• flannel jesus
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    That seems not to be quite right to me. It seems reasonable to say "I do prefer not to have existed.", but to claim that in case one had not existed one would have preferred it, is a step too far. That my existence is unhappy, does not entail that my non-existence is happy.unenlightened

    I think you're reading too much into it lol. "I'd prefer" is just a colloquial phrase.

    But as T Clark points out, one's own happiness and preference is unimportant; it's other people's happiness that makes a wonderful lifeunenlightened

    Nobody would be missing much in my absence, and my life isn't wonderful.
  • an-salad
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    I am a unique and special little snowflake in every way
  • unenlightened
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    I think you're reading too much into it lol.flannel jesus

    I wouldn't be doing that if I hadn't existed - so think yourself lucky. :wink:
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