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Oct 6, 2021 2:21 PM
acedrogon
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Hightower80
Your life is as fun/boring as you make it yourself.
garuffthehorse
The crippling wage slavery of the US is honestly a crime, but as for the rest of it, you have to find your own beauty in life
SpiceSlag
This post not being relatable to me right now is a good sign, as it would've been just a few years ago
meagainstthem
ChickenROAR
What you cannot control, do your best to acknowledge, but move on. What you can control is how you find happiness. Small and large. GL @op.
JhericFury
Stop looking for higher meaning. Focus on the day to day. Fuck a bagel. It's all about the little things.
lemmonjello
Jerking off is pretty great
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
hang on, lemme check
miserycones
Make art of some kind. Even if my life sucks on the whole, there are things I've made that wouldn't have existed otherwise ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
wandergirl
Two types: "Nothing matters :-(" and "Nothing matters! :-D"
mity0k23
Flip the script. We all define our own success. We all define the meaning.
OldSchoolNewRules
Get busy living or get busy dying.
tanebot
"Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way."
evildadunit
Welcome to Post modern existential dread. Kierkegard could prop you up a bit for this
AStrongFemaleCharacter
Bakerysnake
No I won't open myself to compassion thats a path to feeling things and I don't like that.
PINKLEDQUEEN
Huh, I would have guessed that Alan Watts would be the one to have said something like that.
chunkblaster
He very well may have, most quotes you see like this our BS or misquoted lol
Tovarish1013
Never heard this quote.
TsunamiJohn
The actual quote was more limited: https://web.archive.org/web/20160219005049/https://onbeing.org/blog/einstein-sleuthing/3637
WhereArtThouMyTesticles
Purpose and meaning are not to be found in nature. It is our job to create it.
r3b4z
And that man’s name? Einstein!!
Einstein9073
Yes
zafner
"bored people are boring"
ReaperCDN
You, that's pessimistic nihilism. You can be like me, an optimistic nihilist. In all the cold, dead universe, we exist here and now. /1
ReaperCDN
And because we get to observe and experience it, the universe holds meaning, for however brief a period, to somebody, somehwere. /2
ReaperCDN
And while it may be true that nothing I do will ever matter in the long run, that it matters right now is enough. 3/3
YellowTitanium
Existentialism my dude.
Zatchery
What else ought there be?
Skuggen
I'm doing the exact same things, except overall I'm quite enjoying it.
FuzzyWolfy329
If you base your life on extreme depictions of adventurism, then yeah, life is mundane. You can find meaning and happiness in it though.
ShitIcantthinkofausernameagain
Have you tried hookers and blow?
Divinyll
Live an adventure through playing D&D. You likely wouldn't survive one of the caliber you want anyway.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Richter12x2
Then do something. Hitchhike to Chile and pet a penguin.
OriginalAndWitty
Yeah, seriously- YOLO. So make the most of it.
algavinn
naw, I'm hiring the shit out of a necromancer for when I die. I'm gonna get right the fuck back up and continue my wage slavery.
Baalzak
With whose trust fund?
OriginalAndWitty
Advice from a person that's been poor their whole life with no chance of change? Simple pleasures, my friend. It's all we have.
Baalzak
I don't think I can physically masturbate any more often.
villhelm
Now that's starting out with a negative attitude. You have to try ??
Weneedbees
This sounds like depression. Do you have money to travel, at all? To a field on the edge of town to lie on your back and stare at the stars?
Weneedbees
Do you never succumb to wonder?
DiskingCabbage
Banging, love, carne asada nachos all full my voids.
onlyhalfghost
nachos are pretty great, yeah. Have been on a bit of a dry spell on the others, but a local pub makes some killer nachos, so it's alright.
ShitIcantthinkofausernameagain
Good luck in your ventures onlyhalfghost
onlyhalfghost
well one of my achievements is I trained the guys who make those nachos, so I got that going for me
DotcoreJetkill
"messing around with hobbies that will never fill the void" that's your problem, get better hobbies!
maincarrot
Bigger* hobbies
notinterestednow
I built a 3D printer out of 2x4 lumber and taught myself how to make a decorative balloon arch. Embrace the chaos learning!!!
JollyRogarrgh
I love juggling best think to ever happen to me I can't juggpe but I admire the videos and still dream of the day I can master.Still on 1 ?
ElbowDeepInATshirt
Like warhammer 40k! Lovely!
DotcoreJetkill
FukTedCruz
I would but they would cost a lot of $$$
DotcoreJetkill
The only hobbies that interest you cost a lot of money? Can you not think of something fun that's cheap to begin?
FukTedCruz
I want a 3d printer :( but like a decent one
DotcoreJetkill
Well buy a cheap one and 3D print a better one. One of my ex-colleagues did just that
Dagordae
Seriously, what’s the point of a hobby you don’t enjoy? That’s just work you have to pay to do.
VaultGirl69
More like seek professional help. And even then it's kinda meh...
alvinthatsme
Hookers and crack, thats what im suggesting. Or terorism. Very fast paced lifestile. You wont have enough life expectancy to dread existence
BallsDeepinaDragonscloaca
Just not 40K. I'd rather be Cosbied than play that colossal steaming heap!
STEVIERAYK
You need more nobbies!
yesnoyepnope
The problem is no time for hobbies… there is only the all consuming grind then a few hours before sleep
DotcoreJetkill
I have 1 (one) hour (almost) every day and I almost finished a D&D module (before we started renovating)
spooceNOR
All the fun DLCs are behind a paywall :(
dukegonzo
Drawing, gaming, and baseball (I'm from the UK) they seem to be doing me well.
AuntieCoddswaddle
I made a hard promise with myself that if I find myself with no real hobbies or people I care about then I’m moving to Thailand. I fell in(1
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love with the climate/culture and felt like I was home. The cost of living is crazy low and with my skills I wouldn’t be homeless long. (2)
AuntieCoddswaddle
I’m not sure if it’s just a fantasy or a real plan B, but it gives me comfort to think of and sometimes is enough to get me to shower.(3)
AccordingToYourMom
I pay a hooker named Hobby to fill my void
Mockturtlesoop
I think his name is Robby... Or Hobby Robby
DotcoreJetkill
No, Robby was what they called Cardy B
Snausagebort
HerrHat
Some people pay the hooker for the permission to fill the hooker's voids. But hey, you do you. Or let the hooker do you.
thegreyacemaven
Voids that cannot be filled are usually called major depressive disorder. Getting new hobbies won't do any good.
AuntieCoddswaddle
Luckily, medication can help many start to claw themselves back out. Alternative is to try to drastically break from your routine.
UneventfulLover
Can confirm, have several hobbies. They don't affect overall emotional state and I have to be careful to not shop hobby accessories blindly
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
Yeah I have a couple hobbies that I really enjoy. The problem is I'm usually too depressed to want to do them.
TheActualDonKnotts
If you're a wageslave, you probably can't afford a better hobby. Or at least not a better hobby that will actually fill that void.
DotcoreJetkill
There are plenty of hobbies where you can start small! Writing, chess, stamp collecting, witchcraft, hiking, juggling...
henryvk
DotcoreJetkill
I see you made your choice
skylardarkfox
AlmightyThor117
The Hobbies I want to do are too expensive
SlowboatToShortbus
The Hobbits I want to do are too expensive.
Malcondrion
Most hobbies have ways to get started that are SIGNIFICANTLY less expensive than going full blast into the most efficient and expensive way.
henryvk
Personally, I don't think you've lived at all until you own a 1934 Rodenstock folding camera with working rangefinder.
urocyon
My Graflexes do well enough. One's 90mm f/2.8 is fun.
antivaxtumblrvegan
Wista 45SP with a Fujinon 135mm for me.
henryvk
Very cool! Sooner or later I'll get a 4x5 as well?
gentlementhoughts
I qas depressed af until I got a motorcycle. Its expensive tho
CaturdayEveryday
I have to much anxiety to get a bike license
IPourTheMilkFirstThenAddChocolate
You shouldn't ever feel safe on a bike,because they are not. They are also fun for the same reason.
CaturdayEveryday
Oh! I wouldnt be scared of riding a bike, i just get anxious of being judge.
AbortableToaster
Same with camping on the initial investment, totally worth it
ActuallyAPirate
Miss my bike so much.... ?
emophysixs
What bike you have? Or have had?
GuyFromDeathValley
I've been down ever since I broke my motorcycle. But its a great hobby. Just need to finally fix it
yeswhichway
Maybe I could help (service manager at motorcycle dealership)
GuyFromDeathValley
maybe? probably not.. new bike is not an option, and I already invested a lot in repairs. How could you help?
yeswhichway
Perhaps advise on a work around/alternative/potentially supply cheaper parts (all problem relative of course) /1
SirButcher
Try sailing! The most expensive way of getting somewhere for free.
StigsMilwaukeeCousin
Once the initial investment is of buying a boat is paid the maintenance and costs are not bad ar all. We average around $3k/year, inc slip.
UneventfulLover
Or amateur radio, the most expensive way of talking to someone for free. Only surpassed by heroin and race horses, cost-wise.
StigsMilwaukeeCousin
Go to your local yacht club on race night. We'll feed you and get you drunk for coming out an sailing with us!
WeSingLalaWhileTheDevilDoesTheChaCha
Thats why I do drugs and live a hedonistic life. Fuck the grind, Ill be inside my head or balls deep in someone.
mimomisu
Yeah, so did I but I get too old for that shit
Trunko
You have a team sponsor or something?
rodrigezhu
^^^This guy gets it...
MightyZephyr
newsguycraigevans
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
Rhinta
Only if I get to choose when I go out. Alcohol is shit on your body and it's fun now but I don't want extended misery later.
IOnlyFavoriteDickButtAndImNotEvenMad
This guy... Fucks.
WeSingLalaWhileTheDevilDoesTheChaCha
Whenever I can
nijlonkai
Me tooooo!
Holtzmaneffect
I wise man once said "life sucks, and then you die. So f### this s### and let's get high"
alwaysupvoteprincessbride
life's a bitch and then you die. that's why we get high. cause you never know when you gonna go.
LightlyFriedFishFilletsForDinner
Life's a bitch and then you die,
That's why we puff lye,
Cause you never know when you're gonna go.
Kainus
But sometimes life's a bitch and then you live.
alwaysupvoteprincessbride
Nas: writes lyrics stating life ends in death. this dumbass:
PINKLEDQUEEN
It's a reference to a line in Bojack Horseman.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
People either know everything about Bojack Horseman or have never even herd of it outside of "that Netflix cartoon with the drunk horse"
alwaysupvoteprincessbride
damn it! i'll get in the cube. http://imgur.com/JVgxB87.mp4
Mediocreclient
is it working?
Mediocreclient
Like, *actually* working, or is it a large masquerade where the chasing is really just running?
WeSingLalaWhileTheDevilDoesTheChaCha
Works for me. There is so meaning to life, so I create a meaningful life
Mediocreclient
good for you then.
TerribleDawn
I tried this kind of life at one time but it was escapism. I was still terribly unhappy deep down and everything just got worse eventually.
TerribleDawn
People sometimes say that even if they went through bad times they wouldn't give away a single day. I would want to delete years of my life.
PinkyTheUnicorn2
So long as you aren't hurting anyone, who cares? Live your life. It's a short ride, enjoy it when you can.
urocyon
Nothing wrong with hurting the willing.
Larktonguesinadicecup
I work in a nursing home. We have a lot of 48 year olds who tried "fuck it lifes a bitch lets get high" because they didn't consider the
Larktonguesinadicecup
future past that attitude and now they're pissing themselves, whining for more drugs, and arguing with roomates over the heat/AC and how
Larktonguesinadicecup
late the TV gets left on. Their eyes are empty. Lol no thanks. I'll keep my health and freedom to the greatest extent possible.
Larktonguesinadicecup
I'll also note that they sure as fuck did not only hurt themselves on the ride. They hurt their friends and family and now cost the taxpayer
ZachariahNelson
the first stage of nihilism is rough, but then you realize it doesn't matter. you can do whatever you want. do anything! everything!
UltimateCupOfCoffee
So true. There are natural stages of spirituality that many religions capitalize upon. Takes the fun out of existing.
SephReed
I think of nihilism as a feeling, not a philosophy. Some days I feel, some I don’t.
stja
Nothing matters, there is no purpose, there is no grand plan. Nothing we ever did, are doing, or will do has meaning. Why worry?
RocksNSocks
My thoughts these days
JVNK
Not if you can't afford it.
VodkaReindeer
Anyone! No wait!
ImNotRacistBut
Gibramovic
Except if you're poor, if you live in a third world country then almost certainly you're fucked.
Cravanicus
The third stage of nihilism is listening to Autobahn’s album “Nagelbelt.”
GeneralWho
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING AT ZOMBO.COM - ANYTHING AT ALL. THE ONLY LIMIT...IS YOURSELF. WELCOME! TO ZOMBO.COM.....yes....
TheBrockYouKnow
I always say “Nothing matters and neither does that!”
erischilde
Anything, everything, that you can afford. It's the ultimate irony. To survive first stage nihilism and get crushed by capitalism.
AnotherReplyToIgnore
If nothing matters, doing everything won't matter either. Nihilism is just the whining of entitled children that lost their silver spoon.
koopaya
Wow! That's an edge so sharp you might be able to convince your mom that you studied the blade!
AnotherReplyToIgnore
Clearly nobody here is capable of understanding my comment. Must be terrible to be so dull that everything looks sharp to you.
RichardCraniumTheThird
Really nihilism is just rough, but the responses to it (absurdism + stoicism + taoism in particular) are some pretty powerful philosophies
captaingrump
Plus I really enjoy this. Life is pretty nice even if it is meaningless.
MachoMemeRandySavage
How long the first stage take? FFS?!
RideTheStimutacs
Well then there's the problem of lacking motivation and energy.
florpglorp
Then you realize that even if you are given the option to do anything you would rather be dead than continue suffering
tigeroftheskies
The meaning of life is to find meaning (purpose) for your life in the face of the meaninglessness of it all
Multispork
Could I interest you in everything? All of the time?
RogueAndPeasantSlave
The biggest barrier I’ve found is consequence. Yes, you can do anything, but there is still the potential consequences you need to face 1/2
RogueAndPeasantSlave
I’m not even talking about trying to get into a heaven. I’m talking about indulgence leading to people, even you, getting hurt now 2/2
Arcrosis
Amything and everything, all of the time.
icookfoodandfightfire
ahhh Optimistic Nihilism, nothing matters so you can assign worth on everything based on your own perception of it
icookfoodandfightfire
Kurzgesagt has a great video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRqu0YOH14
gelos
All I dream about is killing people.
TheVenerableJudgeTaintyMcPoo
ZachariahNelson
Stick to video games please
Zeterai
You can do anything. Anything at all. The only limit... is yourself. Welcome.. to Zombo.com
AdmiralOutrageous
That’s why I’m trans, now
urocyon
ZachariahNelson
That song unironically got me through some tough shit.
urocyon
Find inspiration where you can!
probablyshouldbedoingwork
It's really liberating. But it means finding your own meaning in life - and that's 'work' for some people.
IJustReallyLikeFrogs
Insanely liberating. I'm an Optimistic Nihilist too still took me 30 years to get here.
ZachariahNelson
we only work to live until we live to work.
runswithlag
I've found the meaning, but I'm not prepared to make the journey. It's a horrible road of adversity vs. the sad mediocrity I have now.
drmuelr
My personal favorite is: making that same existence of others easier and more enjoyable, especially those that come after me.
probablyshouldbedoingwork
That's a really good meaning. Life is hard enough, we should try and make it easier on each other.
afatrollofmyown
No kidding. I just restarted therapy to help me work on it, and it's not an easy process.
AFriendlyNeighborhoodJerkface
For me it was arson. Mum’s the word!
iScreenshotProfiles
FairweatherHobbyist
swellguy18
Thought this was Nightvale for a moment lol.
EatsBees
thank the noodly one my meaning so far has been "heehoo dumb shit imma buy it" and video games
probablyshouldbedoingwork
That's really the beauty of it though - who carrresss. buy all the dumb shit you want, live YOUR best life. fuck other people's "meaning"
ABonkeysManana
Idk how long video games can sustain me, but if they evere tire me out there are so many other things to do!
glenngriffon
yup. I'm homeless. Car barely works. No ID. no insurance. no plates or tags. car is illegal as fuck. I'm 40 and cant afford these things. >
glenngriffon
I'm about to go off into the Mojave to spend the winter living like a nomad just because. I can go anywhere I want as long as i avoid cops.
afatrollofmyown
NGL this is why I got a van and the same philosophy, 40 as well. Can't afford shit. Dunno about mojave tho. Might be nuclear winter-esque
glenngriffon
well i picked the desert cause I'm from texas and been in colorado for a year now. The dry air in CO is a change from the humidity >
glenngriffon
in TX, which is ass. I can't survive another winter in CO so i figure the desert is dry & hot might be the safer place to spend winter. >
glenngriffon
Nihilism has set me free of most fear and worry and doubt. I'm taking a fuck it approach to life. Oh I still have fears and worries but >
glenngriffon
I'm just not letting it keep me from doing shit I really want to do. Make no mistake if a cop finds me I'm dead. They're crazy, but I'll >
glenngriffon
cross that bridge if I get to it.
swellguy18
Absurdism > Nihilism
IEatYourSombrero
Every day I live is another day the moon people don't come down and steal our navel lint.
attofreak
yeah, push that rock Sisy(phus) B!
swellguy18
One must imagine him happy ;)
Irimoo
Just live your life instead of thinking about which -ism fits as none of them encompasses the human experience and simplify complicated 1/2
Irimoo
things to such a degree that they stop having any anchor in reality. -isms puts us in boxes, and we ain't cats :)
swellguy18
Disagree. Philosophy literally saved my life. Exploring ideas for how to live, how life can have meaning was crucial for me. Some of us 1
swellguy18
need that level of structure and detail to accept a way to live as valid. But I get it, people need different things.
Irimoo
I agree it can function as a base to structure thoughts, my point was more that we should not embrace single -isms as they are all lacking.
morelikeconsham
Yeah, I would say that the first stage of absurdism is rough, and that the first stage of absurdism is nihilism.
swellguy18
Well put, agreed.
PlanckEraWasMyBestEra
I understand nihilism but may I ask what absurdism is?
morelikeconsham
Absurdism is accepting that humanity constantly seeks a meaning to life when there is none, and choosing to enjoy life nonetheless. You
urukhello
Agreed wholeheartedly. In fact, I assert that most people mean really mean absurdism when they mistakenly claim nihilism
swellguy18
I think they do too but I never correct them. Usually just ask questions to see what they really mean, keep discussion going.
swellguy18
You can see people making that mistake in this post over and over lol. Long as they're seeking meaning and happy. All that matters.
RedOvermorrow
Except you also have it wrong, nihilism is the fundamental belief in absurdism; to believe there's meaning in searching for meaning where-
RedOvermorrow
-there is none is to also believe there is no meaning, a.k.a. nihilism. You're mistaking it for existentialism.
swellguy18
Wrong. I'd suggest you reread wiki on nihilism. One of the first lines is believing it's futile to seek any meaning because it doesn't exist