/lit/ - Literature

>>14232965
You sound like a redditfag, I've also seen this post somewhere else before.

>>14233090
I see you didn't refute a single point I made

>>14232965
Are you going to spend millions of years making this thread over and over again?

>>14233166
It still has some legs, it's definitely a 500+ post thread but I'm too lazy to tweak it right now. I honestly believe what I wrote but I'm also very interested to see if anyone can post something that makes me think "huh...never thought of it like that".

>implying that nobody asked this question for millions of years
Rhymes with sega

>>14233191
>implying that nobody asked this question for millions of years
If they did they would've written their thoughts down.

Humans and their ancestors were content with what they had for millennia. People always say "thanks to civilisation people finally had the time and resources to record their thoughts" but I think it was "life before civlisation didn't require philosophy to diagnose collective mental illness because it didn't exist".

>>14233209
>what is ancient philosophy
>what is religion
Sega ages

>>14233181
>if anyone can post something that makes me think "huh...never thought of it like that".

Uhhh, at some point you were the youngest person in the world. Does that count?

>>14233181
>500 post thread
You are aware of autosage right? I've never seen a non-stickied thread get close to that.

>>14233216
>what is ancient philosophy
>what is religion
Shit that came AFTER civlisation

>>14232965
you're not even wrong. The purpose of life is to survive, everything from there is just illusions made to pass the time, life was made just to be passed on.However, there is evidence that people still sought after meaning even as small groups or tribes, just look at the types of african folk religions. so arbitrary, abstract goals aren't just a symptom of more comfortable living as you're saying

>>14233238
>Does that count?
No

>>14233262
;_;

>>14232965
Most mammals, primitive humans and peasants through world history worked less than modern humans do.

>>14233166
>>14233181
Hes projecting because he cant find the meaning to life

>>14233279
>tfw no 12 hour workweek

>>14233290
His meaning in life is to be my boyfriend.

>>14232965
>>Spend millions of years where your entire day was dedicated to hunting for food, water and socialising
Go through numerous bottlenecks afterwards.

>>14233305
It's a myth

>>14233259
>african folk religions
That's not really seeking meaning so much as trying to appease nature

>He hasn't read "The Last Messiah" by Peter Wessel Zapffe
>He thinks it's as simple as "you have to think up arbitrary, abstract goals just to fill the empty space
>He thinks hunting, fetching water, socialising and then dying at 25 is more meaningful than whatever the fuck humans are doing nowadays
lmfao are you like 14

>>14234859
>He hasn't read "The Last Messiah" by Peter Wessel Zapffe
I have
>He thinks it's as simple as "you have to think up arbitrary, abstract goals just to fill the empty space
It is, any attempt to overcomplicate or glamorise this simple truth is nothing but vanity. A lot of people find it hard to accept their own insignificance. And no, your sad attempts at honor in defeat are not something to be proud of.
>He thinks hunting, fetching water, socialising and then dying at 25 is more meaningful than whatever the fuck humans are doing nowadays
Yes actually it is. That's a life worth living, look at the life you've lived so far. Never known real hunger, real fear, real danger. Your life still has the stabiliser wheels on.

>>14235032
Then go do it faggot unless you're scared

>>14232965
>Finally evolved to modern homo sapiens and min max life so hard you spend your entire day doing fuck all
This is blatantly false, if you actually min maxed life you wouldn't have time to thunk about abstract shit

>>14235485
God I wish that were me.

Are you trying to say we should return to the stone age?