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[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"The big picture is made up of brush strokes", absolutely love this. Gotta try to remember it.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

This improved my impression of the person after a bunch of blah.

[–] Maddie@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago

I am in love with this person's energy

[–] abir_vandergriff@beehaw.org 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm not a nihilist defeatist. I'm a nihilist optimist.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nothing matters 🙁

Vs

Nothing matters 😃

[–] rynzcycle@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] CylustheVirus@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

Any way the wind blows...

[–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

Agreed, I wouldn't enjoy my life nearly as much if life had a "meaning", or if humans were provably special or significant in the universe.

[–] JayObey711@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Camus would be proud

[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago

I'm sad regardless of if things have meaning or not.

Que sera sera.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Someone is learning to embrace hard determinism. You love to see it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's like the people who crow on about how we're living in a simulation. Okay, so what? I still have to live my life as if I'm not living in a simulation. I still can see that what I do has effects that ripple out starting with those closest to me.

[–] relevant_ace@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Yeah, if you can't get access to the source code, whether it's a simulation or not doesn't make a difference.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Casually causal.

Casual causality.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago
[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This guy has to be so annoying to talk to

[–] Baleine@jlai.lu -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Things can still have meaning to you locally, and you can comprehend that 'meaning' at larger scales is reduced.

This person sounds like they're having a frantic existential panic attack.