Rick and Morty - Finding Meaning in Life 

"...the only thing more terrifying than not existing or not knowing why you exist is existing and having no one to share it with." that's fucking heavy...

Your purpose is to pass the butter.

Self-awareness becomes destructive in the long run.

That fucking song triggers me so hard because of that episode. Jesus fucking Christmas man.

The meaning of this video was to make me cry.

Was high af and used earphones. 10/10

I discovered the purpose of my life at 40: Give, give, give. Not necessarily money, as I don't have much, but by being of service. Help, teach, volunteer. And the more I get in return. Wish I had known before...

nobody exists on purpose nobody belongs anywhere everybody’s gonna die come watch tv ???

I will always come back to this

This jus helped me with my mental breakdown

"If you enjoy the time you wasted, it really wasn't a waste of time." Just saw that quote on a comment from the Optimistic Nihilism video by Kurzgesagt. What a great message. And, honestly, if we did have a purpose, wouldn't that be more morbid? I talked in therapy about this, my doctor told me to imagine a world where we have a purpose and it is clear: Imagine being born and told your purpose is to farm for your entire life, or you have a God he tells you your purpose is to entertain the other gods as they watch you suffer. The only true joy is in knowing nothing matters and embracing it.

“Life has no meaning unless it adds meaning to another life” - lotanna

Dude you put the song when Rick tried to kill himself at the end? I came to laugh not to feel

the absolute irony is, quantum theory would suggest that the reality you experience depends on the perspective you have... so life is as meaningful or meaningless as you want it to be

"when you know nothing matters the universe is yours"

Rick and Morty taught me the meaning of life was to pass butter.........

Rick and Morty literally helped boost me out of my depression so that I could take the steps necessary to get better and what you acknowledged in your video is exactly the reason why

Rick and Morty potentially the most intellectual TV show ever created. I'm stunned by it. I hope Unity returns to Rick

Yep... Now i'm waiting even more for season 3...

Happiness is only real when shared

Something I found very interesting is that the show provided a situation which highlighted "purpose". The Meeseks were creatures which had a purpose, a single purpose which if they fulfilled they could be at peace or cease to exist. But if they didn't fulfill their purpose they couldn't escape existence. So if we had a purpose, would we not devout our entire lives to the purpose, failing at which we would be stuck in an eternal loop. Maybe thats why we don't need a purpose, the burden of not fulfilling a purpose is far greater than the joy of fulfilling one. Maybe the purpose of life is very personal and subjective. Each one is an actor on this great stage which is life.

That was a very thoughtful and insightful analysis of Rick and Morty. Also amazing job on the video editing, very smooth and watchable. I have no doubt that you and this video will become very popular. Great work!

Rick and Morty is an amazing show that touches on many aspects of human emotion. This show has brought me to tears several times. Tears of laughing and tears of sadness. This video is a great a introspective of the show. Good work.

"For having consciousness in a universe without any ultimate meaning, really means having the freedom to create your own"

#FreeRickSanchez

This video literally helped explain how I've felt about life for the past two years. Thank you now I can show somebody what I mean in a more relatable sense

My favourite scene from Rick and Morty about the question of our purpose is, not with morty and summer, but where rick builds the robot, who then asks: "what is my purpose" and then rick replys "you pass butter" and then the robot looks down at him self and says "oh my god..." with disappointment. I think this shows that it is a good thing that we humans live for no absoute purpose. I mean, just image if there was a purpose of our exsistence, it would completely crush our individuality, it would make us unfree and make all other efforts completely futile and irrelevant. If you look at space and deeptime, there is also no purpose to be found: The universe will end in dark coldness, everything will be forgotten, millions of stars just simply shine for no purpose. In human history, there have been many wars fought with millions of deaths and much suffering, and almost most of it is already forgotten in the everyday life of all other humans who are alive. Asking for a purpose of life is like asking for the purpose of a mountain. We can explain of what matreial compounds the mountain is made off, how high it is, what natural events led to its exsistence but it would be ricidulous to ask for a meaning of that mountain. Just the same with life: darwinian evolution through natural selection and random gene mutation, best described in professor richard dawkins books, explains the HOW question, but makes the WHY question completely absurd and irrelevant, just as asking what colour jealousy has - the fact that you can phrase this question in the english language, does not make it a valid question. We are pattern seeking animals, that's what our minds demand, and many people fall into this trap. Now, this conclusion seems to take something away from us and it does: It removes an egocentrical view of life. That means we are bound to one another, and because there is no absolute purpose to our exsistence, that means that we can make our purpose ourselves. Thus, everything we do, think and create is meaningfull (for us alteast, and maybe even others). So it would be the best to simply be, have sex, Increase human and animal well being, be empathetic, study science, try to progress humankinds wealth/technology and survival in the future, read intellectual literture, listen to great music, look at gorgeous art, eat the most delicious food, work hard to achieve your passions and goals, educate and enlighten your fellow humans, enjoy life and try to undertand not just everything around you, but yourself. This makes the shackles of an ignorant, warcausing and ridiculous superstition like religion, which has been invented 2000 years ago by iron age peasents who didnt even knew the earth rotates around the sun, objectively wrong and morally false. The scriptures clames are untrue and have peached hate, oppression, preducise and ignorance for thousands of years. Free yourself from this insane mass delusion and dont be a blind sheep. To prove my last claims, I recommend the reader to read atheistic books from great minds like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris.

Watch for Rick and Morty, stayed for the mind fuck. Thanks brotha.

Holly shit man! I watched the entire show during a depressive period of my life. No wonder I enjoyed it so much. Maybe, subconsciously, I could reach this message. Nice video! Excellent ending!

I know it’s been several years since you made this video but I come back to it every once in a while and I really appreciate your work, excellent.

Yep, there are a few of us sat alone at the end like that.

man your voice syncs with background, the video and everything was just perfect. I have to admit I need more videos like this.

The music at the end gives me sad flashbacks

Ironically finding meaning in life will only give you sadness.

"The only thing more terryfing than not existing or not knowing why you exist is existing and having no one to share it with" Gave me the chills.

When this show gets deep it feels so real ! No other animated show has been able to feel so real and relatable ! It’s the best tv animation show hands down ! Dark and profound ! That episode of rick city was the best episode I have seen of any animated show

This triggered a mini existential crisis for me...

i'm crying and high af

I’ve watched thousands of RU-vid videos but this is my favorite video ever.

you should upload more videos man, you deserve more subscribers.

Hypothetically if u take into consideration anything is possible, Rick sanchez actually does exist somewhere in this vast universe. #DAMN

i am glad i'm not the only one who was thinking "thats deep" over and over watching the show...also it underlines ricks similiarity to the doctor imho

I've seen this video more than 15 times! It helps me to focus in the important things...

6:05 ”Indeed, the only thing more terrifying than not existing, or not knowing why you exist is existing and having no one to share it with.”, such a good quote.

Left out the part that "I love my grand kids" is followed by a cynical refutation.

FALSE. All of Rick's actions have been to get that Mulan schezuapn McNugget Sauce. Everyone knows this

Only people with 200 IQ can understand Rick & Morty jokes. *BUT YOU CAN ANALYZE THEM, HOLY FRICK*

I live for in depth analysis' of Rick and Morty (Rick in particular) and this video was honestly so well made and gave me food for thoughts that I didn't even consider deep down, and man that fucking ending!! You don't just put Do you feel it and expect a fan not to cry, that's unrealistic! Uncalled for!! But in all seriousness, great video, I will sub to you.

This is existential philosophical ways of thinking. Our existence is meaningless but it creates the beautiful freedom to find meaning in anything we want in life. Jean Paul Sartre has great work on existentialism.

The last line just went through my soul.

I was little skeptical because of the somewhat pretentious title at first. :P But I really enjoyed the video. Great job. I'm really impressed by the editing too. I can't wait to see some more video essays out of you, dude. I posted this on /r/videos on reddit, by the way.

Very well done video man! Loved it. Even tho it`s kinda sad that our lives have no meaning, that does not mean that we cant enjoy life :)

There's something more pointless than life.. It's thinking about how pointless life is.

You are gonna blow up

This is why I love this show. I would also argue it's one of the most important shows around right now.

This is exactly the video I needed to see right now. Just knowing how insignificant all of our lives are and how small we are in the scheme of the universe has been eating me up the last couple weeks. This helped me feel a little bit better and regain some purpose. Thank you!

FUCKEN BRILLIANT SUMMARY

One of the reasons I like the show is for how much perspective it makes you take for the things explained in this video, it makes problems seem smaller .

Perfect analysis of what makes this show so special. Awesome job.

6:05 Hearing this really hurts.

I´m aware that I am a worthless piece of carbon created without meaning, for nothing, and that I will dissappear from existence one day and nobody will care... I´m gonna eat a taco...

Very well-made vid dude. Existentialism at it's finest. Keep up the good work :)

Remember watching this while super drunk and curious late at night. Hit me real hard in my feelings finally found it again after seeing a comment from another video that gave me a clue! Its been 5 years dude!

This was fantastic dude. I hope you really take off with these video essays!

I used to watch this show a lot when tripping on acid when I was younger. In my trips, I always had these moments where I sort of try to analyze and make sense of everything, be it the show or just my existence in general. There's just something bugging me, and I don't know what or why - but after a while, I had a "revelation". Not completely, but I was on to something. "Nothing makes sense, and maybe that's the sense I'm looking for - but shit, now I'm looking for it again." I could be thinking like this whilst watching Rick and Morty - and then I go: "Crap, I need to let this go and to try to pay attention to the show. What's going on here, what's happening, what's the context, what's the point of it, what am I supposed to understand?" I keep trying to make sense of it all (and failing), and all of sudden there's a sudden fart noise, and I laugh instantly and hysterically - and that existential dread fades a bit. Stop trying to make sense of it all. It's me. I'm the source. The point of life is simply to be alive. Enjoy it for god's sake. I could even tell myself that whilst tripping, and even though I'm "right", explaining it, putting it into words - is the opposite of the "answer" I'm looking for. It's not an answer at all, and if I stop looking for it, I'm there - or rather here. This is it. I found the "nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everyone is going to die, come watch TV", really comforting. It tells me to stop caring so fucking much. To stop taking life so seriously. The thought, the answer, is not the answer. It's the initiative. The letting go. It really helped me in life.

...and that's why this is one of the greatest shows on TV right now.

Dude. I found this completely at random, and it has got to be my absolute favorite video on RU-vid. Many thanks for creating and sharing.

Meaning of life is to recognize that you are not your mind.

Could it be that Rick C-137 is actually a Rick from another dimension that fucked up really bad his relationship with his family, and they all ended dying, leaving him completely alone? This way, Rick would go to an alternate dimension and replace his old dead self. This way, it would be easier for him to have the idea to replace another dead Rick and Morty when their world got fucked, and that's why he seems so comfortable doing it

you HAD to use that song for your outro *memories*

Idk why but this video feels so nostalgic to me. I didn't use to watch this guy neither did I ever come across this specific in the past. Matter of fact, I only found out about this channel today. Yet there's something about the style of the video, the editing, the narration - perhaps even the subject matter (not Rick & Morty tho) - that feels like a product of its time. 2016 circa RU-vid. I feel old; and I'm barely even 18.

This is a GREAT video! I need more essay videos in my life. Please consider doing more of these types of videos.

This video is one of the finest works I've ever witnessed in this lifetime.

4 years later and I still come back to this video. So much ❤️ for this 🙏

Have you read Thomas Nagel's take on Absurdity? I think it offers interesting and to be honest more plausible reasons for absurdity.

I know my purpose. Maybe I made it up, but I have something that makes me happy and I'm going to try and do it until I die.

this video gives me a little bit of relief when my anxiety gets a little to much...

Ok, if there's infinite timelines.... There's a time line where i don't clean shit, and get all the bitches.

Again... excellent production and narration.. however do u plan on making essays on philosophy only? 2 is a small number to predict a trend but got the feeling.. do justice to your knowledge and talent and please try other things too..just a suggestion. :)

that was a brilliant ending omg

Great video! Personaly I've had this kind of existential crisis with a nihilist perspective. But you always find small things that give meaning to your life.

The ending was phenomenal! Great video Will!

I really loved this video. You did an amazing job.

This video is my anti depression medicine

My purpose is stay alive the 90+ years left of rick and morty “Rick and morty forever 100 more years rick and morty”

How are all my little intellects doing?

6:06 "The only thing more terrifying than not existing or not knowing why you exists is existing and having no one to share it with"

The meaning of life is to give life meaning...

I started enjoying life the most when i realized that there is no real meaning or purpose . You can basically do whatever you want and what makes you happy. Only a small amount of people actually are living with that mindset. Love this show btw :)

This is why I love Rick and Morty. Not only is it filled with witty humour, plot twists and intricacies, it brings up existential questions. Also, You did an amazing job with this video, it was really well put together :)

This video was amazing!

The last line is the real truth. Loneliness is the worst of all suffering. I really feel for the younger generations that are growing up as only-children or with only 1 sibling. This is a sure way to cause loneliness in the future. Your family is the only thing you can really rely on in this world; strengthening and maintaining those bonds are essential.

I agree, existing with no one to share it with, REALLY sucks!

This describes why I love the show.

i see alot of people talking about how this video hit the spot or made them cry, well, this video also hit hard in the heart of an idealist who constantly thought about life instead of actually living it with those around him ...

I have watched this video for like 30 or 40 times. It's comforting in an uneasy way. It's comforting that I know that life is meaningless but as well as depressing too. One of the best RU-vid video. Thumbs-up to the content creator.

Jesus christ, that was good.

Incredible work and analysis! Does this show remind anyone else of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with its philosophical messages being explored largely through its absurd humor? :)

I always watch videos on 2x speed but your videos are the only one I play normally because I really love the content and like to take my time absorbing your videos. Thank you Will for such great material and videos!

Last year my whole life changed both outside in my personal life and inside, with me as a person. The biggest change was my loss of faith in both god and humanity. But I've slowly realized none of it actually matters, which I actually find comfort in. This video sums up my journey perfectly and how I think. This might be my favorite video on RU-vid rn. Also i love rick and morty