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Virgin nihilism vs Chad absurdism (feddit.nu)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nothing matters (so do nothing because there is no reason to do something)

Nothing matters (so do anything because why not!?)

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I consider myself as mostly existentialist (nothing matters, so find your own meaning), but absurdism has a strong pull, I must admit.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Existentialism doesn't necessarily claim that nothing matters, so yours sounds more like optimistic nihilism, which is very similar if not identical to absurdism.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Thanks for pointing that out. I was trying to be concise and keep in style with the OP, but I may have gone overboard there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Because I didn't know absurdism, I read the second one differently at first:

[The] nothing matters.

And I immediately had to think of this gem:

"But it doesn't do anything!" - "No, it does nothing."