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So /lit/. What's it all about?

>> No.20115527

>>20115412
>but nobody came

>> No.20115530

passion and scale

>> No.20115731

>>20115412
Suffering for something greater.

>> No.20115739

Work, suffering, disappointment, and boredom, crowned by death.

>> No.20115748

accruing reddit karma

>> No.20115805

>>20115748
at last, the only objective means of human worth

>> No.20115838

>>20115412
Providing a good upbringing for my wife’s son.

>> No.20115843
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And what makes it all worthwhile? Reading books?

>> No.20115846

>>20115843
>worthwhile
lol

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20115859

>>20115846
Then why bother?

>> No.20115863

>>20115412
Unironically, finding God.

>> No.20115874

>>20115859
The will to live is insatiable and not to be reasoned with.

>> No.20115884

>>20115731
Cuck
>>20115739
Blackpilled
Life is a debt that we all pay to death, in that way it is a gift and we are obligated to not squander it. That doesn't mean working or going to Latin Mass or reading the Upanishads, it means something different for everyone. The other answer is that life is about people, not ideas.

>> No.20115906

>>20115874
"What is the meaning of life" is better phrased as "How to live a meaningful life". The former question is passively waiting to encounter an answer, while the latter reminds you of your agency. The latter question can only be answered by you, treat life as a blank sheet of paper and treat yourself as an artist trying to paint the most meaningful piece. Because it is ultimately your standpoint that will shape your life's meaning, there will necessarily be a component of self-transformation.

A few words of advice, reconnect with your child-like sense of wonder, and explore the magic of creativity. Contemplate your death and visualize your hands rotting away. Bask in the possibilities which are slowly decaying by your own mortality and choose.

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20115934

it’s all a big nothing

>> No.20115941

>>20115934
Ah, donts stah withath. You know I know some elders that are inspiring

>> No.20115946

>>20115884
>it’s not about going to Latin Mass
what? did my pastor lie to me?

>> No.20115954

>>20115906
>agency
lol

>> No.20115958
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What do you value more? Truth or happiness? I'm just now realizing that having both might just be unrealistic. I've always searched for what's true and honestly I have no idea why, it's not making me any happier, in fact it's probably making things harder and always has.

>> No.20115968

>>20115412
No one knows. Don't bother trying to find out through reading, or 'experiencing', or doing anything at all in fact. As long as you are alive, you will never know.

>> No.20116055

>>20115968
>Don't bother trying to find out through
satan pls

>> No.20116066

>>20115954
>t. retarded cuck

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>> No.20116133

>>20116100
So it's either suicide or stepping out of the boat. I'll take my chances and sink or swim

>> No.20116167

>>20115412
That's the wrong question.
>>20115958
To me there are two sides of the same coin the only "truth" I'm interested in is the practical insights that allow me to be happy. Truths such as which way to heat a room, how to cook a steak the way I like it, useful generalizations of human behaviour - like it's better to use open ended questions to continue a conversation, or financial "truths" like 'liquid cash always loses value except during a depression' - these are all truths that can make happiness more attainable either directly or indirectly.
I mean anything which is a fairy workable principle that allows you to operate in reality is "truthful" right? It may not be as sexy as ideas of transcendence and spiritual imperatives, but I think they are still "truth" in the most basic sense of the word, synonymous with the "right answer" or something that can be confirmed by observation, yeah?