@op go to therapy, eat healthy, exercise, tell the people you love that you love them. do this for months and then look at how silly this thread is

Good question op

ok well here is my answer we r all going to die so why act superior , get money from goverbment and live comfortably. Do not stress urself theres no reason to stress because we will die anyways . Dont do anything that will make ur life not comfortable like hard d**** and not brushing ur teeth. Just be comfortable

A CONFESSION BY LEO TOLSTOY
The book is a brief autobiographical story of the author's struggle with a mid-life existential crisis. It describes his search for the answer to the ultimate philosophical question: "If God does not exist, since death is inevitable, what is the meaning of life?." Without the answer to this, for him, life had become "impossible".

The story begins with the Eastern fable of the dragon in the well. A man is chased by a beast into a well, at the bottom of which is a dragon. The man clings to a branch that is being gnawed on by two mice (one black, one white, representing night and day and the relentless march of time). The man is able to lick two drops of honey (representing Tolstoy's love of his family and his writing), but because death is inevitable, he no longer finds the honey sweet.

Tolstoy goes on to describe four possible attitudes towards this dilemma. The first is ignorance. If one is oblivious to the fact that death is approaching, life becomes bearable. The problem with this for him personally is that he is not ignorant. Having become conscious of the reality of death, there is no going back.

The second possibility is what Tolstoy describes as Epicureanism. Being fully aware that life is ephemeral, one can enjoy the time one has. Tolstoy's problem with this is essentially moral. He states that Epicureanism may work fine and well for the minority who can afford to live "the good life," but one would have to be morally empty to be able to ignore the fact that the vast majority of people do not have access to the wealth necessary to live this kind of life.

Tolstoy next states that the most intellectually honest response to the situation would be suicide. In the face of the inevitability of death and assuming that God does not exist, why wait? Why pretend that this vale of tears means anything when one can just cut to the chase? For himself, however, Tolstoy writes that he is “too cowardly” to follow through on this most “logically consistent” response.

Finally, Tolstoy says that the fourth option, the one he is taking, is the one of just holding on; living “despite the absurdity of it,” because he is not willing “or able” to do anything else. So it seems “utterly hopeless” - at least “without God”.

So Tolstoy turns to the question of God's existence: After despairing of his attempts to find answers in classic philosophical arguments for the existence of God (e.g. the Cosmological Argument, which reasons that God must exist based on the need to ascribe an original cause to the universe), Tolstoy turns to a more mystical, intuitive affirmation of God's presence. He states that as soon as he said "God is Life," life was once again suffused with meaning. This faith could be interpreted as a Kierkegaardian leap, but Tolstoy actually seems to be describing a more Eastern approach to what God is. The identification of God with life suggests a more monistic (or panentheistic) metaphysic characteristic of Eastern religions, and this is why] rational arguments ultimately fall short of establishing God's existence. Tolstoy's original title for this work indicates as much, and his own personal "conversion" is suggested by an epilogue that describes a dream he had some time after completing the body of the text, confirming that he had undergone a radical personal and spiritual transformation.

I played a game call nier and it taught me not to be to greedy and not to just give up just be comfortable

You are supposed to create a point to all of this yourself. The real answer to this isn't something that one of us can create for you. You have to come up with it yourself.

We need God more than ever.

OP a genius and is now living with the consequences of such high intellect

People don’t want to hear this but we humans and most importantly us men
all have duties that are pre ordained to us by the most high. Don’t be selfish, fulfill your obligations.

because you aren't dead yet @op

OP you been enjoying life? Ever explore your body? That mind body connection? You know the stuff Diddy does?

We ain't s*** and it's ok

Just because everything ends the same (let's assume who tf rly knows) doesn't mean the journey to that end is the same or isn't worth anything

You're gonna be here for a while, so are your fellow human beings, might as well try to make it as worthwhile for eachother as we can while we're here

Basically op just bc a plane is eventually gonna land the same doesn't mean u can just do whatever while you're on there with everybody right

Like obviously you're not gonna take a shyt and piss on the floor and then justify it to the people sitting next to you sayint "bro we're gonna land anyway it's gonna end the same"

Try applying that logic to life

Raw morning shyt thoughts

Punch the elevator to a higher floor and go crazy

doomerism reaching peak levels itt

If you don’t like
The world your living in
Take a look around
At least you got friends

some people are so f***ing dense and being contrarians just for the sake of it lol you are not clever

This is such a childish outlook on life

taking s*** other people say as the gospel with no critical examination of the situation yourself lol

OP just started reading philosophy and will likely get over this phase at some point

to experience it?

death can't be known without its duality; experience

Siri play Born To Die by Lana Del Rey