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AnotherCodfish t1_ixj1z9e wrote

Reply to comment by OlafForkbeard in On The Rising Non-Working Class (And What Their Despair Says About Us All) by capcaunul

So, let's be stupidly happy without believing in anything.

Sounds stupid and irrelevant. But hey, you wouldn't mind would you? :D

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OlafForkbeard t1_ixlc9ip wrote

Nihilism isn't the belief in nothing. Nihilism is the belief that regardless of what's there, it doesn't matter.

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AnotherCodfish t1_ixld71j wrote

Regardless of what you believe is there or not. It's as much as perception as content.

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OlafForkbeard t1_ixmo2k5 wrote

Yes.

I'm not really sure what you attempting to oppose posit here. Those concepts are not mutually exclusive.

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AnotherCodfish t1_ixnleeb wrote

I think the concept of belief is key in my opinion. My point is nihilism is believing nothing matters, regardless of the fact it does or not.

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