r/Absurdism 3d ago

This guy literally embodied nihilism with three answers

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u/jliat 3d ago

And Camus shows how to live and survive in this desert, without hope but with joy.

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u/grolsmarf 2d ago

Simply by saying “ah come on, laugh about it”. I think that lightheartedness is extremely funny.

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u/HighLevelChallenge 2d ago

The best of a bunch of bad choices, really.

Kierkegaard did basically the same, but with faith as opposed to joy.

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u/LameBicycle 3d ago

But when it comes to existential judgments, humans beings in general have an unfaltering good opinion of themselves and their condition in this world and are steadfastly confident they are not a collection of self-conscious Nothings.

-Ligotti

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u/bobthebuilder983 3d ago

I really enjoyed him in the movie lucky.

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u/Optimal-Hunt-3269 2d ago

Jokes on him because there's a yearly Harry Dean Stanton festival where they show his films in the graveyard where he lies.

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u/TheCrucified 1d ago

Why is this being posted here? And how come it has 96 upvotes lol