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Is there any purpose of life other than procreating.

What good is life if in the end we all die?
There is no end goal and I'm not enjoying the journey.

Glory's Sun

Life is just one small transaction at a time. It's up to you to figure out who's paying the tab.

We all die, it's a fact.. so now that you've come to terms with that, you don't fear death so you should be enjoying life even more. The end goal is to enjoy the time you did have.

LoganSnake

Life is a brief period between birth and death. It's up to you how to pass the time and whether you make it shorter. Just don't forget about the people whose lives you may be hurting if there are any.

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Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

little_tippler

procreating is not the only legacy you can leave. You can touch the lives of others by something you create or accomplish. Be creative - make music, write a book, paint. Invent something that improves the lives of others. Help others. Volunteer. Make someone else feel loved and wanted. We all have something to give. That is what life is good for. Sharing with others and enjoying your time on earth.

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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

Fernando Pessoa, 1918

snowy

Personally, my curiosity is what keeps me going. I want to learn more; certainly, there is more information out there than I can learn and comprehend in a lifetime, but I'm too curious to quit learning. To that end, I want to pass that curiosity on to as many young people as possible. As a future teacher, I want my desire to learn to be infectious. That's another thing that keeps me going--all the young minds out there that need a helping hand.

I have a quote from Socrates in my blog that I often think about: "The unexamined life is not worth living." For me, learning lessons is not just about books and classes, but about looking at my own life and seeing what it has taught me, and growing in a positive direction based on what I've learned.

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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

MSD

There's obviously something to it if you're asking us instead of killing yourself. Figure out what it is and embrace it.

The_Jazz

Don't like the journey? Take a detour. Do something different. Get off the grid. Change continents. Get a job as a sherpa.

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"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

JumpinJesus

From a biological perspective, yeah, propagation of the species is the point of life.

Philosophically speaking? Life is what you make it. As long as your conscious, you might as well enjoy it.

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mixedmedia

I think people attribute to much 'meaning' to 'purpose.'

Fuck that.

If you can't find purpose, then find pleasure. It is both good and a goal.

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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

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Iliftrocks

Entropy baby, entropy

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bill hicks - "I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out."

Giant Hamburger

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

ring

...but please...don't salt the land behind you.

Weclome, aften.
Your voice is heard.
We are all in the same soup.

Together we swim, and reach out to those who are about to go under.

You reached out.
Grab on to something and hold on.

Peace & Joy.

Baraka_Guru

Life requires procreation as a precondition, but life does not require procreation as a "post-condition."

Without death, there would be no such thing as life. What good is death if one does not choose to live while alive?

The journey is the goal.

These ideas are not new; they are thousands of years old.

You are not alone in your despair.

We are all interconnected—throughout the universe.

We "inter-are."

Sometimes desire might seem the answer, but often it is desire that is getting in the way. Sometimes you have to let go of it awhile to see what you are here to do.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

Zeraph

You're right in a way that there really is no objective outside frame of reference end goal. You need to make your own. That's the beauty of free will.

And if that's not enough reason to stick around, then consider that leaving this life most likely won't solve your problems. Whatever you become after death, you'll still be you. No escaping it.

PS if that still isn't enough, DRUGS! Legal and otherwise.

Toots

Live, have fun, visit as many places you can, and touch as many people's lives as possible. That is the only way to live on. An awesome book to help you find an answer is Tuesdays With Morrie. Basically, a man visits his old professor/mentor after the professor was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Great read, didn't take longer than a week. I can't cry at books, but this one was sad.

Not to add to your sadness, but your grave will be dug up to be reused in 300 years after your death. The pre-determined date that you will be forgotten.

Lucifer

Okay! See ya! Have a good trip!

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- Job 30:29

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genuinegirly

Er, I thought the end goal was death.
A long great sleep that is way more rewarding than the naps I get around here.
Live and breathe and step and move - hopefully in a positive direction. And occasionally shoot the breeze with those who enjoy your company. Like me.

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"Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq

"violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

BogeyDope

I've been through this same shit when I lost religion in the 9th grade. For quite a while I had depression, at times severe. I realized however, that life is what you make of it. I didn't have depression because of chemical imbalances, I had it because I wanted to. Whatever you want to make of something is what that thing will become.

So in essence, stop bitching, and just go with the flow. Don't think about it's point in the end, otherwise all you will want to do is commit suicide. I mean, there is no point after all, right?

<<No, please don't commit suicide, it's just an extreme example>>

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AHAHAHAHA Oh lawd that was excellent!

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Xerxys

Dude, if you think that the "ONLY" goal to life is procreating and don't do it, then that must explain the funk.

Go procreate ... you will not want to do anything else. I promise.

Redlemon

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I can't read your signature. Sorry.

LoganSnake

I told you I was hardcore...

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Leto

I did the procreation thing (what fun that was!) Now I'm into enjoying the being. Scoring a Panasonic Bluray (BD35) yesterday for $98 at Best Buy is part of the enjoyment. such a deal. such a high.

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You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say that before
You held my hand and we walked home the long way
You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr

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genuinegirly

Are they not coming back?

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"Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq

"violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

n0nsensical

The purpose of your life is whatever you want it to be. You're the master of your own reality, either make it what you wish or don't. Don't like your job? Quit. Want to travel the world? Walk out your door. Wanna fly through outer space? Learn astral projection. Some people may honestly be better off without it, see Kurt Cobain. And that is one truth our society refuses to admit. But why don't you try changing something first.

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Lucifer

I'm really curious as why this thread continues to be written in, seeing as the OP hasn't been back even once to check on it.

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I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
- Job 30:29

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Crack

The open steppe, fleet horse, falcons at your wrist, and the wind in your hair.

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Crack, you and I are long overdue for a vicious bout of mansex.

~Halx

n0nsensical

Well SOMEONE's going to read it, even if they don't. It's a common theme.

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"Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." --Abraham Lincoln

Poppinjay

eh, the OP is face down in a pool of dried vomit.

The reason to keep breathing is that life is interesting, people are curious, and Garbage has new album coming out.

I'm only happy when it rains.

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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet