A Dialogue...

"Hi"
"Do I know you?"
"No, that's why I came over here, to introduce myself"
"Well congratulations, you've achieved so much"
"That's one way to put. My name is Jonas."
"That's an odd name."
"That's what I told my parents - they wouldn't change it"
"They sound like great parents"
"They aren't"
"I was being sarcastic"
"I know"
"Than why'd you say "they aren't" as if you were telling me something I didn't know?"
"Well, my parents could've been good parents, just a little... out there"
"Oh. Well, I see you're fairly good at carrying an unwanted conversation, but I'm sorry to say that it will never amount to anything. No matter what."
"What if this conversation led to me taking you out to dinner sometime?"
"That would also amount to nothing, no matter what, because even if you took me out to dinner and I enjoyed it, and we went out another, and another, and another time, and so on until we got married, it would still amount to nothing."
"How would that amount to nothing? we would have enjoyed spending time together, and going places, and spending our lives together. How's that nothing?"
"No, you don't understand. Even if we did all those things, one day we'd both die, no ifs ands or buts. Then our accomplishments, actions and ourselves will slowly fade from the memories of those who knew us, until they either forget or die. Eventually we would be completely forgotten, and it would be as if we had never existed at all."
"Yeah... but we would have existed whether the people who come after us know it or not."
"So?"
"So, we could do great things, fun things, enjoyable things. We could watch sunsets, go to amusement parks, see movies, have dinners at nice restaurants; we could make the most of our lives, we could make something wonderful of our finite existence. And so what if all we leave behind is a couple of descendants and bones in the ground. We'll have had a good time doing it, and besides, it's not like we're the only ones who are going to die. Every single person who has and who will ever live has to deal with this, whether they know it or not, And well, frankly, one day humanity as a whole will suffer the same fate, and all it's accomplishments and doings will slowly erode, or collapse, until nothing is left and it it will be as if humanity never even existed at all... um... are you crying?"
"Sorry... I just never- never thought about life that way... That whole speech, it was- was-"
"Beautiful? inspiring? amazing? enlightening? truthful?"
"All of those, now sorry, my mascara's running, I've got to go get cleaned up."
"Oh, no worries. by the way, I never got your name."
"It's Amy"