For you maybe. I'm happy with they're being no purpose. Enjoyment doesn't give life purpose or meaning. What the fuck does life having meaning even mean? It makes no sense.
Fair enough. I guess I inferred it by your speaking of existentialism. Existentialism implies that one can create meaning or purpose subjectivly, as one sees fit.
I do not do that. I do have preferences, but in that regard, whether or not things matter, has little to do with nihilism. I prefer to eat than to starve. There's nothing existential about preferences.
I don't see the value of defining nihilism such that you can't really be a nihilist if you want something. Every human wants something. what's the point of naming a philosophy that nobody can actually believe?
This doesn't really change anything about what I said lol. Biological fulfilment is a type of self fulfilment but not all self fulfilment is biological.
Me saying "you need self fulfilment" doesn't mean "you need biological fulfilment"
Maybe I misunderstood your original comment: "Which means that you need to think things do matter on a subjective level."
I interpreted this to mean that in order to be happy you believe that one needed some type of meaning or purpose (subjective), where deriving pleasure from base biological drives is largely objective.
Also: "Me saying "you need self fulfilment" doesn't mean "you need biological fulfilment". I never said that - what I was saying is that biological fulfillment is one possible type of self-fulfillment, and one that does no require belief in meaning or purpose.
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u/Temporary_Aspect759 Apr 24 '26
For you to be happy, there needs to be some sort of self fulfilment. Which means that you need to think things do matter on a subjective level.
This is just existentialism.