People have popularized the saying “life has no meaning” and treating it as some depressive truth.

First, meaning is not an objective thing to discuss - it’s a thing that depends on perspective, for example philosophers like Nietzsche and David Wallace have developed a nihilistic view, whereas people like Camus and Habot have developed a more positive or as some might say ignorant view. The definition of “meaning” and “truth” and other fancy vague words just depend on morals, community, and your emotions. It’s something that varies between everyone and is not a suitable subject to academically discuss or debate.

I mean, who gave these people the right to define such a big concept?

The reason we yearn for “meaning” so much is just because we are biologically inclined to, we want to fit into a community, we want a goal or a thing to work towards, we need these things (for example religion) to maintain a harmonious and orderly society. It’s just how we’ve evolved. The entire concept of meaning and truth is a human thing, not a universal ultimate truth thing, it’s simply an illusion in our minds. The universe was not created for a purpose - it simply just came to existence. Like the quote - at first there was nothing but nothing was unstable so there was something. Nothing in this world can be discussed under “has meaning” or “does not have meaning”, since meaning is not a concept in the world in the first place, it’s not a measurement we can place on things.

It’s also not really something to be depressed about, really, you’re nothing, and what is so wrong with that? You don’t need to “matter to the universe” to get an ego boost to be happy.

Some people have told me “well if there’s nothing to work for why we don’t just kill ourselves?” And my response to that is literally “Sure. That’s an option too.” That’s it. Really, it doesn’t matter, you can do anything, it’s seriously your choice and if that’s your mindset then go for it (I’m not encouraging suicide, simply just justifying the concept). Why do we treat suicide as such a big thing? If someone is in pain or feels insignificant or depressed or whatever, they should have the right to kill themselves. No one exactly asked to be borne. Some people have also told me “but suicide is selfish, because it hurts the people around you”, and my response to that is 1. It’s still your choice. It’s your thing, and if you’re only considering others when you are in so much pain, then we’ll, you’re overly altruistic, and that’s not good either. 2. If you’re at the point of suicide, I’m pretty sure your pain is worse than the pain the people around you will go through. It’s okay to stop wanting to exist, even if it might hurt others. Still though, not encouraging suicide, if you have suicidal thoughts, you can still get help. I’m simply just trying to challenge the concept of treating death as such a huge thing. I’m kind of just arguing for arguing’s sake, really.