That all things eventually die. I have an ongoing existential crisis ever since I found out that I would die one day. Earth would one day be inhabitable, the Solar System would eventually become a cold dark place lacking the sun’s energy, humanity would one day be extinct, the universe would one day end. There would be no record of our existence.
But what’s worse is that we may never settle on another planet. We’re already running out of time. Climate change is going to kill us all.
I’ve had this same crisis for the last few years. I mean, any time I’ve thought of death in my life, it would give me that dread and sadness for a few days, but ultimately it would pass and I’d continue living in blissful ignorance. However, in the last few years – mostly since my first kid was born – it’s been this lingering sadness that I can’t escape. Life just seems so pointless. If there’s nothing after death, no purpose, no reason for existence, then why does anything matter at all? As you say, one day we’ll all cease to exist and if there are other beings, they will never know we were here – and even if they find traces of us, does it even matter? We’re gone and our reason for existing is to just live and die and be done. That’s infuriating to me.
And so far, all the things people have said to me to try to help means nothing to me. “When you die, you won’t care, because you’ll be dead.” Yeah, exactly. But I’m alive now and that fucking sucks knowing that I’ll just drift into nothingness. “You cause ripples in your life, like a lake, and you will live on through that, through your kids, your friends, etc…” Cool. But one day, they’ll all be dead, too. And even ripples in a lake eventually dissipate. “Yes, we’ll eventually all go, but that’s why life is so special! The fact that you exist is so extremely unlikely. It’s a gift.” Yes, I will try to enjoy life and make the most of my team because if I have to be here, I don’t want to make myself and others around me miserable, but it still won’t matter in the end how good of a life I lead because eventually it will all end.
Lately I’ve been saying, I’ve given up on life, but not in a suicidal way. I’ve just sort of accepted that it’s all pointless, and that makes that sadness just linger. So I’ll just go along, trying to enjoy life, with the cloud of death looming on the horizon.
What’s worse is that we shouldn’t settle on another planet. We are running out of time here for a reason and without learning something from it we’d only do the same to another planet. And then another. And another. We’d never end and we’d never learn.
Now that’s a misconception, climate change won’t kill us, it will only kill most of us. If you think there is any chance for it to literally wipe out all of humanity, you
are doompilled
severely underestimate how durable the human race, as a whole is. We are literally worse than cockroaches.
But hey guys, don’t get too calm either. You, as a person, will still most likely suffer, in the event of shit getting seriously out of control (which it probably will at one point).
Climate change will definitely kill me. Climate change cause instability, there will be rioting. I live in the US and people are very xenophobic especially if there’s chaos, they’ll first target immigrants like me. All minorities will be at risk There are armed racists that will just start murdering anyone they don’t like.
On the bright (heh) side, it is possible to “harvest” black hole energy. That gives life more time to… well be around. Kinda cured my terror in that regard.
Don’t be too stressed. They’ve demonstrated that time arises from matter. From “outside,” our universe is like a giant book, and time is like pages. Everything that ever was or will be is there. We just can’t can’t perceive it that way since we’re trapped inside.
Block universe means that forgetting my Bitwarden password was always meant to be? 😥
Btw this isn’t my “main” account, I got locked out of my main because the password is inside my Bitwarden vault, which I don’t have the password to. 😬 What a shitty universe, such a shitty fate.
That all things eventually die. I have an ongoing existential crisis ever since I found out that I would die one day. Earth would one day be inhabitable, the Solar System would eventually become a cold dark place lacking the sun’s energy, humanity would one day be extinct, the universe would one day end. There would be no record of our existence.
But what’s worse is that we may never settle on another planet. We’re already running out of time. Climate change is going to kill us all.
Don’t worry, you’ll feel the same way as you did before you were born.
How I felt I learned that I would die: https://youtu.be/bbcAPxQ3YLA (Spoilers for The Good Place Season 2)
I forking love the good place!
You can say “fuck” here. This is the bad place.
I’ve had this same crisis for the last few years. I mean, any time I’ve thought of death in my life, it would give me that dread and sadness for a few days, but ultimately it would pass and I’d continue living in blissful ignorance. However, in the last few years – mostly since my first kid was born – it’s been this lingering sadness that I can’t escape. Life just seems so pointless. If there’s nothing after death, no purpose, no reason for existence, then why does anything matter at all? As you say, one day we’ll all cease to exist and if there are other beings, they will never know we were here – and even if they find traces of us, does it even matter? We’re gone and our reason for existing is to just live and die and be done. That’s infuriating to me.
And so far, all the things people have said to me to try to help means nothing to me. “When you die, you won’t care, because you’ll be dead.” Yeah, exactly. But I’m alive now and that fucking sucks knowing that I’ll just drift into nothingness. “You cause ripples in your life, like a lake, and you will live on through that, through your kids, your friends, etc…” Cool. But one day, they’ll all be dead, too. And even ripples in a lake eventually dissipate. “Yes, we’ll eventually all go, but that’s why life is so special! The fact that you exist is so extremely unlikely. It’s a gift.” Yes, I will try to enjoy life and make the most of my team because if I have to be here, I don’t want to make myself and others around me miserable, but it still won’t matter in the end how good of a life I lead because eventually it will all end.
Lately I’ve been saying, I’ve given up on life, but not in a suicidal way. I’ve just sort of accepted that it’s all pointless, and that makes that sadness just linger. So I’ll just go along, trying to enjoy life, with the cloud of death looming on the horizon.
What’s worse is that we shouldn’t settle on another planet. We are running out of time here for a reason and without learning something from it we’d only do the same to another planet. And then another. And another. We’d never end and we’d never learn.
Climate change is nature’s payback.
Now that’s a misconception, climate change won’t kill us, it will only kill most of us. If you think there is any chance for it to literally wipe out all of humanity, you
Climate change will definitely kill me. Climate change cause instability, there will be rioting. I live in the US and people are very xenophobic especially if there’s chaos, they’ll first target immigrants like me. All minorities will be at risk There are armed racists that will just start murdering anyone they don’t like.
On the bright (heh) side, it is possible to “harvest” black hole energy. That gives life more time to… well be around. Kinda cured my terror in that regard.
Don’t be too stressed. They’ve demonstrated that time arises from matter. From “outside,” our universe is like a giant book, and time is like pages. Everything that ever was or will be is there. We just can’t can’t perceive it that way since we’re trapped inside.
Block universe means that forgetting my Bitwarden password was always meant to be? 😥
Btw this isn’t my “main” account, I got locked out of my main because the password is inside my Bitwarden vault, which I don’t have the password to. 😬 What a shitty universe, such a shitty fate.
After a grey out in the weight room, I lost my fear of death when, I realized that when I die, I’ll be the last person to know about it.
It’s unfortunate what our descendants will have to endure but we can do our best to prepare them for it!