Venting Reality Is Not a Gift — It’s a Slaughterhouse

[Darkover]

People love to call life a blessing. They romanticize nature. They speak of existence like it's sacred. But reality doesn't care what we call it—it just keeps grinding.

In the wild, most new lives are over before they begin.

• Sea turtles? Only 1 in 1,000 hatchlings make it to adulthood. The rest are torn apart or left to rot.
• Frogs and fish? Mortality over 99%. Eggs become food. Larvae die en masse.
• Songbirds? 70–80% of chicks never make it.
• Rodents? 80%+ of young are dead within weeks.
• Deer fawns? 30–70% killed by predators, cold, or hunger.
• Zebra calves? 30–50% don't survive their first year—hunted, lost, or trampled.

This isn't the "circle of life." It's a meat grinder. Nature is a numbers game where agony is the rule, and survival is the fluke. It's mass production of life to fuel mass suffering and death.

And humans? We're not exempt. We suffer mentally, emotionally, physically—often from the day we're born. We exist in a world that breaks people. Some find moments of joy. Some are born into privilege or comfort. But let's be honest: that's the minority.

So why do we let the perspective of a privileged few define the value of existence?

Why is the narrative of "life is beautiful" allowed to dominate when the vast majority—not just of humans, but of all sentient beings—live and die in misery? When billions are born into suffering with no real hope of escape?

It is immoral to let the fleeting happiness of a few outweigh the immense, ceaseless pain endured by the many.

This universe is not a miracle. It's a massacre. And pretending otherwise is not optimism—it's complicity.

 

[yomander369]

I used to think life was beautiful , and it was when I was healthy. I was one of the lucky ones: successful, great sex, fit body. Close friends. But it came crashing down and I realize now that what you are saying is true.

Nature is indifferent to suffering. What happens simply happens, just because. There's no great purpose. Consciousness is probably an evolutionary trick to incentivize continued existence. It's all just a giant happenstance.

Peaceful death, a return to nothingness is a gift that should be available to all people who have endured too much and have no hope for improvement. It's compassionate, the best we can do.

 

[Darkover]

I used to think life was beautiful , and it was when I was healthy. I was one of the lucky ones: successful, great sex, fit body. Close friends. But it came crashing down and I realize now that what you are saying is true.

Nature is indifferent to suffering. What happens simply happens, just because. There's no great purpose. Consciousness is probably an evolutionary trick to incentivize continued existence. It's all just a giant happenstance.

Peaceful death, a return to nothingness is a gift that should be available to all people who have endured too much and have no hope for improvement. It's compassionate, the best we can do.

Well said
A peaceful death, the right to bow out, to stop suffering, to return to nothingness, should be a basic act of compassion. When someone has endured enough—when their pain outweighs the moments of light—it's not weakness to want out. It's rational. It's humane. It's mercy.

 

[Pale_Rider]

Life is a gift for some, a hell for others.

 

[Darkover]

Life is a gift for some, a hell for others.

Hell for most on this wretched earth

 

[divinemistress36]

Are most people happy? I cant tell they look mostly stressed out to me

 

[Darkover]

Are most people happy? I cant tell they look mostly stressed out to me

well apparently most people are happy except they hate their job

 

[divinemistress36]

well apparently most people are happy except they hate their job

Our brains are sure wired different then

 

[Britney Spears]

If we had been born as pigs or other animals, we would be slaughtered to feed humans. But we were born human, unfortunately. And if we were pets, they'd surely give us a peaceful death. How envious I am. I wish I were a dog. When mine died, they gave him pentobarbital. May he rest in peace. But how envious I am.

 

[luvpup]

you say everything how i feel about it, it makes sense and i feel less alone reading what you have to say. im so sick of the pretending everyone does..