What do you keep living for? Is there a specific person, goal, or idea that you work for? Is there no meaning to life in your opinion?

Context: I’ve been reading Camus and Sartre, and thinking about how their ideas interact with hard determinism.

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    22 hours ago

    Unfathomable, and thankfully not something I have to worry about (there are animal shelters near you that will just give you a cat if you give them money)

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      11 hours ago

      Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work.

      For example, I’ve had fairly good success upon a range of animal companions going back to early childhood, but a few years ago, I made the mistake of taking on a ‘problem cat’ from a family friend.

      Such a beautiful creature, but she just couldn’t… settle down, I guess are the words. Now me, living with a terminal disease is already hard, but unfortunately, that rascal just turned it up to ‘11,’ bless her lil heart. So in the end, I had to donate her to a local no-kill shelter. Not my finest moment, but the lack of sleep was pretty-much the lynchpin, for me.

      I love cats, but I just… haha, kinda got spooked hard by that experience.