Existential Crisis

What is your purpose?

Your purpose is whatever you make it. Next question?

I am Mike, catcher of fish. My purpose is to catch fish and make fun of my brothers for not catching as much fish, or as big fish as I. 

At least, that is what my brain thinks right now. I'm ready for the weekend.

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I dunno I just work here.

With self-extermination (nukes, super-disease, etc), significant evolution (integration of machine and human to make cyborgs), and even humans who live forever (anti-aging science) all seemingly plausible outcomes in the next few years, it is therefore also plausible that we are the some of the last born generations of homo sapiens.

How does it feel to be the last of a species?

Leave it better than you found it.  Teach those younger than you how to do the same. That's how you establish a legacy.

My purpose?

Crush my enemies.

See them driven before me.

Hear the lamentation of their women.

I'm here to live out my days in as enjoyable a fashion as I can without making myself a burden to others.

In reply to Robbie :

I’m ok with it. We certainly don’t seem to be improving any we may as well let the robots take a stab at it.

I have a special purpose. 

To pass butter.

Provide an environment that lets my kids grow up into good adults. Keep us moving ever toward the point where my wife can give corporate life the finger if she chooses (even though she loves her job). If anything is left over time/money wise after those two goals, my whole purpose is to play. 

To seek the Holy Grail.

I guess make the better half happy, take care of her and the animals. 

My philosophy minor isn't helping much here. 

In reality, who cares. Do you and who cares about the rest?

I'm pretty sure it's to serve as a bad example.

WilD said:

What is your purpose?

I'm just here to kick ass and chew gum...  And I'm alllll outta gum.

My true purpose of my life is to serve as a warning to others.

to use oxygen and expel CO2

To amuse people at this point. 

My purpose is to use my gift of loving.  I have a truckload of it.

My higher purpose is to set boundaries around where my sharing love becomes losing myself in that love.

I will get there.

JoeTR6 said:

To seek the Holy Grail.

What is the capital of Assyria?

Hungary Bill said:

JoeTR6 said:

To seek the Holy Grail.

What is the capital of Assyria?

What is your favorite color?

Navin R. Johnson (suddenly yelling in a mixture of shock and excitement): Wait a minute - what's happening to my special purpose!?

Patty Bernstein (in a passionate voice): What's your special purpose?

Navin R. Johnson (still yelling): Well, when I was a kid my mom told me... there goes my special purpose! And someday I'd find out what my special purpose was!

Patty Bernstein: Today's the day!

STM317 said:

Leave it better than you found it.  Teach those younger than you how to do the same. That's how you establish a legacy.

Mine is basically this combined with a touch of the Tony Stewart school of philosophy