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Originally Posted by Frownland
The nature of the universe extends to all that it encompasses. Until I see otherwise, I'm going to count on that **** being meaningless, but I can still appreciate pleasure because that's the best **** ever.
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Still a philosophy based in pessimism lmao. Just because you find an optimistic altruist to be subjectively wrong doesn't mean they are. Just cause I'm an atheist doesn't mean the absence of God is a proven fact, it's just I've assembled enough scientific evidence and personal opinion to make the (what I believe to be) reasonable assumption that there is no deity. The same goes for you and your nihilism, which in some ways is even more subjective than religious belief as it lies in the realm of philosophy. You can go on and on all day about how dumb those gall-darned Christians and optimists are but it doesn't change the fact that not only your belief is as subjective as theirs but that you're on the pessimistic end.
I feel like you're getting personally insulted by my use of the term pessimism because you think I'm calling you a cantankerous grouch. I'm not. Again, I'll pull up Wikipedia's definition of philosophical pessimism:
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Philosophical pessimism is the related idea that views the world in a strictly anti-optimistic fashion. This form of pessimism is not an emotional disposition as the term commonly connotes. Instead, it is a philosophy or worldview that directly challenges the notion of progress and what may be considered the faith-based claims of optimism. Philosophical pessimists are often existential nihilists believing that life has no intrinsic meaning or value. Their responses to this condition, however, are widely varied and often life-affirming.
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Bold lines up with pessimism and nihilism's linkage,
italics lines up with the nihilist spectrum I discussed previously, and
impact lines up with you not being a Scrooge for being a nihilist.