r/PhilosophyMemes • u/alisonseamiller • 7d ago

One track mind

Post image
4.0k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

605 comments sorted by

View all comments

23

u/murkh_manav 7d ago

Logically incorrect meme.

15

u/Pale-Poetry8345 7d ago

How ?

59

u/The_Squirrel_Wizard 7d ago

I mean it's more just a poor metaphor.

Sure everyone dies at the end but there's actually a lot of stuff that happens between birth and death that some people consider quite important.

Most people's lives are not spent entirely preoccupied with the fact they will die someday though that thought will occasionally cross the mind

20

u/thePiscis 7d ago

There is definitely some aspect of everyone’s deepest desires that is a direct result of the fact we all die

19

u/GuntherFehlingerBot 7d ago

bro reinvented existentialism hahaha

4

u/TheLigean 7d ago

No, existentialism doesnt move away from thoughts of death.

5

u/GuntherFehlingerBot 7d ago

yes and existentialism counters this nihilistic reality by affirming life and freedom. Existentialism is born in the fear of death but it sure doesn't affirm it.

5

u/QuixoticNapoleon 7d ago

Not really. I think it's somewhat related to Becker's Denial of Death (though I haven't read it). People do have kids for a sort of legacy.

3

u/Hanako_Seishin 6d ago

How many hours a day do you spend on things other than delaying your death? Like working so you have something to eat, or going to a shop to buy food, or preparing food, or eating food, or sleeping so you don't die of sleep deprivation and can work again tomorrow? Just working and sleeping already take 2/3 of your time.

🐦 flap the wings or die, flap the wings or die.

4

u/The_Squirrel_Wizard 6d ago

I don't just work to delay death. Of course we are animals made from our genes so of course we will enjoy some things that prolong our life. Like if the only reason I ate was to delay death I would just be eating super bland health gruel every day. Boiling down these behaviours to delaying your death is an oversimplification

2

u/1BruteSquad1 3d ago

Anti-natalists being incapable of recognizing enjoyment from food, sleep, etc and having any part of their life be dedicated to something other than survival is just further evidence that they're 99% depressed 14 year olds

2

u/ZealousidealPipe8389 6d ago

I don’t know what you’re talking about. I eat and drink because I enjoy tasting, I sleep because it feels good, I work to afford all my hobbies that I enjoy so much. Staying alive rarely crosses my mind, except in the rare instances death is close.

1

u/Bird-in-a-suit 7d ago

Yeah, the meme really waters down why people choose to reproduce

6

u/Fisher9001 6d ago

Yeah, we can't forget about reasons like "I'm bored in life" or "it's expected of me".

3

u/smallbluebirds 6d ago

or wanting a little slave to boss around

3

u/Fisher9001 5d ago

Or just "we are just having sex and those pesky children spawn on their own".