dimreepr

You seem very confused about what actually exists and when; all you can know, with any degree of certainty, is what's happening now, to you; for instance, if you're alive in 97 year's, you can confirm the transit of Venus (unless it gets hit by a Tesla and, in 96 year's, it crashed into the sun)...

Indeed, how would we know? I can't immagine a question that would not result in a stereotype; imagine if you were an AI and had to convince people that you were deserving of, not being switched off...

Interesting that you dismiss the role of religion in the meaning of life; given your copy-n-paste/quote... Don't make me break out "the parable of the madman"... 🤔 The thing he missed is, a dog doesn't choose it's meaning, it just accepted the meaning given in the place it find's itself; lucky dawg...

I can't be bother to read his post (no disrespect, it's irrelevant), I have explained in the post's above... Yes: Just because you can't find meaning, that doesn't mean no meaning exists; if you want to find your own meaning, pay attention to "all" of your teacher's (including the nihilist) and when you understand their understanding, you can decide for yourself what is meaningful; which circles back to the subjective nature of the question/s in the OP, and why they're essentially the same question and why you need to think about what you want answered. I just don't agree with your nihilistic approach to life... 😉

No, why would it? If that's what mistermack wrote, then you're both wrong... If you find peace in the twittering of a religion, how are they false or lies, and how is that not a meaning in life? BTW Twitter is a false religion, in case you were wondering...

How do you know? Is life for a partially sighted person any less real than a person with 20-20 vision? If so, how? FTFY Also, how is this relevant to the topic?

Ironic, isn't it???

You didn't read this did you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle If you don't ask the right question, you'll never understand the answer...

If make your cake with talc instead of flour you'll end up with a lump of rock, what meaning does that have? Read this before you answer.

If you make a cake, it only has meaning if you can eat it...

This word salad just demonstrates your confusion, you may as well argue that the universe has intent, and since this isn't in the religious section, we can dismiss God out of hand; unless we trace back any meaning to "me"...

Then you need to ask better question's and think about what you, "really", want to say.

I've never been able to smell how much I stink, and I don't wash...

It's actually the same question, philosophically speaking, what is the purpose of me? The answer to which is, learn from your teachers and then decide for yourself.

My car can do that... 😉

If you're sensitive to other people, perhaps you'll detect the benefits of a deity to them (God is made by people for people); God doesn't have to make a rock to achieve that.

When you fear the gun, don't walk into a firing range...

Of course not, you've entirely missed @iNow and @Phi for All point.

It's a question I've pondered for a while now: I love my food, the taste, the texture and being completely satisfied, the enjotment is X 1000 when I'm very hungry; so I tend to starve myself throughout the day (not very healthy but YOLO), the problem is, I also enjoy a JD. Now here's the rub; I sometimes have one too many and then eat; the problem is, the next day I can't remember the meal, I know that while drunk my enjoyment of the meal is no different to when I'm sobber (don't ask me how, it's a long explanation and tangential to my point). I'm me in the moment, but I'm also me because of my memories, so given this spectrum there has to be a point where the meaning of me is meaningless.

Why would Lord Kato want an extension on his mansion? He was smart enough to know that a well fed worker, neither has the time or inclination to challenge his privilege; Bojo doesn't seem to understand that fundamental social(ist) fact.

Many follies, particularly during times of famine, such as the Great Famine in Ireland, were built as a form of poor relief, to provide employment for peasants ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folly

policy: the art of persuading others to agree with what you want, whatever it costs them...

He's a bloviating buffoon, that we voted for; the tunnel is a mobius strip and the light we see is a train; maybe one day we'll stop kicking the can down the road and put it in the bin: that would be the end, until it's not... Politics is like two fleas arguing over who owns the dog their both biting.

Exactly...

Perhaps you need to live in America to appreciate the subtleties...