Meaningful: Something which can spark an intelligent conversation. In my opinion of course.
That's why there is nothing truly meaningful if you think like that.
According to the real meaning of meaningful, it means anything that has a purpose. The question "Do I prefer showers or baths" has a purpose - there's not denying it.
Besides, even if I were to point out your definition of it, what is the use of an intelligent conversation then? What purpose does it have if the random ones are useless? That's a contradictory situation.
Random: Something seemingly trivial. i.e. sandals or shoes, ect...
I would like to refer to the statement(s) I made above again. Sandals and shoes, and talks about them - all will have a purpose once you change your perspective, is it not?
Funnily enough, humans inherently see something accumulating as a good thing. Don't you feel happy when you get more money? While money serves a purpose, people also get happy when they get a higher score in a game. It's a weird psychological phenomenon that gives life meaning for some strange and wonderful reason.
Again, this actually has a hidden purpose which is either normally not detectable, or people just don't realize it, or people don't want to admit it.
You have no idea how much a high score in a game can give a person from a different viewpoint. The player gets a hidden respect from the others, and if they are alone, they get a sense of achievement. This in turn gives the person fun which gifts the person happiness, which is what human being's main goal in life is.
Try thinking about money. What does money actually give you? The ability to buy things? People still get happy when they get even more money than what they need to satisfy their primary needs which are the only ones they need to live. Why is that? Because they can buy more things as luxury. What good does that do? Give you satisfaction and fun, and probably respect and high holds in your society, which is a sense of achievement again. All this in added effect ultimately gives the person happiness, and that is where the chain of events end up. So in the end, life is a pursuit of happiness, and I love life because of that.
And for that, post count might give people their goals in a way, albeit a small amount.
That said, you joined in September 2008 and the difference between our number of posts right now at 6.40 p.m, GMT+8 is '3'. 747 - 744
Nice find, but just as much of a useless find. No offense, because I don't mean it that way.
BTW, I was expecting you to answer to your "If a tree falls in a forest" thread already. Don't you want to?