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Lemmy, what's the meaning, or point if you prefer, of life? I know 42, but I'm serious. Nothing lasts, everything is meaningless - are we just amusing ourselves until death? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm not depressed (at the moment, well maybe a little), just feeling philosophical.

Edit: the idea of this came to me because I was pondering why people fight so hard to beat diseases and live a few more years. What are they planning to do? Why exert effort just to be here longer when you don't have a reason?

Just why?

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[–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would argue we have a whole list of purposes:

procreate
copulate
mate
engage in sexual reproduction
propagate the species
reproduce
conceive life
bring forth offspring
weave new generations
kindle the spark of life
sow the seeds of tomorrow
whip up some womb-biscuits
bake a bun in the baby oven
start a stork-summoning ritual
do the chromosome cha-cha
know each other in the biblical sense
lie together
hook up
get it on
do the deed
bump uglies
initiate a genetic merge request
fork the DNA repo
compile the next generation
instantiate another human

I think you got the gist.

And in the meantime also entertain ourselves, of course.

[–] lunasandwich@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

As an ace, I'd have to disagree.