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[โ€“] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This life is what you get. It's up to you what you make of it. Looking to external sources for "sense" or "meaning" is a fool's errand.

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

To channel some absurdism (usually attributed to Camus, but I don't think he ever said it), "The meaning life is whatever is stopping you from killing yourself at the moment."