Thread: Best way to die?

Originally Posted by CSFFan

There's no good ways to die...only good ways to live, it's through life that we find happiness and hopefully inspire others.

we do ??

Originally Posted by lob

we do ??

I think you ought to get together with B0b, lob.

Originally Posted by Sumbitch

Originally Posted by lob

we do ??

I think you ought to get together with B0b, lob.

nah that bobs a knowitall prick. oops have i got the right bob.

for me life is a totally worthless pastime, with no purpose what so ever. and i aint suicidal. i'm not on about my life here, i mean life .
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^ You got the right but why share those thoughts then with other living creatures? Can we help? Will we get infected? Should we let you in on the secret?

One day an old man walked past 2 teenagers.
One teenager knew the old man and said to the other "That old man is 90 years old".
The other teenager said "Who wants to live to be 90 years old?".
The old man heard them and replied "Anyone who is 89 years old".

Jeez lob you must be the life of the party.

I would like to die with a knife to the heart
And go to Valhalla

Originally Posted by lob

for me life is a totally worthless pastime, with no purpose what so ever

It used to be true that life had no purpose. We are all just a link in one of the taxonomic diaspora of the replication process of life on earth and our species and all the other species had no purpose.

However since homo sapiens recently mastered the use of applying his brain to discovering the mathematical and scientific truths of nature our particular species has become the only species that does have a purpose. We have become the universe's self-fashioned lens through which it can understand itself. If we participate in the progress of human society in whatever way we can then we have contributed to that process. So life is not purposeless.

Originally Posted by Bogon

In bed with a jealous husband shooting me in the back of the head whilst I am on the job.

I guess for a split second you wouldn't know if you was coming or going

Originally Posted by lob

for me life is a totally worthless pastime, with no purpose what so ever. and i aint suicidal. i'm not on about my life here, i mean life.

The purpose of life is well being, nothing more nor less.

Be well.

Perhaps the best way to think about death, is maybe when you die you become a butterfly.

Earl and friends gone to heaven.



A kaleidoscope of sulphur butterflies drinking minerals from elephant urine in the sand.

^Indeed,
grace beauty balance and light!

Things humanity seems to be in short supply of.

The Old Testament says life is a Mist.

Originally Posted by wasabi

The Old Testament says life is a Mist.

A mist of indescribable energy.

Originally Posted by lob

for me life is a totally worthless pastime, with no purpose what so ever. and i aint suicidal. i'm not on about my life here, i mean life .

I understand you to mean that existing and living are two different things, EH? And while just existing ain't that bad, trying to find a purpose in life is a fools errand, ie an attempt to do something that has no chance of success.

Originally Posted by Sumbitch

And while just existing ain't that bad, trying to find a purpose in life is a fools errand, ie an attempt to do something that has no chance of success

Just existing is pretty boring.
I think most people have a purpose in life, whether it is earning money to spend on booze and whores, or the kids, or the church, others may find a purpose in trying to achieve a goal: Climb Everest, learn something, do good, do evil.....troll internet forums etc.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Just existing is pretty boring.
I think most people have a purpose in life, whether it is earning money to spend on booze and whores, or the kids, or the church, others may find a purpose in trying to achieve a goal: Climb Everest, learn something, do good, do evil.....troll internet forums etc.

Your conclusion or hypothesis, whichever you prefer, is debatable apparently. While trolling the internet I found the following argument (among others) for the purposeless life. In fact, the assertion is that the purposeful life is a Western idea and the purposeless life an Eastern perspective:

Life is purposeless. And it is beautiful that it is purposeless

It is very difficult, particularly for the Western mind, to understand that life is purposeless. And it is beautiful that it is purposeless. If it is purposeful then the whole thing becomes absurd – then who will decide the purpose? Then some God has to be conceived who decides the purpose, and then human beings become just puppets; then no freedom is possible. And if there is some purpose then life becomes businesslike, it cannot be ecstatic.

The West has been thinking in terms of purpose, but the East has been thinking in terms of purposelessness. The East says life is not a business, it is a play. And a play has no purpose really, it is nonpurposeful. Or you can say play is its own purpose, to play is enough. Life is not reaching towards some goal, life itself is the goal. It is not evolving towards some ultimate; this very moment, here and now, life is ultimate.

I take the Eastern view, giving credence to lob's post as well. After all who can be happier living in the moment, than a little child? She/he certainly has no other purpose than that albeit it's hardly a conscious desire, innit?

the quote is from https://gist.github.com/rsms/3564654

Originally Posted by Looper

Originally Posted by lob

for me life is a totally worthless pastime, with no purpose what so ever

It used to be true that life had no purpose. We are all just a link in one of the taxonomic diaspora of the replication process of life on earth and our species and all the other species had no purpose.

However since homo sapiens recently mastered the use of applying his brain to discovering the mathematical and scientific truths of nature our particular species has become the only species that does have a purpose. We have become the universe's self-fashioned lens through which it can understand itself. If we participate in the progress of human society in whatever way we can then we have contributed to that process. So life is not purposeless.

wot e said..... wot b/s e said. so where is the purpose in/of understanding life . u spend an entire lifetime getting the better of it all just to end up purposeless.
fortunately i have no prob with it all, i accept its pointless end and do my best not to shit on anyone or do bad things. i am happy-ish, comfortably off, plenty of friends, had a usfull life , in the context of u need to live, no complaints.

Originally Posted by Hugh Cow

Jeez lob you must be the life of the party.

parties are for losers who want,,, are looking to gain happiness, same for alcohol and drugs, religion, other such props. ur normal party goes along the lines of most people standing around bored to fuck, embarrassed to be there,, which drives a few to freak out and demonstrate how much they are enjoying themselves by, ffs, dancing like they have cervitus . right word ??? spelling anyone. if u were happy to be there why the need to get lost in the fog of booz. me, i'm happy 90% of the time and enjoy banter with all i speak to, laugh all the time and dont take myself seriously.... ie my life is a perpetual party. come and join me. u can get pissed if thats ur thing. we can start a religion. 5555

Originally Posted by lob

i am happy-ish, comfortably off, plenty of friends,

I think there is slightly more to it than that. Being happy without treading on others toes is all good stuff but...

Originally Posted by lob

had a usfull life

I hope so since making some kind of practical contribution to the advancement of the human race (apart from simply having kids - not that that is easy) is part of what gives meaning to life if you accept that the human species is as important as I reckon it is.

Originally Posted by misskit

Earl and friends gone to heaven.



A kaleidoscope of sulphur butterflies drinking minerals from elephant urine in the sand.

thanks for the memory mk. seen this a few times when jungle trekking, a very pleasurable feeling. one of my more pleasurable natural memories.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Originally Posted by Sumbitch

And while just existing ain't that bad, trying to find a purpose in life is a fools errand, ie an attempt to do something that has no chance of success

Just existing is pretty boring.
I think most people have a purpose in life, whether it is earning money to spend on booze and whores, or the kids, or the church, others may find a purpose in trying to achieve a goal: Climb Everest, learn something, do good, do evil.....troll internet forums etc.

I think most people have a purpose in life,,,, like wot, ur all existiting till the great one pulls the plug and changes the goal posts to exiting.

Originally Posted by Looper

Originally Posted by lob

i am happy-ish, comfortably off, plenty of friends,

I think there is slightly more to it than that. Being happy without treading on others toes is all good stuff but...

Originally Posted by lob

had a usfull life

I hope so since making some kind of practical contribution to the advancement of the human race (apart from simply having kids - not that that is easy) is part of what gives meaning to life if you accept that the human species is as important as I reckon it is.

oh dear u do talk bullshit. u seem to see the top species as something different than other species,,,,, WE ARE ALL THE FUCKING SAME.
advance to wot, colonise another planet to fuck that up too. its all just academic b/s

Originally Posted by Sumbitch

After all who can be happier living in the moment, than a little child? She/he certainly has no other purpose than that albeit it's hardly a conscious desire, innit?

Your point is good and gives me pause for thought.
But, how much self-consciousness does a child have? That develops, and as the young human grows mentally, desires, and the means to attain those desires, grows.

I think we are talking about two different things: A natural purpose of humans in general, in which case I agree, there is none (unless one subscribes to a belief in a God, which I don't), and the purposes we decide on for ourselves.