Optimistic Nihilism

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Optimistic Nihilism

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[TheJosep]

"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” -Mark Twain.

[TBomb]

kurzgesagt:
90% existential dread
10% birds

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"We became self aware only to realize this story is not about us."

Truest statement I ever heard.

[oliverjunge]

"Close your eyes. Count to one. That's how long forever feels." No other combination of words in the history humanity was ever as comforting.

[cosmos]

"If you enjoy the time you wasted, you didn't waste any time, "

[juliangrisalescastro]

"It feels like the cruelest joke in existence has been played on us, we became self-aware only to realize this story is not about us".
Omg man I never looked at it that way and I don't know exactly how to feel about it.

[ThatBlondeDude]

"Our videos induce existential dread in many people, and the last few minutes probably haven't helped"
Literally lol'd.

[creativeotaku]

I have severe death anxiety. And only a few people know about my condition. I don't usually write a comment but this time i couldn't stop myself, this video of Kurzgesagt has helped me deeply. I tried to keep myself distracted to avoid thinking about it, but never thought a alternative perspective could save me.
So my heartfelt thanks to Kurzgesagt for this.❤

[gabrielplzdks]

"Close your eyes. Count to one. That's how long forever feels." Damn, that gave me chills

[HufflepuffDaddy]

Nihilism shows us the horizon,
the limits of time and space...
Optimism helps us sail there
with a smile on our face

[monarcmusic]

“Close your eyes for one second that’s how long forever feels” - This line gave me actual chills lol

[Bingbongq]

I know this sounds weird but I'm grateful for having an existential crisis it has made me realize the true beauty and mysteriousness of life

[fiffyfly]

This made me more depressed and less depressed at the same time

[GUFFmaster]

The whole "Close your eyes and count one second... that's what forever feels like after you're dead" is what really got me... freaks me out everytime I do it

[unpitbullinunparcogioghipe]

Nihilism: everything is meaningless

Optimistic nihilism: everything is meaningless :D

[renaissancegorl]

I am 25. Since the beginning of my twenties I suffered from nihilistic point of view. I couldn't do anything for myself because I knew nothing makes sense in the end. But lately I realised if nothing matters anyways, I can live as I want to and I dont have to prove anything to anyone. Now I try to care less in a positive way.
Until I saw this video randomly, I didnt know it had a name and actually was a thing. I literally cried watching this video.

[clarkkent]

Nihilism: Nothing matters


Optimistic Nihilism: Since nothing matters, you're free to assign value to whatever you want. So you don't have to feel like you've wasted your life playing video games and reading comic books. It made you happy. So it mattered. And if it mattered to you, you mattered too.

Kurzgesagt just solved the existential crisis. Goddamn, I love those birbs

[amandateoh]

_“Our videos induce existential dread in many people”_ *THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT THEYRE DOING TO US*

[firehunters]

I love this line : "Close your eyes. Count to 1. That's how long forever feels."