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<blockquote data-quote="MelaninWarlord" data-source="post: 68551" data-attributes="member: 428">[MEDIA=youtube]mGpXucUpMYI[/MEDIA]That video is pretty heavy—it definitely taps into a lot of &quot;pessimistic philosophy,&quot; similar to what you&#039;d hear from guys like Arthur Schopenhauer or the antinatalist movement.The main point the speaker is making is that life isn&#039;t actually a &quot;gift&quot; because we never asked for it. He uses a really wild analogy about kidnapping—basically saying that even if a kidnapper gives a kid a great, wealthy life, it’s still a crime because there was no consent.&nbsp;He thinks being born is kind of the same thing; we’re forced into a world full of suffering without anyone asking us if we wanted to be here.He also gets into some pretty dark &quot;cosmic horror&quot; territory. He mentions Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and compares the creator of the universe to the villain in that movie—someone who experiments on sentient beings just to see what happens, without actually caring about their pain.What seems to scare him the most, though, isn&#039;t death—it&#039;s the idea that death isn&#039;t the end. He’s worried that our souls might just be recycled or trapped in a loop, and that we might wake up in a world that’s even worse than this one.&nbsp;It’s a pretty bleak outlook that basically says existence is a burden we’re all just trying to cope with until we can’t anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MelaninWarlord, post: 68551, member: 428"] [MEDIA=youtube]mGpXucUpMYI[/MEDIA] That video is pretty heavy—it definitely taps into a lot of "pessimistic philosophy," similar to what you'd hear from guys like Arthur Schopenhauer or the antinatalist movement. The main point the speaker is making is that life isn't actually a "gift" because we never asked for it. He uses a really wild analogy about kidnapping—basically saying that even if a kidnapper gives a kid a great, wealthy life, it’s still a crime because there was no consent. He thinks being born is kind of the same thing; we’re forced into a world full of suffering without anyone asking us if we wanted to be here. He also gets into some pretty dark "cosmic horror" territory. He mentions Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and compares the creator of the universe to the villain in that movie—someone who experiments on sentient beings just to see what happens, without actually caring about their pain. What seems to scare him the most, though, isn't death—it's the idea that death isn't the end. He’s worried that our souls might just be recycled or trapped in a loop, and that we might wake up in a world that’s even worse than this one. It’s a pretty bleak outlook that basically says existence is a burden we’re all just trying to cope with until we can’t anymore. [/QUOTE]

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