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[โ€“] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 minutes ago

To crush my enemies, see them driven before me and hear the lamentations of their women

[โ€“] aliser@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

You decide it yourself, thus it's for you to figure out. Personally, I like little things. Like pop rocks I bought earlier. I think they worth living a little, aren't they?

[โ€“] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 1 points 32 minutes ago

To cut all ties, live in a penthouse, and never go onto the ground again until my body is found after dozens of amazon boxes at my door prompts a wellness check. I refuse to live as a permanent victim used to inspire actual people to not be outdone by something below them. I refuse to be marijuana and nicotine users' emotional punching bag. That's all I'll ever be in society if I don't cut ties or die.

[โ€“] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 hours ago

To make as many people as uncomfortable as I humanly can.

[โ€“] lattrommi@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I try to follow a set of rules which define how i should live my life written in my own words, which essentially restate the golden rule/10 commandments/fundamental tenets/etc. I read them as myself, as if I'm giving advice to myself. Pronouns can be tricky. I don't follow them perfectly and often will tweak the wording, hoping to avoid misinterpretation.

I call them my veritaclaritives. (veritas + clarus = loud and clear truth; probably bad latin)

  • Always look out for #1

  • Always be prepared for a #2 (e.g. romance, friendships, shit)

  • Only desire what you require

  • It's only theft if they need it more than you (emphasis on NEED)

  • Create more than you consume

  • Help people up, more and before you put anyone down

  • Treat everyone as a friend until they prove otherwise (emphasis on both THEY and PROVE; the golden rule)

  • Make amends with your friends, before an unexpected end (r.i.p. Nivec)

  • Keep your friends close, be your own worst enemy

  • If thoughts of any enemy anger you, you've already lost (note plural)

  • Destroy enemies until they are unable to do you harm

  • All enemies can be defeated through unconditional love.

These are more rules than a purpose, but do you think these rules are guiding you to a specific purpose?

[โ€“] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 8 hours ago

Being as comfortable as possible

[โ€“] ma1w4re@lemm.ee 4 points 10 hours ago

I'm on a life-long quest to finding the EXIT from this matrix. For this I have to become the supreme lord of Holy C

[โ€“] aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

To get as close to my true self as possible.

[โ€“] papertowels@lemmy.one 9 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson

On a cosmic timescale, facilitate a world with minimal suffering and maximal fulfillment.

[โ€“] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] And009@reddthat.com 0 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Everyone is born evil, the purpose is to realise we're one. It's a long cycle and we've done well in the last 100 year vs 1000 years

[โ€“] 13esq@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Hard disagree. I think we're born stupid, that's very different.

Honestly, your comment sounds a lot like the "original sin" shit that the Christian church tries to push.

[โ€“] And009@reddthat.com 2 points 7 hours ago

Well I'm probably wording it wrong or you're reading it differently.

But, what I mean is every individual has their own journey towards their maturity when they realise helping others is the way to go.

Nothing. Purpose implies the potential for failure and while there are certainly circumstances that I would consider personal failures, there are none so great that they would invalidate my existence.

That said, I have a vision for my life and the state of the world that I would like to see realized. I want to see a world where climate change is taken seriously and recognized as the imminent threat that it is. It will be waiting on the other side of every economic crisis or war that man chooses to wage.

[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 23 points 21 hours ago (3 children)
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[โ€“] BevelGear@beehaw.org 2 points 13 hours ago

I don't have one. I just do what I can to be a good person and that's it. And I'm ok with it.

[โ€“] janus2@lemmy.zip 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

ideally producing scientific research and art but in practice I'm just trying to minimize my own suffering :/

[โ€“] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 13 hours ago

Pretty sure that's what everyone is doing. It helps to help others, where we can, in my experience. Focus on love, beauty, goodness. We can hyperfocus on the ugliness and easily fall into the abyss of despair, rather than the abyss of freedom (within personal constraints, obvs).

[โ€“] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 17 hours ago

I used to be flourishing as an artist. Now I'm just trying to not end up in a camp within the next 4+ years

[โ€“] BreadOven@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago
[โ€“] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

To work for some asshole and make just enough money to get by.

[โ€“] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.

[โ€“] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 14 points 21 hours ago

I'm just here to raise entropy.

To spend time with the people I love.

[โ€“] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 7 points 19 hours ago (9 children)

Correct the mistakes of my ancestors.

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[โ€“] SpiceDealer@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago
[โ€“] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

To enjoy the world and minimize how much I prevent others from enjoying it as well.

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[โ€“] mobsenpai@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago

To end it peacefully

[โ€“] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

To "live", and by "live" I mean experience and creat Art. I don't need more nor less.

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[โ€“] kionite231@lemmy.ca 9 points 22 hours ago
[โ€“] nicomachus@programming.dev 5 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

My purpose in life is to produce poop and pee. I work hard so that I can afford food and water so that I can eventually poo and pee. I have an urge to reproduce so that my children can also poop and pee.

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[โ€“] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

To spread my genes around, mostly

[โ€“] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago

Stop licking every railing in the Eaton Centre, please.

[โ€“] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 6 points 20 hours ago

To reduce human suffering by some degree, even if it's insignificant in the big picture.

[โ€“] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 4 points 19 hours ago

To enjoy myself. What exactly that means, changes over time.

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

The purpose of life is to live.

My purpose in life is varied and technical and super-great.

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