The Place to Go for Emotional Support — Page 107

I liked history, I guess, and math. I just had a little anti-social job that I kind of enjoyed. I actually really hated college for the most part, but I did finish a four-year degree. I’ve not been unemployed since I was fourteen or fifteen and I can afford to do nothing so why not? It’s my life, I can waste it however I see fit. And I see working as a waste of time too.

moviefreakedmind said:

I liked history, I guess, and math. I just had a little anti-social job that I kind of enjoyed. I actually really hated college for the most part, but I did finish a four-year degree. I’ve not been unemployed since I was fourteen or fifteen and I can afford to do nothing so why not? It’s my life, I can waste it however I see fit. And I see working as a waste of time too.

Be nice if you wasted it in a more enjoyable way. Travel. Sitting at home counting the hours is definitely a waste of time.

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I liked history, I guess, and math. I just had a little anti-social job that I kind of enjoyed. I actually really hated college for the most part, but I did finish a four-year degree. I’ve not been unemployed since I was fourteen or fifteen and I can afford to do nothing so why not? It’s my life, I can waste it however I see fit. And I see working as a waste of time too.

Be nice if you wasted it in a more enjoyable way. Travel. Sitting at home counting the hours is definitely a waste of time.

I don’t like traveling. The least unpleasant waste of time for me is to hide indoors. Honestly, giving up feels pretty liberating. It’s nice to know that I’ll never try and fail to fit in with my fellow man again.

moviefreakedmind said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I liked history, I guess, and math. I just had a little anti-social job that I kind of enjoyed. I actually really hated college for the most part, but I did finish a four-year degree. I’ve not been unemployed since I was fourteen or fifteen and I can afford to do nothing so why not? It’s my life, I can waste it however I see fit. And I see working as a waste of time too.

Be nice if you wasted it in a more enjoyable way. Travel. Sitting at home counting the hours is definitely a waste of time.

I don’t like traveling. The least unpleasant waste of time for me is to hide indoors. Honestly, giving up feels pretty liberating. It’s nice to know that I’ll never try and fail to fit in with my fellow man again.

What was the happiest moment in your life?

I don’t know. I don’t really recall any moments that were particularly happier than any others.

If you were having a child, despite your best efforts, what would you want for that child’s life?

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning and no one really has your best interests at heart and that you should pursue only what you find interesting or exciting and not waste a second of your life doing what society claims is good for you or attempting to live based on what other people want or think. What he or she would do is based on his or her interests so I can’t predict anything specific.

moviefreakedmind said:

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning and no one really has your best interests at heart and that you should pursue only what you find interesting or exciting and not waste a second of your life doing what society claims is good for you or attempting to live based on what other people want or think. What he or she would do is based on his or her interests so I can’t predict anything specific.

Would you help identify and encourage their interests?

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning and no one really has your best interests at heart and that you should pursue only what you find interesting or exciting and not waste a second of your life doing what society claims is good for you or attempting to live based on what other people want or think. What he or she would do is based on his or her interests so I can’t predict anything specific.

You’re basing this on a very small sample size though. I have my own small sample size that indicates the contrary.

JEDIT: I read too quick. Some of that is true to a degree.

I’m not sure what you’re referring to.

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning and no one really has your best interests at heart and that you should pursue only what you find interesting or exciting and not waste a second of your life doing what society claims is good for you or attempting to live based on what other people want or think. What he or she would do is based on his or her interests so I can’t predict anything specific.

Would you help identify and encourage their interests?

I have no idea. One thing I did leave out is that I would raise them to appreciate knowledge and learning and to shun stupidity. So many people these days are incredibly stupid and actively oppose learning anything and that more than anything is what really sickens me about society. So that’s a principle that I would instill in these fictional kids of mine.

moviefreakedmind said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning and no one really has your best interests at heart and that you should pursue only what you find interesting or exciting and not waste a second of your life doing what society claims is good for you or attempting to live based on what other people want or think. What he or she would do is based on his or her interests so I can’t predict anything specific.

Would you help identify and encourage their interests?

I have no idea. One thing I did leave out is that I would raise them to appreciate knowledge and learning and to shun stupidity. So many people these days are incredibly stupid and actively oppose learning anything and that more than anything is what really sickens me about society. So that’s a principle that I would instill in these fictional kids of mine.

What kind of stuff do you think is worth learning?

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning and no one really has your best interests at heart and that you should pursue only what you find interesting or exciting and not waste a second of your life doing what society claims is good for you or attempting to live based on what other people want or think. What he or she would do is based on his or her interests so I can’t predict anything specific.

You’re basing this on a very small sample size though. I have my own small sample size that indicates the contrary.

JEDIT: I read too quick. Some of that is true to a degree.

I’m not sure what you’re referring to.

I can do a Warb-style breakdown if you like.

Ok, although I should warn you that his breakdowns are the primary reason why we broke up. That’s a joke, by the way.

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning and no one really has your best interests at heart and that you should pursue only what you find interesting or exciting and not waste a second of your life doing what society claims is good for you or attempting to live based on what other people want or think. What he or she would do is based on his or her interests so I can’t predict anything specific.

Would you help identify and encourage their interests?

I have no idea. One thing I did leave out is that I would raise them to appreciate knowledge and learning and to shun stupidity. So many people these days are incredibly stupid and actively oppose learning anything and that more than anything is what really sickens me about society. So that’s a principle that I would instill in these fictional kids of mine.

What kind of stuff do you think is worth learning?

Everything.

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning

Arguable.

There actually is no objective truth or meaning to anything. No philosopher worth his weight would tell you otherwise. Meaning is what we attribute to things, not something that things have and we discover.

and no one really has your best interests at heart

Untrue.

Sometimes it is, man.

and that you should pursue only what you find interesting or exciting and not waste a second of your life doing what society claims is good for you or attempting to live based on what other people want or think.

Possibly true, but you have to be prepared to accept the consequences of doing so.

What consequences?

moviefreakedmind said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning and no one really has your best interests at heart and that you should pursue only what you find interesting or exciting and not waste a second of your life doing what society claims is good for you or attempting to live based on what other people want or think. What he or she would do is based on his or her interests so I can’t predict anything specific.

Would you help identify and encourage their interests?

I have no idea. One thing I did leave out is that I would raise them to appreciate knowledge and learning and to shun stupidity. So many people these days are incredibly stupid and actively oppose learning anything and that more than anything is what really sickens me about society. So that’s a principle that I would instill in these fictional kids of mine.

What kind of stuff do you think is worth learning?

Everything.

What books do you enjoy the most? Those Russian novels you referenced have tempted me but then I think they might be too dense and boring and so haven’t taken the plunge.

I don’t know, I like reading anything really as long as it’s interesting.

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning

Arguable.

There actually is no objective truth or meaning to anything. No philosopher worth his weight would tell you otherwise. Meaning is what we attribute to things, not something that things have and we discover.

I said “arguable” because it’s dependent on what you want to use the term “objective” for. Just because life has no real “objective meaning” does not mean it also doesn’t have meaning in a specific sense. There are things that make me happy - those have meaning to me.

Those things have meaning to you but that’s because you find them meaningful. Those things aren’t inherently meaningful, nor are they necessarily meaningful to anyone else. That’s what I’m talking about.

and no one really has your best interests at heart

Untrue.

Sometimes it is, man.

Sometimes, of course. “No one really has your best interests at heart” is a blanket, untrue statement however.

Better safe than sorry.

and that you should pursue only what you find interesting or exciting and not waste a second of your life doing what society claims is good for you or attempting to live based on what other people want or think.

Possibly true, but you have to be prepared to accept the consequences of doing so.

What consequences?

Less money, potentially, for one. Worse health, potentially, for another.

Those aren’t worth worrying about.

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Well, if that nightmare scenario came true, I’d tell him or her to realize that nothing in life has any real objective meaning

Arguable.

There actually is no objective truth or meaning to anything. No philosopher worth his weight would tell you otherwise. Meaning is what we attribute to things, not something that things have and we discover.

That’s only the gap between objective reality and our ability to know and describe it.

What? I don’t get it.

I may be a weightless philosopher, but I believe in objective truth. We perceive that truth imperfectly and incompletely.