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Virgin nihilism vs Chad absurdism (feddit.nu)
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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

mfw I realize that maybe absurdism is my coping mechanism

[–] dunz@feddit.nu 6 points 4 months ago

Yeah, mine as well.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

If you can get to the point that it's okay that nothing inherently matters, it will no longer need to be a coping mechanism.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Sartre says you can be angry and furious at the absurd, Camus says to laugh at it. The absurd is the gap between what we expect to happen, and what actually happens.

Many absurdists also believe in a mind-body split (see Nagel's "What is it like to be a bat?" essay, available for free in pdf format) or that consciousness may be something other than physical and that's where I tend to disagree with them. In general, the essays tend to be extremely interesting and worth reading even if you disagree. Philosophical literature is usually written so precisely and specifically that it's unlike other types of reading.