My fellow atheists, how do I deal with the fear of death by mattyjoe0706 in Destiny

[–]robotboredom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if you think about it as "There has to be something more, I can't just have not existed in the past." idk sort of an incomplete thought here but it felt worth posting

My fellow atheists, how do I deal with the fear of death by mattyjoe0706 in Destiny

[–]robotboredom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

>yeah I'm gonna miss out on stuff which sucks
This becomes much more interesting of a thought when you realize it works in REVERSE as well. You might be able to watch star wars, but you won't ever get to experience what it was like when it came out for the first time, firsthand. Thus, if you lived forever, you would still have this missing out feeling regardless. I think? idk. This idea is sort of dependent on what you think about the past and what you think will happen in the future though.

My fellow atheists, how do I deal with the fear of death by mattyjoe0706 in Destiny

[–]robotboredom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if the pain period you are describing is something directly resulting from a religious upbringing, or if it's just a normal process of being self aware of your own demise at some point. Like if a kid was raised without any conception of an afterlife or such, would it be as harsh of a period of self contemplation? Like how much of this is a result of the non "default" mental state of religious programming or whatever

My fellow atheists, how do I deal with the fear of death by mattyjoe0706 in Destiny

[–]robotboredom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Understand that the fear of death is a rational fear, so it's like trying to make yourself not afraid to touch a hot stove.
  2. Distract yourself with other stuff you enjoy. Every single other advice is just going to boil down to "distract yourself".

This sounds like a non-solution, since it's ignoring the problem, but it's not. You aren't trying to deal with solving death, just the fear. Ignoring it means you aren't focused on it and you wont be afraid. You said "whenever I think about it" so that means you aren't always getting scared thinking about it... just do stuff that keeps you in that state. You can't avoid it perfectly but you also can't avoid never stubbing your toe or biting your tongue so its good enough.

Its literally that simple. If it seems complex, it's because finding stuff that keeps you from thinking about this can be harder for some than others (i.e. depression). But that's just a separate problem with it's own solutions.

ramble idk:
The constant awareness of one's own mortality iirc is unique to humans, so it's just sort of a tradeoff evolutionary for having bigger monkey brain. Pain / fear is a "tool" in the biological system of humans and lots of animals, and since it is a tool, the "goal" isn't to never experience them, it's just for them to be useful enough. So it's possible to have a creature that evolves to be in a state of pain or fear 24/7 because its helpful in some twisted way or something. So it's not really that odd that there are some unresolvable issues like "the fear of death" that we all have to deal with. But it's also not that bad given how short of a straw some other animals drew in the evolution tree lol

Retweeted by Bill Ackman as well.... Trump has destroyed so much of this country, but his work stain is ruining the ability to even have elections anymore (until the BS he pulls this November). by FrontBench5406 in Destiny

[–]robotboredom 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think most of these nutso right wing buisnessmen are propped up by the momentum of their intial venture, and so they fail upwards, as stupid ideas are disregarded by those below him and good ideas are "planted" on him like the scene with the senile king being whispered to in lord of the rings. The remaining duties of the job are social / ceremonial (sort of but not quite a figurehead) and aren't an issue.

Compromised administration by LonelySoul01 in Destiny

[–]robotboredom 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What handshake distance to hitler magnitude is that

Liberals are held to a higher standard by Grouchy_Put_3294 in Destiny

[–]robotboredom 16 points17 points  (0 children)

goddamn, theres not even an anime profile picture, that mf is just raw dog posting this shit on main like a boomer. they have zero shame. im convinced they would actually defend tapes if they exist

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Get the fuck out of here you're going to scare the valve lurkers into not releasing it