Why is it good that you exist and why should we care?

I ask this because I need to answer this question for myself and want to copy off your answers instead of actually introspecting.

  • Lucy [she/faer]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 days ago

    When I meet people who share my ideals and principles, it feels like finding an oasis in a desert.

    It’s very likely that other people think the same of me. My existence ensures that some people won’t feel alone in this world.

  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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    16 days ago

    I didn’t ask to exist. I exist and you are not required to care. Whether my existence is good is a philosophical debate.

    However showing empathy and understanding to your fellow sapients is a virtue.

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM
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    17 days ago

    I already exist, and that’s enough justification on its own. Whether you care or not doesn’t make a difference.

    Now, swap around “I” and “you”.

  • rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 days ago

    I exist because the world existed before I did. My existence is neutral, it is my actions that determine good or bad. I am capable of unparalleled compassion and kindness, but I’m also capable of unimaginable cruelty. Choosing not to care about these capabilities is why we have some truly terrible people throughout the world. Therefore it is my duty to care for myself and others around me, to reduce cruelty in the world.

  • wakko@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Why is it good that you exist and why should we care?

    It isn’t and you shouldn’t.

    I didn’t choose to exist. I’m just making the best of the decision that was made for me. Just like everyone else.

    I think that the goal most humans should have for themselves is to leave the world better off in some way than you found it. If you can manage to do that, your existence is worthwhile. Everyone else ought to get fed feet-first into the nearest woodchipper.

  • bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    Always wanted to be on an episode of Red Dwarf.

    I mean, I was literally forced into existence by a family of racist people. I’ve had so many opportunities taken from me and held back against me because of the color of my skin. I’ve had so many of the people that are supposed to be my family who are supposed to be there to support me work actively against my future happiness rather than not doing that because of the color of my skin.

    And now that I’m an adult, I got away from them. I make more money than any other person in my family. I’ve bought my own house as a single adult man. And I have money to burn.

    I have proven that I have worth and value to people in the world who do not choose to actively be against me.

    There is a part of me that honestly believes that no amount of self-worth that you assign to yourself is worth the same caliber as the worth other people assign to you and other people have assigned to me worth enough to be one of the wealthiest people I know.