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nozzlegearlast Sunday at 3:31 PM3 repliesview on HN

When the zeitgeist is overwhelmingly nihilist, dare to be an absurdist.


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svieirayesterday at 12:32 PM

Auberon Quinn, is that you?

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mapontoseventhsyesterday at 11:34 AM

I came here to say this.

Once you realize that life has no meaning, except that which we arbitrarily assign, you can only go a few ways with it. Of all the 'ism's you could choose in that moment, absudism is perhaps the least worst.

"Credo quia absurdum est."

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mamonsteryesterday at 1:27 PM

Absurdism (of the Camus variety) is boomer nihilism.