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[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 2 hours ago

Being as comfortable as possible

[-] aceshigh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

To get as close to my true self as possible.

[-] ma1w4re@lemm.ee 3 points 4 hours ago

I'm on a life-long quest to finding the EXIT from this matrix. For this I have to become the supreme lord of Holy C

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

On a cosmic timescale, facilitate a world with minimal suffering and maximal fulfillment.

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 7 hours ago
[-] And009@reddthat.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Everyone is born evil, the purpose is to realise we're one. It's a long cycle and we've done well in the last 100 year vs 1000 years

[-] 13esq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Hard disagree. I think we're born stupid, that's very different.

Honestly, your comment sounds a lot like the "original sin" shit that the Christian church tries to push.

[-] And009@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Well I'm probably wording it wrong or you're reading it differently.

But, what I mean is every individual has their own journey towards their maturity when they realise helping others is the way to go.

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 8 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson
[-] somebodysomewhere@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Nothing. Purpose implies the potential for failure and while there are certainly circumstances that I would consider personal failures, there are none so great that they would invalidate my existence.

That said, I have a vision for my life and the state of the world that I would like to see realized. I want to see a world where climate change is taken seriously and recognized as the imminent threat that it is. It will be waiting on the other side of every economic crisis or war that man chooses to wage.

[-] BevelGear@beehaw.org 2 points 7 hours ago

I don't have one. I just do what I can to be a good person and that's it. And I'm ok with it.

[-] SpiceDealer@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago
[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 23 points 15 hours ago
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[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 11 hours ago

I used to be flourishing as an artist. Now I'm just trying to not end up in a camp within the next 4+ years

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 8 points 12 hours ago

ideally producing scientific research and art but in practice I'm just trying to minimize my own suffering :/

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 7 hours ago

Pretty sure that's what everyone is doing. It helps to help others, where we can, in my experience. Focus on love, beauty, goodness. We can hyperfocus on the ugliness and easily fall into the abyss of despair, rather than the abyss of freedom (within personal constraints, obvs).

[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 hours ago

To spend time with the people I love.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 9 points 14 hours ago

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago

To be exploited in every way possible.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

To spread my genes around, mostly

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Stop licking every railing in the Eaton Centre, please.

[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago
[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago

To work for some asshole and make just enough money to get by.

[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 13 points 15 hours ago

I'm just here to raise entropy.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

The purpose of life is to live.

My purpose in life is varied and technical and super-great.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 13 hours ago

Correct the mistakes of my ancestors.

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[-] kotauskas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 hours ago

Spite a bunch of fuckheads and make some cool software whilst not forgetting to have fun along the way.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 4 points 13 hours ago

To enjoy myself. What exactly that means, changes over time.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 6 points 14 hours ago

To reduce human suffering by some degree, even if it's insignificant in the big picture.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

To enjoy the world and minimize how much I prevent others from enjoying it as well.

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[-] mobsenpai@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

To end it peacefully

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 9 points 16 hours ago
[-] j4k3@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago
[-] nicomachus@programming.dev 4 points 13 hours ago

My purpose in life is to produce poop and pee. I work hard so that I can afford food and water so that I can eventually poo and pee. I have an urge to reproduce so that my children can also poop and pee.

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[-] Gebruikersnaam@lemmy.ml 6 points 15 hours ago

Currently just trying to be a girl, be kind, and trying to help the people around me.

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[-] Corno@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago

To be happy and enjoy things, and to make others happy in return! โค๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Œ

[-] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

To "live", and by "live" I mean experience and creat Art. I don't need more nor less.

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