Driving to work I had a Nihilistic moment.

easyrider said:
I'm not really talking about work...I'm talking about existence really.
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aint that the kicker

Work is our existence. Not including sleep, we spend more of our lives at work, and spend more time with work colleagues than family. Nobody else is going to pay for my food, clothes, heating etc etc. I'd never ask mummy or daddy, and I'm not silly enough to actually think I'm ever going to win the lottery. Working is it for me. It's the only method I know which can reliably provide me an income. When I realised that, I became happier that I had a foundation I could build upon.

If you don't love your job, I feel sorry for you. I've had bad jobs, damn I nearly ended up having a breakdown over stress at one. Luckily I gave myself a talking to and moved, then moved again. Now I'm in a job I absolutely love :D

People are very black and white, right or wrong, ying or yang. They don't seem to understand that you can love work AND love being at home.

You get out of life what you put in.
 
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I get this all the time. I think it is worsened by the fact that I don't get paid a lot... :p
 
easyrider said:
But surely this is the whole point?

How can one sort out chaos ?

To actually "kid" oneself that anything can be sorted out is committing philosophical suicide.

The construct of the Inner and Outer means what exactly?
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But we are all stuck here until we die. Struggling with the idea of our existing and allowing the chaos to take hold of our lives, just leads to more chaos.

So the only thing left to do, is strap your bullet proof vest on, pick up your gun and get ready for war!

The reaper will come calling when it's time for each of us. But until that moment give it your best shot.

It's the only thing that gives our insignificance, significance.
 
opethdisciple said:
But we are all stuck here until we die. Struggling with the idea of our existing and allowing the chaos to take hold of our lives, just leads to more chaos.

So the only thing left to do, is strap your bullet proof vest on, pick up your gun and get ready for war!

The reaper will come calling when it's time for each of us. But until that moment give it your best shot.

It's the only thing that gives our insignificance, significance.
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Nicely put...:)
 
Everything on the planet finds a way to exist until its death. Humans choose comforts of family, possessions and a safe home. Animals want the same. Stable food source, life without fear of being killed, etc etc .

Its all just natural.

We all do different things because that's how society is, but I feel everyone follows a path that somehow suits them.

If someone truly wants something, they would make strides to get somewhere near. Be it education, career progression, bribes, brown nosing or even crime.

The fact is that you are where you are because of the choices you make. If you find yourself driving to work and consider driving off a cliff, then your life mustn't mean much, and if it doesnt mean much, then you have nothing to lose by changing it up. Get into work, hand in ya notice, then pursue what you think you want.

Otherwise. Put up or shut up :p
 
99% of most mornings I could quiet happily roll out of bed under a train. :mad:

I hate mornings soooo bad, it takes me most of the night to get to sleep.
Its like so much effort and now I have to get up are you ****ing serious!!!! :eek:

Life is easy, its the people around you that make it hard and sleep makes it a pain in the arse. :D
 
ivrytwr3 said:
a very pessimistic view of our existence. A great philosopher once said:

Yeah, well, everyone dies. You're born, and you die. The bit in the middle's called life, and that's still to come!
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So, life and death are certainties, what you do with your existence is your choice - there are no re-runs.
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I thought that was Lister in Red Dwarf?

Easyrider, your life is pointless. All of our lives are pointless. We exist merely as byproducts of the industrial revolution, worker slaves no longer needed and lost in pandemic chaos. We are meaning making machines, any meaning is a product of your own mind and does not exist in objective physical reality.

I just hope I die peacefully without too much terror of war/scarce resources which is inevitably heading towards humanity like a steam train.
 
Pestilence said:
Had such thoughts many times. Clinical depression doesn't help.

Been tempted to drive my car as fast as possible into a wall on the way to work. Other times it's hit me on the bus and I've considered just forgetting about where I'm going, travelling to the coast and swimming out to the point of no return. Things like that.

Just have to focus on the moments of pleasure and enjoyment in life instead.
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Ditto, depersonalization disorder doesn't help in my case, sometimes I feel like my family/friends are strangers. It's pretty weird...gives general feeling of disconnection from everything.
 
Oh what, everyone that posted my life is bad ******** should be ashamed of themselves. Whiny bitches every single one of you,......life is precious, you only get one so make it count. Enjoy the little things, appreciate how privileged you are driving to work in a car from your house with water and heating and a fridge to your job before returning to use your home PC and internet connection. There are many folk less fortunate so try your best to meaningful life.

Feel free to hit yourself with your keyboard repeatedly for a good 5 minutes before turning over a new leaf and living like responsible men.
 
jpod said:
Oh what, everyone that posted my life is bad ******** should be ashamed of themselves. Whiny bitches every single one of you,......life is precious, you only get one so make it count. Enjoy the little things, appreciate how privileged you are driving to work in a car from your house with water and heating and a fridge to your job before returning to use your home PC and internet connection. There are many folk less fortunate so try your best to meaningful life.

Feel free to hit yourself with your keyboard repeatedly for a good 5 minutes before turning over a new leaf and living like responsible men.
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Life is boring as hell if you turn every stone. :eek:
Pull your head out the sand and smell the bacon. :D
 
jpod said:
Oh what, everyone that posted my life is bad ******** should be ashamed of themselves. Whiny bitches every single one of you,......life is precious, you only get one so make it count. Enjoy the little things, appreciate how privileged you are driving to work in a car from your house with water and heating and a fridge to your job before returning to use your home PC and internet connection. There are many folk less fortunate so try your best to meaningful life.

Feel free to hit yourself with your keyboard repeatedly for a good 5 minutes before turning over a new leaf and living like responsible men.
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top kek
 
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