I'm not going to lie, I don't usually like listening to people talk about their views on life. Is it because I'm close minded? No. It's because most people don't put much thought into what they say. But today I'm going to throw caution to the wind and ask the users of Facepunch what they think about life.
Ideally I only want one response per member, something deep, sincere, and well thought out. The odds of that happening are slim but whatever.
If you feel like voicing your opinion on someone's post, just rate them agree or disagree. We don't need people bitching and fighting more than they already do.
As for my thought:
Pessimists see the problems in life and identify them in hope that others will seek ways to correct them.
Optimists see the best things in life and hope that others will see them as ideals or goals work towards.
In the end they both want one thing: change.
And both want a better future with their insights. Why argue over what is right and wrong in the outlooks on personalities if both want what is good?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
[QUOTE=HawkeyeTy;27686154]How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?[/QUOTE]
As much wood as a wood chuck chucks if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
[QUOTE=HawkeyeTy;27686154]How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?[/QUOTE]
Dude, everyone knows that. What everyone really has been wondering without realizing it is whats called the Peter theorem.
Lets say we have a person named Peter Piper in the following situation:
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Whats perplexing is the answer to this question is the same as the answer to the unasked question of life, the universe, and everything of which the answer to is 42. Without knowing the question to the comparative answer we can not assimilate any meaningful conclusion from it.
[QUOTE=K1ngo64;27688310]As much wood as a wood chuck chucks if a woodchuck could chuck wood.[/QUOTE]
No, as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck norris.
There is no creator, only what is.
Right and wrong is only an illusion programmed into our brains from birth as a societal self preservation mechanism.
There is no grand scheme in which you are taking part in, there is no conclusion to time and existence, only an end.
You are most likely one of the smartest beings in the Universe, take that as you will to spend your time as you wish.
The chances of intelligent life (along the lines of bees or ants) on another planet is the the millionths of a percentile, and the chances of there being hyper intelligent life on another planet (along the lines of humans) are in the trillionths of a percentile. You will never see a non-indigenous life form, but there are so many on Earth, why would you want to?
Unless you plan on being a pivotal role in human evolution, live your life how you want to. Don't let your parents or significant others force you into something due to your "potential", do in life what you want to. I have a high potential to become a Doctor, Lawyer or Mechanical Engineer, but I want to be a farmer and sustain myself.
Once you see the pattern of birth, school, work, marriage and creating the next generation to do it all over again which society has tricked you into thinking is "right", you will be free.
I feel slightly blasphemous still for saying this (only because my whole family is Christian) but God doesn't exist.
All Gods in every religion are just symbols for all the virtues in humanity whereas the Devil is a symbol for all the vices. When someone is purely good, religious individuals think of them as virtuous because they display the same behavior as what their God would. When someone is evil, they've been touched by the "Devil" because they display all the vices in humanity.
Also, Religion itself is just an invention by the abstract human mind to be able to bear the idea death.
Religion emerged at roughly the same time as Art. Art needs abstraction and creativity. And philosophy began to spring in, allowing the early humans to ponder death. The only solution to death, of course, is beating it. Creating life after death thus not truly dieing.
[QUOTE=Mizzy;27706223]I feel slightly blasphemous still for saying this (only because my whole family is Christian) but God doesn't exist.
All Gods in every religion are just symbols for all the virtues in humanity whereas the Devil is a symbol for all the vices. When someone is purely good, religious individuals think of them as virtuous because they display the same behavior as what their God would. When someone is evil, they've been touched by the "Devil" because they display all the vices in humanity.
Also, Religion itself is just an invention by the abstract human mind to be able to bear the idea death.
Religion emerged at roughly the same time as Art. Art needs abstraction and creativity. And philosophy began to spring in, allowing the early humans to ponder death. The only solution to death, of course, is beating it. Creating life after death thus not truly dieing.[/QUOTE]
Religion also arose as a means to control the masses. In a sense, they were "scaring" the public into thinking that if they did not live a virtuous, procreational and fulfilling life they would have a terrible afterlife for "eternity".
While I do not agree with their methods, the modern world as we see it today is the ends that justify the means of religion in the past.
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