/lit/ - Literature

Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure.
>opening to The Stranger/The Outsider by Albert Camus (1942)

>short
>average attractiveness at best
>still gives off chad energy
how? Faulkner doesn't give off that vibe at all

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Why does it feel like Absurdism is only a stepping stone and not the end road?

Admit it, he was right.

From a philosophical standpoint should I kill myself?

Sisyphus must not be not happy. I would want to kill myself if I was in his position. Maybe I'm too much of a brainlet to understand his book.

The only real question in life is whether to give up or not. I guess this is just another way to put Camus statement that the only serious philosophical problem is suicide. Yet all over the place you find people giving up on life even if they don't commit suicide

>because in the end, when nothing matters at all... truly, everything matters most.
Yeah i'm thinking rased & bedpilled.

How is this universal philosophy not adopted by every single man ever? How can anyone still face turmoil with shit like Muh meaning of life? I think it is safe to say that anyone over double digit iq and anyone with even a shred of sentience can come to the realization that

Nothing matters, which actually makes everything matter. Kind of like that kiergkregaard quote about regretting doing something and equally regretting not doing it. Just do it nike.