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Nanotech9

11-01-2003, 08:52 PM

i mean, in 20 more years, i'll be 42, and in 20 more, i'll be 62, and....

i mean, i've accomplished so little in my first 22 years, and after its all done, whats to point to it? to leave a legacy? Anything i can do in life is so minute compared in perspective to the world around me. When i turn (or you turn) 60 or 80 or whatever, and look back, whats gonna cross my mind? I mean i work day after day after day to make money, which i spend almost as fast as it shows up, and it seems like everyones goal is to better oneself and make more money, have more stuff, etc, but then when its all said and done, and you have all this stuff, you're too old to enjoy it.

all i can think of is maybe life is about the memories we make for ourselves along the way...

oblongmelon

11-01-2003, 08:54 PM

Been|Drinking?

RoniMan

11-01-2003, 08:55 PM

..huh? what did you say? i was looking at the picture of the girl in your avatar.

Nanotech9

11-01-2003, 08:55 PM

i dont drink.

Ladogaboy

11-01-2003, 09:09 PM

Dude. Just live your life. Revel in your experiences. Celebrate the fact that no one else will ever see the world in the way you see it; experience it in the way you experience it; know it in the way you know it. Do everything you want to do in life and completely understand and experience it from your point of view. That will never again happen, and it is something to enjoy... something that gives your life the greatest meaning it can have. The entire universe is at your fingertips... it is but a whim in this great dream that you are living. Ahh, the joys of being alive! :D

bachviet

11-01-2003, 10:01 PM

The next 20 years suppose to be your accomplishment years. Just live your life and you will experience.

cheapchinese

11-02-2003, 03:28 AM

Originally posted by chosenfool
this is one ---> http://nanotech9.com/images/avatars/yamaha.gif

:eek:
the girl or the bike? :P chosen
:heh:

coleslaw

11-02-2003, 03:41 AM

Originally posted by Nanotech9
i dont drink.

Well, there you go! The point to life is drinking beer. ;)

nickel

11-02-2003, 07:37 AM

i think he was doing a little weed ;)

actually the point to life is to live it to the fullest.
do as much as you can and as many as you can :P

zenbooty

11-02-2003, 12:27 PM

There is no point. There is no meaning. Not one that's apparent or inherent to the system that is our universe, anyway.

So you have three choices:

1. Create your own meaning, your own goals, and project your own worldview onto everything you see and do. We call this egomania.

2. Follow, like a sheep, a meaning that has been made popular by others over time. We call this religion.

3. Eschew meaning, and distrust anyone who thinks they have an answer. Oppose all efforts to bring order to life and the universe. Go punk. Live in the gutter, since its really no worse than anyplace else. Grab a sledgehammer and smash some **** up. We call this nihilism.

And there's your first lesson in Zenbooty's condensed philosophy 101. Tomorrow's lecture will be "Ethics: the good thats within us all, or just another tool the man uses to keep you down."

InfiniteNothing

11-02-2003, 12:43 PM

Zen: Wow. Did you come up with that?

zenbooty

11-02-2003, 05:09 PM

Originally posted by InfiniteNothing
Zen: Wow. Did you come up with that? Yeah. Why, does it leave you inspired?

nickel

11-02-2003, 05:12 PM

i think it turned him on

InfiniteNothing

11-02-2003, 05:23 PM

Turned on? no
Insprired? Maybe.
But it seems profound and well written.

Seems very true and just as disturbing

I mean if you distill the philosophy out it's almost just mathmatical.

You can:
A: Find meaning:
1. On your own.
2. From someone else.
B: Not Find meaning.

B. is a little tricky. With it you can
1. deny meaning
2. ignore your faliure

nickel

11-02-2003, 05:29 PM

being inspired is a sort of turn on, no?

topane

11-03-2003, 05:35 AM

Point of life? In the end, there is no "point", but while you're living it, it's what you make of it. Drink a few beers, watch some pr0n.

Merlin

11-03-2003, 05:41 AM

so whats the point to life?

To destroy your enemies and see them driven before you
And to hear the lamentations of the women.

johnnymk

11-03-2003, 05:44 AM

I am glad that God entered time and space 2000 years ago, and replaced the futility that embraces all religions with hope.

The Bible says that "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him".

It also says: "For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time and then vanishes away."

Also: "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly".

kimchicowboy

11-03-2003, 07:19 AM

man, although i'm just 23, time flies by quickly. before you know it, we'll be dead and new rear-admiral lower halfs will have replaced us soon enough. or captain in my case.

Dirty Sanchez

11-03-2003, 07:44 AM

Originally posted by nickelback
do as much as you can and as many as you can :P
I'm with nickelback on this one. Before you know it, you'll be sitting in you rocking chair wondering about all the fun parties that you missed and all the people you could have met.

Cantacuzene

11-03-2003, 07:54 AM

The point to life is to die happy.

Renski

11-03-2003, 08:03 AM

Originally posted by Cantacuzene
The point to life is to die happy.

Amen to that!

hapoo

11-03-2003, 11:12 AM

Originally posted by Cantacuzene
The point to life is to die happy.

screw that, i want to LIVE happy. Theres no time like the present.

Dirty Sanchez

11-03-2003, 11:22 AM

Originally posted by hapoo

screw that, i want to LIVE happy. Theres no time like the present.

I agree. What's the point of living life when you can't go out and enjoy it?

hapoo

11-03-2003, 11:40 AM

As a matter of fact i don't think its about going out and enjoying it.

My mom told me something a couple years ago that will always stick with me. The past isn't worth ****. If you had a bad past, you'll be sad about the hardships you had to go through. If you had a good time, then you'll be sad that you can't have the same now. So just drop it and let it be.

And as for the future, well from personal experience i can tell you that it NEVER EVER turns out the way you think it will, or the way you want it to. So don't expect anything of it.

Its about living in the present and enjoying the positive of whatever is happening, no matter how good or bad the situation may seam. Its not about what happened yesterday, or what you think will happen tomorrow. Just live your life to your best ability in the present, forget the past, and don't expect anything from the future

Airencracken

11-03-2003, 12:20 PM

There isn't a point. We're just here to live and die. So have fun while it lasts.

topane

11-03-2003, 12:48 PM

I would like to change my answer to "receiving oral sex".

Airencracken

11-03-2003, 12:52 PM

Originally posted by topane
I would like to change my answer to "receiving oral sex".

:stupid: But why stop at oral sex? All kinds of sexual activity. :D :naughty:

InfiniteNothing

11-03-2003, 12:58 PM

Originally posted by hapoo
If you had a good time, then you'll be sad that you can't have the same now. So just drop it and let it be.

That's just what sad people say. I'm sure some people die happy. ;)

I still think it's funny that everyone thinks their answer is better than everyone else's. What makes you so sure that you are smarter than everyone else here.

hapoo

11-03-2003, 01:08 PM

Originally posted by InfiniteNothing

That's just what sad people say. I'm sure some people die happy. ;)

I still think it's funny that everyone thinks their answer is better than everyone else's. What makes you so sure that you are smarter than everyone else here.

No one said their answer was smarter or that their answer was better. What i said is simply my point of view on the topic.

attgig

11-03-2003, 01:13 PM

Originally posted by InfiniteNothing
I still think it's funny that everyone thinks their answer is better than everyone else's. What makes you so sure that you are smarter than everyone else here.

cuz i'm a better person than you.... :rolleyes:

InfiniteNothing

11-03-2003, 01:32 PM

Originally posted by hapoo

Its about living in the present and enjoying the positive of whatever is happening, no matter how good or bad the situation may seam. Its not about what happened yesterday, or what you think will happen tomorrow. Just live your life to your best ability in the present, forget the past, and don't expect anything from the future

I know I quoted you but I was talking about you specifically. I was just trying to save people some scroll time. You are telling people how to live their life. You said people should live for the present. By that logic we might as well screw the environment and bread like a catholic. You are telling us what we should find important.

Alot of these statements are put out like "this is the answer" rather than "Hey what do you think about this answer". Maybe no one [i]said[i] their answer was better but most people think that. Otherwise it wouldn't be their opinion and they wouldn't have said it.

I'm not criticizing any of you, I just find it ironic that there can be so many different opinions and none of them obviously right.

hapoo

11-03-2003, 01:40 PM

not live for the present, live IN the present. Huge difference.

And you can't say that none of them are right. They're all right for the person who posted them and my not be right for anyone else. Its like religion. Its pointless to argue about since there is no right/wrong.

InfiniteNothing

11-03-2003, 01:53 PM

Sorry, I'm confused, what's the point of life for you?

How can there be no right and wrong? For both this and religeon. Either all the Jews are going to heaven or they are not. Judiasm is right or wrong. I don't get what you are saying. Either the point of life is to live for our children or not. There may not be a right answer but there are certainly wrong answers.

topane

11-03-2003, 02:01 PM

InfiniteNothing

11-03-2003, 02:08 PM

So your advice would be: the point of life is whatever you want it to be?

I just don't think that's true. I think some people have a much better grasp on what's important and some people are just wrong.

The Happy Squirrel

11-03-2003, 02:09 PM

the point of life is not measured by what you have, or by what you accomplished, it is how you ahve made a difference by being on this planet. not in a monatary sense. helping an elderly neighbor, in my opinion, is a far better acomplishment then inventing a faster processor for a computer. its making yourself a better person by making the lives of those around you better. i am a frim believer of what goes around comes around. jsut hang tough and a deeper realization with lifes goals for you will present its self

zenbooty

11-03-2003, 02:11 PM

I'm telling you, man...Punk... Gutter.... Smash **** up.....:D

topane

11-03-2003, 03:05 PM

Originally posted by InfiniteNothing
So your advice would be: the point of life is whatever you want it to be?

I just don't think that's true. I think some people have a much better grasp on what's important and some people are just wrong. So what's important?

molecularfire

11-03-2003, 05:46 PM

JMO... there is no point in life. You're born, you die, and in between you make a lot of mistakes and hurt a lot of people. My goal in life is to limit the damage that I make as much as I can and hopefully die leaving as small a ripple as possible.

nickel

11-03-2003, 05:50 PM

Originally posted by molecularfire
JMO... there is no point in life. You're born, you die, and in between you make a lot of mistakes and hurt a lot of people. My goal in life is to limit the damage that I make as much as I can and hopefully die leaving as small a ripple as possible.
in between you make a lot of mistakes and hurt a lot of people? i don't see it that way. my mistakes are few because i learn from them, and i try to take hurt away not engage it.

molecularfire

11-03-2003, 06:23 PM

I try to learn from my mistakes too. However, there is a lot to learn and to be honest, I've made a lot of mistakes. I'm not proud of it... it's a simple fact. Learning from your mistakes doesn't prevent the people you hurt from being hurt.
Unfortunately, despite our best efforts to the contrary, we sometimes make mistakes that we can't fix. The longer we live, the more time we have to accumulate these mistakes.

InfiniteNothing

11-03-2003, 07:16 PM

Originally posted by molecularfire
JMO... there is no point in life. You're born, you die, and in between you make a lot of mistakes and hurt a lot of people. My goal in life is to limit the damage that I make as much as I can and hopefully die leaving as small a ripple as possible.

You can't say you have a goal in life but say there is no point that's a contradiction (point=goal). Also, you can't say there is no point and just be have fun (fun=point).

Topane: I don't know. I like what thehappysquirrel said. Let me get back to you on this one.