• Eheran@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It’s a human thing. People need “meaning”, which takes on all kinds of forms, from religiously following their sports club to… well, thinking about if there is meaning.

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      1 day ago

      My life has no meaning, and I don’t need it to for me to be happy.

      The belief that you “need” something for your life to be happy may be preventing people from being happy.

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      2 days ago

      I disagree that people need meaning. The idea itself is a meme and the root of religion.

      “Nobody exists on purpose”

      That’s the beauty of life or the misery of it. Depending on how you personally frame it.

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        1 day ago

        You disagree? For thousands of years (all of recorded history everywhere on the planet) people have been runing after meaning for their live.

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          18 hours ago

          Yeah. Old meme.

          People have been running after religion at least as long, doesn’t mean it’s needed or real.