Life is meaningless

Dis · February 12, 2004, 04:26

or is it?

Asher · February 12, 2004, 04:29

Yes, it is.

Agathon · February 12, 2004, 04:33

Meaning is lifeless.

BeBro · February 12, 2004, 04:35

Life

Death

Shi Huangdi · February 12, 2004, 04:37

No.

Agathon · February 12, 2004, 04:40

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Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
No.

It actually is, Shi; you only think it isn't because you believe in fairies.

Shi Huangdi · February 12, 2004, 04:46

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Originally posted by Agathon

It actually is, Shi; you only think it isn't because you believe in fairies.

Granted, I shall make an exception. Life is Meaningless, but only if you are a philosopher, as that group produces nothing and merely is a drag on society's resources.

Ben Kenobi · February 12, 2004, 04:50

Must be some fairy if Shi and I both believe in the same one.

self biased · February 12, 2004, 04:52

at this point in time, yes. my life has no meaning.

Asher · February 12, 2004, 04:52

Santa isn't real either.

For the record, I agree with both Shi and Agathon:

Shi believes in fairies, and philosophers are a drag on resources.

Agathon · February 12, 2004, 04:53

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Originally posted by Shi Huangdi

Granted, I shall make an exception. Life is Meaningless, but only if you are a philosopher, as that group produces nothing and merely is a drag on society's resources.

Really, I don't see vast gilded monuments to philosophy everywhere.

However, some nutcase Hebrew Carpenter gets himself nailed to a tree for short changing the Romans on a building job, and that's as a sign to spend millions upon millions on phallic shaped buildings and squillions more on wars to "convince" the rest of humanity that he wasn't really a carpenter, but a being sent from another world.

Kinda puts the money wasting philosophers into perspective, don't it?

Shi Huangdi · February 12, 2004, 04:56

[QUOTE] Originally posted by Asher
Santa isn't real either.

For the record, I agree with both Shi and Agathon:

Shi believes in fairies, and philosophers are a drag on resources.

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Don't deny them. Everytime you say a fairy doesn't exist, another one dies off.

self biased · February 12, 2004, 04:57

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Originally posted by Asher
Santa isn't real either.

For the record, I agree with both Shi and Agathon:

Shi believes in fairies, and philosophers are a drag on resources.

of course you do, asher, if they didn't beleive in fairies, you wouldn't exist.

Agathon · February 12, 2004, 04:58

Asher blows goats.

Shi Huangdi · February 12, 2004, 05:01

"Kinda puts the money wasting philosophers into perspective, don't it?"

Money wasting philosophers? Good idea! Lets put more money into wasting philosophers. We should order more AK-47s quickly to lay waste to then.

BeBro · February 12, 2004, 05:02

No, we should kill others first.

Bereta_Eder · February 12, 2004, 05:03

A philosopher with an AK-47 is the best combo. He can kill but also explain why.

BeBro · February 12, 2004, 05:03

And AK47s are uncool

BeBro · February 12, 2004, 05:04

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Originally posted by paiktis22
A philosopher with an AK-47 is the best combo. He can kill but also explain why.

Agathon = "plato's machine gun"

monkspider · February 12, 2004, 05:06

Life actually has much more meaning, and in much more ways, than most of us here realize.

Agathon · February 12, 2004, 05:11

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Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
"Kinda puts the money wasting philosophers into perspective, don't it?"

Money wasting philosophers? Good idea! Lets put more money into wasting philosophers. We should order more AK-47s quickly to lay waste to then.

aha ha ha ha... couldn't think of anything witty to say.

Let's see:

Money and resources wasted on philosophy in human history = a few tons of papyrus, parchment and paper and enough food to keep the philosophers alive.

Money and resources wasted on petitioning non-existent divine beings and other religious stuff = (in addition to that mentioned above) millions of sacrificed chickens, cattle and other livestock; the occasional human being; one whole day out of every ****ing week for the last 2000 years (that's almost 300 years total); millions of joules of energy wasted "fighting" the perfectly natural and healthy urge to screw; thousands of hours wasted worrying about fags, porno and abortions; and the list goes on. All in the service of non-existent objects.

But Philosophy is so terriblt wasteful.

Asher · February 12, 2004, 05:12

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Originally posted by monkspider
Life actually has much more meaning, and in much more ways, than most of us here realize.

Indeed. For example, it is your destinty to produce feces-flavored popcorn into movie theatres worldwide. It is your purpose.

Shi Huangdi · February 12, 2004, 05:16

Religion provides the salvation of our souls.

Philosophy produces annoying but easy to troll fools who get their panties in a bundle the moment their discipline is questioned.

Good Night.

Dauphin · February 12, 2004, 05:21

This thread is meaningless....

Life has no meaning or purpose, other than what you assign to it yourself.

Agathon · February 12, 2004, 05:21

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Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Religion provides the salvation of our souls.

How can you save a non-existent object? That's like me starting a "Save the Unicorns" campaign.

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Philosophy produces annoying but easy to troll fools who get their panties in a bundle the moment their discipline is questioned.

Good Night.

I'm not the one leaving with his knickers in a twist. You're such a saddo.

Flip McWho · February 12, 2004, 05:32

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Life has no meaning or purpose, other than what you assign to it yourself.

Very nicely said Big Crunch

Fully agree.

Life has no greater meaning that is applicable to everyone, it is all what you assign to it yourself. It's all in your head.

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How can you save a non-existent object?

Theres your problem. What happens if the person happens to believe in this "non-existent" object?

Agathon · February 12, 2004, 05:34

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Originally posted by Flip McWho

Theres your problem. What happens if the person happens to believe in this "non-existent" object?

Same as happens with "Save the Unicorns" campaigns. People waste a lot of time and money chasing something that isn't there.

Flip McWho · February 12, 2004, 05:36

Yeah thats in your opinion though. Others believe that there is something there. Hell some people probably believe that there are unicorns out there somewhere.

Drogue · February 12, 2004, 05:37

Life has no meaning, because there is no point in us being here other than to be here, and create others that will be here. That cannot provide meaning, because therefore the meaning of life is simply life itself.

I prefer the term gratuitous though. I think it conveys the needlessness of life better

Bereta_Eder · February 12, 2004, 05:40

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Originally posted by Drogue
therefore the meaning of life is simply life itself.

And that my friend is exactly the meaning of life