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by anon84873628 1000 days ago
>I consider universe a random and chaotic place. In that worldview, there is nobody to be grateful/thankful to, so the practice of gratitude doesn't make sense.

Grateful for the outcome of the cosmic dice roll.

Or really just relief that things aren't a lot worse.

The dictionary definition isn't the only meaning of a word.

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> Grateful for the outcome of the cosmic dice roll.

To whom, the cosmos? Cosmos is not a person. You can personify it if you want, sure, but that doesn't make sense to me.

> The dictionary definition isn't the only meaning of a word.

Which is exactly why I'm asking for what people mean when they say stuff.