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3950949 No.3950949 [Reply] [Original]

Are you a nihilist?

>> No.3950957

i'm an existentialist

>> No.3950952

If not, why?

>> No.3950958

I was when I was 16

>> No.3950959

>>3950949
Define nihilist

>> No.3950960

>>3950958
yeah, one year later and you still have no idea what nihilism is

kill yourself

>> No.3950961

>>3950958
can we stop this pls

>> No.3950964

>>3950959
he probably means subjectivist

>> No.3950968
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3950968

>>3950959

>> No.3950969

>>3950960
Why would I kill myself
I'm not a pathetic nihilist

>> No.3950973

>>3950969
how would you know? you haven't even read one work about nihilism you wikipedia dumbfuck

kill yourself, don't tain the gene pool

>> No.3950974

>>3950958
Now you're Christian.

Your progress is bad.

>> No.3950975

>>3950958
>>3950960
>>3950969
>>3950973
niggas stop fighting

>> No.3950978

What books should I read to learn about nihilism

>> No.3950977

ahah!! no--thank you, monsieur-- i am perfectly healthy, you see

>> No.3950982

>>3950973
Lol, you mad my retarded 16 year old self was smarter than you? Lol

>> No.3950983

>>3950978
wikipedia and comedy blockbusters, just ask regulars

>> No.3950992

>>3950982
>>3950983
stop shitposting

>> No.3950994

>>3950992
same goes to you, faggot

>> No.3951015

No, I'm a danubist

Only 90's kids will get this joke, thumbs up if u do!

>> No.3951016

>>3950978
why bother?

>> No.3951018

>>3951015
I really hope you die.

>> No.3951028

>>3951016
knowing what nihilism actually is, for starters

>> No.3951031

hell yeah I am

>> No.3951036

I'm a solipsist. I've yet to encounter another.

>> No.3951045

>>3951036
prove to me you are real

>> No.3951046

I'm an absurdist. Then a humanist.

>> No.3951049

>>3951046
>absurdist
>humanist
hypocrite much?

>> No.3951076

Sort of. I don't believe in any sort of symbolic (non mathematical/logical) system, which would include any/all ideologies. I try to view the world as someone who has never encountered society/religion/politics/etc.

>> No.3951082

Nihilism is a mental disorder stemming from depression. I associated with nihilism but by age 17 I realized it just comes from apathy.

>> No.3951083

>>3951045
no

>> No.3951084

>>3950978
the stranger

>> No.3951086

>>3951049

How is that hypocritical? Camus is probably the finest example of a humanist and an absurdist.

>> No.3951413

>>3951082
Pretty much. Nihilism is too easy and doesn't really answer any questions. It acts like a scoffing teenager and says the questions don't matter.

>> No.3951483

yes

for the record negation doesn't have to lead to negativity i can affirm my beautiful life all day long without being crippled by spooks and the like

>> No.3951600 [DELETED] 

>>3951527
clubnihil

>> No.3951625

Do you think God is a nihilist?
I mean, does his existence have any objective meaning or purpose?
I bet he gets horrendous bouts of depression,
being unable to relate to anything else,
genius that he is.
He's probably unable to kill himself too.
Perhaps that's why he created us?
So we can evolve over billions of years,
and maybe,
one day,
become powerful enough to kill him.
Poor God.

>> No.3951637 [DELETED] 

>>3951625
GOD IS DED
&
TOP IS LEL

>> No.3951811

>>3951036

was i the only entity who got the joke?

>> No.3951817 [DELETED] 

>>3951811
Oh, anonymous, the only entity!
explain it! i don't get it!

>> No.3952987

I believe in some sort of god.

>> No.3952992

I'm a Christian nihilist.

>> No.3952990

>>3952987
Well you're a fucking idiot then and only have yourself to blame.

>> No.3952994

what do you think of ACTIVE /passive nihilism?
i think it's contradictory

>> No.3953003

>>3952990

He said as he took another sip of his Mountain Dew: Halo Edition™, making sure his fedora was fit snugly to his head and copy of The God Delusion was clutched close to his fat chest.

>> No.3953008

>>3953003
His great great grandfather invented the fedora.

>> No.3953015

>>3952990
I just have a feeling that there is something greater than the material world.

>> No.3953019

>>3953003
>fedora

>>>reddit

>> No.3953028

>>3953019
>thinking reddit started or majorly increased the visibility of ironic fedora references

maybe you should
>>>/reddit/

>> No.3953034

>>3953028
wut.

I told you to go to reddit for talking about fedoras and squabbling about religions.

>> No.3953039

>>3953034
>implying that wasn't my first post

also, seriously, anti-theism is mad edgy and about as intellectual as a dan brown novel, go to /pol/ or something

>> No.3953045

Thread the year. Great job guys.

>> No.3953053

>>3953039
are you trolling me?

>anti-theism is mad edgy and about as intellectual as a dan brown novel
You are just as bad and foolish as each other. There is no superiority.

If you want to squabble about religion, get the /lit/ and go somewhere else. I'm tired of you shitting this board up with your drivel.

>> No.3953070

>>3953053
>muh false equivalency

if you're incapable of understanding things without applying some insipid symmetry on top to save your brain from having to evaluate statements, maybe you're the one shitting up the board with your total inability to understand nuance

>> No.3953076
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3953076

After reading through this thread I have learned nothing. This thread as affirmed my understanding that we humans live in an aspectual, pluralistic universe. Damn shame most of us haven't caught onto this yet; we'd rather just insult and argue.

>> No.3953079

Why is always assumed on 4chan that people who believe in something that's actually well-grounded are just edgy teens? Presumptuous much?

Do you really know any teenagers who know about philosophy, let alone nihilism?

Anyways, nihilism isn't "the world means nothing, THE END LOL". Objectively the universe means nothing, and we interpret it with subjective existence.

Read a book.

>> No.3953082

>>3953070
Pls go.
this board is for literature, not spamming you epic fedora meme and having religion mudfights. You, both of you, are like children.

>> No.3953084

>>3953079
You are confusing nihilism with existentialism.

>> No.3953097

>>3953076

You clearly don't know the meaning of the words you pretend to use, fuckwit.

>> No.3953099

>>3953076
>we'd rather just insult and argue.
>>3953097
>fuckwit.

lol

>> No.3953109

>>3953079
I agree with everything but your definition of nihilism. You just described existentialism.

>> No.3953110

>>3953097

aspectual (within the understanding of human experience)

pluralistic (more than one worldview and perspective)

If you understood this, you would realize there really is no use being an asshole to people. People are and WILL think differently then you, now, and forever... accept it or keep continuing to use your internet anonymity in a way that satisfies your real life insecurities... Think about man, you are on the internet arguing and insulting, how low does ones life have to get before they realize something is askew...

>> No.3953119

>>3953076
I don't know if that's true of human beings as such, but at least you've finally realized the true meaning of /lit/.

I like to think of /lit/ as one extremely long-running bar-argument, by turns drunken, embittered, and friendly to varying degrees.

>> No.3953128

>>3953119
>I like to think of /lit/ as one extremely long-running bar-argument, by turns drunken, embittered, and friendly to varying degrees.

I like that analogy. Thank you.

>> No.3953151

>>3950949
I dont think Salvador Dali was a nihilist

>> No.3953371

>>3950949
It doesn't matter.
>>3950952
Nothing matters
>>3950957
Your actions don't make you matter.
>>3950958
You were 16?

>> No.3953374

i don't care

>> No.3953378

I don't think anyone calling themself a nihilist isn't one

>> No.3953381

>>3953374
lol we got a nihilist over here

>> No.3953382

>>3953378
*is one*

>> No.3953406

If you're asking if I believe every particle of existence contributes to a grand overarching narrative providing some message, purpose of function, no. But that doesn't me I don't value, wish for and work towards the great happiness/health of my sentience and those I care about.

>> No.3953461

hopelessness is so futile.

>> No.3953484

Post-structural nihilist master-race reporting in.

The nihilism follows from the post-structuralism, naturally.

>> No.3953503

>>3953079
>objectively
>nihilism
>in the same sentence

you are a retard, read a book

>> No.3953533

Can i just be an optimist and leave it at that?

>> No.3953565
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>>3953079
>edgy teenager butthurt over being called a teenager detected

>Do you really know any teenagers who know about philosophy, let alone nihilism?

fucking tons. pic related.

>> No.3953596

>>3951015

I hope you live a rich and fulfilling life

>> No.3953597

>ITT humans mad they aren't sure what to believe in

>> No.3953733

>>3951413
Nihilism removes the basis of your current state, that is, influenced by religion and a bunch of societal assumptions, and lets you have a clean slate so you become the best human you can be. The metamorphosis is done first by questioning your assumptions, then fighting them, and only then appreciating the world without those assumptions.

How in the fuck can you consider it not useful? Did you even read Nietzsche?

>> No.3953735

>>3951625
>So we can evolve over billions of years,
>and maybe,
>one day,
>become powerful enough to kill him.

Yeah, but Asimov said that, not you. http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-answer/

>> No.3953744

>>3950949

What do you mean?
I don't believe that nothing exists, if that's what you mean.

>> No.3953756

>>3953079
People on 4chan are just really insecure and like to reduce their intellectual opponents to something more easy to attack. Teenagers are among these subjects, also fedoras, autists etc.

>> No.3953772

I'm prepared to flip around some epistemological nihilism but

>> No.3953796

I believe in absurdism.