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by TameAntelope 1536 days ago
It's completely irrelevant, and spending time thinking about it is time that could be spent on any number of more useful endeavors.
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If you don't want to answer the question you could've spent the time writing your comment instead on "any number of more useful endeavors."

But really, it's not irrelevant. It's a valid question that can be the motivation for "useful" questions as you might call them.

It’s completely irrelevant. We could live in the back of a series of turtles and it would have absolutely zero impact on your life whatsoever.

That’s the very definition of the word irrelevant!

And I found it useful to occasionally challenge my assumptions, to see if there’s anything I’m missing. No hostility meant!

There are two sides of me:

One cares deeply about these kind of topics. Reality, existence. This side cares nothing about the rest (having a job, love, friends, money, etc.)

The other side of me cares nothing about existentialism. It's more pragmatic (get a decent job, have some friends, have some fun, etc.)

I keep a balance between both sides, because without the one or the other I would be just plain miserable.

So one side of me agrees with you. The other doesn't :D