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Virgin nihilism vs Chad absurdism (feddit.nu)
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[โ€“] [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.

[โ€“] [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.