I think I smell the facts of life.

Very interesting thoughtsI agree with many aspects, and want to look over it again, BUT: how can you argue that the past and future don't exist just after saying that our personal experience of the universe is what exists, which does include memories and expectations about the future?

DAVEGUPTA@GMAIL.COMDave20 months ago#137reply

Re: Very interesting thoughtsWe may have memories and expectations, but it's likely those are only memories and expectations - not actual events.

I guess my view is just that people seem to take the memories and expectations more seriously than the present.swb20 months ago#139reply

hmmquite controversial

but nice jobdad man20 months ago#147reply

Well, the past and the future are illusions based off our memories of how we preceive the past and our intentions for the future. But in life we experiance everything that makes the universe what it is, we just don't preceive it. Of course this would to give meaning to these things (past and future)and nothing has any meaning but what we give it. Thus past and future are illusions based off our personal meanings for them which are nothing. But then again, this is all nothing more than logical reasoning based off the above statements. And logic is the way we give meaning to the world, which is actually meaningless.Anonymous20 months ago#209reply

Keep up the great work!Enjoy!Greg20 months ago#220reply

Science is labels on things, then structuring the labels so that the things will be altered.

Anything is real which has an influence on anything else, but there are realms of influence that don't influence other realms of influence. Thus, the pen is mightier than the sword, but not in a swordfight.BlueNight19 months ago#403reply

wowI wish I could just write like this for my English exam.DuBistKomisch19 months ago#430reply

42 is the answer. like always leo18 months ago#528reply

I thinkI love you.J18 months ago#563reply

You just summed up life. Thank you. No, really, thank you. A18 months ago#576reply

http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee253/thebrawl/fm/the-facts-of-life/the-facts-of-life-072.png

second to last word should be "than"

proper spelling keeps the message magicalAnonymous18 months ago#579reply

Oh noIme lucing mye majik!swb18 months ago#580reply

You get exactly what you deserve? I just read about Iranian girls who were shot in the face with acid because they went to school. How did they deserve that?soliss18 months ago#589reply

@solissYou get exactly what you deserve in the physical sense, not in the moral sense. If you walk off a cliff, you'll face the consequences. If you walk past a murderer, you'll face the consequences. It's horribly unpleasant, but it's how life works.

Nobody gets what they deserve in the moral sense, especially people like those girls in the example you gave. The only moral justice is the justice we take. The universe is indifferent and the laws of physics have never been observed to change in favor of a good person.swb18 months ago#590reply

Actually..Mushrooms taught me these thingsStrudel17 months ago#959reply

WowThat's pretty mind blowing.

Just one thing though: we didn't get in for free, in order to get this life we raced against millions.

Other than that... just.... wowAlyx17 months ago#986reply

Anonymous replied 17 months ago.

@ anon up near the top xDmissing the n in than is a foolish mistake making it funny and saying he is a foolJosh =]17 months ago#991reply

Extremely well written.c.b.17 months ago#994reply

In reply to Alyx, comment #986:

we didn't race against millions at all, if you're talking about the first sperm cell to reach the egg, then that doesn't count b/c at that point "you" wouldn't actually be anythingAnonymous17 months ago#1111reply

well said sirAnonymous16 months ago#1229reply

lost me after the first sentence. Anonymous16 months ago#1340reply

Anonymous replied 8 months ago.

You actually think quite similarly to me, well said sir.Duck16 months ago#1401reply

I 'know' you don't like the comparison, and I'm not making it because of your stick figure characters, but more for your writing style. I am very much reminded of XKCD when I read your strip. Anonymous15 months ago#1698reply

swb replied 15 months ago.

Anonymous replied 15 months ago.

7 replied 5 months ago.

In reply to Anonymous, comment #1698:

No, it's okay. So. Which xkcd strip does this remind you of?swb15 months ago#1728reply

Anonymous replied 15 months ago.

In reply to swb, comment #1728:

I don't think he meant this strip specifically. I think he meant your comic in general. And he has a good point. The two are rather similar.

But that's not a bad thing. I just discovered this comic and frankly it's just as awesome as xkcd, and I'll be reading both from now on.

Keep up the good work. =)Anonymous15 months ago#1770reply

Fun timesmy "now" dictated me to to thank you for being awesome.

I shall now go forth and dance :D

p.s. (awesome = smart, clever, funny, witty, entertaining, compelling, cool, uncool in a cool way, interesting, addictive in a way, awesome. ... haha now you are in a loop.) Nikita15 months ago#1808reply

In reply to Anonymous, comment #1698:

Because they are stickmen. Randall Munroe isn't the only one with the ability to draw circles and sticksAnonymous15 months ago#1863reply

tl;drAnonymous15 months ago#2005reply

this was amazingAnonymous14 months ago#2011reply

If you ever start a religion, can I be the first to get some kool-aid? Seriously, I see it now.. the church of now. Mass would be whenever, it would end, well, whenever. I am going to memorize these thoughts, as I am amazed at the familiarity of the subject matter. I unfortunately, unlike the author, lack the ability to string it all together that concisely :P Tim14 months ago#2114reply

Aaaaand, now I have "Everything You Know Is Wrong" by Weird Al stuck in my head.Anonymous13 months ago#2185reply

Thank you. This was inspiring on many various levels. I cannot even begin to describe the utter awe I am feeling right now. I agree almost wholeheartedly with everything that was stated, and you have officially been bookmarked.

I wish you the best.Nick13 months ago#2230reply

I loveAmazing.. I will send my buddies to the page...Face11 months ago#2312reply

you should add one of those thumbs up/down things.

and as always awesome work, very inspiring. =]whoa so many comments10 months ago#2460reply

I have been of these same beliefs for a while now. Its good to know that I am not alone. You sir, have given me hope.Brooks10 months ago#2522reply

been reading backwards from the newest post...

you sir, are very talented

keep up the good work

jrizz10 months ago#2555reply

When i saw it...... i shit bricks. This is immensely what i needed to see right now. what i needed to see in order to get my mechanism ticking again. That's because i am having the worst three months of my life. Thank you.Laevian9 months ago#2632reply

thank you for this, i’m still merrily chuckling at the line

“humans are probably the first species on this planet with the capability to believe and maintain complex systems of nonsense at will”

very well put sir . . .

and very essential to the pedestal we totter upon

finite jester8 months ago#2662reply

In reply to Anonymous, comment #1340:

Good. If you don't have the patience to read it, you don't deserve its wisdom.Anonymous8 months ago#2700reply

my head hurts....Katrina Somers8 months ago#2708reply

Just out of curiosity, do you read Terry Pratchett? Douglas Adams is obvious, but the elephants and turtle could just be a similar stringing together of ideas...Anonymous8 months ago#2709reply

swb replied 8 months ago.

In reply to Anonymous, comment #2709:

Never read any Terry Pratchett. Why?swb8 months ago#2713reply

I... love you. No, really. This has been one of the most awesome five minutes of my life.Chubbles8 months ago#2714reply

This comic should be reproduced in song by Kraftwerk.Anonymous7 months ago#2726reply

thanks for the great thought food!

and yes, i mean it..RushArt7 months ago#2748reply

Wow, just wow. I love your writing style Anonymous6 months ago#2791reply

a good thought....touching....we can be anything we want to beAnonymous5 months ago#2832reply

In reply to Anonymous, comment #1698:

Great minds think alike. In this case.75 months ago#2835reply

very cute..enjoyed your rant immensely..peace:)pearl5 months ago#2841reply

Hey, this is pretty awesome. Especially the parts about accomplishing goals. Bravo!BK4 months ago#2899reply

Minus the touchy-feely you-can-do-anything, life-is-fair crap, this was golden.

Especially the bit about "life is meaningless." Since nothing really matters, it's up to each individual to decide what matters to them. enigma1 month ago#2919reply