The meaning of life

[upperdeckfan]

Do the “Hokey Pokey.” That’s what it’s all about.

[gadgetgirl]

*Originally posted by upperdeckfan *
**Do the “Hokey Pokey.” That’s what it’s all about. **

That’s it, That’s it!
all hail upperdeck the wise.

[Muffin]

Congratulations, Mort Furd. Your children are fortunate to have you as a parent who cherishes them.

[Mysphyt]

C:>copy con meaning.bat
@echo off
echo The purpose of life is to breed children,
:breed
echo whose purpose it will be to raise children,
goto breed
^Z
1 file(s) copied

So what we have here is a redundant loop wherein we single people are slaves to those of you with more fruitful loins and nothing of any actual merit gets accomplished.

Disregard all other pursuits in life, because if they are not directly related to raising children, they must be worthless. Never mind raising the quality of life for existing, contributing members of society, we’re doing all this work for the children.

And this is GD, so I will bring religion into it . . .
Disregard all attempts to attain a higher level of consciousness or do good to mankind or maintain a personal relationship with God, for none of these things contribute to the tautology that is life, so they must be worthless.

If you have an ugly child, kill it, for it will be unable to breed and will thus lead a meaningless life. You’ll be putting it out of its misery.

As I’ve said so many times, yeesh.

[rjung]

*Originally posted by Mysphyt *
**If you have an ugly child, kill it, for it will be unable to breed **

Counterargument: Bill Gates. He’s got a daughter.

Though I wouldn’t argue that killing him at an early age would necessarrily be a bad thing…

The meaning of life? “Be excellent to each other and party on.”

[xenophon41]

Zygotes are just gametes’ way of making more gametes.

(RAH/LL)

[tuzi]

Let me remind all of you leaping on Mort Furd that you were all children at some point. Your parents spent an unappreciated amount of time speculating on the miracle you were ( SOME of you still are!). Instead of picking his thoughts apart, take a few minutes and reflect on Mort’s desire to share with you this incredible moment in his life, I know I did. This thread has been an eye opener for me, I had no idea there were so many egocentric individuals interested in these amusing and thought provoking topics. Some of your comments lead me to believe you are incapable of deep thought!!!
Keep up the battle Mort, I appreciate you.

[LokiTheDog]

** tuzi**

Yeah, you’re right, the Great Debates section of this board is where we should all gather to pass out cigars and talk about the exciting new turn of events in our lives. :rolleyes:
I see that was your first post, I don’t mean to scare you off, but we tend to discuss differences of opinions in here.
There are other places you can chat if you want to gossip. Try AOL

[LokiTheDog]

Damn, it’s only when you start tossin out zingers that you forget to close the bold or mispel stuff. (yeah, I know that’s misspelled)

[tracer]

Mysphyt wrote:

So what we have here is a redundant loop wherein we single people are slaves to those of you with more fruitful loins

I thought Esprix and matt_mcl were the ones with the more “fruitful” loins.
<ducking and running>

[johnny_fishface]

tracer wrote:

I thought Esprix and matt_mcl were the ones with the more “fruitful” loins.

I think that was covered in another thread.

On a more serious note… tracer, you seem obligated to post on every thread where someone brings up something ‘spiritual’ or ‘meaningful to them’ in the GD.

<tracer sits very still and listens>

Um … the meaning of life is a noisy pickup truck driving by outside my house?

why is that?

BTW, I have my own theory.

[dude]

*Originally posted by rjung *
**

*Originally posted by Mysphyt *
**If you have an ugly child, kill it, for it will be unable to breed **

Counterargument: Bill Gates. He’s got a daughter.

Though I wouldn’t argue that killing him at an early age would necessarrily be a bad thing…

The meaning of life? “Be excellent to each other and party on.”
**

party on dude !

[dude]

Children and evolution etc. is HOW life works.

Why or the meaning is a different thing, i think you are confusing the two.

the meaning of life - who knows ?

[Xerxes]

Would it be such a tragedy if there was no *universal[/] meaning of life (and I personally don’t think there is, at least not one which is self-evident to me right now). Note, I’m not saying that person A’s life doesn’t have meaning, just that it might be light-years away from person B’s…

[Xerxes]

I hate it when that happens… sigh.

[Some_Guy]

From Merriam_webster’s Online Dictionary:

             Main Entry: 1life
             Pronunciation: 'lIf
             Function: noun
             Inflected Form(s): plural lives /'lIvz/
             Etymology: Middle English lif, from Old English lIf; akin
             to Old English libban to live -- more at LIVE
             Date: before 12th century
             1 a : the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional
             being from a dead body b : a principle or force that is
             considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate
             beings -- compare VITALISM 1 c : an organismic state
             characterized by capacity for metabolism, growth, reaction
             to stimuli, and reproduction
             2 a : the sequence of physical and mental experiences that
             make up the existence of an individual b : one or more
             aspects of the process of living <sex life of the frog>
             3 : BIOGRAPHY 1
             4 : spiritual existence transcending physical death
             5 a : the period from birth to death b : a specific phase of
             earthly existence <adult life> c : the period from an event
             until death <a judge appointed for life> d : a sentence of
             imprisonment for the remainder of a convict's life
             6 : a way or manner of living
             7 : LIVELIHOOD
             8 : a vital or living being; specifically : PERSON <many
             lives were lost in the disaster>
             9 : an animating and shaping force or principle
             10 : SPIRIT, ANIMATION <there was no life in her dancing>
             11 : the form or pattern of something existing in reality
             <painted from life>
             12 : the period of duration, usefulness, or popularity of
             something <the expected life of flashlight batteries>
             13 : the period of existence (as of a subatomic particle) --
             compare HALF-LIFE
             14 : a property (as resilience or elasticity) of an inanimate
             substance or object resembling the animate quality of a
             living being
             15 : living beings (as of a particular kind or environment)
             <forest life>
             16 a : human activities b : animate activity and movement
             <stirrings of life> c : the activities of a given sphere, area,
             or time <the political life of the country>
             17 : one providing interest and vigor <life of the party>
             18 : an opportunity for continued viability <gave the patient
             a new life>

             19 capitalized, Christian Science : GOD 1b
             20 : something resembling animate life <a grant saved the
             project's life>

Yeah, I know. cheesy, huh?

[elucidator]

Kids are the meaning of life?!!

Balderdash, sir! Tommyrot!

Mewling, puking, snot-infested, scabby-kneed crumb snatchers! With an unerring instinct to urp up on the only clean office shirt you’ve got! Stuff money and food into one end and the other produces the single most toxic substance in the Universe! Takes 18 years, minimum, to develop the most rudimentary set of human emotions and, rest assured, gratitude will not be on the list. Spends your Porsche money on graduate school in Women’s Studies so the mean little slut can write learned papers on the evils of Patriarchy (that’s you, Bub!). Turns your lust-crazed, oral compulsive hotsy-totsy into a Mom, and you, you poor shmuck, you turn into your Dad! Go shave, and there he is, staring at you. The instant that child hits ground, you start making those noises when you get up out of the chair, your abs turn to flabs and young women start calling you “sir”. And you can’t do the sensible thing and blow your brains out because you have responsibility, the one curse you labored most mightily to avoid.

Kids are not the Meaning of Life. There is NO Meaning of Life!!

There isn’t the slightest need for one.

[kabbes]

Please define for me what you mean by “meaning”.

Until you have made this clear, I don’t think that we can come to any kind of conclusion.

pan

[tracer]

johnny fishface wrote:

On a more serious note… tracer, you seem obligated to post on every thread where someone brings up something ‘spiritual’ or ‘meaningful to them’ in the GD.

why is that?

Why?
Why do I prefer vanilla ice cream?
Why does the longest life still seem so short?
Why does the summer breeze caress me so?
Why do birds suddenly appear, ev’ry time you draw near?

Well, as far as my butting in to threads about spirit and meaning, it might have to do with the fact that I was sure, absolutely sure, I’d figured out the Meaning Of It All [TM] back in my late teens/early twenties. Then I found out I was full of it. In fact, my signature (on the rare occasions I use it) looks like this:

[dude]

1. to try be happy
2. to try make others happy

what do you reckon ?

keep it simple huh ?