What is the purpose of your life?

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basiclemmon98@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 24 pts · 259d

quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 259d

What is the purpose of your video?

Klear@quokk.au · 8 pts · 259d (2 replies)

The crappy video attached to this post made me think ads made it to Lemmy.

King@blackneon.net · 4 pts · 259d (1 reply)

Fun fact: did you know that I can't remove the video from the post after it got posted at all?

Klear@quokk.au · 3 pts · 259d

Unfortunate.

toomanypancakes@piefed.world · 8 pts · 259d

There isn't one. I'm just here until I die.

whaleross@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 259d (6 replies)

What is the purpose of a snail or a polar bear or a single blade of grass with their life?

That is my purpose.

DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 259d (5 replies)

What is the purpose of a snail or a polar bear or a single blade of grass with their life?

That is my purpose.

So... reproduction? Have offsprings, then die?

💀

embed_me@programming.dev · 3 pts · 259d

You're imposing a purpose on them, not all of them will reproduce

bastion@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 259d

Survival and reproduction aren't the purpose, they are simply structural. Perhaps, simply as experiences, they could be of the purpose.

abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 259d

That's the purpose of a species, not of an individual. I'm not sure they actually have i dividual purpose. Sure they want to survive, bit that's more of a goal than a purpose.

whaleross@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 259d (1 reply)

If that is your interpretation then maybe that is your purpose.

cows_are_underrated@feddit.org · 2 pts · 258d

If you ask a biologist this will probably be the answer.

Quazatron@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 258d

To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women!

j4k3@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 259d (3 replies)

Why the reddit tracking link?

makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 259d (1 reply)

Just out of interest, how did you identify that tracking pixel? That's a skill I'd like to learn.

j4k3@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 259d

It is the tiny URL link that has a unique identifier. The normal website links are just the regular website address root for reddit.com. Tiny URL links stand out more to me because I use a DNS whitelist firewall and will never approve any of these forwarding connections.

King@blackneon.net · 2 pts · 259d

...where is the tracking link?

The link is video embed, extracted using focusred for Android.

moondoggie@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 258d

To pass butter.

etchinghillside@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 259d

To provide you data.

ICastFist@programming.dev · 4 pts · 257d

I pass the butter

bastion@feddit.nl · 4 pts · 259d

To grow, experience, and create.

This life, that means exploring the manifold between spiritual and physical reality, and making cool shit happen, as well as reconciling 'paradoxes'. To play with the rules. To explore the connection of love and power. To face fears.

Earlier: similar, but with more fears to face.

TractorDuffy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 258d

Lives don't have purpose

remon@ani.social · 2 pts · 258d

Converting cheese into gas.

HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 257d

To get my mom to quit college and stay home.

essell@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 259d

I guess the purpose is to explore that question, for me that's it.

blady_blah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 258d

This is a bit of a weird question to answer because it depends a lot on context.

At its core, the purpose of life is to reproduce and guarantee your bloodline passes on to the next generations. That's kind of the heart of evolution. That's great and all but that just means we're here and we have a lot of time in between all that if we even want to follow that purpose.

Beyond that evolution purpose, I believe that the goal in life is to get as much enjoyment out of life as possible. A lot of that is based on experiences and personal growth. But the reality is that's all a personal choice. You get to make up your own purpose, and that's just one I've made up.

You do you, but life is short and we don't get a second chance.

7rokhym@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 258d

Convert wine into urine.

CheesyFingers@piefed.social · 2 pts · 259d

Apparently to be fuckin sad all the time

WILSOOON@programming.dev · 1 pts · 259d

I live to die

imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 257d

I am not looking for a purpose. All I care if I or people close to me are having a good life. It is not always good or perfect. But overall, I am happy at where I am but I also have space to grow to.

MisterNeon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 259d

To suffer

itkovian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 259d

To piss and to shit?

yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 257d

Try to make the world a better place for my having existed. I'm not doing too well, but I'm trying.

bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 257d

To have an existential crisis because of a Lemmy thread title, apparently

JayleneSlide@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 259d

The purpose(s) that drive me are:

  • share helpful knowledge and experience where they're welcome
  • sow beauty and light where I can
  • hopefully bring levity, a chuckle, and maybe a way out when things are dark
  • build strong communities wherever I can
  • elevate those around me and hopefully improve their day
  • strive to leave my spheres of influence better than I found them
  • find the positive or at least an opportunity for me to learn
  • enjoy the trip
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org · 1 pts · 258d

Longterm I want my purpose to be to create innovation in research and agricultural robotics without having to work for a capitalistic company with the sole purpose of making my boss more wealthy.

Gonzako@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 257d

Play videogames, make videogames, start a family, fuck a lot, solve problems. I've been mildly successful.

gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 259d

This incarnation? To achieve moksha and never come back. Fingers crossed!

cRazi_man@europe.pub · 0 pts · 259d

It's all meaningless anyway, so my purpose is to appreciate the joy of what is in front of me and enjoy my existence while it lasts.

TripDawkins@jlai.lu · -2 pts · 258d

to trust God