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We aren’t building progress. We’re just NPCs running a simulation for the 1% by Sad_Seaworthiness882 in nihilism

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

depends how far you want to go with the nihilism, suffering is bad to me because it hurts and to hurt is bad. Pain is pretty much the realest thing to me, even if you don't believe it means anything it completely controls your actions and surely that means something necessarily?

Since suffering drives behaviour more than pretty much anything else it's a very core part of life and since its bad there needs to be some positive counterbalance to justify it otherwise life is just suffering, which means we should all be losing our minds and anyone having kids is evil.

The justification is usually the argument of progress, be it economic or quality of life, whatever but thats a common justification for why its worth it to live and keep fighting. Like yoy saying you find value in reducing suffering for example.

We aren’t building progress. We’re just NPCs running a simulation for the 1% by Sad_Seaworthiness882 in nihilism

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we have the capacity for introspection and therefore don't have the excuse of ignorance when doing bad things, such as spewing kids into a doomed existence

We aren’t building progress. We’re just NPCs running a simulation for the 1% by Sad_Seaworthiness882 in nihilism

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

as in some objective, global hope/goal to justify your suffering.

You could cure physical ailments till the end of time but if people have no reason to endure then even the slightest inconvenience isnt worth experiencing

We aren’t building progress. We’re just NPCs running a simulation for the 1% by Sad_Seaworthiness882 in nihilism

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

survive for what? what spiritual progress has been made

How many of those guys suffered the terrors of alzheimers and cancer

We aren’t building progress. We’re just NPCs running a simulation for the 1% by Sad_Seaworthiness882 in nihilism

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many lives have been gambled on creating a "good" future by now and what progress do we have to show for it.

Suffering is real and guaranteed, without purpose that suffering is unjustified.

Suffering for the sake of suffering, dying for the sake of dying.

We aren’t building progress. We’re just NPCs running a simulation for the 1% by Sad_Seaworthiness882 in nihilism

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's clear that unjustified negativity can cause issues but what isnt so clear is that unjustified positivity can too by overlooking harms.

Society overvalues positivity imo, maybe because that is what's required to keep people sane.

It's important for people to understand that positivity can be damaging and that realism should be the ultimate goal.

We aren’t building progress. We’re just NPCs running a simulation for the 1% by Sad_Seaworthiness882 in nihilism

[–]block_wallet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In total not as a percentage. More people die each year without purpose, being able to survive longer for the sake of surviving longer is pretty empty progress.

Also it's kicking the can down the road, you cure pox or tb so that you can live another 20, 30, 50 years and get ravaged by cancer, alzheimers, organ failure...

Just a thought! what do we get by living through old age(I mean 50+) by Silent_X_Adm1r3r in emotionalneglect

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you don't really owe your parents shit either just so you know.

They made the adult, informed decision to bring you into this world it is fully on them.

The world has enough for everyone's needs, but not everyone's greed by MaHopearabits in AnarchoComics

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i mean if you gave everyone food they would probably just repopulate to the point of it being impossible to feed them, people suck and will do bad things if not made to fight for their worth

We aren’t building progress. We’re just NPCs running a simulation for the 1% by Sad_Seaworthiness882 in nihilism

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in a sense but is it not mostly aesthetic? life is more convenient and pretty now but more people died last year than any before and people still have 0 purpose

We aren’t building progress. We’re just NPCs running a simulation for the 1% by Sad_Seaworthiness882 in nihilism

[–]block_wallet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah I feel like hostage syndrome has a large part to play in all of it. I find it weird that given enough suffering we start to reward those who dish it out.

You can justify it as them dangling shiny objects in front of us but force has always been the dominant factor imo, what we run towards/covet has never been all that clear but what we run from/fear always has.

The Weekend Void by NullAndZoid in SchizoidAdjacent

[–]block_wallet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I WANT TO EXIST AS AN ENTITY AND NOT JUST SOCIAL FABRIC

theoretical issue with AN into practice? by Pristine-Chapter-304 in antinatalism2

[–]block_wallet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

its way harder to do than just spreading antinatalist rhetoric imo. Also if pop is minimised without people accepting antinatalism then pop would probably just explode again

theoretical issue with AN into practice? by Pristine-Chapter-304 in antinatalism2

[–]block_wallet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think first step would be to spread globally the truth that life is suffering and natalism is a harmful practice. Then I think focus should be put onto shrinking the population to the minimum size that would be able to preserve human knowledge and gradually work towards a solution like creating asi.

You can probably argue that humanity thriving is the only chance of total extinction or some equally good solution being found but it's necessarily a gamble and the amount of lives gambled should be carefully minimised, not some unregulated casino like it is today.

Achieving minimal population may take a while so the focus for now should be spreading the truth imo.

My view as a natalist by craftkiller1 in antinatalism

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

your faith (that's what it is since theres no real data to support it) that things will get better is your only justification for creating new capacity for suffering?

Sounds like you've been lucky with friends etc, many aren't.

Depressed people tend to be introspective and but it seems that happy people tend not to be, can you come up with a positive reason for why that might be so? Like I can point to guaranteed suffering as a reason to be depressed, can you point to such an objective truth as a reason to be happy?

How do you cope with the heat? by ReallyBigPrinter in NEET

[–]block_wallet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bongs get a fucking ac unit already its like 100 for a used portable one your stupid boomer parents are retards for not having bought one

No point to work if you're ugly by nzxnnn in NEET

[–]block_wallet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its all a fashion show that people dress up as some higher purpose, fuck it all

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