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Virgin nihilism vs Chad absurdism (feddit.nu)
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[โ€“] samus12345@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Existentialism doesn't necessarily claim that nothing matters, so yours sounds more like optimistic nihilism, which is very similar if not identical to absurdism.

[โ€“] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

Thanks for pointing that out. I was trying to be concise and keep in style with the OP, but I may have gone overboard there.