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The finale made me really sad
Not awww, my tv favourites are gone sad, but real sad
Existentially sad.
I’m not in the good place, and I haven’t done it all, but I feel the world weariness all the same.
In a funny way, I was actually waiting for the good place to tell me how to proceed with my life. It was my introduction to philosophy in a way. I’d struck ideas from philosophy in my other reading, but this was the first concentrated hunk; and it really made me think.
Then when they reformed the system, I was so pleased. The old setup was grim, to be sure.
But in the end, the answer was effectively suicide. Hedonism followed by suicide. Have a great time and then melt back into the ocean
It was hard to watch. I’m not complaining about the writing or anything like that, I mean it was hard to watch what I had adopted as a “how to exist in a worthy way” end on suicide of the soul.
I ask myself every day what the point is in existing (my life is not awesome)
And I guess I was just hoping they’d pull something I hadn’t thought of out of the hat. Some bigger reason, some other thing to strive for. Some way for me to believe that there could be purpose or... I don’t know. Anything other than this vast impression I have that we are just a very complicated assortment of interacting particles, of no additional importance to anything
A big ask from a comedy show, to be sure lol
From a “wonderful show I’d recommend to anyone” angle, 9.8/10
Since we’re on the philosophy sub, anyone got a cure for world weariness you can throw my way? Does anyone possess that answer I was hoping TGP would give me?
😎🌈
Comment by PaperStreetDopeComp at 07/02/2020 at 19:43 UTC
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I ask myself every day what the point is in existing (my life is not awesome)
IMO...
The purpose is to attempt to play the infinite game. That is our only charge as a species. We are the thing that has the ability to logic and reason. We are the stewards. We have the ability to think long term about the implications of how we act and what we observe. A model I like to use is: if there was an omnipotent God or All or whatever word you want to use, what would the greatest challenge be? The only challenge for an omnipotent being that makes up the sum of existence is to destroy itself. That's the model for the human condition - we make up some of the tiny pieces of that whole. We are like cells in a body that forgot they were like cells in a body. That's the test for us as a species - can we manage to play the infinite game or are we a destroyer of worlds? We all contribute every day of our lives to this tug of war.
Comment by as-well at 02/02/2020 at 09:29 UTC
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But it wasn't suicide in a sense related to suicide on Earth. What they found is that death gives meaning to plenty of things, and that's a point right at home in philosophy.
Comment by DeadRadical at 02/02/2020 at 01:08 UTC
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I can only speak from my own experience, but Chidi touching upon Buddhism is a thread of help I would recommend people who are struggling to follow if they haven't already.
Regardless of how one feels of the more mystical aspects, they can be taken as set dressing for much bigger life lessons.
If you haven't done so already I would consider reading 10 percent happier by Dan Harris, it's an easy read and a good way to ease one's self into an understanding of meditation and its tangible benefits.
I can only tell my own experience with it, but it has done me a world of good. I am less swept away by negative emotions and thoughts, I am also able to endure and be with them at the same time. Above all it made me a lot more compassionate, for me it has given me a focus in my life, as there is a lot of bad out there but me doing what I can to spread as much good and love as I possibly can gives me the feeling of "purpose" if you will.
But your experience with it will likely be different from my own, whether you look into this or not I hope you're able find yourself in calmer kinder waters soon friend!