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Re:Alain de Botton on existential maturity and what emotiona... by scotty79 on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @10:33PM (#32009357)
Either nihilism or absurdism has very nice answers for your conundrum.
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Re:Alain de Botton on existential maturity and what emotiona... by eurasiantiger on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @11:24PM (#32009598)
”Dammit, Jack, we got another one.”

”Another awakening?”

”Yeah.”

”Just do what we always do, make their argument look nihilist or absurdist. Remember to avoid mentioning capitalism and neoconservatism!”

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Re:Alain de Botton on existential maturity and what emotiona... by toombowoombo on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:18AM (#32011240)
Is this a part of a bigger story or a made-up dialogue created specifically for this post?
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Re:Alain de Botton on existential maturity and what emotiona... by eurasiantiger on Thursday July 07, 2022 @11:32PM (#32022757)
The latter, but I’m now seriously considering a career in writing. ;)
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