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Bob's Big Date
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written Monday, December 29 2003 14:44
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This topic means what it says: Why? Why are we, and to what end? What point is there to life? -------------------- In a word, gay. --Bob the Impaler Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Monday, December 29 2003 15:02
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Why not? Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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...b10010b...
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written Monday, December 29 2003 15:17
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Just because the board is called General doesn't mean your questions have to be that general. Frankly, I don't get the whole existential-angst thing. I like to at least have something concrete to whine about, even if it's trivial. [ Monday, December 29, 2003 15:18: Message edited by: Thuryl ] -------------------- I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, December 29 2003 15:19
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The answer is: < BECAUSE > Next question! [ Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:20: Message edited by: Gremlin Chief ] -------------------- 73|-| 1|\|\/1|\|<1|3|_3 |30063y|\/|4|\| AHEM: Chance Forums! -Reality Corp. Posts: 1307 | Registered: Tuesday, May 7 2002 07:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Monday, December 29 2003 15:27
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Hey, I'm not the sort who asks for existensial angst. :P Life is concrete enough: what is the purpose of life? I don't see any, to be honest, and that's something of a problem. -------------------- In a word, gay. --Bob the Impaler Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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...b10010b...
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written Monday, December 29 2003 15:36
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Talking doesn't usually help much. Why not go skydiving or something instead? There's nothing like being in fear for your life to help you see things in perspective. -------------------- I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Monday, December 29 2003 17:10
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You're here to reproduce and keep evolution going. Perhaps i can interest you in some literature: Enter the Reading Room -------------------- ... Posts: 647 | Registered: Wednesday, February 19 2003 08:00 |
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Senile Reptile
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written Monday, December 29 2003 18:06
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Stare into the mirror, and you'll see the meaning of life. -------------------- Polaris Posts: 1614 | Registered: Wednesday, January 23 2002 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, December 29 2003 18:14
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I'd gladly share some of my fundumentalist views, but I know that Alec made this topic especially for that reason, so he could crush the viewpoint that I have. I know you all too well, Alec, and that's why I'm not gonna say anything. -------------------- 73|-| 1|\|\/1|\|<1|3|_3 |30063y|\/|4|\| AHEM: Chance Forums! -Reality Corp. Posts: 1307 | Registered: Tuesday, May 7 2002 07:00 |
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Bob's Big Date
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written Monday, December 29 2003 18:43
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Yes, yes, they're all out to get you because you're the only one who knows the truth :rolleyes: -------------------- In a word, gay. --Bob the Impaler Posts: 2367 | Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, December 29 2003 22:50
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 IZ ALL, SIRS. -------------------- ~ §øСüm ©ÿªñ¡Ðë ~ Mission Ridge -- All Your Snow Are Belong to Us. Posts: 1277 | Registered: Monday, June 24 2002 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 01:42
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I agree with Imby. Why not. -------------------- - The Great Mister Posts: 972 | Registered: Tuesday, October 28 2003 08:00 |
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One Thousand Slimy Things
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 04:25
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Why? Because you have nothing better to do at the moment. -------------------- KhothMk2: You don't get 72 virgin camels though Posts: 995 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Triad Mage
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 04:36
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I can see Khoth's answer in your sig, Arctic. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Vahnatai Did Do It desperance.net - We're Everywhere The Arena - God Will Sort The Dead ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 | Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 04:59
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There's an old Nat King Cole song that says the only purpose is "To love, and be loved in return." Or, you could try volunteering for service work. Being only for ourselves is an empty proposition. -------------------- "I can't give you brains," said the Wizard of Oz to the Scarecrow, "but I can give you a diploma." - L. Frank Baum Posts: 381 | Registered: Sunday, March 16 2003 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 08:26
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I heard that song. I don't particularly like it, though. I'm more of a rock person, particularly the type most people call "classic" rock. It seems like an offensive term, though, because it implies that the musician and song in question are old. But that's completely off topic. I think the meaning of life is completely apparent. However, this is not life, so I can't see it right now. This is all one big dream I'm having, and eventually I'll wake up and say "Wow, what a strange dream!" In real life, the meaning is obvious. I call it Yellowsubmarinism. "Nothing is real." I know that line is from Strawberry Fields forever, but they used it for the Yellow Submarine movie. [ Tuesday, December 30, 2003 08:28: Message edited by: The Almighty Doer of Stuff ] -------------------- My BoE graphics archive is finally getting started! Yay! I hope you like my graphics.My BoE Graphics An absurdly fun Flash game- Refridgerator Raid! --------- The Lyceum- A board for BoE. Yes it is. Really. Stop staring at me! Stop it, I say! Oh, sorry... Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 09:09
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It's all in your mind, you know. EDIT: Erased the meaning of live, the truth about God's existence and the answer to the original question. You don't need to know that kind of stuff, anyway. [ Tuesday, December 30, 2003 09:12: Message edited by: Ironweed ] Posts: 756 | Registered: Monday, August 4 2003 07:00 |
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This Side Towards Enemy
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 10:02
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It's only an insulting term if you think the elderly are lesser people, ADoS. I've never had much interest in the question. We're here and we can't change things so that we never were. So the question is what to do now that we're here. -------------------- Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned I'll tell you my story, man Though I wish I'd never been born I'm loose at the seams, I've broken my dreams And my hand it shakes the pen Come on, come on now baby, Let the good times roll again Posts: 961 | Registered: Thursday, June 12 2003 07:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 10:15
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It would seem that the purpose of life is to reproduce, but that really helps nothing. I mean, the new generation just has the same thing to do, and it goes on and on... basically, an infinite purpose, with no final goal. I don't really believe in infinite purposes. But I also do not know what the purpose of life is. I believe in God, and I figure he knows what's going on; I don't, and I can't, so I'm not going to worry about it. I agree with BtI on that. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Post Navel Trauma ^_^
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 10:53
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Why? Because we can, of course. I am happy to exist without some kind of deep meaning. [ Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:54: Message edited by: Khoth ] -------------------- Grammar wenches beware: This is the house that the malt that the rat that the cat that the dog that the cow that the maiden that the man that the priest that the cock that the farmer kept waked married kissed milked tossed worried killed ate lay in. My Website desperance.net - Leave your sanity at the door Posts: 1798 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 11:10
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SD, unless you believe the afterlife has no purpose, don't you have to believe in infinite purposes if you believe in an afterlife of infinite duration? -------------------- I believe there are 15 747 724 136 275 002 577 105 653 961 181 555 468 044 717 914 527 116 709 366 231 425 076 185 631 031 296 protons in the universe, and the same number of electrons. -- Sir Arthur Eddington Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 11:37
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Why? So we can eat, breathe, read Sandman and die. Or the first two, watch others prevent us from getting lucky and then dying. If not those, then who cares? -------------------- And that was exactly the point of itself. Takes advantage of the easily offended. Posts: 137 | Registered: Monday, November 17 2003 08:00 |
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For Carnage, Apply Within
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 11:47
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There isn't one definite point to life. Everyone makes their own. You shouldn't worry about knowing the correct meaning of life, just find one that seems okay and doesn't involve ethnic cleansing and stick with it. -------------------- We were once Mao Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |
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Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire!
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 11:48
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Thuryl: I don't believe in infinite purposes in teh physical world, no. I believe there is another... dimension, I guess you would say, in which Heaven exists. There, there is infinity; infinite time, infinite bliss, that sort of thing. But not in these three dimensions, in this physical world. At times like this, I really wish I could express myself better... -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Tuesday, December 30 2003 12:09
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Why? 42, of course. -------------------- -WildKarrdeSmuggler ----------------------------------- Visit the Smuggler's Alliance Posts: 536 | Registered: Sunday, September 7 2003 07:00 |