Puzzles
10.23.12 | "I'm lying in my bed, I think about life and I think about death, and neither one particularly appeals to me" - guess who |
DrMaximus
10.23.12 | Completely agree with 3 |
DrMaximus
10.23.12 | The Smiths - nowhere fast |
Eclecticist
10.23.12 | lol did you just copy these from a tumblr blog and repost them here |
bach
10.23.12 | I used to think exactly like you. I was the epitome of a nihilist. Then i watched Carl Sagan's the cosmos. Came to peace with how insignificant us human beings are in the universe. And i couldn't be happier. |
North0House2
10.23.12 | You've about hit the nail on the head.
Also, you outlined the futility of the "American Dream."
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Ethics
10.23.12 | stupid list |
Satellite
10.23.12 | i agree with 11 for sure |
bach
10.23.12 | Look at Snox goin' all Richard Dawkins all over everyone's asses. |
awal16
10.23.12 | lol richard dawkins |
Insurrection
10.23.12 | well this was depressing |
bach
10.23.12 | 16 is true. But, again.... Come to peace with it. And i promise it'll bother you less and less. |
awal16
10.23.12 | life's alright. |
PuddlesPuddles
10.23.12 | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-svG-Psasc
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bach
10.23.12 | I'm listening to The Cure right now. Music is fitting with the list. |
peaks40
10.23.12 | hey seinfeld warned you its a big nothing |
awal16
10.23.12 | I don't care if monday's blue, tuesday's gray and wednesday too. Thursday I don't care about you, it's friday, I'm in love!
sounds pretty hopeless to me |
awal16
10.23.12 | turn that frown upside down |
grish
10.23.12 | You talk of abstract concepts like 'hope', 'love', 'success', and 'appreciation'. It may feel like
you're realizing something significant, but you're just relating abstract concepts in abstract ways,
which is meaningless. Existence isn't 'hopeless' and 'miserable', necessarily. Existence just 'is'. |
Insurrection
10.23.12 | i actually agree with potsy on this. i mean its not that some of these arent true, theyre just an extremely pessimistic way to view life. i mean you can make a list about 100 things on why life is great, if you have a more positive attitude on life then thoughts like these wont even come in your head |
FromDaHood
10.23.12 | Or you could just realize that, because death is inevitable, you could just have some fun and not sweat the stupid contradictions and bad parts of life. |
Eclecticist
10.23.12 | I can't relate to any of these so I guess I will just take your word for granted. |
bach
10.23.12 | @awal16
Memories of childrens dreams
Lie lifeless
Fading
Lifeless
Hand in hand with fear and shadows
Crying at the funeral party. it does sound pretty hopeless. |
PuddlesPuddles
10.23.12 | And a Richard Dawkins quote has little business even being here, why would you do that? |
Eclecticist
10.23.12 | potsy is filled with so much wisdom today first telling us how everyone should govern the direction of their own life and now he is telling us all that we should find happiness in the way we live |
awal16
10.23.12 | @bach lol yeah, that one does. I was just quoting my most recent Cure excursion. |
North0House2
10.23.12 | Personally, I actually feel like I've broken free of all of these (except for 16, but I will).
Just live a life where you learn to be satisfied and at peace with what you have and the people you are fortunate enough to know, even if you hate some people you know. At least you know people and aren't a vegetable or something. Don't go for a big house in the suburbs. I plan to buy a plot of land (about $10K for 5-10 acres out here) and build a relatively small (500 sq. ft.) A-frame using the experience I already have building structures. That'll probably cost a total of about 60,000 bucks at most. So just pay that off, put solar on it and put in a well (which I've already done before) and you're set... especially if you use logs because they insulate well.
Then, just figure out a decent career that doesn't take all of your time, but pays enough to make ends meet.
Find a cool chick.
Call it good.
I admire the Transcendentalists though, so that's where I pull some of my ideas. |
bach
10.23.12 | Cuz Snox takes a liking to going all richard dawkins all over everyone's assess. |
bach
10.23.12 | @awal16 That's my latest excursion. |
Ethics
10.23.12 | I feel sorry for this guy and hope he changes his mindset quickly. |
PuddlesPuddles
10.23.12 | Listen, Puzzle, don't think so small. Where do you want to travel to? What topics are you interested in? You have a lot to do, we all do, we have no time to sit and think about the end yet.
Go to Iceland or wherever, go take a Tai Chi class or read articles on a certain science you're into. Get busy and tame your mind to more productive things. Tell your mind to shut up and concentrate on learning something or figuring a puzzle out (hey that's your name)
Seriously, don't sweat it. Have fun and get a little fire under you, go research and solve something |
PuddlesPuddles
10.23.12 | I wonder what your hot button is |
Insurrection
10.23.12 | then again thoughts like these can stem from depression or being suicidal, which isnt something you can just change you might have to see a doctor or therapist or something but more often than not its a mental thing. just stop overthinking things and being so pessimistic and just live. you guys take so much shit for granted, you should be happy to even be alive |
peaks40
10.23.12 | when shits bad i think like this, when shits good, its all forgotten, whoa another contradiction.... |
Insurrection
10.23.12 | lol puddles |
awal16
10.23.12 | richard dawkins is a whiny cunt. you should be glad you don't have to be him. |
Treeman
10.23.12 | smoke a blunt |
FromDaHood
10.23.12 | Wow, it's pretty obvious that Michael's from Australia with all the cunting haha |
Eclecticist
10.23.12 | "thank you for being perceptive"
I was actually elaborating |
Puzzles
10.23.12 | I don't think like this all the time - at times I'm the complete opposite and I go up and down. Anyway, I think you guys overplayed the cynicism of this list in lieu of the attention grabbing title. Besides, Sputnik is more likely to respond to "Life is Hopeless". I added 18 shits and gigs, but the rest was fairly genuine. These are just observations I've made, not outlooks that dictate the direction of my life. |
Treeman
10.23.12 | dude, smoke a blunt with treeman and everythign will be alright |
Puzzles
10.23.12 | Gotcha |
PuddlesPuddles
10.23.12 | Ramen tastes better on Tuesdays, don't ask why
The way I see it, plain and simple, master the mind, body and soul. Then come back to me if you still feel pessimistic. Until then, work on it and follow every bit of information you come across. This may just be an engine failure |
Insurrection
10.23.12 | puddles that sounds like something a hippie would say lol |
Puzzles
10.23.12 | "The way I see it, plain and simple, master the mind, body and soul. Then come back to me if you still feel pessimistic. Until then, work on it and follow every bit of information you come across. This may just be an engine failure"
I already said I wasn't a pessimist |
grish
10.23.12 | Regardless, the observations aren't meaningful. But at least you can attempt to understand aspects of
life without allowing them to alter your actions to a significant degree, which is good.
Edit: I take that back, some are meaningful, although worded in an odd manner, like #9. By #10, you
say 'all material things are transient'...are you implying that there are non-material things? |
J0ckstrapsFTW
10.23.12 | Hell ya ill puff a blunt with treeman |
Treeman
10.23.12 | all in favor of blunts say aye |
klap
10.23.12 | snox is carpe dieming all over this website, 8 hours a day |
awal16
10.23.12 | eye |
peaks40
10.23.12 | weed cures everything |
peaks40
10.23.12 | maybe were all miserable twats cause were on this site47865375647564754 hours of our life? |
PuddlesPuddles
10.23.12 | Well if you're not looking for help and are just a making a list, that's cool then, good list
Fuck weed, eat shark. It tastes so good |
klap
10.23.12 | the other other dark meat |
iSkane
10.23.12 | Just had some of these feelings the other day. Weird. But yeah, don't give up hope or anything. 11 holds true, but that's why you have to cherish those moments when they happen, take everything that makes you happy and make sure you remember what that feels like, and if you can't do that, remember what that feeling that feeling feels like, if that makes sense. Like, remembering to remember something. You kind of just have to grab life by the balls and don't let anything fuck up what you find great in this shitty life. |
peaks40
10.23.12 | a shark would eat me, so why not |
Treeman
10.23.12 | and I smooooke
blunt afta blunt afta blunt afta blunt afta blunt afta blunt afta blunt afta blunt |
PuddlesPuddles
10.23.12 | Get your 4.5 steel hemi combat gloves on, we're going nuke-sharking |
peaks40
10.23.12 | ill also let u knw im a pescatarian so this will be fun |
peaks40
10.23.12 | @silentpotato i knw dude im kidding, i was just questioning anyone who would respond lol i love this site and music as well or else i wouldnt be here believe me |
peaks40
10.23.12 | i think the people here are the people i can actually have worthy convos with, if i'd bring this up with family or friends they would send me to an asylum |
Scoot
10.23.12 | life sucks yeh but its not as bad as you make it seem
everyone worries and it all comes down to money. poor man worries about getting money, rich man worries about keeping it. nobody is ever going to be completely content |
peaks40
10.23.12 | YEAH! |
FranzSchubert
10.23.12 | 11. spot on. |
Scoot
10.23.12 | @silent that's ultimately your opinion. where exactly did i say that my outlook should be accepted by
everyone? |
Treeman
10.23.12 | yall niggas just gotta chill out and man you dont even gotta smoke blunts to do that (though it is advised).
also pescatarianism is cool |
peaks40
10.23.12 | in this moment im happy lol SHIT I GOTTA HANG ON TO THIS |
Scoot
10.23.12 | "not everyone is materialistic as you, fact"
"i'm not as materialistic as you, fact"
two different statements |
awal16
10.23.12 | pescatarianism seems less fun than a nice steak |
Treeman
10.23.12 | spread the love |
Treeman
10.23.12 | aight treeman's bout to cut a bitch |
Treeman
10.23.12 | *hug a bitch |
Scoot
10.23.12 | your dry wit never ceases to amaze me
i was giving my opinion and you chose to disagree with it while proclaiming your disagreement as factual. that in itself is short-sighted and shows your unwillingness to see things from someone else's perspective. frankly, i'm disappointed that you chose to go down the perpetually confrontational route that you recently accused me of taking. but w/e s'all good |
peaks40
10.23.12 | listening to pyramid song right now |
Spec
10.23.12 | smoke weed errrrday |
Uranium
10.23.12 | i dont even bother to read the responses is the damn site anymore because of the overload of retards and teenagers. just have to put one of these in m/ and carry on |
Insurrection
10.23.12 | post |
Uranium
10.23.12 | good job you made a funny |
Puzzles
10.23.12 | "'all material things are transient'...are you implying that there are non-material things?"
I was referring to materialism and the acquisition of possessions. By transient I meant the impermanent things within our lives as opposed to our mind, body and soul. |
Uranium
10.23.12 | What's your major potato? |
Trophycase
10.23.12 | Man I know the feeling of these things. Once you come to terms with it all you will have a very fulfilling life.
And also, about half of these things are just flat out wrong unfortunately:
7: may be true for material success, perhaps think of success from a different perspective.
9: Believe it or not, you control how you think about things, you choose to indulge in the thoughts that may or may not be good for you. It's easy to get caught up in yourself and get caught up thinking about these things, wallowing in it all. You don't have to be a "victim."
8: Just flat out wrong, you can learn a lot by listening to others. Not to mention you can build strong relationships. Perhaps you should evaluate your person rather than making sweeping generalizations.
10: Then don't seek them out.
16: Not really, you choose to be in order to exist with the rest of society.
11: This is true by definition... I guess it doesn't even make sense what you are trying to say. Obviously emotions are felt at the time they are... well... being felt. You can be happy all the time if you know what you are doing. |
KILL
10.23.12 | sweet |
peaks40
10.23.12 | triple sweet, im out on that note for sure |
Trophycase
10.23.12 | That being said life is, indeed, pointless. So fuck other people and be yourself and work toward your goals and rid yourself of everything that is getting in the way of those goals. |
Uranium
10.23.12 | Jesus pushed a boy off a roof. R.I.P. |
Trophycase
10.23.12 | Also, fourth:
Everyone does that, it's not just this site. |
Scoot
10.23.12 | "no i didn't. and yer a dick. so yee."
rather be a dick than deviant jr. |
KILL
10.23.12 | am i the only one here who loves life?????????????? (pull out de pin) |
klap
10.23.12 | those are the same things scoot |
KILL
10.23.12 | life rules |
Butkuiss
10.23.12 | Meh, I'm a bit late to the convo, but I'll add my two cents anyway.
All that is pretty much true-to a degree. But dwelling on it does just as little good as not. Reflection and philosophising, as well as undertaking your own spiritual journey (I use this in the broadest sense of the term; I myself identify as agnostic), are good, but make sure to balance them with productivity and actually living your life. Life is a meaningless, perennial search for something we'll never have–and so what? That doesn't in any way cheapen the search at all. The journey is always the worthier part. And as Aussies, we've got more opportunities to make the most of that search than most people in the world.
What I'm saying, I guess, is that there's not actually a single thing you can do to change any of these facts. You can, however, come to terms with them, learn to stop paying heed to the bullshit that goes on between and with other people, and learn to focus on what you really want to aim for. After that everything falls into place.
Also, Sagan's COSMOS is brilliant. Less so as an accurate scientific account and more as a philosophical discussion these days, but still awesome. I'm lucky my mother was a huge Sagan fan.
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KILL
10.23.12 | life rocks |
Scoot
10.23.12 | not dumb at all, he was a decent guy once too before the fact that he won a popularity contest on a website got to his head |
KILL
10.23.12 | scoot ignore silent hes a negative person he doesnt jam human remains |
Scoot
10.23.12 | like i don't mean to call you out or start any retarded feuds or any of that shit but someone had to say it |
Scoot
10.23.12 | @klap ya my bad
@KILL human remains m/ |
Butkuiss
10.23.12 | Also, post cut off, so I'll cont.
Anyway. I went through a similar sort of existential crisis about a year ago. I won't pretend I know what you're going through, because everyone experiences this stuff differently, but I can empathise. Just keep at it and you'll get there. After coming out of that, this year has easily been the best of my life. And remember to stop and smell the roses every once in a while. They may be impermanent, thorny, inhabitants of a meaningless existence who aimlessly convert sunlight into nutrients, but fuck, do they smell nice. And the ladies go wild for them. ;) |
Nipple
10.23.12 | i suggest sucking my dick for starters |
HitlerIsTheBest
10.23.12 | what is the point of this list, anyone over 16 knows these things. |
Puzzles
10.23.12 | Fuck i love cock |
Butkuiss
10.23.12 | omggg puzzles did u get haxxord? xDDDDDDDD |
BaseballJames
10.23.12 | "[My daughter] didn't know any of those things, and now she knows all of those things... She's going to die, everyone she knows is going to die, they're going to be dead for a very long time, and then the sun is going to EXPLODE. She learned all of that in twelve seconds at the age of seven." - Louis C.K. |
Spec
10.23.12 | yeah dude fuck life
Smoke meth, hail satan!!!1!!2!!! |
Nipple
10.23.12 | "Babies with AIDS"
- Louis CK |
Scoot
10.23.12 | not killin any vibe dude just don't accuse me of being a dick when you've never been a bigger one |
KILL
10.23.12 | love life, hail god! |
Spec
10.23.12 | oh shits goin down |
KILL
10.23.12 | gods getting angry please stop guys |
Scoot
10.23.12 | sure whatever you say |
Spec
10.23.12 | aww what a nice thing to say :] |
BaseballJames
10.23.12 | SputnikBros.com |
Scoot
10.23.12 | how is that a contradiction at all
"just don't accuse me of being a dick when you've never been a bigger dick than you are right now you
fucking twat"
is that easier for you to comprehend |
HitlerIsTheBest
10.23.12 | trve nazi m/ |
Scoot
10.23.12 | and lol really you're going to criticize my reading and writing abilities when you don't even know the difference between effect and affect good one man! |
KotoFtw
10.23.12 | I think about this kind of thing every once in a while. |
Scoot
10.23.12 | it doesn't change the meaning if you arent a complete fuckwit and can figure out sentence meanings without having to have your hand held
and talking about stabbing in the back is just sad man...go find some real friends, seriously |
HitlerIsTheBest
10.23.12 | uh oh sputbros havin a fight, come on guys make up and fuck |
Scoot
10.23.12 | aha you're a classy mofo potsy, fuckin saluted man! |
Nipple
10.23.12 | fuck ya'll |
KILL
10.23.12 | silent can we argue plz
blue lines is better!!!!!!! haha u suck!!!!!!!!!! haha~ |
henryChinaski
10.23.12 | really interesting |
Scoot
10.23.12 | "i promise you i wouldnt dick your girlfriend even if she begged"
yeah i'm sure a greasy haired hippie stoner visual arts student is high on her priority list
get over yourself |
Scoot
10.23.12 | oh wow that's a new one did you come up with that during one of your drug induced hallucinations? |
Nipple
10.23.12 | i'm masturbating to this |
Scoot
10.23.12 | you took a personal shot at me so i took one right back how is that crying
more like you denying reality
it's okay man everyone here likes you you're such a success!! don't let the real world get in the way |
Uranium
10.23.12 | "That user cleverly dissed that other user on that thread; he must be a really interesting and unique
person" - said no one ever. |
Uranium
10.23.12 | except me... right now... saying it doesn't happen otherwise |
HitlerIsTheBest
10.23.12 | that was entertaining. thanks guys. |
Scoot
10.23.12 | yeah sorry i don't stoop to insulting significant others to "win" arguments god i'm such a n00b at this sorry man |
Scoot
10.23.12 | bye have fun suckin diltch and thinking you've actually accomplished something in life! |
Scoot
10.23.12 | man potsy i thought we had a good thing goin but obviously it wasn't meant to be judging by your
increasingly hostile attitude towards me and everyone else on the site who happens to share a
different opinion than you
enjoy being forever alone |
Scoot
10.23.12 | "this is the internet nobody cares about your love life"
apparently you do seeing as you brought it up ¯_(ツ)_/¯ |
HitlerIsTheBest
10.23.12 | encore! encore! *clap clap clap clap* |
tommygun
10.23.12 | whoa what's going on in here |
Scoot
10.23.12 | man these must be so fun to watch from an outsiders perspective |
SIMBOLIC
10.23.12 | hey man life isnt hopeless, he's just gone to rehab and is trying to get his shit back together. Give him a second chance |
Puzzles
10.23.12 | Butkuiss knows exactly where it's at. By the way, let me reiterate what I said before -
"I don't think like this all the time - at times I'm the complete opposite and I go up and down. Anyway, I think you guys overplayed the cynicism of this list in lieu of the attention grabbing title. Besides, Sputnik is more likely to respond to "Life is Hopeless". I added 18 shits and gigs, but the rest was fairly genuine. These are just observations I've made, not outlooks that dictate the direction of my life."
Guys be nice to each other. Some of you might think somebody's a worthless oxygen thief, but just sit tight and remember that you are too! Also, I don't recall professing my love for cock |
Scoot
10.23.12 | i don't think he's a worthless oxygen thief things just got a little out of hand for an internet message board |
bakkermaarten007
10.23.12 | List is me and list is truth. Especially 9 and 13. |
bakkermaarten007
10.23.12 | "man these must be so fun to watch from an outsiders perspective"
It really was, thank you for that. I'd say you've won, but only just because you used the least amount of insults. lol |
bakkermaarten007
10.23.12 | Back on topic: this list is spot on about life, people who are happy just ignore to see it or can't see it (in which case the person would be dumb). I wish I could ignore to see it, but it's outside my capacities. |
HitlerIsTheBest
10.23.12 | ahh, the loss of innocence. |
Sniff
10.23.12 | U 16 yrs old? |
bakkermaarten007
10.23.12 | "U 16 yrs old?"
I hope you're not responding to me, 'cause I'm 23 and existential crises are not to be mistaken for teenage angst =/ |
Sniff
10.23.12 | No. Puzzles who came up with this insight just now. He has to be 16 or something like that. |
bakkermaarten007
10.23.12 | Nah, this is too mature for a 16 year old. |
porch
10.23.12 | fitting that NIN is the first thing on this stream of shit |
MO
10.23.12 | ugh wtf |
Dolving999
10.23.12 | Fuck this list. If you ever start thinking about this kind of stuff, you're not doing it right - just live your fucking life and keep these things to yourself. |
evilford
10.23.12 | wow something crazy happened in here
I understand existential viewpoints, to a degree, and agree with some of it
but there are friends, family, etc. and things in life that can make you happy and give you meaning/purpose, etc, and there are ways to create that for yourself also. basically there's lots of cool stuff in life to experience so suck it up dude. this list is a pretty negative and depressive compilation of "observations" |
Recspecs
10.23.12 | Lol dude put your tampons back in and get back in the fucking kitchen. |
bakkermaarten007
10.23.12 | "you are a gay emo dick"
Don't use the word as the mainstream insult damn it. |
bakkermaarten007
10.23.12 | ......................
oh well, I tried |
bakkermaarten007
10.23.12 | Not gonna go with this lol. I see you're enjoying this. But I'm enjoying some football (soccer) at the moment. |
Recspecs
10.23.12 | potsy ily |
Insurrection
10.23.12 | scoot i think youve replaced me as potsys online punching bag, enjoy! |
hydora1171
10.23.12 | Your last list was "New Btbam, Converge, Godspeed... Holy Shit", obviously life is not hopeless. At least you can exist with the muzak!
woops lol
|
Scoot
10.23.12 | i posted that last night, don't flatter yourself |
hydora1171
10.23.12 | maybe buddhism is the answer. or reading confucius - confucius has a lot of good aphorisms. |
HitlerIsTheBest
10.23.12 | nah, there is no answer. |
Aids
10.23.12 | lol damn silent you're a dick. i mean we all know and love it but this time, damn man. |
Tyrael
10.23.12 | Life is meaningless, Scoot is a crybaby, silent is a dick and Aids is as insightful as always
ahh, sputnik |
Tyrael
10.23.12 | (no sarcasm btw) |
KjSwantko
10.23.12 | List was very uplifting. Thanks for sharing. |
drewcordova
10.24.12 | Is this serious? |
Uranium
10.24.12 | "Scoot is a crybaby"
I read the whole thing, how was scoot a crybaby? |
DotEight
10.24.12 | Yeah thanks for this ridiculous depiction into life. Just what I needed while intoxicated at 10 PM at night. Jesus fuck. |
DarkSideOfLucca
10.24.12 | I was going to comment something about the subject matter, but you have ObZen in here so all I can really say now is MESHUGGAH |
lyon1535
10.24.12 | I often lie in bed pretending I'm a hippo to momentarily assuage my vast, excruciating existential torment at the hands of my uncertain existence. |
CrazyDiamond7
10.24.12 | Dude, take a Prozac. Seriously. |
Puzzles
10.24.12 | "maybe buddhism is the answer. or reading confucius - confucius has a lot of good aphorisms. "
I tried meditation for a while. I was in the best mindset of my life, punctured by moments of hopelessness and anguish towards everyone around me. Maybe I should try it again |
Wafflez
10.24.12 | Take acid. Life is a lot more fun on acid :) |
Keyblade
04.05.16 | I came to a realisation about the apparent contradictions of the human psyche the other night - not a list of cynical observations, but more a dictation of our psychological tendencies as human beings. This is how I see things at this point in time, if you guys have any input I'd be interested to hear it.[2]
should have been a classic copypasta |
zakalwe
04.05.16 | Not being a selfish cunt is the answer.
Old sputters were bellends. |
