible, Ecclesiaste Chapter 9
7: Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
8: Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9: Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
10: Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Can't find anything about an insect heaven here...

Never forget the ointment on your head!

[arcticpenguin]

9: Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Does that necessarily mean your own wife, or could it be taken to mean someone else's wife?

[Dancing David]

My meaning has no more life that the squash I wasped last summer, oh those care free days of youth.

meaning is ahuman value probably of little value to wasp, now a fat juicy spider to carry back to the nest, for the little un....

[fishbob]

8: Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. If ointment = sun screen, then this is good advice for the prevention of skin cancer. Is the Lord a dermatologist?

[Abdul Alhazred]

Originally posted by Mr Sensible
We shall all very soon fall into an eternity of nothingness. We must try to console ourselves by losing ourselves in our day to day activities. Otherwise our existential angst might overwhelm us.

In short, dispair is a moral obligation? :rolleyes:

[DanishDynamite]

scribble:I dunno if you're being funny or what, but this is a problem I cope with. Every thinking human being with a little time to spare encounters this problem at some time.
The funny thing I notice in my life is that when things are going good and I've got the whole world at my feet, I don't seem to think about it so much. When times are troubled, I tend to spend a lot more time in fear of death.Congratulations! You are a normal person! :)

I think we've had this discussion before, scribble. Believe me, I've been there, and luckily I survived. The trick, I think, is to cast doubt and insecurity to the wind, realize that you can either continue to live in doubt or you can carpe diam. It is your life. You've only got one try. You can either stagnate in contemplation of the ultimate meaninglessness (?) of your life... or you can break some balls and try to make your life so full of events, that you have little time or inclination to ruminate on the dark sides of being born.

Oh, and try to reach 35 (at which point such dark thoughts should abate :) )

[CWL]

The meaning of life?

[Arnold voice]

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women.

[/Arnold voice]

[jan]

Originally posted by arcticpenguin

Does that necessarily mean your own wife, or could it be taken to mean someone else's wife?

Ecclesiaste mentions a crowded harem he owns a few chapters earlier, so I assume he isn't a perfect witness for monogamy.

I found both translations, but it is difficult to judge. I assume that "a wife" is a better translation and "your wife" some kind of puritan censoring. But I don't know for sure. Don't quote me on this. I never told you.

[sorgoth]

I was actually really depressed for over a year after I had had this revelation late at night. At first, I thought it was just one of my crazy late night thoughts, but when it still made sense in the morning...


But now, I really don't mind. I am fully aware that my life is utterly meaningless, but I don't have a problem with that anymore. Actually, it gives me a lot less worrying to do. I don't spend time thinking about my own death. I'm a happy person, but if I was to die, as long as it would quick, I really wouldn't care all that much.It'll all be over soon. I mean, I'll be dead, right? Suprisingly, giving up God and meaning and purpose and all that ***** has brought me to a moral level I never thought I would attain... I truly do worry more about the death of those close to me more than my own, although sometimes I wonder if it's my fear of grief that makes me worry about them, and not for their own well being... Anyway, that's a train of thought for another day.

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Take joy in the little things, because in the grand scheme of things, your life is meaningless. That's a good thing. Imagine if your life was meaningful in the grand scheme. Could your puny intellect and abilities deal with your own importance? No. So that is why your life is meaningless in the grand scheme.

~~ Paul

[Hazelip]

Originally posted by Mr Sensible
Your life has no more meaning than that wasp you squished last summer.

Deal with it. OK. So what?

[rachaella]

Originally posted by rustypouch
I always thought the answer was 42.

....it isn't?:eek:

[Mr Sensible]

Originally posted by Abdul Alhazred
Originally posted by Mr Sensible
We shall all very soon fall into an eternity of nothingness. We must try to console ourselves by losing ourselves in our day to day activities. Otherwise our existential angst might overwhelm us.
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Abdul Alhazred

In short, dispair is a moral obligation? :rolleyes:

Not at all. If you can live your life without any existential angst then it seems to me that is absolutely splendid.

Just be as happy and fullfilled as you can be without unduly encroaching on other peoples' happiness.

Try to avoid thinking about the utter meaninglessness of your life and the Universe and all things. It won't do you any good.

[Abdul Alhazred]

Originally posted by Mr Sensible


Not at all. If you can live your life without any existential angst then it seems to me that is absolutely splendid.

Just be as happy and fullfilled as you can be without unduly encroaching on other peoples' happiness.

Try to avoid thinking about the utter meaninglessness of your life and the Universe and all things. It won't do you any good.

OK then, dispair as a way of life.

Existential angst seems to me to be an affectation. Something invented in the last century so people could feel superior about feeling miserable.

I'll bet Voltaire never went around feeling existential angst, and he wasn't real big on life having meaning.

Never mind happy and fulfilled, you should be satisfied with ordinary being pissed off. :p

[UnrepentantSinner]

Originally posted by Gulliamo
Some people introduce themselves for thier first post...

In his own way, I think he did.

Oddly enough my life has, beyond curiousity and survival instinct, very little meaning to myself. It does appear to have meaning to at least a handful of others though. I guess that's why I try and avoid squashing bugs indiscriminately. I'd hate to squash some bug who meant something to his fellow bugs.

[Some Friggin Guy]

Your life has no more meaning than that wasp you squished last summer.

Deal with it.



YOu may be right. I go out of my way not to harm others and to foster no ill will.

I try to help those less fortunate than me without trying to prosletize (I have no idea if I spelled that right) to them.

I will give a hungry person my food and a cold person my coat.

I do this not for any god, or religion, but because I know what a harsh world we live in.

But the fact is, the wasp does what it can do to imprve the conditions within its nest, so...

You are right: My life has not more meaning than that of a wasp (though I try not to kill any living thing if I can avoid it.)

[BillyTK]

Originally posted by arcticpenguin

Does that necessarily mean your own wife, or could it be taken to mean someone else's wife?
I think you're okay with someone else's wife, but be careful with the wrapping paper and thy neighbour's ox, okay?

;)

[tonygraham]

I also try to avoid killing anything if I can, but wasps....... sorry, they're asking for it, evil little b***ers. A friend of min e calls them Skinheads With Wings.

[billydkid]

Originally posted by Mr Sensible
Your life has no more meaning than that wasp you squished last summer.

Deal with it.

Well, the wasp's life meant a lot to him. Likewise, mine means a lot to me. I would suspect the same is true a number of other people. You fall into the God worshippers trap - that unless there is some sort of divine intention behind it all life is meaningless. Life is meaningful in and of itself.

[BillyTK]

Originally posted by tonygraham
I also try to avoid killing anything if I can, but wasps....... sorry, they're asking for it, evil little b***ers. A friend of min e calls them Skinheads With Wings.

:roll:

That's made my day! What an ace description of them!