Teenagers: I’m sad because nothing matters
Nihilists: why are you sad? Why do you care? Nothing matters! Come have some pizza.
Nothing matters :(
vs.
Nothing matters >:D
I find solace in the latter.
Nothing objectively matters, but humans aren’t objective beings. Lots of things subjectively matter!
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Ah yes, good ol’ absurdism.
Yup. The idea that there is a a meaning to life is repulsive to me. It implies that there is a correct state of affairs, and introduces the possibility that you’ve done something wrong, and failed to fulfill some purpose. That’s nonsense, there are no wrong choices. You didn’t fuck up by not taking that promotion, your ex wasn’t your soulmate, there is no fate but what we make
I like, nothing matters, because everything is made up anyway.
It’s a variation of the old joke where the teacher points to a kid and asks to give two examples of pronouns. The frightened kid asks “who? me?” and the teacher continues, saying “perfect!”
Well, that was pointless.
Isn’t that just depression?
A nihilistic outlook can be a response to, or defense mechanism caused by depression. But it’s also a philosophy that is, ironically, well studied and developed. Not that that matters.
As long as you have an amphibic rodent, everyzing is fein, Lebowski.
You nailed it, Kevin.
A double positive can never be negative.
Yeah, riiiight…
There’s no point in the grand scheme of things, so I get to decide what’s important for me in the here and now
Everything is true.
Nothing is permitted.
Found the OTO member pretending to be the opposite.
“No you haven’t!” does Jedi mind-trick hand motion
(but actually I do, read Pattern Recognition by William Gibson, you will not be disappointed)
My freshman biology class was 1st period, and I would always put my head down and snooze for a bit. I was never fully asleep, though.
Every time, the teacher would ask me a question about what she just said, and I’d pick my head up, answer, and put it back down.
But she was a really good teacher. After a bit it basically became a game with us, and she’s one of the only ones that stood up for me when I was expelled for a BS reason.
