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>>17498316
Survival instinct

>>17498316
As long as there are offtopic threads to report i must continue

God given suicide should be an honorable tradition not a knee jerk reaction

>>17498328
We can't expect god to do all the work, reporting as we speak

>>17498316
Is that you, President Eden?

>>17498316
To spite you. :^)

>>17498316
Habit, evolution, caring about loved ones, fear of the unknown, self preservation, hell, pain, cowardliness etc. There are all common fears and copes.

>>17498416
Indeed all copes except the second one.

>>17498316
>Hypothetically, if you realized all your motivations for staying alive are made-up and you will never be really content, no matter what you achieve or get, why would you, in this hypothetical situation, not just end yourself right that moment?
What difference would that make? This type of mindset suggests that everything that can be considered valuable about human life is essentially external and independent from the actual experience and existence of life. That's a false perspective.
I think you might benefit from reading about Buddhism. Buddhism aims to do away with "motivations" and thus achieve a "contentment" that is far beyond normal contentment, yet it does not aim at death at all. This is because there is more to existence than chasing rewards and avoiding punishments.

>>17498316
My motivations not existing outside my head doesn't make them unreal. And if I lost those I can always make up new ones.

>>17499689
But why would you?

>>17498316
>This movie will end, so I might as well not watch it

What kinda logic is this?

>>17499870
>This movie is subpar, and will be until the end, might as well turn it off now

I don't know, what is?