Reason for living

[Oofie]

A few days ago, someone jokingly asked me what my reason for living is. I replied 'Lack of a better option', but it got me thinking. What makes your life?

Obvious things for most people would be friends/family/goals or whatever. But since this is G&S how about we keep it light and slightly materialistic.

Personally, my life would be pretty shit without black coffee, Cava Brut and Marilyn Monroe movies.

How about you guys?

[Besh]

My life would be nothing without my computer. Also no halo would drive me mad. So yeh....thats my reason. Also I have this fantasy of being an assasin, so i want to maybe carry out that dream. (I'm not joking)

[Dauntasa]

I live for only one reason: to make others feel like crap. I get this warm, fuzzy feeling inside when I ruin someone else's day. Its like getting high, except that its legal and the damage is done to other people's minds.

[Savvy]

My computer. It was the first computer I ever built so I have an odd attachment to it, I buy it upgrades every few months with smaller ones in between. It even has the original hard drive though it's small so I made it the slave drive to a larger 160 GB one.
Also, I really want to kill someone, it's weird but I just want to know what it's like to put a bullet in someones brain.

[Spastic]

Video games, clothes, and cigarettes are the finely greased cogs that keep my life in motion.

[Love_me_like_a_lion]

To help everything else run smoothly.

[Reo690]

To be the stupidity anti-virus.

[Relaps]

To be the stupidity anti-virus.

Mission failed.

I like to make people laugh and crap. I also enjoy movies like a motherfucker. Without movies, life would suck.

[hardcoresk8r69]

Video games.

[green rubber bands]

To pass my genetic information along.

But life would be shit without my books, music, and fencing.

[Battery Patient Xib]

Helping people, music, travel.

Don't really care for much though.
Basically everything that I need is emotional.

[gizzalove]

Internet purely because I'm on it all the time. Also music, photography, and it sounds weird but sleeping. I get most of my best or worst thinking done lying in bed.

[John Travolta]

The fact that I am a tiny seedling that will bloom into a magnificent flower.

[alrightDARLING]

The internet, as pathetic as that sounds. Milo, macaroons, Vegemite, though I've never tried it. My life wouldn't be complete without having visited Australia, which is where I'll get the Vegemite.

[Knight of Cydonia]

Skating, Muse and making people laugh.

[BlackNeonLights]

Purpose in life is to carry on your gene pool. Everything in between is just luxuries, or annoyances.

[Knight of Cydonia]

Vegemite, though I've never tried it. My life wouldn't be complete without having visited Australia, which is where I'll get the Vegemite.

Vegemite takes a very acquired taste to like it. I personally hate the stuff. Also how the hell do people in Canada know about Vegemite?

[Tempest]

I'm a pretty big fan of pornography on the internet, to be honest.

[alrightDARLING]

Vegemite takes a very acquired taste to like it. I personally hate the stuff. Also how the hell do people in Canada know about Vegemite?

Most people here have never heard of Vegemite. I heard about in on youtube. I have this obsession with Australia, so I'll force myself to love it. :ahe:

[LagFish]

I live so others live. Many people have told me they would die without me. I couldn't bring myself to take something away. Happiness away, that I didn't give them. It was not my choice to be in their lives it was fate that we met, and fate that I help them through the day.

Also, video games.

[iGavin]

My life would be completely meaningless without Coca Cola, television and movies, computer games, my best friend Alex, a simple pad of paper and a pen, and my ultimate desire to reach the age when I don't have to relieve myself manually and am able to have sex with a hot girl of my choosings.

But my one goal is really just to grow up, so I can get a job, travel where I want, and have complete comtrol over my life and everything in it. Totally individual.

[John Travolta]

I live so others live. Many people have told me they would die without me. I couldn't bring myself to take something away. Happiness away, that I didn't give them. It was not my choice to be in their lives it was fate that we met, and fate that I help them through the day.

Also, video games.

You should get friends that don't lie to your face.

[Zebbs]

I live to make people laugh. And to also get laid.

[Desert]

To make people laugh, and to become a regular on here.

[Zebbs]

To make people laugh, and to become a regular on here.

I'm fulfilling your aspirations.

[koots]

The internet, as pathetic as that sounds. Milo, macaroons, Vegemite, though I've never tried it. My life wouldn't be complete without having visited Australia, which is where I'll get the Vegemite.
I've found vegemite in Canada before, I like it in small quantities, like the size of a match book head is plenty.


My life would be pretty much pointless if I didn't get bucked around, have horses rear on me, or fall off horses. Not to sure why they are so important, probably the adrenaline.

[Zebbs]

I've found vegemite in Canada before, I like it in small quantities, like the size of a match book head is plenty.


My life would be pretty much pointless if I didn't get bucked around, have horses rear on me, or fall off horses. Not to sure why they are so important, probably the adrenaline.

Pardon?

[koots]

It's a you could die kind of thing. It's fun if you know how to stay on, otherwise not so much.

[RikuSaotome]

I live for fast food, fatty foods, or anything else that will ironically kill me off more quickly. But, to try to extend my life for more of those things, I live to swim and swim and swim more than any human should ever have to.

[Desert]

I'm fulfilling your aspirations.

I live on.

[spaj]

In order of importance:

Music; sex; science; memorable experiences with the people I want to be with.

[Shadowpriest]

Anything that revolves around the internet. If the internet goes down, my life (whatever life there is to WoW and COD4 online, if any) is over.

Video games.

That too.

[Quadros]

I live for adulation of the masses and the influence I have over people's lives. It's like crack to me.

[Dodger]

Other than music and dream to be accepted to UNC, not much.

[Voracious32]

To contribute something positive to society during my lifetime. Like a successful video game that doesn't extort violence.

[AdmiralTrask]

Uhm.. In order;
Getting stronger, Impoving my Martial Arts, Partys, Friends, Annoying emos.

[Grudge)86]

As one of my professors would say, "Makin' copies!"

So yeah, probably sex. Sex and everything else I enjoy doing.

[jewishjosh]

Right now, in all seriousness, in order:

1. My girlfriend/best fried (same person)
2. Knowing that I have so much to give to the world

That's all that's keeping me up right now. Life's pretty shitty, but getting better. When #2 fails, #1 keeps me on track. When #1 fails, #1 keeps me on track. It works. The list will grow as #2 has more success and hope. I'll add things like
memorable experiences with the people I want to be with.and doing some serious travelling would be awesome but it's not feasible right now.

[Profane Methane]

Coffee, beer, Aoife :shobon:, sleeping, reading, friends, familey, video games and fun.
Beer, coffee, friends and family are probably most important.

[Jiggz]

The biological need to procreate and preserve the species. Other than that my unavoidable nihilism renders all superficial reasons for living purposeless.

I do however enjoy feeding my brain.

[circlejerking]

I live because I think I'd get pretty bored of being dead.

Finding discarded photo booth pictures, falling asleep and not knowing it until I wake up, and laughing are some things that make life great, though.

[UnknownAnarchy]

Simply, my life is about watching movies, listening to music, wasting my time on the computer, and writing poetry. Yes, there's a lot going on here.

[petro]

Music is my life. I listen to music everyday, and almost everyday I play my drums or my guitar. Computer is very important too, because I listen music with it, and be in touch with my friends and blah blah blah. But to answer the question, music.

[Beefy]

My reason for living? Well I live for the sake of others. I am currently finding a cure for cancer, AIDs, and chicken pox. Serious buisness. I am also finding a way to finish world hunger and war while at the same time building houses for orphans. I also enjoy my computer. It gives me hours of entertainment im my meaningless boring life-less exsistance.

[Zephyrus]

Sex. Driving. Sex while driving. Video games. Swords/knives/axes/spears/blowguns/bows. Mythbusters. Dirty Jobs

Listed in order of importance.

[WookieRage]

I live to create music, read, and eat.

[PYRO73]

i live cause i annoyed god and was thrown into hell but then satan threw me out cause i wouldnt stop asking why.

but really i only live cause i need to know things, like how a toaster works, why palms don't get hairy, why dogs chase their tails etc

[Dresden]

Well, since we have to keep it light and happy-like....

video games. and books. and movies. Must be doing something constantly.

And food. I LOVE FOOD.

[xkittenxsocksx]

Knowing I could die any minute.

[RandomHeroCali]

I'm claustrophobic.

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[bluesquishie]

getting paid 35 dollars an hour for sitting on my ass making people annoyed on the phone.

[SladeMadeFilms]

As far as explosmers are concerned, I live for sex, chocolate, pizza and Jim Beam.

Oh, and of course, Cyanide & Happiness.

[kissthisrump]

Alcohol, that stuff that blares out of speakers, dramatic books, penises, passion and Kools - all I need.

[Kia_Dragon_Skullz]

I live because I have nothing better to do!

[fabz]

Music, women and to be creative. If I didn't have those things or couldn't do those things I'm pretty sure I'd go crazy and then kill myself.

[badumpbumpbump]

Because I'm afraid of what happens after life. It could be really shitty.

[Quadros]

Because I'm afraid of what happens after life. It could be really shitty.

It will be if you keep that up, HEATHEN!

[Drysen]

Living?! Wtf? You guys mean that you have a life? What is that like?

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[Awsumerthanyou]

Video Games and Orgasms.

[cosmosforest]

I have too many books to read to die anytime soon. That, and I have a few addictions (healthy ones) that keep me going from day to day.

That's about it really - everything else in life is just amusement between a book and a fix!

[sr_becko]

Life is pointless. I mean really we have all been created through a biological process but to do what, die. Really the successes in life are outlived by others after we die and soon enough it will be of no use because at the rate the world is going, earth is going to deteriorate

[Roxi]

That's incredibly depressing. What happened to light?

For me it would be books, writing, my art, and tea.

(On a side note, I knew about Vegemite from an old Olsen twins movie I saw when I was around 10 or so. They were in the witness protection program, had to move to Australia, and had a pet kangaroo. They had to eat Vegemite so the kids at school would accept them. It was quite a riveting plot.)

[Pieman]

Crack, its like video games to me.

Also, knowing that when I die the people at school will make jokes about my death

[theirishbottelcap]

all humens have the simpel erages to procreate . and suvive all outher thing are just way to obtain thouse to goals
( one coude say that surving is a nouther way to procreate

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[xmbxr]

I believe without music I would be killing everyone around me & then myself. I also couldn't live without books, internet, and a phone. So pretty much, I couldn't live without having things to entertain myself.

[gordanthefree]

To annoy the crap out of other people. To collect negative karma that is out there.

[MSB]

Well, besides the obvious answers of my daughter, family and friends, I'll go with:

Coffee, tea, cigarettes, music, the internet, and sex. Oh and the occasional Caramello.

[JamesKPolk]

To prepare my mind strongly enough, that when I die, I get myse;f stuck in my head, with time stopped, and me able to do anything and everything.

[DarknessEqualsMe]

I think life's all about hope. We live on, always hoping for someone else to happen. Once you succeeded in finding what you were looking for, you start hoping for something else.
Hope is different for every person.. some choose to search for hope in love, others in power or knowledge. If one is statisfied with what he/she has accomplished, he or she can just move on with his/her life and start looking for this new hope.

[TangerineOrange]

My reason(s) for living... Hmm...

My family, my friends, my wonderful boyfriend, sex, my computer, learning, reading interesting material, food, alcohol, music...

[Glock_Party]

I live for parties, pokemon, and sleep

[frescoSteph]

My love, my bed, HD TV, my job, my money, my want for new things.

That and food, water and oxygen dont hurt.

[Glock_Party]

My love, my bed, HD TV, my job, my money, my want for new things.

That and food, water and oxygen dont hurt.

Pffft food, water, oxygen who needs 'em. Live life on the edge baby

[MistyTehMoose]

Having sex, good food, sleeping, video games and the internet.

[Pelican Man]

Mostly to keep mum happy. Buying things is pretty cool, too.

[Jiggz]

Mostly to keep mum happy.

That's creepy Peli. Even creepier than your WWE figurine collection.

I am my own project, I live to perfect the imperfect me. Then hopefully one day write books about it and get paid shitloads to travel the world and tell people how easy it was for me to crank up the awesomeness knob in my life.

[Pelican Man]

That's creepy Peli. Even creepier than your WWE figurine collection.

I meant the fact that I knew if I were to die, how much of a strain that would put on her.

Also; fuck you.

[JonC]

To create, which links to everything else which is dear to me.

[Meli-G]

I live in the hope that I will do sumthing fantastic with my life.
Also I have a phobia of dying.

[Thrash_648]

Friends, Humor, My band, Music, and the fact that I don't know whats after life. Which sucks :P

[SomethingWitty]

Music, chocolate, and sarcasm are what I live for personally. But, in general, I think we all live for sex.

[ShaunAnator]

I view life as a kind of video game where things you do lead to gaining points and losing points. My reason for living is to high score.

[Mycroft]

Reason for living: other people
reason for... not living: lots of other people.

Humanity is my life's curse and joy.

Humanity is like heroïn, but would be cold turkey without Peter Hamilton, the internat and widdwe wuvvwy cats.

[WickedJester]

Life would be nothing without AvP, coffee, creativity and Meat Loaf music in my opinion. I could live without the last one for a short while, but I'd explode without the rest.

Lack of a better option sounds like a good answer too though. There's simply nothing better to do.

[Niki]

Rough sex, cigarettes and video games. Take these out of my life and it won't be worth shit to me anymore.

[ryuuzaki]

My top three reasons for living would have to be sleepng, Video games, and most importantly pissing off Diehard while he's offline.

[dungeonkeepr]

Driving and especially my dream of owning a '69 chevvy corvette stingray. But in the meantime I'm going with: I want to see what happens next, and actual get around to completing all my video games, I mean I've had some for years and they just get lost in the new ones. Coffee doesn't really give me a reason to live, but its there when things are bad, like red bull. Edit: not saying red bull is bad, just that its there too.

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[Haggis McSpud]

My reason for living is success^^ whether it's getting the hot guy to like me or passing an exam, it just gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside.

[Jens]

my reason for living is gaming and having fun and
i realy love to watch movies to so... euh

i dont realy have a reason for living i just do it :]

[ShadowFlame]

My reason for living is traveling. I plan on moving to south africa then going to london after about 6 months. Stay there for a few years. Go to tokyo. and so on.

[Jesterhead]

I have couple. Firstly: Music. Listen to it everyday and god... Without In Flames I would kill myself.
To act like a total Jester and making people laugh. I suck at making good jokes, so I use my Jester abilities =D Sucks when you have to get a girl though, in the same class.
Friends familiy etc.
Hoping to get laid soon.
My computer obviously. Candy, beer.
Sometimes just watching my dogs when they're happy. Can safe bad days and turn them into awesome days.

[Hawke]

Girls, Girls, Girls.

[Assassin]

I live to read Hawke's posts

[Hawke]

I live to read Hawke's posts

really? :douchecock:

[GJ_eurotrash]

I couldn't live without my friends 'n family, but it would be pretty crappy too if I wouldn't have my cat and my Honda mb50's.

[Srgsweet42]

I live for live

And to read Hawke's posts.

[Alcoholic]

I live 'cause life is pretty bitchin'. I have fun day in and day out, and even with the lousy stuff that happens every so often, it's just worth it to see what happens next.

[ShadowFlame]

I live for seeing what will happen in the future aswell. Like if we wont have hoverboards in 2015 and Back to the future II is just shit. Or if america will manage to make a hover car that can go higher then three inches in the air. Or if we have another 9/11.

[asphysciated_emus]

I live 'cause life is pretty bitchin'. I have fun day in and day out, and even with the lousy stuff that happens every so often, it's just worth it to see what happens next.

I live to read AL's posts.
Also, 'Life, the Universe. Everything, really. Fjords.' I live for going outside and feeling the wind, and the wind swirling my skirt, and staring up at the clouds. It's something I do extremely often.
I also live for playing the cello, and singing, and music in general.

[IHeartDT]

I live partially because not living sucks ass. I also live for music, and trying to make the world less stupid. If i have turned an idiot to a smartie before i die, I'll die happy (Not that I'd want to be a teacher. That would defeat the purpose, cuz i wouldn't be happy. EVER.)

[Vin]

I'm a robot whose sole purpose of existence is to serve those who show me the smallest amount of respect.

[Mr. Crow]

Spame was my reason for living.

Brb, killing myself.

[Mad_CAt]

I live because the alternative is unacceptable. But while avoiding that black hole, I love the time sink known as music.

[Gryphon]

My life would be nothing without electronics (ie laptops, ipods, phones, etc) and music. Of course family and friends are important, but since you said materialistic reasons, I decided not to include them.

[Derelict]

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

I am not kidding, either. I fucking love sex. I fucking love alcohol and marijuana. I fucking love music. I love having sex, I love drinking and smoking, and I love playing my guitar. Those three (four if you don't group the drink and smoke together) things are basically why I live. Work is a means to purchase those things (especially sex), and family are what created me to do these things. Friends are people who provide these things for me and participate in these things with me. Education is only a means to receive a better wage so I can increase the rate at which I do these things.

[pattard89]

Music

[Subways4life]

The Subway, my computer, any computer with internet in general, family, friends, explosm, Trainz Railroad Simulator, Etc.

[Desert]

The Subway, my computer, any computer with internet in general, family, friends, explosm, Trainz Railroad Simulator, Etc.

90% of your posts have the word 'subway' in it. You're too fucking obsessed.


Music, friends, and playing my 360.

[Subways4life]

What you say is all too true, Desert. Sorry if it bothers you.

[gizzalove]

The hope that one day I could change the world. Make something of myself. It's probably never going to happen. So my reason for living would be my family, friends and the people who care about me.

[indeed_i_am_not]

There are a few things I want to do, but I don't have an actual reason for living. Eventually my meaningless existence will come to a meaningless end, and the world will not even notice.

But, in general, I think we all live for sex.
Speak for yourself.

[notafan]

Chipotle and Taco Bell keep me going, as well as playing frisbee, running, and basically every sport. I love being active and I LIVE FOR THAT SHIT!

[DoctorButt]

Music,porn,energy drinks,friends,boys,girls,sex,candy,sugar and honey buns.

[shoryukentoface]

There is no reason for living. Life sucks and the only solace that is to be found is in my ever-increasing depression.

[Vir]

Real quick, how many people just thought of the things instantly?
Because I can't think of anything, maybe I'll borrow other people's reasons and say that's what keeps me alive, but I think its more just because nothing is killing me. I mean why die if it takes more effort than living?

[Amazingly]

Sex, girls, boobies, vaginas... when it's free. When that dries up, I'm outta here. But thank God for Viagra, I'll be here for awhile.

[timbot]

Places like this, and the schools I work at where, even if they dont' believe me, I can feel smarter than people who are younger than I.

Also, books and music.

[Vir]

I live because yesterday I opened a fortune cookie and it said 'your life will be prosperous' so Im just gonna keep living and wit for that to happen. :)

[TomTrainwreck]

To post stupid things on this forum is my purpose in life.
My meaning for existence is to solely be another number for explosm's fanbase.
Oh, and to eat as much chocolate and whore myself out as much as possible. :D

[timbot]

Can I add Lindsay Lohan movies to my list? Oh, and is anyone else using this thread to look for potential mates?

[Genidian]

Head

[ringadingding]

I think if i didnt meet my friends whom i have today, i would of commited suicide? I also need Ben&Jerry's Icecream!
Anyone else like ben & jerry's, whats your favourite..:hmm:
mine is brownie.. :think:

[RakStar]

Dancing, Work (yes I actually like it sometimes and I like some of my coworkers also), my precious little niece and my unborn niece or nephew, and of course the rest of my family.

But mostly, music (I will perish without my ipod), internet, tv, and movies. And lets not forget about shopping, thats what really keeps me going.

[suLopunkt]

I don´t know why i live. I think theres a redline from school to work which leads me. When my friends wouldn´t helped me what to do in some situation i think i simple couldn´t live on my own. My life is there that my friends can say they had helped someone and that´s okay and iam "really" happy about it now and can live with it.

[MrCheesPuff212]

My computer and ps3 which i use alot and banging lots of girls

[Metalhead636]

The infinite chances of making someone feel dumb.

[MrCheesPuff212]

The infinite chances of making someone feel dumb.



I agree with you on that

[miimii]

I really have nothing to live for. I have no marketable skills and all I do is sit at home on the internet reading Wikipedia and BBC articles.

[Mr. Wink]

Right now, in all seriousness, in order:

1. My girlfriend/best fried (same person)
2. Knowing that I have so much to give to the world

1. You fry your girlfriends? You sick fuck.
2. Like bargain buckets of your girlfriend?

I live for angel delight.

[HeroinMel]

Without all the cliche crap like friends etc, my life goes something like

Music > Food > Internet > Sleep.

Throw alcohol and sex in there somewhere and you have me wrapped up in a tight little package.

[Urser]

It beats being dead.

[Mirrorman]

It beats being dead.

I have nothing to add here. This is probably the best reason.

[WoeStorm]

I live to eat, as opposed to eating to live. Sleeping is a close second.