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[matt @themattchan]

@trannosaurusma List of four major cities I’ve practically spent my entire life in: “wow you’re so cultured and well travelled”

[matt @themattchan]

@prathyvsh @jasim_ab parents’ selfishness, stupidity, and/or misplaced altruism. The burden of life was placed on all of us by our parents who brought us into existence, thus, life is a “meaningless burden”.

[matt @themattchan]

The Human Predicament is the best book I’ve read in recent memory. Benatar’s arguments are sharp and his prose is witty and biting. Reading it felt like reading my own words were I had to write, say, an essay on the ethics of suicide (ch 7) or the meaning of life (ch 3).

[matt @themattchan]

@prathyvsh @jasim_ab I stand by my assessment. Life, considered as a whole, is meaningless. This is a fact. Human suffering is an extraneous burden that could be avoided had one not been born. And since we have no reason to exist, there isn’t no reason to be born aside from...

[matt @themattchan]

@prathyvsh @jasim_ab And the reason for this void, I submit to you, is because there is absolutely no reason for humanity to exist.

[matt @themattchan]

@prathyvsh @jasim_ab All you’ve done is to express a sentimentality about the modern world, one which I share. While technology is nice and all, what is still missing from the core of your argument is a satisfactory and non-circular *reason* for our continued survival.

[matt @themattchan]

@prathyvsh @jasim_ab of our body, including when to switch it off. No justice warrior can wrest that from a man from their moral high horse. Once a man of sound mind has made up the decision to go, however regrettable it is to others, the option must be made available to him.

[matt @themattchan]

@prathyvsh @jasim_ab 4. My central point to this argument is, that suicide is a fundamental human right, a corollary to the right of bodily autonomy. We have no control over the events that caused us to be born (e.g. parents having sex), but once we’re here, we must have a right to control

[matt @themattchan]

@jasim_ab @prathyvsh @prathvysh: I don’t have to respond to ignorant loudmouths such as yourself, but the common viewpoint should be debunked in public. So I would entertain a debate of a well argued counterpoint if you have the capacity to produce one.

[matt @themattchan]

(In case you were wondering, my views are that (a) life is a meaningless burden and (b) one must be allowed to choose when he wishes to leave.)

[Picard Tips @PicardTips]

Picard technology tip: Sometimes your chief engineer can build new systems that are better than your existing enterprise software.

[matt @themattchan]

@chrislpenner But sequenceA is such an eyesore to look at!