I just rewatched The Good Place and I’m having an existential crisis… (again)

Like what if, everything I’m seeing is just a simulated reality of a habitable planet, but its all just part of the torture? And worst yet, what if everyone else is just a demon torturing me…

See: Climate Change, Politics, I mean wtf, I leave PRC, an authoritarian country, just to end up in another autocracizing country? (talking about USA btw) Like this seems like part of the script, this is a torture chamber. All the racism I faced, bullying, evil teachers, people olaying loud music in the middle of the night, shitty parents, random kids screeching throught the neighborhood, Everything. Like if this world is really a random chaotic universe, there should be both good and bad if things are random. But the overwhenming thing is just bad. This just has to be a torture chamber. My “parents” and my “brother” could just be demons in disguise trying to torture me.

Like IDK why I’m even asking this, all of Lemmy could be part of the torture, what if everyone on Lemmy is also a demon that are gonna dismiss my theory anyways. (Hello Lemming Demons 👀)

And you might say “Well if its hell, why did they let you know about such a concept”, well that’s the thing, it makes it more realistic. If a subject in this Fake Universe Torture Chamber wants to question it, the other “people” who could be demons that would dismiss the claim and just say “that’s a work of fiction”.

Oh yea btw, if this is actually The Bad Place, I have something to say to the demons: go fuck yourselves with your demon tentacles, ya basic

Okay I’m not literally saying I believe all this, but its a scary concept to think about. And now I can’t sleep. Thanks, The Good Place

  • Baggie@lemmy.zip
    9·
    2 days ago

    Look, we also probably don’t have free will, but we should live and act like we do. Don’t let the minute details keep you from getting what you can out of this life.

    • CarbonBasedNPU@lemm.eeEnglish
      41·
      2 days ago

      I’m pretty content accepting that I am a walking series of chemical reactions. Makes more sense to me than the alternative and I don’t really understand why it fucks with people so much.

      • Baggie@lemmy.zip
        21·
        1 day ago

        I’m kind of in the same boat.

        I think it can fuck with people that rely on self determination for security or self justification? At least the couple of people I’ve met that take issue with the idea seem to mostly be uncomfortable with the implication that their choices and actions might mean less.

    • ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I mean, I’d love to stop thinking about determinism, but… its not like I could just choose stop thinking about it, since I don’t have free will to choose to not think about it… ironic 😅

      • orgrinrt@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 hours ago

        But you can do your darnest. Drown all that existential dread and other stuff in either of these:

        • Stuff. Just things to do. Start hobbies and projects and get carried away enough to forget these, at least momentarily
        • Drugs! Alcohol included. It’s not healthy but you can choose to. You’ll probably forget a lot about all this, if you indulge enough. Not a recommendation, just noting this is something you can already choose to do, and for most with access to internet and lenny, probably readily available

        Have fun!