• Mr Fish
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    156 months ago

    Absolutely.

    A. Even with how shit the world is there’s enough good that exists for it to be worth it.

    B. If I didn’t exist, I would never have a chance to help improve the world in my small way.

    • @QuarterSwede@lemmy.world
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      Same view but I also have had it pretty good. Great family and support, passed that on to my kids, and I’ve had a lot of support with great teachers through my years so now I pass that on to those less fortunate and it just does it for me. It’s a great feeling helping others.

      Here’s your Christmas advice kids: care about other people, nothing else will actually fulfill you.

  • megane-kun
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    106 months ago

    I’m echoing a lot of the replies here by saying “No.” Even if I’m given a choice as to what kind of life I’d live, still no.

    Even if people say there’s a lot of good things in life, or that there are people living their dreams in this world, still no. I don’t play the lottery, even if I might end up with more money than I could ever hope to spend. The same logic applies here.

    There would be no me to regret not existing if I don’t exist.

    • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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      25 months ago

      What if you could choose to be born with absolute power, like an emperor of old, and mold society into the shape you wish it were?

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        I know myself enough that I’m likely to let that absolute power absolutely corrupt me and hence, make things absolutely worse for everyone around me.

        I’m not that good of a person to be able to be sure that I won’t abuse that power, nor am I wise enough to know what to do in order to use that power for the good of everyone. Worse, I’d fall under the delusion that I’m the only person with the will and power to able to do good, and that my ideals are the only ones that count.

        So, unfortunately, no. I must decline.

        • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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          25 months ago

          That’s very introspective. I need to participate in that sort of self-evaluation more often. Believe it or not, I think our silly little conversation actually just helped me IRL. Thanks!

          • megane-kun
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            25 months ago

            I’m glad it somehow helped you IRL. Best of luck to you!

    • Electric_Druid
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      26 months ago

      Not existing is neither bad nor good, existence is the experience of both good and bad things. Don’t only focus on the bad ones.

  • southsamurai
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    76 months ago

    I reckon so, yeah. Better than nothing, right? Been plenty of good with the bad. That’s about all a disembodied energy form could really hope for, after all.

  • IHave69XiBucks
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    76 months ago

    Funny you should ask because fetus me actually tried to hang myself with my own umbilical cord and they had to cut me out of my mom to stop me. So apparently i really wasnt looking forward to my time on earth.

  • @Godthrilla@lemmy.world
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    I mean, the universe is just an experiment in experience. Even with the bullshit, it’s better to have been than to never have been

  • @Tattorack@lemmy.world
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    66 months ago

    I’ve been through some terrible things in life.

    But yes, I’d still choose to be born. The universe is an amazing place, and despite everything that has happened and is going on, there truly isn’t anything as wonderful as getting to experience a small, brief slice of the universe.

  • @Etterra@lemmy.world
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    Oh fuck no. For my entire life I’ve resented having to be alive. You try being a suicidally inclined 7 year old and see how you like it. The fact that it’s impossible to ask someone if they want to be born is enough for me to never want to have kids, always had been. Forcing existence and cognizance on a human being is unspeakably fucking cruel.