Life. What's it all about?

aaronjumper

Should we all try and get as much money as possible?
Kill anyone that's different?
Sit in a circle and sing hippy songs?
Admit that the best times are behind us and give up?

I feel it's time to get everyone involved in the debate, from the most respected intellectual, down to the lowest troll. Might even have room for some mods opinions. :pac:

Or maybe I just had too much sugar.

Hippies!

aaronjumper wrote: »

?
Sit in a circle and sing hippy songs?

No.

Swampy

Life is about all of the above.

/thread ruined. Sorry.

bigneacy

aaronjumper wrote: »

Life. What's it all about?

Yore ma

bodhrandude

Contentment is wealth, that is all you should ever really need is contentment.

wolfeye

Being Happy.

mikom

aaronjumper wrote: »

Should we all try and get as much money as possible?
Kill anyone that's different?
Sit in a circle and sing hippy songs?
Admit that the best times are behind us and give up?

Don't allow yourself to get walked on.
Then have as much fun as possible without hurting others.
When you're gone, you're gone.

WIZE

bigneacy wrote: »

Yore ma

Bye:-)

later12

Life is all about leaving the world in a better way than you found it, however you do it, according to your talents.

I don't think we should think of 'life' as something that exists to serve us individually, consequences be damned.

aaronjumper

Hippies! wrote: »

No.

But you're a Hippy!

Swampy wrote: »

Life is about all of the above.

/thread ruined. Sorry.

It's okay I forgive you.

bigneacy wrote: »

Yore ma

She'll be delighted to hear that!

bodhrandude wrote: »

Contentment is wealth, that is all you should ever really need is contentment.

You are very wise.

wolfeye wrote: »

Being Happy.

What would make you happy though? A fast car? Money?

Sofaspud

Enjoy yourself and try not to be a cunt.

Duckworth_Luas

Hippies!

aaronjumper wrote: »

But you're a Hippy!

No, don't you see the exclamation mark? I don't like hippies, I'm anti-hippy, isn't that obvious?

padi89

It's not "about" anything, make what you want of it.

wolfeye

What would make you happy though? A fast car? Money?[/QUOTE]

Being content with what i have.

Real Life

Its not about anything, its just something that happens

aaronjumper

Hippies! wrote: »

No, don't you see the exclamation mark? I don't like hippies, I'm anti-hippy, isn't that obvious?

I thought it meant you firmly held the beliefs of a hippy. A hippy extremist if you will.

padi89 wrote: »

It's not "about" anything, make what you want of it.

I know but I want to know what other people think. A change from religious/political threads. Also I'm nosey.

squod

Thread needs a poll

Wacker The Attacker

**** and chocolate with healthy doses of beer, sports, porn and bovril

Hippies!

aaronjumper wrote: »

I thought it meant you firmly held the beliefs of a hippy. A hippy extremist if you will.

That's like the complete opposite of what I wanted

im invisible

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

aaronjumper

padi89 wrote: »

It's not "about" anything, make what you want of it.

Real Life wrote: »

Its not about anything, its just something that happens

So what do you hold dear? Family, sport, watching soaps?
What have you decided to make life about if you don't believe it's about anything?

jessiejam

bodhrandude wrote: »

Contentment is wealth, that is all you should ever really need is contentment.

And beer

bodhrandude

jessiejam wrote: »

And beer

And perhaps a little doobie too or two .

SomeGuyCalledMi

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to ones courage.

SomeGuyCalledMi

Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.

Ted_YNWA

Last person out has to turn off the light.,

zenno

My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Life is what you make it, so if you are sitting there pondering just like I am now, then think of what you want to do with it.

Everyone has a brain, so think about what life could be if you really put your mind to it.

Fizman

aaronjumper wrote: »

Life. What's it all about.

1.Get born
2.Suck on boobies
3.Get pubes
4.Suck on different boobies
5.Profit
6.?
7.Die

aaronjumper

Fizman wrote: »

1.Get born
2.Suck on boobies
3.Get pubes
4.Suck on different boobies
5.Profit
6.Spend Profits
7.Die

I fixed your post. . . maybe.

Ted_YNWA

zenno wrote: »

My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Life is what you make it, so if you are sitting there pondering just like I am now, then think of what you want to do with it.

Everyone has a brain, so think about what life could be if you really put your mind to it.

Everyone has a brain, but not everyone knows how to use it correctly

cometogether

Sunny Sunday mornings spent having sex and listening to Stevie Wonder

WoollyRedHat

It's a playing field of all sorts of people, of all sorts of backgrounds and different strategies and paths, cultures and languages, playing itself over a limited and systematic lifepsan, until the cycle repeat itself until physics decides otherwise. Trying to fully understand that playing field and reduce it to something meaningful is ultimately impossible , and futile. Rather than what life is about, it should be easier to identify what life is not about.

Greentopia

Sofaspud wrote: »

Enjoy yourself and try not to be a cunt.

That goes a very long way in life I find.

Later12 has already said what I think life should be all about:

later12 wrote: »

Life is all about leaving the world in a better way than you found it, however you do it, according to your talents.

I don't think we should think of 'life' as something that exists to serve us individually, consequences be damned.

And I'd add-find what makes you happy (even if that takes years of searching), or at least content, and do it for the rest of your life.

Also having friends and family who love you and are supportive is hugely important to our mental health and quality of life. A strong sense of community and empathy with those around us is important too.

Above all-be kind to our fellow man and the other species we share our world with, and do no harm.

1ZRed

Life seriously isn't about anything. It's just you trying to be happy, trying to fulfil your aspirations as best you can and being good and kind to people around you because life isn't all about you either. So if take others into consideration, isn't that helping them have a better time in their lives too?

Nothing more to it really, imo.

Greentopia

Hippies! wrote: »

That's like the complete opposite of what I wanted

What did you want? with a username like Hippies! can you be surprised if people assume you are one?

9959

What about sitting in a circle and singing HAPPY songs, come on guys let's do the show right here, I'll start you off

HAPPY TALK, KEEP TALKIN', HAPPY TALK
TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO DO
YOU GOT TO HAVE A DREAM
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DREAM
HOW YOU GONNA HAVE A DREAM COME TRUE

aaronjumper

Everyone seems to have the same opinion so far.

Happiness. I thought at least one person would say Atari Jaguar.

Yay a sing song!

zenno

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Everyone has a brain, but not everyone knows how to use it correctly

I can see adverts soon on radio telefis eireann on how to use the human brain. How can you activate your brain in 3 steps for dummy's. Enter your activation code ....... you have entered the wrong code please try again.

The only thing that comes to mind of a person that cannot use their brain are zombies that were hit in the eyes with that crushed up dust from the puffer-fish, so I am sure most all people have it but just won't use it. Brains that is, if we all just had one. I wish I had a brain, now i'm in the wizard of Oz...brain malfunction.

wendell borton

In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

9959

wendell borton wrote: »

In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

......then you lose the money!

aaronjumper

9959 wrote: »

......then you lose the money!

In soviet Russia money lose you!

1ZRed

aaronjumper wrote: »

Everyone seems to have the same opinion so far.

Happiness.

Sorry, would you rather we were/wanted to be miserable?

sand678

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

**** and chocolate with healthy doses of beer, sports, porn and bovril

ah jesus, not bovril, no no no no

Hippies!

Greentopia wrote: »

What did you want? with a username like Hippies! can you be surprised if people assume you are one?

:mad:

9959

1ZRed wrote: »

Sorry, would you rather we were/wanted to be miserable?

I enjoyed that last sing-song, let's have another, I've just downed half a glass of medium sherry and I'm fukcing flying, here we go

HAPPINESS, HAPPINESS, THE GREATEST GIFT THAT I POSSESS
I THANK THE LORD THAT I'VE BEEN BLESSED
WITH MORE THAN MY SHARE OF HAPPINESS

TO ME THIS WORLD IS A WONDERFUL PLACE
I'M THE LUCKIEST HUMAN IN THE HUMAN RACE
I'VE GOT NO SILVER AND I'VE GOT NO GOLD
BUT I'VE GOT HAPPINESS IN MY SOUL

Ray Palmer

Alfie

9959

Ray Palmer wrote: »

Alfie

Well you start it, I know it's a Burt Bacharach song, but what's it all about?

Eathrin

Ultimately I think the idea is to find an attractive mate and reproduce. That's what we're born to do.

Of course the in-between part is important too. That means enjoying ourselves as much as we can afford to with the money we work hard to get.

We work hard for many reasons. To fulfil ourselves as individuals, to leave a better world for the next generation and make a more enjoyable one for ourselves.

There's a certain way we must enjoy ourselves though. This can be in many many forms but it should be sustainable, meaning it should not cause harm to our health and not drain our finances for our futures.

Sex plays a huge part in our role on earth though!

Mr. Nice

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Real Life

aaronjumper wrote: »

So what do you hold dear? Family, sport, watching soaps?
What have you decided to make life about if you don't believe it's about anything?

i hold my family dear, i care about them more than anything, other than that i have as good a time as i can doing whatever i want as long as i dont cause harm to other people. i dont care for the law, not trying to sound hard or whatever but i have one chance at life it was almost taken from me not so long ago and now i just do what i want.