N.b. I've done a quick search, and it came up empty. So I naturally assume this topic hasn't been done in the all too recent past. If I'm wrong, meh. Then I'm wrong. Close it, lock it, try to unsee it.
Hey folks, it's time for some more introspective bullshit! It is widely known and accepted, contrary to Tyler Durden's opinion, that we are all beautiful snowflakes composed of the same decaying matter. We are all unique, yet not unique in our uniqueness. Everybody is unique! And beautiful! Just like all life is deemed valuable. That's why a lot of people try to safe everything even remotely alive, ranging from starving Ethiopian kids to whales.
Yet, and this is important, let us assume for the sake of argument that life is only valuable if it means something more. One could say that the talented artist's life is more valuable, because he or she has a unique talent (or 'gift') that adds something to this world and society. The same goes for the scientist, although it can be argued that the scientists studying a duck's corkscrew penis [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/12/22/kinkiness-beyond-kinky/] is less worthy of life than, let's say, the guy who brought us penicilline.
Of course, the same goes for the Straight A-student and the talented athlete. Whether it's the former who has the talent to become that scientist that kills AIDS dead, or the athlete whom we all worship as if (s)he's a Greek demi-god for kicking a ball, being able to jump really far or cycle around France with only one testicle.
So, what have you done for society, for humanity, for the world that does not involve leeching off valuable resources and wasting equally valuable time? You might think that 'making my parents happy' or 'getting an epic in WoW' qualifies, but... Is this really so? Sure, mom might be proud of her kid being able to kill pixels, but wouldn't she have been happier if her child would have been an Oscar/Pullitzer/Nobel Prize winner?
Just think about it. What have you done, or... if you're too young to make a difference whatsoever, might you be realistically able to do to legitimize your existence?
Yeah, think on that one for a change.
I myself? Other than being right in a lot of questions/dilemma's/problems revolving human nature and social behaviour, often involving other wonderfully unique snowflakes of decaying matter, have done nothing to deserve life.
And I'm too selfish to rid the world of my existence, and to clear up valuable resources for more talented folk to survive. For all I know I (and, you as well) might be the reason why a strapping, bright young lad in Ethopia is starving. A lad who might have, one day, cured cancer.
So. Let 'em rip, folks! And remember, be honest.
Hey folks, it's time for some more introspective bullshit! It is widely known and accepted, contrary to Tyler Durden's opinion, that we are all beautiful snowflakes composed of the same decaying matter. We are all unique, yet not unique in our uniqueness. Everybody is unique! And beautiful! Just like all life is deemed valuable. That's why a lot of people try to safe everything even remotely alive, ranging from starving Ethiopian kids to whales.
Yet, and this is important, let us assume for the sake of argument that life is only valuable if it means something more. One could say that the talented artist's life is more valuable, because he or she has a unique talent (or 'gift') that adds something to this world and society. The same goes for the scientist, although it can be argued that the scientists studying a duck's corkscrew penis [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/12/22/kinkiness-beyond-kinky/] is less worthy of life than, let's say, the guy who brought us penicilline.
Of course, the same goes for the Straight A-student and the talented athlete. Whether it's the former who has the talent to become that scientist that kills AIDS dead, or the athlete whom we all worship as if (s)he's a Greek demi-god for kicking a ball, being able to jump really far or cycle around France with only one testicle.
So, what have you done for society, for humanity, for the world that does not involve leeching off valuable resources and wasting equally valuable time? You might think that 'making my parents happy' or 'getting an epic in WoW' qualifies, but... Is this really so? Sure, mom might be proud of her kid being able to kill pixels, but wouldn't she have been happier if her child would have been an Oscar/Pullitzer/Nobel Prize winner?
Just think about it. What have you done, or... if you're too young to make a difference whatsoever, might you be realistically able to do to legitimize your existence?
Yeah, think on that one for a change.
I myself? Other than being right in a lot of questions/dilemma's/problems revolving human nature and social behaviour, often involving other wonderfully unique snowflakes of decaying matter, have done nothing to deserve life.
And I'm too selfish to rid the world of my existence, and to clear up valuable resources for more talented folk to survive. For all I know I (and, you as well) might be the reason why a strapping, bright young lad in Ethopia is starving. A lad who might have, one day, cured cancer.
So. Let 'em rip, folks! And remember, be honest.
