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Accepting that there is no meaning of life or that no one is ment for anything is pretty nihilistic. But that is OK, I have nothing against nihilism.
Back to your point, reproducing should be everyone's concise choice. Going "quietly into th night", choosing extinction, being selected out by evolution has always been an option. Just becouse trillions of your ancestors, dating back to single celled organisms reproduced doesn't mean you have to.
Putting all tomfuckery aside, depression and extreme anxiety is likely lowering human diversity and we don't even know how dire this will be. Humanity as a whole will probably adapt to this environment, as people too susceptible will have no kids. I did come close to removing my self from the game my self twice. Got lucky; got some good medication; pull my self out of that mass. Though I got old and somewhat infertile, almost missed my window. When you thinkig about stepping in front of a train, you don't think about having kids. That doesn't mean you won't change your mind later.
But you should make your own decisions. You can read the opinions of internet randos like me, but the decision will always be yours.
I never said there is no meaning to life. I said humans aren't "meant" to do anything.
There's tons of meaning to life. You just get to choose what it is. There is no single unified thing you're naturally "designed" to do. If your goal in life is to fold a million paper planes and throw them all off a cliff then go nuts. If it is 2.1 kids then go nuts, too.
Hey, I'm glad you got the help you needed. That's good. That's meaningful. That meant something. To you, almost certainly to the people in your life that care about you. Very likely to the people who helped you. Helping others IS a very popular meaning people get from life.
That's the stuff that's worth caring about, in my book. Couldn't be further from nihilism.
Got a bit intense in the "maybe people should take more time off" thread, but hey. It's true.
Good talk MudMan. Sorry that I dumped this on you! I have these episodes sometimes. You are a wonderful person.
Dedicating your life throwing paper planes down a cliff sounds very nihilistic though... Agree to disagree?
Agreed.