# I Just Figured Out The Meaning Of LIfe... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892 "2001-11-17T04:14:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/1 "2001-11-17T04:14:18Z")
It’s nothing. We humans are so arrogant that we think our very existance needs some justification, that there just _has_ to be some reason, some cosmic meaning, behind it. So 😛 on you. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/2 "2001-11-17T04:19:03Z")
Somebody needs to read some existentialist writings and figure out that this is old news… ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/3 "2001-11-17T04:29:35Z")
Awww hell…EVERYBODY knows Life is either a magazine or a cereal! Get over it already. ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/4 "2001-11-17T04:35:26Z")
swampbear: **Life is more than a magazine or a cereal!!!** It’s a board game, too. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/5 "2001-11-17T04:37:17Z")
dang JellyDonut can’t believe I forgot that one! \ ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/6 "2001-11-17T04:38:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JellyDonut \* > \*\*swampbear: **Life is more than a magazine or a cereal!!!** > > It’s a board game, too. \*\* Not to mention a cellular automaton. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/7 "2001-11-17T04:52:24Z")
To hell with that. What’s the meaning of Leif? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/8 "2001-11-17T04:56:59Z")
Or even more to the point what’s the meaning of file ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/9 "2001-11-17T11:11:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by swampbear \* > \*\*Or even more to the point what’s the meaning of file \*\* Gumbo. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Dragon\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/10 "2001-11-17T11:18:07Z")
just when i’ve figured out the meaning of life, someone changes it ::SIGH:: ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/11 "2001-11-17T11:43:45Z")
awww… poor caffy… _pat, pat_ [marvin]life… don’t talk about life…[/marvin] (er, did i get that right?) human life’s point is to act as can openers and pets for us cats, that’s what… a cat’s life is to act as owner and canned-food-eaters for you humans… _d&r_ ---
**Author:** ![Kbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Kbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kbean)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/12 "2001-11-17T14:32:50Z")
I agree with **JellyDonut** , except I don’t think that humans are all that arrogant. It’s just a bit mind-boggling to think there is no purpose to all this. ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/13 "2001-11-17T15:26:30Z")
Well, the answer to the Great Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is Fourty-two. Hope that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/14 "2001-11-17T15:36:27Z")
Oh, Anubis \… 42 is the right answer. But the meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything is the wrong question. Silly human. I bet you’ve forgotten your towel, too. ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/15 "2001-11-17T15:58:29Z")
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!! ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/16 "2001-11-17T16:17:45Z")
I’m glad you liked my reply, Anubis. I hope you found it both funny and significant. It would give me great joy to think that I brought a bit of meaning into someone else’s life. ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/17 "2001-11-17T17:51:12Z")
A. Who is this **JellyDonut** of which everyone is speaking? B. Was the OP posting after / during a hallucinogenic experience? Not that it would invalidate the conclusions if he or she were. It’s just that I have found that this is often when people figure out the **Meaning of Life**. I once came to the conclusion that the ultimate goal in life was to make sure everything made it back into the box. You know, metaphorically speaking. It made perfect sense at the time but looking back it seems as though I was just a tad off my rocker. ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/18 "2001-11-17T17:57:09Z")
No, you’ve got it all wrong, it’s “His Majesty is like a Jelly Donut.” My personal take on the meaning of life: “Life is a joke by the general on the particular.” -Aleister Crowley ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/19 "2001-11-17T19:01:28Z")
[sub]Jesus, do I have to post chapter and verse on everything?[/sub] LADY PRESENTER: Well, that’s the end of the film. Now, here’s the meaning of life. Thank you, Brigitte. M-hmm. Well, it’s nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations, and, finally, here are some completely gratuitous pictures of penises to annoy the censors and to hopefully spark some sort of controversy, which, it seems, is the only way, these days, to get the jaded, video-sated public off their fucking arses and back in the sodding cinema. Family entertainment bollocks!! What they want is filth: people doing things to each other with chainsaws during tupperware parties, babysitters being stabbed with knitting needles by gay presidential candidates, vigilante groups strangling chickens, armed bands of theatre critics exterminating mutant goats… Where’s the fun in pictures? Oh, well, there we are. Here’s the theme music. Goodnight. There . . . no get it right this time. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892/20 "2001-11-17T19:03:23Z")
The answer is duct tape. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-figured-out-the-meaning-of-life/93892.md?page=2)