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The reason I choose to continue living is that I only have one chance to inhabit a mortal body in this world so I’d like to see it through for as long as I can. What’s yours?

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't choose. To continue living is just the default, and time keeps passing, so I'm alive by inaction...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Choosing the default is still a choice. Why is the default better than the alternative in your opinion? Please don't answer that question or even consider it unless you already have an answer. I would rather not have to ask this myself to be honest.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

I don't have a full answer, so I won't try to answer it right now, but I will surely think about it during the next days.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

I'd argue "choosing the default" is not what's going on here. If you don't have mental health issues, you don't think that much about living/not living, it just is what it is.

It's be like saying I'm choosing not to listen to 80s Korean funk, or choosing not to go ski to the Himalaya. I literally don't care, and I haven't chosen "not to", because I literally haven't given it any thought.

Actually, 80s Korean funk sounds rad, I should give it a listen.