We're nearly 8 billion strong. Why should they remember me amid all that? And those people 80 years later are in the middle of their own lives.
I just hope to do some good before I go.
I just hope to do some good before I go.
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Does It Ever Bother You That No One Will Have Given a Shit That You Lived and Died 80 Years After You Die (At Best)?
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Not really no, infact it gives me more reason to make the most of what I have now, and leave as many positive impressions with the people I interact with in the present, since I could be making a relevant difference to their lives and interactions today, even if it isn't stuff that'll be remembered decades from now.
Point is, it doesn't matter if the things you do aren't remembered decades from after you're dead, so long as they made a difference or positive impact in the present. And I don't mean positive as in you cured cancer or changed the world, but even small things like taking the time to talk to your cashier at the supermarket, and asking them about their day or their lives or whatever, eg showing a bit of care or interest. Even small acts like that can make a difference, even if they won't be spoken of in the history books.
Point is, it doesn't matter if the things you do aren't remembered decades from after you're dead, so long as they made a difference or positive impact in the present. And I don't mean positive as in you cured cancer or changed the world, but even small things like taking the time to talk to your cashier at the supermarket, and asking them about their day or their lives or whatever, eg showing a bit of care or interest. Even small acts like that can make a difference, even if they won't be spoken of in the history books.
So what? No one will remember anything in billions of years either. For a person, the world starts when they are born and ends when they die, it's good to want to contribute to humanity and leave your mark but bothering about these notions is like bothering about all the injustice going on everywhere everday, you'd literally have to be mad at pretty much everybody always, yourself included.
Human life and experience only has meaning whithin society, the culture you live in, the people you live with an spend time with, the things you love to do, those are the things you should pay attention to and try to make the most of while you can because our time alive is laughably short and no matter what you believe in, the fact is that this time, this life, this experience as a person is unique and it's not going to repeat itself. So I personally don't care, I'd rather my descendants be busy with all of the above than reminiscing about me.
Human life and experience only has meaning whithin society, the culture you live in, the people you live with an spend time with, the things you love to do, those are the things you should pay attention to and try to make the most of while you can because our time alive is laughably short and no matter what you believe in, the fact is that this time, this life, this experience as a person is unique and it's not going to repeat itself. So I personally don't care, I'd rather my descendants be busy with all of the above than reminiscing about me.
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I'm not sure I'd be comforted by the idea that people would remember me even if I did do something special to earn it, tbh.
Like, if I were albert einstein, the fast majority of people would just use me as a 'super smart guy' archtype and otherwise make fun of my hair. That's what people actually remember, in pop culture.
Some greater devotees know some details of Einstein's life, like his rivalry with Tesla and whatnot, but that's it. Either way, nobody would actually know me like no one truly knows Einstein on that personal, human level, you know?
But the actual legacy would be the physics that people have built their understanding of the world on. But then again, if Einstein hadn't existed and didn't discover relativity, someone else would have done so eventually.
I'm sure I want some kind of legacy to mark the fact that I was here, but I don't think I'm overly concerned whether people attribute that legacy to me.
Like, if I were albert einstein, the fast majority of people would just use me as a 'super smart guy' archtype and otherwise make fun of my hair. That's what people actually remember, in pop culture.
Some greater devotees know some details of Einstein's life, like his rivalry with Tesla and whatnot, but that's it. Either way, nobody would actually know me like no one truly knows Einstein on that personal, human level, you know?
But the actual legacy would be the physics that people have built their understanding of the world on. But then again, if Einstein hadn't existed and didn't discover relativity, someone else would have done so eventually.
I'm sure I want some kind of legacy to mark the fact that I was here, but I don't think I'm overly concerned whether people attribute that legacy to me.
I see I'm in good company of not being loved, cared about or remembered in this thread. No one knows I exist now, tomorrow, or 80 years from now.
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I'll be dead and won't have kids. All I give a shit about at this point is if the people I care about, care about me. As long as that's a positive, I'm doing something right
Everyone lives. Everyone dies. Most of us don't get remembered. I'll save my deserved worrying/sympathies for the other animals and organisms, most of whom get hunted (deer), eaten (cows), squished (bugs) or hunted+eaten+have their entire habitats destroyed (fish), who it's actually worse out there for because of us
Everyone lives. Everyone dies. Most of us don't get remembered. I'll save my deserved worrying/sympathies for the other animals and organisms, most of whom get hunted (deer), eaten (cows), squished (bugs) or hunted+eaten+have their entire habitats destroyed (fish), who it's actually worse out there for because of us
Why don't we wheel that back to the part where you faked your death and go into a bit more detail there.
It used to, and still does a bit, but there's literally millions of other people in the same boat, so whatevs.
About myself, it absolutely doesn't matter. I definitely want my parents' legacies to be preserved/remembered as long as possible, though.
Yes it does so I'll make sure I write a book. I guess most of the shit-tier literature and art is due to talentless people wanting to 'leave something behind', to be remembered for something, anything.
Maybe your descendants will be important. You never know.
24 hours after release: "Yo, this game only had 400 levels? When's the next content drop? Lazy devs."
What's crazy is that it'll even happen to people now that it would be unfathomable to think about.
1000 years from now, nobody will care about Clinton, Obama, Trump, etc.
There's what? A few dozen non-Biblical figures from antiquity that are household names? Several thousand years of history and people remember maybe 20?
I work for an awards company, and even though nobody knows me or that I made the awards, it's neat to know that so many things I've produced is in the homes and offices of hundreds, if not thousands of people out in the world.
Plus I did some movie props, so there's more things that are in a few dozen movies out there that I had my hands on.
I thought that's pretty neat.
Plus I did some movie props, so there's more things that are in a few dozen movies out there that I had my hands on.
I thought that's pretty neat.
Hey, might not be true. I was looking into my family tree cause I'm a dumb nerd and I found out my great-great grandfather beat my great-grandfather and his siblings with a literal whip.
Literally the only thing he's remembered for by one of the few living people who know of him. Is that worse than being forgotten?
Literally the only thing he's remembered for by one of the few living people who know of him. Is that worse than being forgotten?
The ways you affect other people carry all the way down the line. You shape other people just by being around them, who in turn use your affect on them to shape others. Your name and identity might be forgotten, but your impact on others won't.
Passing the torch is more than just having kids or whatever. Or even being remembered or leaving a material legacy.
Passing the torch is more than just having kids or whatever. Or even being remembered or leaving a material legacy.
I don't really get this line of thinking.
Maybe nobody will remember me. So what? That doesn't mean I had no impact. If I do something good today, and that helps someone else or makes them happy, even if it didn't change the world or get me a wikipedia page - or hell, even if I don't know about it - it still made an impact. It still made a difference.
Thinking that you made no impact in the world just because time is a thing strikes me as disturbingly small-minded.
Maybe nobody will remember me. So what? That doesn't mean I had no impact. If I do something good today, and that helps someone else or makes them happy, even if it didn't change the world or get me a wikipedia page - or hell, even if I don't know about it - it still made an impact. It still made a difference.
Thinking that you made no impact in the world just because time is a thing strikes me as disturbingly small-minded.
I don't care about other people not caring about me, but I hate that I'm not existing anymore one day
It doesn't bother me any more than it gives me more freedom in how I view my life. Like, I'm halfway through or less at 41. Nothing matters in the end, not your debt, your credit score, what you own, where you've been, how much money you made, who you fucked, what kids you made, etc. You just sort of exist and know that you're this weird experience on a planet in a universe of billions of other planets so you might as well do whatever the fuck you want whenever you want and leave it all on the field.
Nah. I have a similar opinion on this as I do my own funeral. I'll be dead. Who gives a shit? Dump my body in a ditch and let nature reclaim it, for all I care.