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[-] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 70 points 2 months ago

The purpose of life is to take entropy and push it somewhere else.

because it makes me happy to post this

[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

A level twist that they actually do so and still get crushed.

Just like real life.

[-] disorderly@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

At least pushing it is free :)

[-] davetortoise@reddthat.com 7 points 2 months ago

FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE ARROW OF TIME RAHHHHH

BEND THERMODYAMICS TO THE WILL OF HUMANKIND

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago

The purpose of life is to take disordered stuff, and order it, for a time.

[-] kopasz7@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 months ago

Life accelerates disorder through order.

[-] alekwithak@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The purpose of life is to stress test the simulation.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 months ago

Any idea we can come up with within the simulation has to be computable by the simulation itself. Since that is touring-complete, the simulation cannot predict its own outcome; therefore whoever runs the simulation probably doesn't know our fate yet.

[-] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

I guess we just keep on touring then.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[-] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Yes indeed, and I was making a terrible pun. 😄

[-] VoidJuiceConcentrate@midwest.social 18 points 2 months ago

the purpose of life is to progress entropy.

[-] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

To become crab

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

The purpose of generating hot stuff is to reproduce.

[-] jared@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

In comfort.

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

But Doctor, I already am very hot stuff

[-] Gork@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago
[-] LoonyLenny@lemdro.id 5 points 2 months ago

Shiny spinny things 😄

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago

My body is a machine that concerts big packets of energy into multiple tiny packets of energy

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

The purpose of life is to reproduce?

The purpose of physics is to regulate pressure.

[-] thethrilloftime69@feddit.online 8 points 2 months ago

Purpose is a human concept that is not a property of the universe.

[-] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The purpose of life it to accelerate the entropy of the universe

[-] brem@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The purpose of life is to is (or be)

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

The purpose of life is to increase entropy by temporarily embodying the decrease in entropy

[-] cattywampas@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The purpose of life is for the universe to experience itself.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

The purpose of life (heat) is to generate more life (more heat) in a never-ending cycle of heat generation until the heat death of the universe.

[-] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 5 points 2 months ago

We aren't generating heat, we're redistributing heat from the stars to everywhere else

[-] LoonyLenny@lemdro.id 4 points 2 months ago

All that we can do is just survive
All that we can do to help ourselves
Is stay alive…

[-] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I know I know this, but I can't quite place it. it's a Rush song, right?

[-] LoonyLenny@lemdro.id 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Red Sector A, Im going to the concert so Im learning all their Retrospectives.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The purpose of life is to post dank memes on the internet

this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2026
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