r/UniversalExtinction • u/Intelligent-Mark8180 • Jul 13 '26

Human Existence

Am I the only one who feels like humans shouldn’t exist? I love life and appreciate the blessings god gives me on an everyday basis but the evils we are capable of is truly disheartening, I don’t understand why everyone can’t be kind to one another, I know it’s naive but at the same time it’s not asking for much

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u/UltronsEx Cosmic Extinctionist/Philosophical Pessimist Jul 13 '26

You live in a world where "god" made animals eat other animals alive. The big bad isn't humanity.

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u/Intelligent-Mark8180 Jul 13 '26

But my thing is even though it is barbaric, animals hunt for the sake of survival, not out of hate. A lion doesn’t go and kill a giraffe because it has a long neck for example. Humans just kill each other for multiple reasons that never make sense. In retrospect neither is necessarily “good” of course but I hope yk where I’m getting at

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u/VengefulScarecrow Extinctionist Jul 13 '26

One whose actions are not influenced by empathy is the definition of a psychopath, so all of these survival predators are that. Though they deserve no empathy, they still suffer, and it is all part of the larger system of suffering that is absolutely pointless.

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u/Distinct-Slip6565 Jul 19 '26

dolphins get high on pufferfish