Is existence really this bad?

[ExistHarm]

Are we really just apes formed by hundreds of millions of years of blind evolution, brought into the world by other delusional apes, just to die in the end anyway? I have always found existing to be an exquisite nightmare, and as each day passes and all my life experiences swirl together in my damaged brain, the truth becomes more and more apparent. It seems no one is truly happy unless they are deep in an illusion, ignoring 99 percent of the world in front of them. a world in which 999 baby turtles die for 1 to make it to the ocean, where lions eat zebras or they starve, where 80 billion animals are killed every year for human food.

The sheer momentum and velocity of life, we are all swept up in this relentless current of going and doing and being. simply being human requires nearly hourly upkeep to not become damaged, and one wrong move and you are damaged for life. On top of this nightmare is the reality of not being able to stop playing the game on my own terms (easily). Most people are so caught up in their own little world of daily self-harm that they couldn't fathom NOT playing the game. Or maybe they are scared that deep down they are just as terrified, and if they were given the option, they might stop playing too.

 

[SilentSadness]

As much as people like to think humans are so much better than animals, the reality is that we have a low level of intelligence and even simple tasks can be so complex. It's easy to see why people don't want to spend time thinking about death when they don't even want to die, unfortunately this just leads to more suffering for those who have suffered the most already.

 

[ExistHarm]

It's easy to see why people don't want to spend time thinking about death when they don't even want to die, unfortunately this just leads to more suffering for those who have suffered the most already.

humans do so much to avoid the truth of all of our inevitable demises. we become religious in the hope there is something beyond this life besides nothingness again. we reproduce to cling to the superficial notion of immortality. we build, pour our blood and souls and health into work and art to create something, anything, that can outlive us. this is why i call it self-harm in the OP; almost everything we do to outrun the end only amounts to hurting ourselves more before the bus arrives.

 

[FuneralCry]

Existing is something that certainly disgusts me and I view it as being a tragedy how life is even able to exist in the first place. All that life is, is just a cycle of meaningless and unnecessary suffering that exists all for no reason and I could never wish to associate with something so useless as existence. This world undeniably is hell, and to me it's insane and irrational how people continue to justify and glorify the way that life is. Only death is the true relief from being trapped inside this horrific flesh prison, I hate the fact that how despite the way that life is, we are denied a peaceful right to die.

 

[Hotsackage]

i think there is something else. a reason for evolution, other then just survival of the fittest. but were so primitive that it doesnt matter to us in this lifetime as we wont solve it.

 

[absolomonisgone]

humans do so much to avoid the truth of all of our inevitable demises. we become religious in the hope there is something beyond this life besides nothingness again. we reproduce to cling to the superficial notion of immortality. we build, pour our blood and souls and health into work and art to create something, anything, that can outlive us. this is why i call it self-harm in the OP; almost everything we do to outrun the end only amounts to hurting ourselves more before the bus arrives.

Very said good

 

[iknowitsover666]

Existence was a mistake

 

[ExistHarm]

i think there is something else. a reason for evolution, other then just survival of the fittest. but were so primitive that it doesnt matter to us in this lifetime as we wont solve it.

this is just more religious non-sense to me. trans-humanism, the great reset, the reckoning, the second coming, it all just amounts to cope over the brutal unforgiving reality, to me.

 

[Hotsackage]

i know where your coming from. im not religious, im an atheist towards any religious deity. i just think theres more to it. but hey who knows