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View submission: [Spoilers!!] The Good Place totally-spoilerific celebration thread
Wow, shows how little I follow shows/movies/podcasts etc. Never heard about this. I guess the question I have is really pointless ("Is it worth watching?"), since this thread would attract those who already watched the show and loved it.
Without watching the show, I can only say that the idea of mortality giving meaning to life is very alien to me. I do not ponder my mortality and I certainly don't think in terms "I won't be able to finish both A and B before I die, so I better choose one" etc. Death can come at any moment, so why should any plans except for making a will for children to have the best possible payout take it into account? It just seems so alien to me, I can't wrap my head around it. And yet it is, apparently, one of the main problems in the show?
Comment by [deleted] at 05/02/2020 at 21:09 UTC
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Without spoiling much, the takeaway of the show is less "morality gives our life meaning" and more about the question of "what REALLY makes a good life, and why do we value life?" Morality is one major aspect in the show of talking about what we value, and therefore what makes life good.
But dressed more sitcom trappings.