Actually it makes me rather happy, knowing that no one will know some of the wierd stuff I have done/am going. Who really cares about the future of the human race after their death? Certainly not me.samonix said:
Nothing you do is ever going to matter
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It depresses me that anyone would think like that. Everyday we meet new people, create and develop relationships and become more intwined in social networks. Everything we do or say affects someone to some degree. Sure most of us wont be remembered by the world but we will stay with those who knew us and continue to have an affect on the world long after we're gone.samonix said:
Also this:
I'm thinking about become a budhist, and if I've got their ideas right. Then I'm just part of the universe, I'm incredibly small, but I don't have a problem with that. And with that I also don't have a problem with not having an impact. In the end nothing anybody ever does or did is going to matter in a few thousands of years. There are only a few people whoes actions have had effect for longer then two or three thousand years. I doubt that anyone will ever have an impact on the world longer then ten-thousand years.
But I will. It is that attitude that makes people not be able to do things that change the world. I want to win an Olympic gold medal and by gods I am going to do it. I have the potential to do it, most people have the potential to be great at one sport, you just need to utilise it.
Well, no one might ever know or care about what I did or am doing. However, I went back to a city 6000 miles away from my home town, with a population of 8,000,000 people, and randomly bumped into a dozen people who knew me. And that was just today.
So... yeah, my name might not echo throughout the ages, but it's still being called out across streets today. And I'm an introverted nerd who spends most of his time answering forum posts.
That's darn nifty.
So... yeah, my name might not echo throughout the ages, but it's still being called out across streets today. And I'm an introverted nerd who spends most of his time answering forum posts.
That's darn nifty.
Human kind invented Religion to counter-act the succumbing force of realizing that single sentence.
OT: I think Life is about finding what you want to do, and doing it. There is Absolutely Nothing to gain from thinking the way you are proposing (although we've all done it). Sure, I may never be able to make that game i want to make, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to TRY to get there, as hard as i can.Because if i DO somehow get there.... I'll be able to make a game. And i don't give two shits about whether it's a game that'll be "remembered" or if it "matters". No, I wanna make a game because there's something i wanna say, and i believe that that concept can be best represented in the form of a video game. So i want to make it. That's all i care about. That's all i need to care about.
OT: I think Life is about finding what you want to do, and doing it. There is Absolutely Nothing to gain from thinking the way you are proposing (although we've all done it). Sure, I may never be able to make that game i want to make, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to TRY to get there, as hard as i can.Because if i DO somehow get there.... I'll be able to make a game. And i don't give two shits about whether it's a game that'll be "remembered" or if it "matters". No, I wanna make a game because there's something i wanna say, and i believe that that concept can be best represented in the form of a video game. So i want to make it. That's all i care about. That's all i need to care about.
What you do now, Echos in eternity!samonix said:
OT: And does it matter? Not really, this world is one big freeform, if your gonna think "whats the point, its not permanent" Why do anything? Your gaming achievement isnt permanent, this forum isn't permanent, Why did you post?
As a great philosopher once said
"Why Anything?"
To which a great philosopher replied
"Because Everything. ????? Eternal Domain Error. +++++ Redo From Start +++++."
O.K so it was some UU students and Hex, But the point is still valid.
Nope. It may not affect thousands of people, but what I do does affect a few people. I could say something that gives someone an idea, and then they act on it... so on and so forth.
Human history is an incredibly precarious pile of connected and unconnected events, all of which, to an infinitesimally small degree, mattered.
Also, I'm just going to post my motto here.
You aren't dead. Billions of people are. This puts you in the minority, and thus, a rebel. Everyone loves a rebel. Especially a rebel against death.
Human history is an incredibly precarious pile of connected and unconnected events, all of which, to an infinitesimally small degree, mattered.
Also, I'm just going to post my motto here.
You aren't dead. Billions of people are. This puts you in the minority, and thus, a rebel. Everyone loves a rebel. Especially a rebel against death.
Of course the world will never know i existed. The world is several billion years old and has housed thousands of species, most of them having gone extinct. The world won't remember humans in general. After we kill ourselves off and our cities are reduced to dust by the shifting plates and plant life, the Earth will move on to it's next genetically mutated form of life that may or may not achieve sentience.
And if that isn't bad enough, the Earth is just one planet orbiting one of tens of thousands of stars in our single galaxy, and our galaxy is only one of Haruhi knows how many. We're feeble insignificant atoms in the universe, and as we are even now, our existence is completely unknown.
Strangely enough i'm comfortable with that. Low expectations for my species in general.
And if that isn't bad enough, the Earth is just one planet orbiting one of tens of thousands of stars in our single galaxy, and our galaxy is only one of Haruhi knows how many. We're feeble insignificant atoms in the universe, and as we are even now, our existence is completely unknown.
Strangely enough i'm comfortable with that. Low expectations for my species in general.
Just because it's unlikely doesn't mean it's impossible, so even if you don't succeed you should still try to.
I can't even think of a sarcastic line for that either, just pure idealistic gobbledygook.
I can't even think of a sarcastic line for that either, just pure idealistic gobbledygook.
The optimism in this thread is making me feel dirty.
Who cares about "the world"? Who cares how many people you're recognised or admired by? It's not just individuals such as yourself who are worthless, it's humanity as a whole. The world is transient. The existence of our entire species is pointless and insignificant. No matter how many people you affect, nothing you, or anyone, will do will ever be meaningful or worthwhile.Kill yourself you worthless fuck.
Who cares about "the world"? Who cares how many people you're recognised or admired by? It's not just individuals such as yourself who are worthless, it's humanity as a whole. The world is transient. The existence of our entire species is pointless and insignificant. No matter how many people you affect, nothing you, or anyone, will do will ever be meaningful or worthwhile.
