Driving to work I had a Nihilistic moment.

jpod said:
Re-read my post.

You're privileged, first world whinge bags, you have no idea how lucky you all are. Lucky to be born, lucky to be able to see this read and type.
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Don't be silly. You're born to die, probably in prolonged agony and suffering - that sounds more like cruelty than luck. Your life is completely pointless and meaningless in the grand scheme of things. You're adrift on a rock in a vast oblivion, like a grain of dust in the wind, powerless to control your own destiny. This travesty is ubiquitous and regardless of first world/third world status.

jpod said:
Did you know every single one of your ancestors survived just so you can be here today. If they read what you posted they would give you an atomic wedgie.
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Don't be silly. Your ancestors weren't thinking about you at all - they were thinking about eating bananas and rape. It's down to the blind luck you reference above that they didn't end up in an evolutionary cul-de-sac like millions of other species on this planet throughout millennia. Your primitive hopes, dreams and thinking patterns will mean nothing when human beings evolve after countless small variations into some sort of creatures that are as far removed to us as we are from our common ape ancestors. And when all life is extinguished and the universe dies it's heat death, your ancestors thoughts will matter even less.

jpod said:
Responsibility
The ability to respond, if you don't like where you are, what you are doing, respond goddamit.

Be aware you have the ability to respond.
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Don't be silly. You don't have the ability to respond to everything. Assuming personal responsibility doesn't give you absolute control over every facet of your life and the universe you reside in.

jpod said:
Enjoy the little things
Human relations, a feather, rain drops on a spider's web, all those tiny pins on your MB. If your happiness is related to your bank account, the size of your house, your car, what you own and materials things then your happiness is limited.
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Define happiness? Is being stuck in a delusion, 'happiness'? Does taking a happiness pill everyday to make you happy actually give you true happiness? Would you unplug from The Matrix if you had the choice?

jpod said:
Change the OS in your mind
Like Windows and Linux there is a OS in that noggin of yours, your mind. Perhaps it is time to do a fresh install.
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Comparing the human brain to a machine is a crude analogy at best. Don't be silly.

jpod said:
No one said it would be easy. Look at your calendar and mark the day you are going to change, reinvent yourself, just like Madonna does. And do it.
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Madonna? Don't be silly.

jpod said:
Most important lead a meaningful life.
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Don't be silly.

jpod said:
Don't forget to smile.
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Don't be silly.

jpod said:
BradUK's alternative is also a contender. Minus the acid. Don't do drugs, without Brad.
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Don't be silly.
 
Robosapien said:
Don't be silly. You're born to die, probably in prolonged agony and suffering - that sounds more like cruelty than luck. Your life is completely pointless and meaningless in the grand scheme of things. You're adrift on a rock in a vast oblivion, like a grain of dust in the wind, powerless to control your own destiny. This travesty is ubiquitous and regardless of first world/third world status.



Don't be silly. Your ancestors weren't thinking about you at all - they were thinking about eating bananas and rape. It's down to the blind luck you reference above that they didn't end up in an evolutionary cul-de-sac like millions of other species on this planet throughout millennia. Your primitive hopes, dreams and thinking patterns will mean nothing when human beings evolve after countless small variations into some sort of creatures that are as far removed to us as we are from our common ape ancestors. And when all life is extinguished and the universe dies it's heat death, your ancestors thoughts will matter even less.



Don't be silly. You don't have the ability to respond to everything. Assuming personal responsibility doesn't give you absolute control over every facet of your life and the universe you reside in.



Define happiness? Is being stuck in a delusion, 'happiness'? Does taking a happiness pill everyday to make you happy actually give you true happiness? Would you unplug from The Matrix if you had the choice?



Comparing the human brain to a machine is a crude analogy at best. Don't be silly.



Madonna? Don't be silly.



Don't be silly.



Don't be silly.



Don't be silly.
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:D
 
Unfortunately Robosapien I have your outlook on life :(

The older I got, the more I learned about the universe, evolution and the grand scheme. The less happy I became.

I definitely understand how lucky I am to be a species that can think about this stuff. It gives me a headache to know what odds were needed for me to be me at this point in time. With so many many organisms out there we have already won the euromillions 10 times over.

I can definitely see why there are religious people though. It does make it a lot easier to deal with.
 
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Easyrider, I enjoyed that ten minute video. Whenever I feel down at work during mundane projects I tend to say to myself 'none of this will matter in a thousand years' and then happily carry on. Enjoy the absurdity!
 
For a moment my life and existence was totally and utterly pointless.
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I started to feel much better when I realised that I didn't have to care about that fact. My life and existence is completely pointless...and that doesn't matter. It was only a problem when I was thinking that there should be a point to my life. Since there wasn't, the impression of failure was part of what was dragging me down. Now that I'm comfortable with the pointlessness of my life, it has ceased to be a problem. Almost everybody's life is pointless. Hardly anyone does anything of any importance and even for those who do, the importance is limited in scope.
 
Angilion said:
I started to feel much better when I realised that I didn't have to care about that fact. My life and existence is completely pointless...and that doesn't matter. It was only a problem when I was thinking that there should be a point to my life. Since there wasn't, the impression of failure was part of what was dragging me down. Now that I'm comfortable with the pointlessness of my life, it has ceased to be a problem. Almost everybody's life is pointless. Hardly anyone does anything of any importance and even for those who do, the importance is limited in scope.
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Live every day as if it's your last.

Since it matters not anyway, then why worry about it?

You can always take this view.
 
cadmunkey said:
Easyrider, I enjoyed that ten minute video. Whenever I feel down at work during mundane projects I tend to say to myself 'none of this will matter in a thousand years' and then happily carry on. Enjoy the absurdity!
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Yep...True freedom comes from embracing the absurd. TBH I've been reading Camus quite a bit over the weekend and its doing me the power of good.:)

Angilion said:
I started to feel much better when I realised that I didn't have to care about that fact. My life and existence is completely pointless...and that doesn't matter. It was only a problem when I was thinking that there should be a point to my life. Since there wasn't, the impression of failure was part of what was dragging me down. Now that I'm comfortable with the pointlessness of my life, it has ceased to be a problem. Almost everybody's life is pointless. Hardly anyone does anything of any importance and even for those who do, the importance is limited in scope.
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Yeah...Its forcing yourself to see through the blinkers of philosophical suicide.:)
 
I was watching a film last night called I Origin (it's science fiction), but there was a scene at the end which got me thinking.

Everything we know came from nothing (the big bang). During the expansion of the universe, at some point in time, everything was compressed into a single particle or atom. This expanded throughout time to what we know of the universe today.

Time had no meaning before my birth, nor will it after I die

The universe will at some point die, or perhaps contract back into what started it.

That means, from my perspective, that when I die everything will be around me. Me, you, everything in the universe will converge.

We were all altogether at the start and will be at the end.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20150602-how-will-the-universe-end
 
I guess I'm lucky in my job as a Nurse I feel that people are depending on me greatly, so getting up early and working hard is worth it.

I feel great at the end of the day as I've really made a difference in peoples lives, that's what keeps me motivated.

That and my eventual emigration to OZ :D
 
Nitefly said:
Survival is just too easy to be rewarding any more :(
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I often think about this and think I would be far more content having to actually survive day to day. I'm not talking struggling for money and only just getting by in the modern world, but literally having to spend your days hunting/foraging, finding or building a home and so on. I think humans have made it too easy for themselves and so get bored/discontent.

Also, more often than not I wonder, during my morning commute, how far I can get on my bike before somebody comes to find me or before the money runs out or I can't make it any further.

It is also very tempting to sell up, travel for as long as I can, then come back to a 'fresh start' with nothing. The way I see it, having nothing opens up a huge amount of opportunities, but I'm not sure I want to give up what I have... that's the problem... part of me wants somebody to push me in to selling everything or for somebody to take everything away (which I realise would be probably the worst experience of my life, but I can't help but feel it'd be freeing).

There's a reason Fight Club is my favourite film of all time :p
 
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this happens to me every year..luckily it only starts at the end of september and will finish mid march

thats when the new trout season starts...work is just there to pay for my hobby! flexible working means every daylight minute possible through spring, summer and Autumn is spent doing something I love with work just being an inconvenience I will suffer to pay for my enjoyment
 
I'm pleased you actually see this topic discussed on here. I think everyone would feel a hell of a lot better if this could be discussed in the mainstream media too. But I guess this would be devastating for commercial televisions funding.

I think if you try and describe this situation to a lot of people then they think you need help or anti-depressants. The reality is that you come to this conclusion generally through clear and intelligent thinking. Self help and anti-depressants are just coping techniques like buying stuff or distracting yourself with box sets.

To those who say oh cheer up you could be living a lot worse life in the third world. I am absolutely thankful for the western society I live in but this is missing the overall point in that regardless of third or first world your life is pointless. No circumstances are big enough to mask this fact, the only comfort is that we all share this dilemma...sadly nobody talks about it though.
 
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95% of us will have absolutely no impact on the human race or our development more forward.

I often feel like I'm plodding along as just another rat in the race that is life, how have I dealt with it? I haven't.
With that said, thanks for creating this thread OP, it's acted as an anchor to a lot of very helpful and meaningful input from some of the posters here!

I'm suprised no-one has recommended pooping in peoples letter boxes to give life more meaning. ;)
 
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