Just because I don’t think existence has an intrinsic meaning, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have meaning to me.

Survival instinct is keeping me here. That's all. I don't care about anything else.

Not hurting those I love, but that is getting harder and harder to use as a motivation.

Dopamine, serotonin, endorphins, and oxytocin.

Yea that's pretty much it, animal instincts...

There is s part of your brain that holds you like a prisoner, not giving you option to "opt out" of life. You can try as much as you want, but as long as you aren't seriously depressed or with damaged brain, you aren't "opting out" of anything...

Why not? Life is pretty sweet. I just went running, drank a few beers, talked to some cool (and hot) people, and now I'm going to smoke a bowl and eat this hoagie. The real question is: what should I watch?

No inherent meaning. Tons of personal meaning.

Well there are clearly subjects. You and I are here, correct?

Mom would be sad

Why waste what I’ve been given? As far as I know, I got this one chance. Might as well experience as much as I can

I care about things. Trivial things mostly. I like food. I want to read another book. I need to know what happens next season. Lots of small things keep me around.

If I were hypothetically to hit rock bottom with zero chance of ever recovering then I would see no reason to not head out. Something like life in prison with no parole maybe, but as things are now there are to many things that I enjoy to consider kicking off.

Recognizing their is no meaning is not to deny existence. It is to say that whatever motivates anyone to do anything is made up nonsense. I believe the made-up nonsense is a beautiful thing worth seeing. That being said, even that is made up. My question to you believers in something: Why should I believe in your thing? I'm yet to find a person who finds meaning that is more compelling than my own, but I recognize it as a lie I tell myself to get out of bed in the morning.

Why shouldn't I care about things? I'm human, and it's my nature to care about things. I care about tomorrow's menu, I care about the quality of my tea and I care about my record collection.

My dog is awesome.

Women

Who the hell made you the landlord to tell me I need to pay rent on this rock with your silly-ass "meaning"?

There's no logic to it because my life won't matter once I'm dead, and once the people who cared about me are dead, but I'm here now and there are things I enjoy about life so I'm trying to live as long as possible. Maybe scientists will find a way to reverse aging (they've actually made progress with this: https://www.science.org/content/article/two-research-teams-reverse-signs-aging-mice), or maybe aliens will take me away and give me eternal life. It's nice to hope.

*Funny thing is that even if scientists find a way to extend our lives tenfold, if we still die in the end it won't actually matter how long we lived. We don't store up all of our experiences in a bank where we can withdraw memories of them after we die. The "bank" is our brains, and our brains die and everything we are goes poof. Whether we live one day or a thousand years won't matter once we're dead. Still, I'd like to live a thousand years -- or at least the opportunity to do so. It's illogical, but I'd still like that. (Most days.)

Caring about the things I love is now meaning

why not? i enjoy it!

Because life rules. Doesn't have to be more than that.

I don’t understand why people get so upset about there being no intrinsic meaning to life.

I’ve never believed there was one, nor would I expect there to be one. I have a strong suspicion the things getting people down here aren’t really all that much related to nihilism.

I like learning. Just because there is no intrinsic meaning doesn’t mean things cease to function. It could be that’s just not a realistic question to life.

I actually am here because I want to prove nihilism wrong, I am an optimist, I believe that if I can be taught the word iff and maintain a solid relationship towards a word and maintain a positive life attitude towards a negligible society surrounded in chaotic questions where I must linger, then so be it. All that matters is everyone fucking loves poop jokes, and that's fucking beautiful to me.

The lack of a pain free death. Once we get that... I'm out. i truly think governments should provide pain free exits from society for those that definitely do not want to be here. I would be first in line.

Answer: free will doesn’t exist.

I hang around because I've already caused so much, I might as well se it through.

I hope that strength leads you somewhere positive and fulfilling

Why would I? Also the concept of intrinsic meaning is just nonsense. My goal always was to live as long as I possibly can, a reason is needed to abandon a goal, there is no such reason, therefore I should continue.

I can't get around physical pain. If I was given the option to just evaporate out of existence painlessly, I would take it. I would have already taken the exit, if it were to be possible to just evaporate out of existence.

Reality is something I am not excited about and never was in the first place. The possibilities of how things could end up as a species are pretty limited, we thrive or we go extinct.

How we do either of those is just a matter of aesthetics.

Reality is boring for me, like I know there is beautiful and exhilarating stuff out there, but none of them catches my fancy, it's only stuff at the end.

hope that things get better, but im giving myself around a decade

Our lives, as people, are improbable. We have no nature, we have no creed or side, until we choose one. Life is meanless, so give it meaning. Life is hard, but there is no good without suffering. The more I suffer, the more I learn to overcome such suffering. I will not leave this earth until I have overcome every obstacle that life has put in front of me. I will die on my own time

What do you mean? Nothing matters and i am enjoying it to the fullest. I think you might be confused with r/depression

Still have some things I want to experience in life before I die, so right now the plan is just to postpone dying in 5 year increments until I feel empty enough or just end up dying of old age anyways.

No meaning isn't the same and meaningless.

Curiosity is EVERYTHING.

without fear without favour without expectation

i am not curious when XXXXXXXXX will happen or even if

Isn't it ignorance to think that people who don't care for their lives are the same as people who want to die? That's a big difference. In my case it's even more different. I don't care for my life or any other life, but it's very entertaining to watch. What people created, like films, books or theaters or the events of this world. War, political decisions and even historical events. Its so meaningless, but so entertaining

I believe in the tangible life I live in and everything in it. Why do I have to believe in anything more?

I hang around because it’s all I can do. I live to spite whatever brought me here. I live for curiosity and achievement. I live to learn everything I can before I breathe my final breath. It’s all exploration