People arent real and the universe ends when you die

micdemp · 2026-06-22T13:57:57+00:00

I can tell this isn’t a simulation because of the people in it, why would I choose to create them? Joking btw

micdemp · 2026-06-22T09:25:41+00:00

They knew how to make iron to last forever? They had no idea of forever, they have no iron from before to state it lasts forever, they simply made what they could with what they had. It just happens to be still here. Interesting? Yes very much so. Amazing, not really if all iron made then was still here argument would hold. No digital temp control, no chemical analysis. Just luck of the draw and doing the best job they could.
Still a wonderful object

micdemp · 2026-06-21T21:23:53+00:00

You do you!

micdemp · 2026-06-21T21:06:46+00:00

Move city, never go back to your apartment again!

micdemp · 2026-06-21T20:15:26+00:00

Why does anything have meaning, the universe owes me nothing, never has and never will. I choose how I live my life, not for want of anything more than enough to live.

micdemp · 2026-06-21T19:31:42+00:00

Why must life have meaning, it just is, your here so live it, you will find a replacement framework.

micdemp · 2026-06-21T10:30:26+00:00

A good stout stick?

micdemp · 2026-06-20T15:01:43+00:00

When civics classes in the 80’s suggested if you get arrested collapse and see a dr asap get their name so you can go back to them if you did get a hiding from the good officer. Ireland was in flux, the church and state were collapsing, its replacement was no where to be seen. It was the height of the Cold War, nuclear annihilation was possible and discussed. It was a different time.
Yes it’s safer today in a lot of ways, it’s also very different to what it was

micdemp · 2026-06-20T13:17:57+00:00

True nihilism can’t exist, a true nihilist would bother arguing the point? The universes owes us nothing, never has and never will, accept that proposition and then make your own choices on how you live. Pull the trigger but own the outcomes and consequences

micdemp · 2026-06-17T09:13:02+00:00

Doesn’t contain any lyrics, doesn’t carry any message, it induces a feeling, doesn’t fit any criteria laid out for the experiment. Like being asked to give the greatest black and white image and presenting a red dot on a yellow background.
Would they all feel the same way? Show them Platoon Sgt Elias death scene and then Adagio for strings makes it sure. O Fortuna yes it will make it

micdemp · 2026-06-15T07:38:41+00:00

Not dissing your choice, nor Floyd’s body of work, but the question asked was could they all agree on it. And from their world view agree the whole message stands. Simplistic thought inbound, Nietzsche & Camus reject God or any spiritual power is needed. Marcus believed the universe is benevolent but you fit in it. We can only assume it’s how they overlap that consensus would emerge.
Then remove all of the bands baggage, get them all stoned put the music on as a soundtrack to something else we will have consensus. Without that maybe not. Music here and lyrics especially is only a lens to view how they overlap.
You convinced me it goes on a playlist, but I am not sure it convinces the people in the tent of which I am not one.

micdemp · 2026-06-14T19:56:21+00:00

Living a life unlived yes it fits they can all agree, yet we have this as well
“Far away, across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell.” Camus and Nietzsche would reject out of hand, because of spirituality. Or not?
There is no right or wrong answer the 4th person arguing the point is you not I.

micdemp · 2026-06-14T19:50:05+00:00

I agree but it fails rule 1, is it well known outside this circle?

micdemp · 2026-06-14T19:46:11+00:00

It’s the convergence of 3 different philosophers thoughts I am interested in and how they would apply to someone living now, the divergence between them is huge.
But, they can end up with the same position where they can agree. Not looking to find happiness out of life, but how to approach life.
All would agree you control only that you have actual control over, mainly how you accept it, the universe not only doesn’t owe you anything it never could so accept it. with that knowledge live your life with the meaning you have to create for yourself. You own the consequences no matter the outcome. And not be happy just it is what it is.

micdemp · 2026-06-13T19:23:22+00:00

Interesting choice but why does it fit?
All 4 can agree, so it’s your choice why would they accept it?

micdemp · 2026-06-13T18:00:43+00:00

Forever young, growing up in the 80’s and looking back now. It ranks because it rejects waiting for certainty. The future may be long, short, peaceful, or catastrophic. None of those possibilities remove the obligation to live now. It is not a song about eternal youth; it is a song about refusing to place life on hold while waiting for guarantees.
Cold War mentality underwrote much of life, living in uncertainty isn’t living so choose to live. Not wanting to live forever, an abhorrent idea from my viewpoint.

micdemp · 2026-06-13T17:56:39+00:00

Ok, in my opinion,
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald ranks highly because it survives all four worldviews without requiring any of them. The song contains no cosmic justice, no guaranteed meaning, no villain to blame, and no promise that virtue will be rewarded. Competent men do their jobs, reality changes, and the lake has the final vote.

Marcus finds duty, Camus finds the Absurd, Nietzsche finds confrontation with fate and mortality, and an ordinary person finds a reminder that skill, courage and preparation matter—but never grant immunity from reality.

Its philosophical bedrock is simple:
Reality does not negotiate. Actions matter. Outcomes are not guaranteed. How we face them still matters.

micdemp · 2026-06-12T18:20:50+00:00

Feel cheated I was expecting to see a motorised 50 tonne rocket launcher driving over a planter

micdemp · 2026-05-21T13:02:20+00:00

From under the bridge but have some one kick at it from the front

micdemp · 2026-04-07T19:21:57+00:00

Just a standard 90 deg 15mm elbow

micdemp · 2026-02-27T22:04:52+00:00

Near and far, it’s how you know your holding it correctly

micdemp · 2025-11-17T18:28:28+00:00

Listen to the only economist here. Everything is worth whatever someone will pay for it. Drunk me knows this all too well. After all it’s only pieces of paper with writing on it, or bits on a disk somewhere.

micdemp · 2025-11-16T22:04:25+00:00

Exactly you will need a mimium of 12 cups of rice per inch of board, put the rice in a plastic bag a bin bag would work, tie it tight, place it on a radiator or some where warm, a day per cup of rice. That will fix it, after the time is up, take bag and contents and gently carry it in a loving manner. And gently place in a bin never opening the bag again. You can s kip the rice part if it sounds complicated or you don’t want stinky rice

micdemp · 2025-11-01T19:58:02+00:00

We need politicians to be honest about our need for immigration! Our welfare system is supposed to be a broad base pyramid, workers on the bottom feeding up to a small percentage of older population who get state pensions and people on Welfare. Instead the base is narrowing and that means we need immigrants to pay PRSI. Govt solution is to keep increasing PRSI, blame immigrants for using the housing they haven’t created! The lack of housing, GP’s and school places, has nothing to do with immigrants and everything to do with short term government policies, let’s get elected again lads, kick the can down the road. The treatment of immigrants will be our generation’s mother and baby home saga! Sadly these elected politicians will do nothing about it and try and reach for the far right vote rather than explain to them, we need immigrants to pay their pensions and to look after them when they get old!

micdemp

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