The World of Layonara
The Layonara Community => Just for Fun => Topic started by: Wraithdur on September 25, 2006, 08:27:01 AM
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what is it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!????????!!!!!!??!?!?!??!!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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its out there!!!
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The answer to the question we know...but what exactly are we asking ;)?
This is why you don't hand me Douglass Adams books and expect me to make sense.
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Alternately: "To crush your enemy - to see them flee before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!"
Douglas (one s) Adams, btw - respect for the departed.
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Now I would have agreed with 42.....makes sense to me.
But instead my philosphical side kicks in. Leave something behind....no matter how small. A child....a book....a tree....your name carved somewhere even.
Ooo...and
Alternately: "To crush your enemy - to see them flee before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!"
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I too was tempted by the irrefutable logic that is "42," however my "soggy" side got the better of me and I had to go with love. I'd explain why but my philosophical reasoning has no place on Layo. That, and no one asked for it.
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I'm fairly certain that crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and hearing the lamentations of their women is, in fact, what is best in life, and not the meaning of life.
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Gulnyr - 9/25/2006 9:46 PM I'm fairly certain that crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and hearing the lamentations of their women is, in fact, what is best in life, and not the meaning of life.
lol, true, true
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42 is winning by far, and that is the main meaning of life, but there are smaller ones, like learning and finding the elusive quad-triangle.
What do you get when you multipy six and nine?
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42!
now.. we must find the Question .. of life....
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Alternatively: How Many roads must a man walk down?
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There is no meaning to life. The question derives from the basic human need to rationalize everything that they do. Thus, humans cannot really except the fact that everything has no true meaning, and that life is here simply by coinicidence.
Yeah, I took a philosophy course last year, and I read way too much into it :P
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Doc-Holiday - 9/25/2006 5:02 PM
42!
now.. we must find the Question .. of life....
One step ahead of you.
As Arthur subconsciously spelled out using Scrable peices:
J-ser - 9/25/2006 4:58 PM
What do you get when you multipy six and nine?
EDIT: Found this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything
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Gulnyr - 9/25/2006 4:46 PM
I'm fairly certain that crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and hearing the lamentations of their women is, in fact, what is best in life, and not the meaning of life.
By Crom! You're right!
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I once worked out the meaning of life . . . but I forgot to write it down. D'oh!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_13 for forty-two.
Four-sided triangle? I only know of a four-faced triangle...
The reason behind the rest of my choices: logical thought.
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42 isn't the meaning of life. It's the Answer to the QUESTION of Life, the Universe, and Everthing. The question is What is 6 times 9.
The purpose of life is to replicate itself. So go, next generation!
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6 times 9 is 54. The real question is, "What happened to the other twelve?" Unh! See what I mean? Makes sense. Makes scary sense.
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Here's another theory on the meaning of life...
On the first day, God created the dog and said: "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."
The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"
So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said: "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."
The monkey said: "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?"
And God agreed.
On the third day, God created the cow and said: "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves, and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"
And God agreed again.
On the fourth day, God created man and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."
But man said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God, "You asked for it."
So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
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I say it is to be loved or find love. One way or another, every one has been loved. Now ture love that is very rare, finding true love is even harder.
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Sorry but the Answer and the Question can not be known at the same time in the same universe. If this happens something even more confusing and weird will replace it.....
Which has probably already happened....
*grins*
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*trying to be funny* Yep, I've happened, and so have many others!
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Wraithdur - 9/25/2006 11:27 AM
what is it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!????????!!!!!!??!?!?!??!!?!?!?!?!?!?!
My perceptions of life:
Life is a state of energetic vibration.
Vibration is the resonance of being.
Being is the basis for thought.
Thought is a pattern of energy.
Energy is the ability to effect change.
Change is the nature of growth.
Growth is the essence of experience.
Experience is a memory of existence.
Existence is the perception of life.
In answer to your question; I chose "to learn".
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Marswipp - 9/26/2006 10:19 PM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_13 for forty-two. Four-sided triangle? I only know of a four-faced triangle.
wiseman say if you find four sided triangle you are a genius, or stoned....
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To be honest... what does every living thing do? Reproduce. So the meaning of life is to reproduce. What does reproduction gain? More life... thus there is no meaning.
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d20mushroom - 10/7/2006 6:30 PM
To be honest... what does every living thing do? Reproduce.
Ever heard of Maslow's heirarchy of needs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs)?
So the meaning of life is to reproduce.
Planets don't reproduce do they? does a planet live? what about the sun? is it alive?
So the real question is what is the meaning of existence?
What does reproduction gain? More life...
Reproduction does produce more life, but what if the offspring kill eachother off? How does that get factored in?
thus there is no meaning.
"Reality is relative to the perspective of the individual." - Einstein
This topic is so broad and vast in scope that entire religions have formed based on their own personal beliefs and understanding of their reality.
If there truly is no meaning to life then why are you bothering to post here? It'd be meaningless to express your opinion because life is meaningless. Why play Layonara at all? The joy you derive from it's entertainment is meaningless, life is meaningless.
Personally, I'd rather look at life as full of inifinite meaning. Under every stone is a story that bestows meaning to it's purpose as an assertion of it's existence.
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OneST8, i think d20 mushroom was talking about us carbon based monkeys, as opposed to vast ecosystems
(i think he was also speaking about any other carbon based lifeform)
but then again, a d20 mushroom doesn't make much sense, in fact, wraithdur doesn't make sense, what is one? what is it's meaning?
i think i'll start a thread on the meaning of life
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"If there truly is no meaning to life then why are you bothering to post here? It'd be meaningless to express your opinion because life is meaningless."
Sure, it is meaningless. But that doesn't stop people from doing it. Of course, this is my opinion on things. Anyone who presents their opinion as a fact is a fool - in my opinion.
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Anyone who presents their opinion as a fact is a fool - in my opinion.
Uh, you presented your opinion as fact.
I presented my perspective on reality.
Is there a difference? You decide.
I'm sorry for replying to your post on this thread in the first place, I didn't intend any offense. I have a bad habit of trying to persuede people out of their negative mantras when I should just be quiet.
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OneST8 - 10/8/2006 12:30 AM Anyone who presents their opinion as a fact is a fool - in my opinion.
Uh, you presented your opinion as fact.
I said "Anyone who presents their opinion as a fact is a fool - in my opinion."
My opinion on the matter is; why does it even have to have a meaning? It's not a negative mantra. It's just a way of looking at it... just as you look at life as having infinite meaning.
I personally agree with Ne'er; "There is no meaning to life. The question derives from the basic human need to rationalize everything that they do. Thus, humans cannot really except the fact that everything has no true meaning, and that life is here simply by coinicidence." - But then, that's just an opinion.
As for the offspring killing each other off... if you look at life as having a meaning, would you say their meaning was to die? Or if you define life as having one single meaning, like 'to love' would you say their meaning has been taken away from them, seeing as they died before they had a chance to love?
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d20mushroom - 10/8/2006 11:15 AM
As for the offspring killing each other off... if you look at life as having a meaning, would you say their meaning was to die? Or if you define life as having one single meaning, like 'to love' would you say their meaning has been taken away from them, seeing as they died before they had a chance to love?
Life doesn't have one single solitary meaning for me, as I state above, life has infinite meaning. Or, more clearly, infinite layers of meaning. It all depends on your perspective on what actually means anything to you at any given time. So if anything you have, had, held or hold dear has meaning to you; then in my books, life has meaning.
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d20mushroom - 10/8/2006 6:23 AM
Sure, it is meaningless. But that doesn't stop people from doing it. Of course, this is my opinion on things. Anyone who presents their opinion as a fact is a fool - in my opinion.
Wait wait, so you can have an opinion but you're not allowed to think your opinion is right? In that case wouldn't the entire concept of opinions be useless, as it wouldn't make any difference which one you picked?
If so, my answer to everything is "cheese".
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so..........wait...........opinion.............fact................antidisestablishmentarialism....................nevermind
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Why must I be thinking of babbling now?!
Being what is not the isn't cannot be called can not; so, when does the halting begin where the stopping stopped? -- Does this have anything to do with forgetting to remember to be remembering how to forget to ...
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*sighs* You are thinking too deeply. This is in the "just for fun" section. So I will say it agian. 42. simple.
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To really complicate things . . . 21x2 :)
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6*7 = 52(base 8)
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This thread is one of the least benightedly unintelligent non-organic anti-usual attempts to seek the answer from the question for which it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid reading.
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too much seriousness, i'm becoming a vegetable ....................................................... GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Much better. Carry on with the randomness.
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The randomness of being random is completely random in that the forgetting to remember is becoming that of something else.