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Those who lay down and rot (most NEETs and wizards) are the true MARTYRS of the Human Condition.
Any thinking person understands that life is absurd. This is because life inherently lacks meaning and purpose, in and of itself.
Now, some people are lucky enough to never come to this realisation. This is because they are either too stupid to even consider it, or they are too happy with their lives to question life's meaning.
However, most normal people will eventually entertain the notion that life is absurd at some point in their life. This contemplation is usually precipitated by some form of stress in that person's life (death in the family, a break-up etc). Nevertheless, while the vast majority of people will eventually acknowledge this truth, almost all of them will then actively blind themselves to it. This blinding is achieved by creating their own meaning and purpose in life. Most people will create meaning by choosing to focus on relationships and child-rearing, while others will choose pursuits like ****ing STD-infected sluts, careers and hobbies, as well as intellectual acitivities like art, science and philosophy.
This choice itself is irrelevant. What matters is that these people have acknowledged the core truth that life is absurd, yet they willingly (or absentmindedly) choose to forget or downplay this truth by occupying their minds with these created meanings. To employ a metaphor, these people have chosen to 'pull the wool over their eyes' for the sake of whatever happiness they can eke out in their existence. There is nothing wrong with this. Created meaning is still meaning — this cannot be denied.
Nonetheless, created meaning is a secondary meaning. The only primary meaning in life is this: Life is absurd.
My contention here today is that the act of forgetting primary meaning is itself a BETRAYAL of primary meaning. It is a betrayal of the fact that life is absurd.
Those who have chosen to lay down and rot have embarked on a life where the realisation of primary meaning is a daily, if not hourly, occurrence. Through either choice or circumstance, those who LDAR live a life that is mostly free from the distractions of created meaning. Sex, relationships, child-rearing: All of these common secondary meanings are absent.
As a result, those who lay down and rot will embrace the truth more frequently than the blissfully ignorant. Those who LDAR are HEROIC and VIRTUOUS in their constant acknowledgment of the truth, while those who forget are steeped in their BETRAYAL of primary meaning.
Those who LDAR will die contemplating the fact that life is absurd. And what is martyrdom but death for an ideal? We are MARYTRS, my friends. We are holy.
Lay down and rot
[/UWSL]Those who lay down and rot (most NEETs and wizards) are the true MARTYRS of the Human Condition.
Any thinking person understands that life is absurd. This is because life inherently lacks meaning and purpose, in and of itself.
Now, some people are lucky enough to never come to this realisation. This is because they are either too stupid to even consider it, or they are too happy with their lives to question life's meaning.
However, most normal people will eventually entertain the notion that life is absurd at some point in their life. This contemplation is usually precipitated by some form of stress in that person's life (death in the family, a break-up etc). Nevertheless, while the vast majority of people will eventually acknowledge this truth, almost all of them will then actively blind themselves to it. This blinding is achieved by creating their own meaning and purpose in life. Most people will create meaning by choosing to focus on relationships and child-rearing, while others will choose pursuits like ****ing STD-infected sluts, careers and hobbies, as well as intellectual acitivities like art, science and philosophy.
This choice itself is irrelevant. What matters is that these people have acknowledged the core truth that life is absurd, yet they willingly (or absentmindedly) choose to forget or downplay this truth by occupying their minds with these created meanings. To employ a metaphor, these people have chosen to 'pull the wool over their eyes' for the sake of whatever happiness they can eke out in their existence. There is nothing wrong with this. Created meaning is still meaning — this cannot be denied.
Nonetheless, created meaning is a secondary meaning. The only primary meaning in life is this: Life is absurd.
My contention here today is that the act of forgetting primary meaning is itself a BETRAYAL of primary meaning. It is a betrayal of the fact that life is absurd.
Those who have chosen to lay down and rot have embarked on a life where the realisation of primary meaning is a daily, if not hourly, occurrence. Through either choice or circumstance, those who LDAR live a life that is mostly free from the distractions of created meaning. Sex, relationships, child-rearing: All of these common secondary meanings are absent.
As a result, those who lay down and rot will embrace the truth more frequently than the blissfully ignorant. Those who LDAR are HEROIC and VIRTUOUS in their constant acknowledgment of the truth, while those who forget are steeped in their BETRAYAL of primary meaning.
Those who LDAR will die contemplating the fact that life is absurd. And what is martyrdom but death for an ideal? We are MARYTRS, my friends. We are holy.
