The Meaning of Life (747 hits)
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Submitted by brian Evans <the_big_brioski.at.hotmail.com> (View user info) at 2003-01-11 13:22:39 EST
I think many of us have seen Monty Pythons: The Meaning of life at some point in there life, a seemingly pointless, yet absolutly hilarious movie with more hidden messages buried within it than the bible itself. A simple movie with humour that flys 36000 feet over the heads of todays youth and yet by the end gives no real answer to the question of The Meaning of Life.
Which brings me to my point, Who's buisness is it to quantify what exactly a life is, how do we determine who has more of a life than who? who has less? who's life is more important, who's is insignificant.
I'm sure everyone that reads this site has been to other forums where flaming is rampant and there is a large population of teens and preteens who bicker back and forth for gigabytes and gigabytes of characters until one incredibly astute fellow points out that another has "no life" at which point the accused shoots back "I have no life?? look at you!" and then proceeds to point out that the accuser has no life. And then thats when i start to ignore the thread because it has truly become pointless.
Why does anybody even bother to try to attack anybody else with the insult "You have no life"? Its totaly pointless because Nobody can come up with any kind of definition of what a life is or what makes one life better than the other. Some people spend 4 hours a day on chat lines and forums and then the remainder in front of the t.v. to that I say so what? That is someones idea of a life and since I don't subscribe to it, I don't know how good or bad it is, how can i criticise them for living that way? How can anybody?
P.S. All the quick witted teens can now point out in reviews that I have no life for wasting time with this post, all the while missing the point entirely.
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Submitted by Random Joe at 2003-01-23 18:56:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I took a class called "the meaning of life" got a god damn C-
Submitted by Caranyaveien Telcontar <caranyaveien_telcontar@hotmail> at 2003-01-14 06:04:54 EST (#)
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Ever heard of existentialism?
How about Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus?
Virtually, when taking a look at existentialism, the fundamental tenet is that:
We live in an incomprehensible, meaningless and (supposed) godless universe, where we created order and routine into our lives so that we may have a purpose and reason to live, so that we aren't overcome by boredom.
'Nothing to be done' - Waiting for Godot.
Deep, but here's something to really think about...
Submitted by sd at 2003-01-13 14:32:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh, `no attitude,' eh? Not `in your face,' huh? Well, you can cram it
with walnuts, ugly!
Submitted by streetpunk (user info) at 2003-01-13 12:17:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
"when you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such away, that when you die, the world will cry and you will rejoice"
-indian proverb
"don't take life too seriously, you might not make it out alive"
-Van Wilder
"I want to be fucked up on this LSD for the rest of my life"
-STREETPUNK
Submitted by Random Joe at 2003-01-13 02:32:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
you are alive to survive the species.
the monty python movie is just something to watch between a good meal, a passionate roll in the hay and a long nap in a comfortable bed.
Submitted by beer bong <hey_look_an_elephant.at.yahoo.com> at 2003-01-11 14:32:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I would like to represent all the "quick witted teens" by saying that no one will ever know the meaning of life because life has no meaning. We are are just here. Even if we learn the meaning of life in the "after-life" it does us no good. Life is paradoxical. It is meaningful in what we do for the world but meaningless in the grand scheme of things.
I fell sorry for all the people who spend their life searching for the meaning of it. Or,for that matter, watch movies to find the meaning.(don't get me wrong it was a great movie).
I'll tell you what the meaning of life is:To do what you want while you can. If you spend your life doing what other people want, your life is wasted. Then,in a sense, it becomes meaningless.
One day everyone will think, regardless of what they had done, that they had wasted their life. But if you devote your life to doing what you want and what you love, whether its a job, a lifestyle, a person or whatever then your life hasn't been wasted.
Wow that was pretty deep.