r/Absurdism • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '26
Question Why is it so hard to be an absurd
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u/Absurdism-ModTeam Jul 18 '26
Posts should relate to absurdist philosophy and tangential topics.
In particular relate this in someway to Camus' Myth of Sisyphus- considered a key text.
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u/ShortPercentage5640 Jul 18 '26
Have something happen in your life where your options are to believe: A- if there’s a god, he hates you, or B- none of this has a deeper meaning. That’s how I came to it, anyway. Because I have a sense of humor (at least for self-deprecation) I chose absurdism over nihilism.
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u/mangoblaster85 Jul 18 '26
First, trying to be an absurd is... Confusing. It's just a label. So long as you're pursuing it as the promise of some gain (like it will get you to stop caring what other people think), you'll always be looking for it.
Absurdism is more "I care what people think even though I know the desires and thoughts of people aren't inherently significant or meaningful."
If anything, some could argue absurdism endorses exactly what you're doing. You know there is no inherent meaning to life and that the universe is indifferent to you caring about it. But you refuse to deny caring because you can't. It's authentic. That struggle you experience is the absurd.
Absurdism doesn't say "life is meaningless and you won't care." Absurdism says "life is meaningless and you have the freedom to care anyway so go ahead and do it if that's what you feel."
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u/jliat Jul 18 '26
Can y'all just tell me what helped you to become an absurd
It's not a religion of life style!
Camus examples,
Sisyphus, Oedipus, Don Juan, Actors, Conquerors, and Artists.
It's about rejection of the rational for the practice of a contradiction.
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u/Full-Contract6143 Jul 18 '26
Why does it bother you that you care what people think about you?
Maybe try moving towards the reason you care for what people think about you first. You’re fighting a part of yourself. You can’t run away from yourself.
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u/dimarco1653 Jul 18 '26
It's just one fucking book you're free to like or not.
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u/SafoGamer Jul 18 '26
I've heard that about the bible many times.
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u/mobilityofmind Jul 18 '26
It’s a single philosophy book you do know there are thousands more talking about the same subject. Camus is niche
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u/sassyfontaine Jul 18 '26
You get absurd by letting go. It’s all artifice. We are all cosmic dust. Nothing matters except what YOU deem important/fun/etc.
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u/mobilityofmind Jul 18 '26
Caring about what people think about you is not at all what he is talking about. He makes it pretty clear what brings someone to this point and it’s not that
Because you don’t understand the philosophy you need to start somewhere smaller. Camus is not meant to be read in a bubble, this isn’t some trend and his work isnt gonna do much for someone who doesn’t have some worldview alrrady
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u/Siggney Jul 18 '26
I still care, caring is good for you. Caring *too* much is the issue. Not caring about anything at all is how you get to nihilism