I feel that death is actually appealing. since our existence serves no ultimate purpose your screw ups mean nothing to the cosmos.
Those lesser organisms are less aware of their suffering and lack the cognition required for mental anguish. Not in all cases, but the vast majority. It's also entirely subjective what "lesser" vs. "greater" is when it comes to organisms. If survival and reproduction are the name of the game, then how can we say we're greater than anything else when there are species that far out-reproduce us?
It's not not existing that I have a problem with. It's going from experience to non-experience. It's that loss. It's the lack of amounting to anything. It begs the question of why I had to even exist at all when I'm just erased in the end, like I never was. I still can't believe how unlucky I was to be born. I wish I had never been.
I loathe the fact that it didn't have to be this way. By that, I mean all that has happened, and everything I'm afflicted with isn't an immutable constant of the universe. Just poor luck.
I'm not entirely sure what you meant, but my view is that death is something you can't cope with. It's an issue with no accessible solution. Why should we be afflicted with knowledge of something we cannot fight against? A cope is something that softens the blow or redirects attention, but with death, there isn't a real way to cope. I guess religion or spirituality that posits death isn't the end, or life is meaningful in some way. That seems to be the only real way to cope. Take inceldom for example, I can reasonably cope with porn. It isn't one-to-one, but it satisfies the urge in the moment. With death, there's no outlet for coping.
What makes us outliers is our capacity for self awareness and reflection but you don't need that to feel fear or pain. Reproduction isn't a purpose anymore than breathing or eating are.
Sometimes I do that too, wish I could genuinely believe it. In my case, I'd always take a painful existence over non-existence. Unless that painful existence is so perpetual that the pain is intense and never stops.
I'm confused. Under what type of video are these comments being made. Tbh your comment is inappropriate and misplaced as a response to what he said but I don't know the full context
The idea of living forever in a material world scares me way more than non existence.
I don't even recall, honestly. I believe it was a short on the famine in Gaza while it was ongoing. When I originally saw the main comment whilst scrolling, I simply couldn't stop myself from being curious. Before I even posted my reply, I ended up scrolling through the guy's channel and glancing at his content he posted. He had a good handful of videos where he attempted to record what I can only assume were video guides for Mobile Legends. His profile picture also interested me because it was just a generic, standard anime picture. I ended up realizing that this guy really was just a normal person, and very well could have interests in stuff similar to the stuff that I like.
Understandable. Normies most likely will misunderstand your question and take it as a jab at them.
I don't think the material world is inherently evil; it's the fact that consciousness is beholden to matter and not the other way around. There's also an issue regarding consent in our present condition. I didn't consent to being born, I didn't consent to having sexual or any other kind of desire, and I don't consent to dying.
