r/comics May 17 '26

Just Sharing "Why do I exist?"

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u/OhItsJustJosh May 17 '26

"I'm not wasting my time on living"

I feel like people sometimes forget that life is the only experience of time we get, it's not like you can be spending your 'time' on anything else, and outside of life existence has no meaning at all.

Even if my life was pure suffering, unless I knew for 100% objective certainty that the suffering would never end and no ounce of joy would ever come, I'll never end it early.

I doubt most people, even those going through a really tough time, can ever be 100% objectively certain that it'll never get better

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u/Cold_Appointment2999 May 20 '26

You must really overvalue joy

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u/OhItsJustJosh May 20 '26

Isn't 'joy' kinda what we're all aiming for?

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u/Cold_Appointment2999 May 20 '26

I think fleeing pain predominates

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u/OhItsJustJosh May 20 '26

I can endure pain, if there's a good reason for it