Convert me to absurdism.

[Anonymous No.14985459]

Alright /lit/ as absurdists, convert me.

[Anonymous No.14985468]

Do it for the lulz

[Anonymous No.14985481]

>>14985468
Based, more incentive please

[Anonymous No.14985487]

You have already been through absurdism, wether you know it or not. The mere idea of understanding a meme is just an example.

[Anonymous No.14985495]

>>14985487
But in embracing absurdism, how does my lifestyle change? Does it change at all? I mean, I don’t think it negates point, but the overall outlook of my world would be altered highly.

[Anonymous No.14985499]

Not OP. It seems like nihilism just with an extra bit of edge. Life's still pointless so make your own point and laugh at life with it. Am I completely wrong?

[Anonymous No.14985511]

>>14985499
Absurdism sounds cooler.

[Anonymous No.14985555]

>>14985495
It would improve in the sense of not being affected by the presentation of any event. The bad aspect of it, could be how the rest sees you. For instance, your mother died and you simply moved on without any sort of care. Other person might see that as a negative aspect of yours.

[Anonymous No.14985577]

>>14985555
based strangerbro

[Anonymous No.14985639]

I think absurdism makes most sense during a phase of mild psychosis or depersonalization

[Anonymous No.14985643]

>>14985459
Absurdism is one of the many invented gender pronouns for nihilist atheist.

[Anonymous No.14985653]

>>14985643
>so you're a nihilist and you're shit is incoherent?
>umm achthually I identify as absurdist-fluid....

[Anonymous No.14985739]

>>14985643
No retard, nihilists believe there is no inherent meaning to life or existence, so we as thinking beings can give our lives whatever meaning we desire.
Meanwhile absurdists believe that there is no meaning as well, and to search for meaning is absurd, since there isn’t any, but it’s in this irrational search for meaning that the man faces the absurd and triumphs merely by continuing to live, as the alternative would be losing to the absurd and killing yourself.

[Anonymous No.14985883]

>>14985499
It's existentialism with extra edge. Just read the Wikipedia article ffs.

[Anonymous No.14985986]

>>14985739
So you keep yourself from committing suicide by living out a contradiction?

[Anonymous No.14986004]

>>14985986
Yes.

[Anonymous No.14986009]

absurdism made sense when I was 15 unironically

[Anonymous No.14986021]

NOOO I DON'T WANT TO FEEL SCARY EMOTIONS NOOO LIFE IS MEANINGLESS NOOO

Camus is for teenagers. Read adult literature.

[Anonymous No.14986027]

>>14986004
Joking, not really, one of Albert Camus’ most famous phrases is “Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
The fact is that once one realizes the absurd, one either becomes consumed by it, or continues living normally, because that’s what we as humans do, and so when you face hardship you can look back onto the absurd, realize that there is no meaning and you are going against the current merely by existing, and perhaps draw strength from that fact.

[Anonymous No.14986106]

>>14986021
>argues like a child
>accuses others of being children

[Anonymous No.14986157]

>>14986027
This.
This. Wat do when you realize that life is absurd?
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” --Albert Camus

[Anonymous No.14986166]

>>14986106

Know your audience.

[Anonymous No.14986183]

>>14986021
"A plague is spreading. People are dying. Everyone is ordered to quarantine at home as the local doctor works around the clock to save victims. There are acts of heroism and acts of shame; there are those who think only of themselves, and those who are engaged for the greater good. The human condition is absurd and precarious..."

[Anonymous No.14986560]

>>14986183
>greater good
>absurdism

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[Anonymous No.14986936]

>>14986027
I don't think giving a middle finger to an existential dread is a sustainable way to live.

[Anonymous No.14987125]

>>14986183
god the plague is such a good novel

[Keynes No.14987147]

>>14985459
What even does absurdism stand for in the first place? What does it propose for us? What are the tenets of this "philosophy"? I don't get it; all I've seen so far has been a bunch of Philosophy 101-tier anons who post memes but whatever so-called-philosophy contained in this sect has been so shallow that it left me bitterly disappointed, to the point of incredulity of whether I've learned anything at all. There must be something more to this other than just: "Camus said that life is absurd hahaha there's no meaning, we create our own in this absurd world haha", right????

[Anonymous No.14987175]

>>14985459
The modern physicalist mainstream mindset is actually absurdism. Camus simply articulated this better than others. If you don't believe in anything knowable beyond the physical, then you're already an absurdist.

[Anonymous No.14987187]

>>14987147
If you really care to know, stop waiting to be spoon-fed and read The Myth of Sisyphus.

[Anonymous No.14987193]

>>14987147
The point of absurdism is to just accept the world is absurd and move on with your life and take pleasure in the nihilism. It's really just that.

[Keynes No.14987333]

>>14987193
So that's it? All of the essence of absurdism can be explained in simply one sentence? Doesn't sound very appealing to me, not to say of intellectually engaging; hardly seems like a "philosophy" at all.

[Anonymous No.14987880]

>>14987333
I'm actually reading the myth of sisyphus. I think it's more nuanced than that. Camus also quotes Nietzch quite a lot so saying that you should just move on and embrace nihilism seems a bit odd to say the least

[Anonymous No.14988743]

>>14985459
it is fun to be absurd

[Anonymous No.14988772]

>>14987333
Camus never considered himself a philosopher, iirc. He disliked being lumped in with Sartre, etc. even if they had correspondence.

[Anonymous No.14989187]

>>14985459
>Life sucks... Just be happy bro!
Fuck you Camus you piece of fucking shit im glad you died

[Anonymous No.14989195]

>>14985499
Not as edgy as idiots seem to think in this thread. You generally revolt against the absurd by doing good not by being an asshat

[Anonymous No.14989223]

People I've met seemed to think that the shooting part in The Stranger was representative of absurdism.
I thought that the ending of the novel, when he thought of his mother and wanted to live, was what Camus meant by absurdist.

[Anonymous No.14989244]

I need a philosophical system that confirms the lifestyle I adopted through my mental illness. Can you write me a comprehensive list which system fits which disorder so I don't have to disclose the information myself? Thank you and good luck.

[Anonymous No.14989252]

>>14987880
Embracing nihilism here means acknowledging it and then not caring about it because why would you.

[Anonymous No.14989289]

Isn't absurdism honestly just living out of spite?

[Anonymous No.14989363]

>>14989289
its embracing the clown world

[Anonymous No.14989383]

absurdism or nihilism which is more pathetic?

[Anonymous No.14989385]

>>14987147
You got it right. It's nihilism for people that are completely and utterly incapable of biting the bullet on anything ever.

It's no use. You can totally call them out and they'll still be like
>What if Sisyphus was happy tho?

[Anonymous No.14989413]

>>14989289
No, spite is absurd

[Anonymous No.14989437]

Truly understanding the fact that I will die has made my life bearable for the first time in my existence
Nothing feels too unbearable now because I know in due time it will not matter, and feeling bad about it is a complete waste of time

[Anonymous No.14989454]

>>14986936
If you are equating life on sustainability you haven't grasped the absurd yet

[Anonymous No.14989639]

BRAVO CAMUS

[Anonymous No.14990184]

>denies absolute truth by claiming a statement of absolute truth
>says life has no meaning while using words to convey meaning to someone
>le make your own meaning yet no absurdist will ever do this because everybody utilizes universal truths and nobody has a system of philosophy that truly exist in some kind of vacuum of their mind
wow so smart bravo Camus!

[Anonymous No.14991305]

>>14989639
kek'd at that image

[Anonymous No.14992323]

Explain absurdism in a single paragraph

[Anonymous No.14992324]

>>14992323
I don't give a fuck about real life.

[Anonymous No.14993859]

>>14985459
https://youtu.be/SdbLqOXmJ04

[Anonymous No.14994948]

>>14992324
that is not absurdism. that is indifferentism. the view that the state of the real world is indifferent to your fucks-giving. related but not to be confused with stoicism where the state of the world matters but is not to ruin your own state of mind.

absurdims is the standpoint that life of us and others is not led by fate, but by absurd coincidences and whims of idiots. various absurdists disagree about where to go from there. act and create meaning in some way? suicide or coffee?

[Anonymous No.14995042]

Absurdism is fucking retarded, Camus was a shit philosopher

[Anonymous No.14995045]

the casque of a bloody good time by edgar alien pornhub

[Anonymous No.14995283]

>>14985459
spanner and wrench in a soupbowl

[Anonymous No.14995402]

To be a saint you have to live.

[Anonymous No.14995514]

>>14989454
Is this the focus of this philosophy to reduce suffering or to be right? What I was saying is that it fails at the former.

[Anonymous No.14995539]

>>14995514
you sense suffering because you haven't grasped the absurd is what I was saying, that's the main point