Thisabsurdworld

(Philoso)Thoughts

  • 85.

    Every word implies the existence of something else

  • 84.

    Being against order in an orderly way

  • 83.

    Every system limits us in a certain way

  • 82.

    What should we do with the systems? Should we have new systems? Or strive to be systemless?

  • 81.

    How can you reach people?

  • 80.

    ‘Human’ is our only significant label. Yet we judge others using insignificant labels, and so we dehumanize them. We treat them as ‘a woman’ or ‘a man’ instead of a human. We treat them as ‘a black person’ or ‘a white person’ instead of as a human. We treat them as ‘straight’ or ‘queer’ in stead of as a human. And so we divide and restrict our humanity.

  • 79.

    Stoicism and awkwardness in action

    [How to remain cool-headed when doing something you are not skillful at]

  • 78.

    Sometimes a philosophical life seems like an unreal life (theoretical life)

  • 77.

    Our definition of normal is so wack

  • 76.

    Philosophy is the intellectual religion

  • 75.

    Laws and rules are necessary but very dangerous

  • 74.

    But is surviving necessary?

  • 73.

    But the academy didn’t grasp life

  • 72.

    I wonder what my parents would think of sexual identity if I wasn’t queer

  • 71.

    Treat yourself as a friend

    [Why don’t you take the advice that you give your friends for yourself also?]

  • 70.

    The key on how to treat others lies in how you treat yourself

  • 69.

    We don’t call it absurd because we are used to the absurd

  • 68.

    Saying the world is ordered (by a greater force) is comforting, but saying it is absurd and utter chaos is also comforting. Both extremes on that spectrum are comforting

  • 67.

    The emotional philosopher

  • 66.

    I love you so much but your death should not shake me

  • 65.

    Being certain that what you believe is truth, is no longer believing

  • 64.

    That which people ridicule is perhaps the closest to the truth

    [488]

  • 63.

    Of course I ponder suicide

    [See also 278]

  • 62.

    And what do you think of it now?

  • 61.

    A world where [homosexuality] is not even an issue; a world we could be in if we could collectively change our mindset

  • 60.

    Earth has no countries

  • 59.

    We do not like collective silence

  • 58.

    The capabilities of my brain seem to be a factor in my happiness. This feels troubling.

  • 57.

    Is anything weird?

    [The weirdest thing is only weird by our definition of normal]

  • 56.

    Loneliness is not knowing how to be alone
    Loneliness appears when you think being alone is negative

    [487]

  • 55.

    The impossibly absurd is consoling
    [to a ‘broken’ life]

  • 54.

    Reflection is taking a step back

  • 53.

    It is not about whom I love, it is about that I love. People love people, other factors are pretty much insignificant.

  • 52.

    Human is our only label

  • 51.

    Denial of the absurd
    Acceptance of the absurd

    [We have only two choices]

  • 50.

    Do you ever watch yourself from like the fourth dimension or a void-like pocket dimension? Just watch yourself while life happens to you

  • 49.

    It might be easier to ‘fit in’ by lying but then who would you really be? It might be easier to lie about knowing something, but then so would their view of you be a lie.

  • 48.

    Who do you know the best? And who knows you the best?

  • 47.

    How well should you know your parents?

  • 46.

    Philosophers and poets are discoverers and describers of life. For no one knows what life is.

  • 45.

    Whether or not we can doubt an object’s existence is not a property of that object

    It remains a desire for wisdom; a philo-sophia. [And so not a possession of wisdom. Just as in religion; there is a desire for holiness but not a possession of it.]

  • 44.

    Something new can give a shot of motivation/inspiration

  • 43.

    I know not all parents could ever be called heroes

  • 42.

    In some weird way, ‘the answer’ is not on the bookshelves of the philosophy section

  • 41.

    Dare not to hide any part of you

  • 40.

    Knowing someone’s smell is one of the most intimate connections you can have with someone

  • 39.

    Your work is not your worth

  • 38.

    What is there and what have humans made up?

  • 37.

    The goal of life is not an end goal but a continuous goal; every day and every moment. Exist. Live. Wanting to live. Being happy.

  • 36.

    We keep trying

  • 35.

    [Should we be] dependent on technology or independent?

    No longer remembering phone numbers; is that bad?
    Jobs are being taken over by technology

    [We have] technology as slaves

  • 34.

    I have no authority. You must consider what the things I say do with you. [Do not agree and follow blindly]

  • 33.

    The way to maturity, whose end no one reaches

  • 32.

    You have to be lost to find your way

  • 31.

    ‘What? You didn’t know that?’ is a remark easily returned
    and is therefore stupid

  • 30.

    When we are happy we don’t give a shit
    When we break, we do everything we can to get back
    We realized that we were lost all along

  • 29.

    ‘It’s all I have’

    No. Sorry. All we have is nothing. And that’s okay.

  • 28.

    ‘I would never have thought of that.’ Is that so? Are there things that we can never think of ourselves?

  • 27.

    If superiority exists, how would we decide who is better than who?

    [Deciding that you are better than someone already implies that you are better than someone because you say you have the power to make that decision. This means that before deciding that you are better than someone, you had already decided that you are better than someone. This goes infinitely on and is absurd. And so we see that no superiority actually exists, but that we have merely created it.]

  • 26.

    Dignity needs to go

    [Dignity makes us act; ‘I must be this or that way. I must not dance in public or be too loud.’ And so dignity silences many personalities and possibilities.]

  • 25.

    By definition, groups divide.

    [409]

  • 24.

    Background absolute 2 : we know nothing, but we think we know things

  • 23.

    Background absolute 1 : we are all humans

  • 22.

    What is progress?

    [How do we decide if we are going in a ‘better’ direction? Is technology progress? Progress already implies some definition of good and bad or some goal that must be reached.]

  • 21.

    Homelessness: who are we without a home?

  • 20.

    Why must we label our identity?
    Don’t labels just bring division?

  • 19.

    And when ‘the cool boys’ do it, it is suddenly something that is cool

    How stupid

  • 18.

    [they are] convinced of only that which they have experienced

  • 17.

    Normal is what we are used to

  • 16.

    Is happiness always built on the misfortune of others?

  • 15.

    Is there a mental state for which we don’t have a word yet?

  • 14.

    The most comfortable life is in the machine; a fabricated reality

    [483]

  • 13.

    We are all exceptions to ‘the rule’; to the stereotype

  • 12.

    Everything is wrong but that’s alright

  • 11.

    We have to accept that we live in a world with only lost people

  • 10.

    Admitting you don’t know something is true intellect

    And pretending to know something to look smart is actually pretty dumb

  • 9.

    I am a mess of thoughts

  • 8.

    Love is weird

  • 7.

    Hope clouds observation

  • 6.

    Aging is wack

  • 5.

    Illusion embellishes reality

  • 4.

    If a specific day fades from everyone’s memory, did it still happen?

    [480]

  • 3.

    Everyone has their own unique perspective

  • 2.

    Some things are hard to do and that annoys me

    I’m sick and tired of impossible love

    Hindsight makes fools of us all

    You ever just do random stuff and something good comes out of it? Cause that never happens to me.