Do you ever think that life is just completely absurd?

pragmatic1 · 01-10-2011 11:43PM #1

Its pointless. Not in a depressed type of way but its silly. Nothing any of us has done or will do actually matters at all in any way.

Dotrel · 01-10-2011 11:44PM

What? Well why I never!

humberklog · 01-10-2011 11:45PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Its pointless. Not in a depressed type of way but its silly. Nothing any of us has done or will do actually matters at all in any way.

Junior cert blues?

x in the city · 01-10-2011 11:45PM

when Martin Atkinson is in charge of a football game...

totally absurd.

ahyeahok · 01-10-2011 11:45PM

If you cant be famous, be infamous.

landsleaving · 01-10-2011 11:46PM

THERE ARE NO RULES. LET'S GO MENTAL. ALL CAPS MENTAL!!!

carfiosaoorl · 01-10-2011 11:47PM

I agree, thats why I never get worked up about anything. I watch people all the time flipping out about things and think, really!

herosa · 01-10-2011 11:47PM

"When I hear someone sigh "life is hard" Im always tempted to ask "compared to what"

Quote from Sydney Harris.

If you substituted the word silly for hard the same thinking might apply.

Solnskaya · 01-10-2011 11:48PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Its pointless. Not in a depressed type of way but its silly. Nothing any of us has done or will do actually matters at all in any way.

Agreed. So just enjoy the ride.

ahyeahok · 01-10-2011 11:49PM

Solnskaya wrote: »

Agreed. So just enjoy the ride.

As Bill Hicks said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1RQmnSJoRg

dollyk · 01-10-2011 11:49PM

LOL we all feel like that sometimes.
Quote from my mother...
babies are born to show us that the world goes on regardless....:)

humbert · 01-10-2011 11:51PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Its pointless. Not in a depressed type of way but its silly. Nothing any of us has done or will do actually matters at all in any way.

humberklog wrote: »

Junior cert blues?

Not kind, but true. This vacant feeling leaves much room for freedom of expression and purpose.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 01-10-2011 11:51PM

Well as the man said

"When your job feels overwhelming, remember that you are going to die"

pragmatic1 · 01-10-2011 11:51PM

dollyk wrote: »

LOL we all feel like that sometimes.
Quote from my mother...
babies are born to show us that the world goes on regardless....:)

Yeah but one day that baby will also die and nothing it ever does will actually matter.

4leto · 01-10-2011 11:51PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Its pointless. Not in a depressed type of way but its silly. Nothing any of us has done or will do actually matters at all in any way.

So what,
Your here for now so do your best to enjoy.

Burky126 · 01-10-2011 11:52PM

Life's a piece of ****,when you look at it,something something something its true....

paky · 01-10-2011 11:57PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Its pointless. Not in a depressed type of way but its silly. Nothing any of us has done or will do actually matters at all in any way.

i think its obsurd that we take part in it involuntarily in that we were never consented on weather we wanted to be here or not. another obsurd thing is that we seek to control every aspect of our lives from careers to children and so on. and finally most people have some expectations from life. im not really sure what we are supposed to be doing here, so yes, becasue of this life is obsurd.

parrai · 01-10-2011 11:59PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Yeah but one day that baby will also die and nothing it ever does will actually matter.

Not exactly true... Maybe that baby will grow up and cure cancer, maybe another baby will grow up and save your child from an accident, be it as a nurse, a doctor, a passer by who sees them in trouble... It's random...
Because things don't make sense now, doesn't really matter, cause tomorrow (or next year) maybe it'll be better... We all get bored from time to time, and in that boredom we contemplate things... Get interested in something that'll fill up your time, who knows where it'll lead...

ahyeahok · 02-10-2011 12:00AM

I think 42 should really sum it all up imo.

karma_ · 02-10-2011 12:01AM

Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.

Littlehorny · 02-10-2011 12:05AM

absurd yes, pointless no, have met too many wonderful, fantastic family members and friends in my time to think that although i am only a speck in the universe, i know none of us are pointless, everyone is valuable!

im invisible · 02-10-2011 12:06AM

ahyeahok wrote: »

I think 42 should really sum it all up imo.

just dont ask what the question is...

DrGreenthumb · 02-10-2011 12:06AM

life is what you make of it,
if you want something to happen then make it happen

ahyeahok · 02-10-2011 12:08AM

DrGreenthumb wrote: »

life is what you make of it,
if you want something to happen then make it happen

gonna buys me a lotto ticket 1st thing tammmara

DjFlin · 02-10-2011 12:09AM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Its pointless. Not in a depressed type of way but its silly. Nothing any of us has done or will do actually matters at all in any way.

What matters is relevant. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow and it wouldnt matter to me, but I'm sure it'd matter a whole lot to your friends and family.

If I die knowing I've made just one persons life just a little bit happier, I'll die knowing I done something that matters.

SafeSurfer · 02-10-2011 12:10AM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Its pointless. Not in a depressed type of way but its silly. Nothing any of us has done or will do actually matters at all in any way.

Surely life cannot be as pointless as being dead, as not existing. While you are alive your actions have an influence on all those who interact with you.

Of course the things that you have done and will do matter.

Think of things that happened years ago. Some random act of kindness, some random act of hatred that still affects you many years later. What yo do, how you relate to other people has a profound affect even many years after you have ceased to exist.

For instance, if you have a kid, that kid looks to you as their mother or father, no matter how ****ed up you are they learn their behaviour from you and want to be like you. So what you do does matter, your choices do have consequences.

flyboy69 · 02-10-2011 12:11AM

A thought that has often crossed my mind is that in 200 years time no one is gonna know me, what I worried or cared about, so f*ck it, enjoy it as much as you can!

whubee · 02-10-2011 12:14AM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Its pointless. Not in a depressed type of way but its silly. Nothing any of us has done or will do actually matters at all in any way.

Yes, quite frequently.

The 'matters' thing, I get the sense that youre meaning something you do needs to matter to somebody in the future or be of some future consequence....consequence can really only be related to other living beings.

Future humans will look upon your/mine/everyone elses memory in the way we look on some obscure reference in an old library book, with a big big 'Meh'

I say frock mr/mrs future person (to a degree). It would be a one sided relationship, like 'oh please please remember me' vs 'meh 3d porn is better'.

None of us are really going to be remembered beyond maybe 1, 2 generations.
Even if it was 100 you'd never know anything about it.

so basically - yes life is ultimately inconsequential to others in the future.

ergo - fukc them, i define my own consequence. in the now.

In the words of Fr Fintan Stack .....I had my fun, and thats all that matters.

ItsAWindUp · 02-10-2011 12:16AM

Morrissey said it best, life is a pigsty.

SafeSurfer · 02-10-2011 12:18AM

whubee wrote: »

Yes, quite frequently.

The 'matters' thing, I get the sense that youre meaning something you do needs to matter to somebody in the future or be of some future consequence....consequence can really only be related to other living beings.

Future humans will look upon your/mine/everyone elses memory in the way we look on some obscure reference in an old library book, with a big big 'Meh'

I say frock mr/mrs future person (to a degree). It would be a one sided relationship, like 'oh please please remember me' vs 'meh 3d porn is better'.

None of us are really going to be remembered beyond maybe 1, 2 generations.
Even if it was 100 you'd never know anything about it.

so basically - yes life is ultimately inconsequential to others in the future.

ergo - fukc them, i define my own consequence. in the now.

In the words of Fr Fintan Stack .....I had my fun, and thats all that matters.

Absolutely right so feck all this global warming crap let future generations grow gills.

4leto · 02-10-2011 12:21AM

Yeah what has posterity ever done for me.

Do you ever think that life is just completely absurd?

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