Why is it good that you exist and why should we care?

I ask this because I need to answer this question for myself and want to copy off your answers instead of actually introspecting.

  • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    Couldn’t give you an answer beyond my passion for listening to music, watching cartoons/anime, writing fanfiction/other works ( very slowly ), and playing games. General life love things for me, I guess.

    I find pleasure and having fun to be a good enough reason for me to exist right now.

  • cmeu@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Why is anything good? Existence isn’t a question of value.

    What makes your existence any more or less meaningful than a speck of dust in some distant nebula? Does the fact that we breathe, shit, and wax poetic about the hallucinations we derive from our bundles of nerves really amount to anything when we know how impermanent it is? I say no

    There is no meaning to life - there is no good or bad for being around at any one time.

    Some people try to fill this hole by convincing themselves that service to others, or great accomplishments in their eyes, will somehow tip some cosmic scale and demonstrate/reward their goodness.

    The bee doesn’t examine it’s own life, yet many believe their lives are worth living (because it benefits other life).

    🤷‍♂️

    No help here, I guess.

  • gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org
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    7 hours ago

    i have a damn good reason but i’m not gonna tell people because my whole life i’ve faced rejection for who i really am because other people are superficial assholes who fail to comprehend something meaningful when they see it.

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    13 hours ago

    its neutral that i exist and you have no particular reason to care other than we share a solidarity having to suffer the human condition.

    good luck, you only get one shot

  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    I didn’t ask to exist. I exist and you are not required to care. Whether my existence is good is a philosophical debate.

    However showing empathy and understanding to your fellow sapients is a virtue.