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[@bastiwmr]

You become increasingly better at philosophising your way out of therapy, Syphilis.

[@nirgunawish]

jreg stans malding when they realise hes trash throwing up trash and turning gold into trash, actually

[@canchero724]

We're all neosyphilists here aren't we

[@proinsi]

i cackled

[@samuelmcandrew2125]

@@нефт-о3т good reference but no. Herpes is actually a greek god from mythology hope this cleared it up for your :))

[@shadowcween7890]

@@samuelmcandrew2125 You're thinking of Hersheys. Herpes is a virus

[@konstantinoskan6992]

I didn’t expect Schopenhauer to define so accurately post nut clarity.

[@yur1831]

Same

[@renfud3552]

post nut clarity but permanent

[@rajbhattacharya4427]

"Every animal is sad after coitus except the rooster and the human female" - Galen

[@flow1465]

Indeed

[@circuz4167]

Idk why but I don't get post nut at all

The day after a triumph is as hollow as the day after a tragedy.

[@merlinsteindorf-elsner1150]

so the day after you saw, lets say, your own kid die/lost a parent/didn't have courage and regret something, feels as shallow and meaningless as the day after your first kiss/date/first child/got a great job/deal whatever? i don't believe you :D + stuff has far-reaching consequences and shapes your mind

[@gabrielasr9744]

Why do I know this from an Arctic monkeys song

[@lih3391]

Not for everyone

[@NoahTeohZhengYi]

I feel its hollow in a sense that "Something (good/bad) happened, that's it." There will still be lingering emotions. You'll still be sad the day after you lose a loved one; you'll still be happy the day after you get your first kiss. But all there is to it is your emotions triggered from your thoughts/memories from what has happened. If you take a step back and look at it. That really is all there is, and that is all it needs to be.

[@derricka7751]

@@merlinsteindorf-elsner1150 I think it's implied that it's of equal measure. The day after the start of a relationship feels as follow as the day after its end, etc.

[@gavlargr]

"Is this all there is?" "What else ought there be?"

[@malloF]

More. A reason not to kill yourself...

[@micahraney732]

A mystery worth solving, a pain worth enduring, a cause worth living or dying for, a defining struggle, some marker of a real inherent value beyond the tedium of enduring a long time of vaguely amusing distractions until your battery runs out A grass that finally is greenest where you are A life that truly is "to risk it all", if such a thing is even possible for our broken and placid spirits anymore Something like that

[@temmuller9909]

@@micahraney732 Micah my friend you are a poet that was such nuanced writing

[@micahraney732]

I do not want to be nuanced, I just want to be happy 😭

[@withnail-and-i]

That's why people have always needed metaphysics in their lives. Atheism is a slow killing lump.

[@TannerBraungardt]

I struggle with this one very frequently… the thought that even if i lead a hedonistic life, practice some form of meditation/relaxation, or chase a monumental goal, none will ever get me where the inspiration to do them in the first place was hoping for.. The only real comfort i’ve found relating to this is narrative is when i reply with “Well, it’s either that’s too much for you and you choose to opt out, or you accept it as condition and move along anyway”. After contemplating the relationships i have in this life and at least some hope of a worthwhile journey in the future, i continue to choose the latter.

[@kdot78]

I'm on the same bus mate.

[@nathanstrebel5986]

@@kdot78 may I jump infront of it?

[@cocothetimeless8382]

@@nathanstrebel5986 you won't get isekai'd tho

[@aunaprendo9957]

This is why I look forward to my manic cycles. It makes the paranoia and anger/erraticism worth it, especially if I start creating art again

[@claytonkincheloe2175]

Oh look, the guy who taught me dub back

[@notredundant]

As bojack horseman puts it: “Every happy ending always has the day after the happy ending.”

[@stevencooper4422]

That's just depression. Probably should sort that out with a psychiatrist

[@flick6291]

I don't think the problem is not having a happy ending but the expectation of a happy ending. That's what green tragedies are there to remind us of. Unfortunately, western media today (particularly American) always has the need for a happy ending. But in reality endings are just endings, no more, no less

[@maillardsbearcat]

I'm gonna bring this up at the dinner table tonight

[@rapidfart9579]

Classic

[@ominousplatypus380]

good luck :D

[@Monster_Mover_Stocks]

Perfect! After the stunned silence and depressed looks, proceed into politics. Yes, a Thanksgiving to remember.

[@bluwasabi7635]

lol! Have a happy thanksgiving day philosophical discussion

[@FlyingNinjaCow12]

Hahahaha

[@fayetopias]

as someone who used to be extremely pessimistic and su!cidal, i found that staying present and grateful helped me cope with the idea of life. i, like so many others, use to waste away either yearning for the past or obsessing over the future. we fail to realize that all we will ever have is the present. the past has already happened and is unchangeable. the future is just a mere thought. happiness and youth only ever exists in the now. life itself is a blessing to be thankful for.

[@aGenericBanana]

Even if we try our best to stay in present, our environment i.e. the society and family always drags us to worry about future and they see us as what we were in the past. If everyone understands and realises that present is what it is, most problems which are not even problems in the first place, will get destroyed and everyone will live happily. But ..uhm uhm... society will keep on selling fantasies and our biology will keep us hooked to our past and thus we will keep on destroying our present successfully. Yay.

[@fayetopias]

@@aGenericBanana i understand! that’s why we need to try to our best and separate from an environment like that. don’t dwell on things that cannot be change. i used to do this and it waste of energy. after incorporating daily mediation/journaling, doing shadow/inner child work and just practicing gratitude everyday my life changed. i’m not nihilistic anymore. i’m happy, present and accept that some things will always be out of my control but it’s the way i perceive and react to my situations that really matter. hope this made sense and have a good day!

[@EuphoriaInBloom]

Thank you for this. I had a bad day and intense emotions overtook me. My ED was triggered and I relapsed, I gave in to SH and had a mental breakdown. I feel like I’m a terrible person and don’t even deserve to be here. I don’t want to be here. Ive had a hard time thinking that I could even hope for the future. but your comment gave me a little hope. Maybe I’ll be okay someday

[@fayetopias]

@@EuphoriaInBloom i just saw this and i want to let you know that you’re not alone and that you can find happiness in the present. i also use to have an ED and self harm. i had a pretty rough childhood and developed many negative coping mechanisms but i’ve learned to replace them with positive ones. i know right now it might seem that this is impossible and unreachable but it isn’t. you can recover. i did. one day you will experience what being in love with living feels like and treat yourself the way you deserve - with love and kindness.

[@Vagantz]

Love your channel, man I first stumbled upon your video on depression, and when you said : "I imagine you happy" I bawled my eyes out like a baby and decided to turn my life around. Now it's almost been 2 months since I got diagnosed with depression of 5 years and started to take antidepressants My life is better than ever now, thank you for giving me hope :)

[@deepsleepist9097]

Yes, that video in particular is the best.

[@reddragon2804]

Aww man... thats soo sweet. Mr.Syphilis here doesn't realize how helpful he has been just by making videos... who knew your passion could make you helpful for others... he's an unsung hero

[@sean1419]

in my humble opinion, microdosing psilocybin mushrooms are a much better alternative to antidepressants. you should read up on it, just a suggestion. ultimately either will do the job, just antidepressants typically have some nasty side effects. good luck on your journey!

[@dethkon]

In my opinion, that’s the joke _and_ the punchline. Like all jokes, one either finds it funny or one does not (or perhaps one just doesn’t get it). But I think it’s hilarious, and so I laugh myself through life. Win the lotto? Funny. Lose all my money? Even funnier. Car dies? Funny. Got a job? Funny. Lost my job? Funny. Got drunk? Funny. Got a hangover? Funny. Etc. It’s all ridiculous beyond measure, and I find a lot of humor in it. I’m going to laugh myself right into the grave!

[@clairemariecreations]

That’s inspiring

[@FR057B1731337]

Life has never been empty for me, but I tend to get caught up in myself which I stress about. This comment describes exactly the mindset that I should have, and couldn't be put better than you did. Who actually gives a shit about my life? Only me! I will therefor be laughing instead of stressing. Thanks for your comment

[@toddberkely6791]

alright Chrysippus

[@dethkon]

@@toddberkely6791 Lol, nice. I had to look the guy up, but he seems pretty smart. I don’t know much about stoicism, but I think it’s great that he laughed himself to death. What a way to go!

[@dethkon]

@@clairemariecreations Thanks! I’m glad you feel that way too!

[@Wehwehweh]

I kind of love how the phrase 'this is all there is' can be so reassuring and so terrifying at the same time.

[@ahnmensch3115]

"Honey! Wake up! New Sisyphus 55 video!"

[@heywhat6676]

'Is this all there is?' yes, it is all I will ever have. And so I will cherish it.

[@chanceDdog2009]

@@heywhat6676 what did he expect there to be?

[@yodaslastic]

I think about this a lot, and this video perfectly represented my view. Yes, this is all there is. But the beauty of it is that once you are aware of this fact, you can start to look at life from another perspective, through another point of view. If this is all there is, then you must revel in the absurdity of it all.

[@untitledrandomname]

😶

[@barackobama7665]

@@untitledrandomname hi obama

[@untitledrandomname]

@@barackobama7665 whats up obama

[@jaden779]

What is the other perspective ?

[@hoodieap2858]

There’s nothing to revel in, life is garbage simple

[@razumikhim]

"is this all there is?" is a question I've tried avoiding and kept looking at it with an optimistic answer, this can't be all there is, the universe is so vast, there has to be a much bigger meaning to our lives than just this. but everytime I look at it realistically, the correct answer is as clear as day, this is all,whether you like it or not.

[@surfingthemuse5065]

The fact that anything exists at all is a miracle. This acknowledgment alone leads me to believe that what we see and feel and experience through our senses is definitely not all there is. The only reason we suffer through existence and feel emptiness as each mile stone is reached or not reached, is because of the thoughts that we have about it. I think that true peace is found when we let the mind go silent and simply experience this miracle of life fully and completely. The small glimpses I get of this are truly wonderful, but most of the time I am not there, not yet. Therefore I often fall back on my knowledge and belief that we are spiritual beings having a human experience, one that is necessary for the evolution of who we really are. Thanks for the insightful video. 🙏

[@jamesdale8405]

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it - Eckhart Tolle

[@nirgunawish]

i dont believe you would reach the same conclusion if youd try yourself

[@FelixSkura]

Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.

[@viliusbankauskas7020]

marcus

[@Ryan0Gray]

Everything there ever was and will be is already here. To create is to lie, as to express is to live. Humility and honesty would help a lot of people.

[@PaleGhost69]

If this is all there is then we have to realize that WE make the rules to this game. WE have the ability to make this world into something worth fighting for and living in.

[@rxflexedits3310]

optimistic nihilism

[@Jamsessionroom1337]

Oh man, hoping for people's vast interests, ideologies, cultures, worldviews, reasoning, and logic to align are we? We can at worst achieve an autocracy, and at best a meritocracy that values virtue.

[@Monster_Mover_Stocks]

Settle down William Wallace.

[@Mutterschwein]

Who's "we?" You and me and everyone in this comment section? Everyone living in the same street as me?

[@sircrocodile7625]

And why? Why bother?

[@Dexiclon]

I get this feeling but its always after an interaction with friends that was enjoyable. An emptiness in loneliness and knowing that all I do seems to be to fill that void with distractions or another time to hang out with my friends. I think I need a hobby but I don't know where to start. When survival is no longer an issue other issues will arise and so on. At least I can take some solace in the fact that so many others feel the same way.

[@ToxicPlayer3597]

I suffer from ADHD and I love your channel. I really enjoy philosophy but the most common format it comes in, usually long and abstract books that are hard to follow, really makes it unoptimized for my ADHD. It's really demotivating but with your channel I feel like I can learn and think about philosophical concepts condensed in a more ADHD-friendly format and I appreciate you for this. Thank you

[@MrKajithecat]

I'm connecting with your videos a lot more lately as Im finally gripping with my mental health after neglecting it through my 20's. They give me real perspective.

[@kathollandervod]

Whenever I finish a project or adventure, I'm left with this big emptiness that is just says "well now what?". like my entire being in existence had driven towards this one purpose, creating whatever this thing was, and now without that direction I am lost. It takes me a couple hours and sometimes a couple days to pick up the pieces and figure out where I'm supposed to be next. It's both a feeling of relief but also that of emptiness. When I work a endless nine to five job, this feeling never comes and it's actually painful to not have it. I see the endless pile of the work in front of me and how it will never be done or really appreciate it and somehow I come back to yearning for this little bit of emptiness where at least I know I completed whatever it was I was doing.

[@friedsugar2701]

This really hits home, I struggle with this a lot. I have great days, bad days and they end with such vague thoughts.

[@leamubiu]

The only thing that keeps me in the game at the moment is sheer beauty. I've given up on finding "meaning" and "purpose", I've given up on being an agent for the betterment of humanity and its home planet and its legacy. I just want to foster beauty during my lifetime. It can be aesthetic beauty (natural or man-made), or something a little more spiritual (like being polite and helpful to others). In that sense maybe I can be called a cynical hedonist. The reality is that creativity is the one thing that I have a modicum of control over at this point. I can't magick myself into living healthily or having fulfilling relationships or living in a world devoid of stupid cruelty-those things take too much time and effort to build-but when I sit down and put pen to paper, something can come to life right away. Or even singing a nice tune beautifully. Those things dog me, so I know that even they don't come along one day, they probably will on the next. I have not embraced the nonsense, but I am staying on my path alongside it.

[@frankr.jamesgaming261]

No meaning, no purpose, so why beauty?

[@leamubiu]

@@frankr.jamesgaming261 Not sure I can rationalize or truly explain it. But simply: I don’t see the point of living if not for the sake of /some/ form of beauty. Everything is doomed to die, break, or be forgotten-so if anything should be done I believe it would be for the very marvel of each happening, however transient and vain in the grand scheme of things.

[@saltiestsiren]

This is that feeling after you get home after a convention or vacation, or after you finish a really good book series or video game.

[@yusacetin4235]

I call the emotion described in the first 20 seconds of this video "postclimactic tristesse", the feeling you get when your boring old life resumes after a climactic event and you feel so empty

[@drjcarrick]

I love your videos. Always so relatable. I think everyone needs their own way of being ok with it being 'all there is'. For me, it's music. I can listen to songs that remind me of a past time and I know I'm still always going somewhere, so I'm more aware of the journey that you mention. The creativity of it is also something that will last and is an easy way to make a difference

[@yukii381]

I’d just like to say I really love the simplistic little animations that these videos have. It captures moments everyone has experienced in condensed and simple little stick figures that doesn’t require any more complications. Absolutely beautiful for videos like this.

[@ZeVulj]

I'm super melancholic recently and this is right up my alley

[@yuirio8228]

"It means so much to us because it all will be gone" I can see how this could work for many people, perhaps without them fully realising it, but at some point it stopped working for me I dumped an enormous amount of activities because of this Hell, I care less and less about my own health because what difference will it make when I cease to exist I think this mindset was part of the reason I ended my relationship I had during first year of university. Why bother, if we'll both just be on with our lives after we graduated? It's killing me inside and I don't know what to do about it

[@kamrynfilms]

I feel this. It’s so hard. What can we do?

[@AkaiKnight]

You don't even know if you'll really "cease to exist" or not, nobody can definitively know this until they're actually dead presumably. so you could be going through all of this for literally nothing, ironically.

[@thenightwatchman1598]

agreed. this materialistic "were nothing but matter" monolith most modern philosophy falls into proves to be ironically the biggest stumbling block for finding a reason to live and has lead to the fundamental decay of our social fabric as an unnacountable technocracry takes control of more and more aspects of our lives. whos to say the gnostics weren't any less right in saying that we are eternal souls waiting to find true justice and satisfaction in the astral dimension? because i don't see any other means of trancendence other than through the realms of spiritualism, not pop-psychology.

[@nopersona000]

Hey, I have the very same thoughts as you, if there is no infinity, there is no reason, why should one do anything? I found that I felt better when I thought to myself "If no choice has any impact or will last forever, what difference does it make what I choose?" If my going to the gym or texting a girl I like is insignificant either way, well I'm going to choose the one I rather have had experienced by the time I die. Not even because I find a significant amount of happiness doing either but rather because "I might as well spend my time doing something, anything, even though none of it would've mattered", because why NOT?

[@paulstein6563]

Our minds, as amazing as they are, have a proven track record of failure-failure to predict, failure to observe and analyze without bias, failure to control and resist risky or destructive urges, and most of all, the inability to perceive the ultimate reality which constantly slips through the sieves of our limited sensory faculties. These very human failures lead us to the most tragic failure: a profound lack of awareness of our own ignorance, a conviction that this is all there is, and the concomitant loss of the possibility of finding even a mustard seed of transcendent meaning in life.

[@aliakberrajani3425]

As a medical professional, it’s not just the happy moments, but the moments when you see a patient become the subject of their age, or to see them on their final leg, when you look at yourself and ask this question. They have been through all their ups, and now face the reality of their mortality. Not a single health worker I have asked has been able to look beyond ‘this’. This *is* all there is, and to work in healthcare, you must make peace with it or suffer mentally.

[@igormichetti]

embracing the simplicity and the shortness of life is amazing. life doesn't owe us anything, just enjoy it. soon you won't be able to.

[@nox__7646]

When most times you feel like it's never good in enough no matter what you do, that you could've done better but didn't and it's all your fault and wonder what the point is, this video helps :)

[@keshavsawmy133]

i absolutely love your videos. i recently found them and wow never have i felt in a way that cannot be put into words. It all just fits with you. thank you :)

[@thomasbarton1050]

On my hardest days I like to close my eyes and observe my feelings, not as a way to stop suffering but to see if I can accept it and even accept when I cant accept

[@laysaoliveira8773]

Hi! I was met by one of your videos a few weeks ago and been watching some of them and thinking about everything even more. Me, as a future psychologist, a person with depression and others disorders, appreciate you putting your philosophical thoughts and explaining the philosophy of others in a simple and understandable way. Many times I brought your simple questions and (not so simple) answers to therapy and had it evolve to something bigger and intrinsic. Thank you, I don't even think you'll see this, but thank you.

[@userMB1]

When you say:"is this all there is", you assume that you have seen it all. I bet life could suprise you many many times throughout your life. The world is changing rapidly and new insights and new experiences are not far away.

[@bluwasabi7635]

very well said

[@hoodieap2858]

Doesn’t change the fact that this is all there is

[@smeeth6808]

Quite possibly new horrors too

[@kar71key]

@@hoodieap2858 But there's more than enough

[@hoodieap2858]

@@kar71key still doesn’t change and your not including all the bad shit that comes with “more than enough” and the bad lasts way more than the good

[@introvertedcafe1152]

The reality of our conscious awareness is something we can’t fully understand. We don’t know why we were born into this reality, with a mind that can think about the nature of it all and question it. We’re here, and yeah, it doesn’t make sense. The thing about philosophy is that it’s all different ideas on what life is. When people ask me these things I don’t give a straight out answer on what it is, cause I know nothing. I give them a simple answer and that answer is “I really don’t know what it all is, but I can give you my ideas on what I think it is” Nietzsche said that “There are no facts, only interpretations” us humans will never know the truth of the objective reality that our mind and bodies are living in at this very moment. There are reasons for it all, but we will never fully understand. So, saying that “this is all there is” can’t be a a full fact and statement. To us humans, it can be, cause that’s how we work, for me I say “I don’t know if it is or not” cause we humans are not all-knowing beings that can tell other people what the world is. Our job is to make others think rather than teaching them our own assumptions. You’re always going to find different ideas from different philosophers, KZbinrs and all kinds of people you meet, all of us could be wrong or one could be right. Socrates says “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing” to me, I think it’s very good statement for him to make, cause knowing that we humans know nothing, makes us understand that we don’t have the truth, and we can strive to learn and discuss about those ideas. Keep questioning, keep striving and keep learning. We are alive and conscious, that’s all we have right now and it could be the only life we humans have, you never know. Enjoy your days ladies and gentlemen.

[@midnalight6419]

I came this the channel pretty close to its inception some time ago. Allured by the channel's nature, artystic style, and of course, quality of content. However it seems that there's much more nihilsm now than there has ever been. And steering away from the concepts of existentialism. I've come to view nihilsm as every part of existentialism that doesn't matter. Literally. Believing everything doesn't matter in the end, you're just a cog in the machine, whatever. And then leaving it at that and wallowing in despair is the antithis of existentialism. The following part that makes the latter so important, is the question of "so?" So. You go out there, and you as a person put meaning into things that otherwise would not. We are all destined to be ill-content with ourselves because there is no such thing as perfection. But there is also solace in that. Because we can never be perfect, it's okay to settle for always being a little bit better than the day before, in some kind of abstract calculation. The meaning we put into things, and the value that they have as a result, keeps us going. While there is no such thing as contentment with life, lest you're on some pretty serious drugs and high 100% of the time, there is such a thing as satisfaction and clarity. Not even to be happy with where you are, but to look at yourself and be proud of where you are. You have to make that happen yourself. And not blame the system around you. As the "system" is always going to fuck you over in some way, no matter what part of the world you live in. It happens to be that in first world countries with some systems have clean water, while others, do not. So now the focus is shifted up maslows hierarchy. The thing with that, though. Is that there will never be absolution. Humans create their own problems, when they run out of them. And we always solve it. It's kind of beautiful, in a way.

[@PurpleNebula69]

I don't know why but this video hit harder than every video I have seen.

[@AlgernonGeorgie]

2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” 3 What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever. 5 The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. 6 The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. 7 All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. 8 All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing. 9 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which one can say, “Look! This is something new”? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time. 11 No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them.

[@smorcrux426]

How is this text called?

[@hartiboi493]

@@smorcrux426 Ecclesiastes Chapter 1, (NKJV is a good translation)

[@ourdivinemouseoverlord3308]

Ah, Ecclesiastes, the only good/useful book in the entire Bible.

[@hartiboi493]

@@ourdivinemouseoverlord3308 Psalms and Proverbs is good too, just hard to read. Songs of Solomon is weird tho

[@YoursThatWas]

Does it skip 1 and end at 11 to suggest that the 11th part could also be read as the beginning of the text, symbolically representing the message? Or did you just skip 1 and I look for meaning where there is none lol

[@parkerstroh6586]

That emptiness within is not a curse, it’s a calling to match emptiness of heart with the one true thing we have to give to the universe: presence and attention

[@hamboid4998]

I've never categorized myself as 'nihilist' but I've always had this question stuck in mind for the past 2 months. I've always thought that everything I thought of the universe, of other people, my life, my struggles, and everything I know of it just never ends until I die. I could work out at the gym, read 100 books and gain more knowledge, or pursue true love with a girl I think likes me, but where will that take me? Thanks for making these videos no matter how depressing they might get

[@jujimufi472]

Hmm I think the uncertainty in categorizing yourself as anything is born of insecurity? That's how I felt about calling myself a "nihilist". That in doing so, it revealed some weakness or incapacity to understand some bigger picture or greater truth? I'm learning to just acknowledge what is, that what I believe to be true would categorize me as a nihilist in other people's eyes. It is what it is, nothing ultimately matters anyways 🤷‍♂️

[@CanadianRevolution27]

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” Albert Camus

[@mel.inaaaa]

I love this channel.

[@MaudlinSilliness]

Your last few videos have been exactly what I’ve been struggling with recently and I thank you for it.

[@verhaeghealexander16]

This is sort of akin to the question “What happens the day after the revolution?”

[@flow1465]

We humans are trying to see through the veil a reality which is impossible for us to comprehend. Some things are just eternal struggle.

[@pisserandkisser2078]

I’ve thought abt that question a lot, though there has only been one time where it truly consumed my mind and sent me into a panic attack. The best thing you can do is just accept it, chill, and try to make the most of your time here.

[@mYcRiSpDiScK]

I think the void is this common factor, sort of like a springboard that motivates us to do either something or nothing. Whatever we choose to do is in contrast to the emptiness we feel because while nothing lasts, it still happened. We just forget about its impact because we feel this equilibrating force that doesn't keep us stuck or attached to things for too long. And when we do become attached, we do so because the pain of feeling nothing is worse, but yet, when we detach, we open the doors for new things and the cycle repeats itself.

[@disgracefulharmony5380]

I can't put it in a sentence how I needed words like this to comfort the noise inside me even if little bit

[@petermetcalf4814]

"Beauty is in the hard work itself and the often times false sense of purpose we feel when doing it. It's a fleeting sensation that drives us to repeat our actions in order to capture it again" Finn the human

[@graysonkimmel5685]

Finally, someone gets it

[@cole3570]

"One must imagine Sisyphus happy"

[@hoodieap2858]

This quote is super annoying. He’s literally carrying a boulder down and up a hill for eternity nothing to be happy about

[@miskyfr]

@@hoodieap2858 Just a narrowed metaphor. We all obviously have much more going on in our lives than Sisyphus as we have or can make friends and can develop hobbies. Sisyphus just represents fighting against a meaningless existence, and the idea is to imagine him happy in that fight even if he'll fail trying to give his life any meaning that lasts once he's gone.

[@hoodieap2858]

@@miskyfr my point still stands there’s nothing to be happy about

[@miskyfr]

@@hoodieap2858 Maybe if your life is literally pushing a boulder up a mountain 24/7, but it thankfully isn't. The quote is a call to action-not to put an end to existential meaninglessness-but to live in spite of it. There's stuff to be happy about in life, even if it takes a few years to find something after falling down into depression or having a bad streak of life events. I know I'm not happy right now but I keep searching to create said happiness. If I imagine Sisyphus happy as he persists at an impossible challenge, I can at least give myself the tiniest strength to go on a little bit more when my own life feels impossible. I hope you are able to find happiness though. Reach out to a trusted one / loved one if things get bad enough and if you don't have anyone like that, seek any sort of medical help. I believe in you if you're struggling.

[@hoodieap2858]

@@miskyfr makes sense but still doesn’t change the meaningless suffering and that this is all there is

[@246-trinitromethylbenzene8]

In the march towards infinity one can do nothing but embrace the insanity of it. That's life, the struggle IS life, embrace it!

[@bilbloblep6769]

This basically translates my experience as an artist, which is: Be inspired and filled with motivation to translate an image in mind on paper to make it last and/or let others experience it --> put in the effort --> never completely satisfied with the result when it's between my hands. We fall in love with a fantasy that our reality can never meet.

[@BackToSquare1]

I don’t know if this is in every case though. There are many things that I do that leave me genuinely satisfied. Mostly playing guitar but also sometimes computer science stuff.

[@francescofulghieri9608]

it’s about drive it’s about power we stay hungry we devour

[@CoreyisBarackObama]

every time I have some existential question on my mind, i always seem to find one of your videos with the exact title of the question

[@kaitlynmariiee]

i love your videos so much. the way you can find all the perfect words for feelings is amazing.

[@pujeetjha8265]

I resonate with this existential dread of now what? It is particularly loud in my head after I have achieved the goals I have set out for myself, be it scratching everything on a post it note or be it acomplishing in an academic setting. I do wonder sometimes if it's just a drive in me to accomplish more or do more in general but this feeling of now what is empty, it gives me no joy or motivation. It's just dread, Like sitting without a goal will consume me and end me. On the other hand when I fail to achieve what I have set out for myself, at least I can berate myself for not doing better at least there is something there. I don't know if accepting that "this is all there is" is enough because it is generally not the eventuality of death which makes me feel empty. Idk i guess I'll have to figure it out myself.

[@dudko419]

I feel more and more inspired by your videos. Thank you for reminding me how interesting philosophy is.

[@ThisWorldMakesMeSad]

It's just one of those things that exists and you "can" think about it, however it is an abyss.

[@EliasDutch440]

My response to this question is: "yeah, and?" I'm glad we came to the same conclusion!

[@アポロ-u1w]

Answer to the question: Yes

[@lyndis1306]

Life just really ain't worth it

[@scpdatabase969]

Enjoy the experience. Happy, sad, mad, etc. Your purpose is to experience. There’s an infinity to experience so no, this isn’t all. You just gotta find the things you want to experience. Good luck y’all.

[@shayancalskan9042]

Actually it's about drive, it's about power.

[@zoidsfan12]

This is the exact question I've asked myself time and time again. Even in thinking about possible futures I contemplate what it would actually be like to live in those shoes, would it really be all that different from what I have now. What differentiates a rich man and a poor man, the rich man has all his needs attended to and yet will still find life as meaningless as the poor man would. But it's funny, I was kind of near my peak of this feeling as if there is nothing new and interesting recently. But then after seeing a cool bit of art on reddit ended up finding hundreds of amazing quality pictures just scrolling through pixiv. It was in that moment that I remembered the thing that has kept me on this planet, our creativity. The fact that even my niche aesthetics can be appealed to in this world because someone else out there shared the same taste and took the time to learn to draw so as to express said taste. I think that's the thing that really keeps me going. The fact that when we feel something hasn't gotten the attention it deserves we take a fucking flood light to it and put it right in people's faces.

[@rachun8746]

the pursuit of happiness is the worst disease plaguing people for as long as humans have been humans; the futile search for something we don't know anything about and the disappointment of not being able to find happiness because of the inability to define it do not look for happiness, do not expect to be happy or content with life - what does that even mean? - just live and do whatever suits your boat. get rid of your expectations and your disappointments will soon follow, you might even gain the ability to enjoy the "good" things in life, while not necessarily being on an active lookout for those. and, if you're really clever, you might start finding the "bad" equally as rewarding

[@alfredosuarez1430]

Sisyphus, damn! I love your wording and thoughts. Thank you for your content.

[@daan9094]

beautiful video. its like u take all my thoughts and put them in a neat little bundle

[@alexjackson2235]

This? Is incredible wonderful tiniest remotest possibility of existing and we aren’t satisfied with the wonder and potential available, I think this is more to the issue. To find something that truly makes your heart sing, some kind of passion. There’s nothing more glorious than that, to say is that it? I feel is a mammoth under-appreciation of all the odds we have been through to even exist. At the end of day, all is opinion.

[@Greebuss]

Watching this while eating spaghetti

[@NothingHumanisAlientoMe]

0:07 Already we witness the problem. He who makes time with the Woman shall be doomed to coom.

[@StagnantMizu]

I love all this quasi intellectual stuff going arround but for most normal humans this is probably incredibly demotivating. He who increases wisdom increases sorrow.

[@atale7265]

Suffering is the creator of human's consciousness. Eat to avoid hunger, sleep to avoid fatigue, claim an absurd believe to avoid the true reality of nature, etc. The more advanced we get as humans, the more delusions we create to sustain the "will-to-life". Moments in life are all mere finite relative meaningless moments that you will see the end of. It's a battle you will never win; Reoccurring and endless suffering. No matter what you chase, no matter how much pleasure you can obtain, suffering will overwhelm it; it will all replay in your head at the dusk of death. No illiosion in life will ever be capable of giving you a way to escape the grip of death. Do what gives you purpose, or I should say what gives you enough pleasure to make you happy and mange to live with as least suffering as possible. Contemplating death and concluding the truth of our nature will not necessarily leave you in despair, but it can give you enough motivation and meaning in life to value time and do the things that matter the most to you. Twenty years of my life is gone and it feels like they were mere moments. The happy times felt short, but the times I suffered felt as it were for eons. I wonder what does it feel like to make choices for my own...

[@besharagatt7073]

I’m probably never gonna see her again

[@sepiless2536]

I just got my first job today and experienced exactly this, once I got home from all the celebration, there was this deafening silence, of why? This heart wrenching question of is that really it? Idk I’m just so lost

[@dethkon]

I sympathize with you. If it helps, just remember that it’s always Now, and you’re never not You. If you can simply keep these two concepts in the front of your mind, you’ll never be lost. Or, you can listen hard to the deafening silence, explore what it has to say. Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you find it, ya know? And when you find it, you realize that you never lost it at all. This world is a strange place indeed, but what you do with this is up to yourself; It just might be that the “It” your searching for is actually _you._

[@Dr.1.]

your videos are some of the most thought provoking i see

[@ictogon]

If nothing matters, then everything matters. This is all there is.

[@Manticorn]

I've been in school my whole life until now, working an endless factory job for 8 hours every night. Not working toward a grand goal, in the very fact of my vast freedoms, I feel so much dread and emptiness.

[@siryoucantdothat9743]

Loving and connecting to yourself and others is the only lasting happiness

[@trevorfranks69]

It's okay. You just have to rewatch Fight Club to refresh your personality, bros.

[@fkatwiggy]

I’ve come to accept that life is a series of journeys to anticlimaxes and that regardless of this knowledge I will live for the anticlimax every time. It’s all we’ve got to live for, really.

[@viliusbankauskas7020]

I am so thankful for you

[@Glorpusvideos]

Right it for sure makes me appreciate life more, but the more appreciate life the more I yearn to keep it going forever

[@mwangi8623]

After performing there's always a painfully empty feeling. Weeks/Months of practice and its just done

[@Nopityforthemajority]

Ahhh yes. Happy holidays dude

[@Mc4King]

Man. You‘ll be quoted in videoessays like this in a few hundret years as one of the great ones if you keep this up.

[@bibelwalker]

I hope we all find what we're looking for, without ignoring all the emptiness we encounter throughout our day-to-day lives

[@DerAykac]

That look on Schopenhauers face really hammerd the argument in.

[@aychill7357]

Schopenhauer post-nut clarity *Bottom textschopenhauer post-nut clarity*

[@McSwagical]

LMFAO

[@aychill7357]

@@McSwagical I am truly afraid to live, to fail, to laugh, and to love. This world is so important and yet essentially worthless in the merciless march of time. I see people who could be friends, enemies, or just nameless faces I'll never see again. The impermenence scares me as it always have been and i dull it out with worthless pleasures, massive amounts of digital alcohol with an extremely late hangover of 80 years old. This dulling of the spirit kills the drive for life itself, and i find myself wanting to die, yet too scared to do it. A mental civil war is declared inside a robot with a drive to survive and a drive to die, meanwhile automatically performing their tasks until the day a gun gets into its hands to finally decide on a random beautifully smug day. *I nutted.*

[@Klutch29]

"The house fly lives for split syrup.." bruhhhhhhh. Killer line.

[@lazyme.8488]

I understand that process of thought/feeling, but now I can appreciate some of my successes or little wins. I feel more positive and optimistic. Well, it's easy to say I'm better now but my process has been long and painful, constantly fighting every day, failing, getting back up, existential crisis, and mental breakdowns. In short all of my little steps towards a good and healthy objective, for myself and life made me feel better and stronger. I can give some advice or recommendations, but I know that my truth might not be true for others, but I truly believe that anyone can achieve what I have achieved. So it starts by knowing, discovering, or searching for your own purpose in life or by living with a set of principles/philosophy/values until you find and understand who you are so then you can close in more and more on your purpose (what I'm saying is a general take). So then after that, you can decide in what aspect of your life do you want to change or get better at, but I strongly recommend getting better at something that'll give you strength o be more healthy. The second step is the trickiest part cause only you can fully understand yourself, so be careful of running away or avoiding your problems constantly analyse yourself so you can acknowledge your strength and weakness, lies and sincerity, objective and subjective thought or valuation, find multiple people to help you cause no 1 will be able to handle what you go through. In the begging, we are all messy but with perseverance, you can become more stable. I hope this has been usefull and not taken negativly by your emotions.

[@krookimuss]

The screens has made you hard to please. There must be more to life you say, blind to the holy reality before you. Don't overthink, consider your mind, body and nature for the wildest of dreams we live in.

[@nannettefreeman7331]

"We do not pray for immortality, but only not to see our acts & all things stripped suddenly of all their meaning, for then it is the utter emptiness of everything reveals itself." -Antoine Saint Exupery, Night Flight. I am also quite envious of my dog. He does not lament the fact that I've scooped up the poop he so painstakingly searched for the perfect spot in which to deposit it in a little plastic bag to be thrown away in the nearest trash can. He just carries on with his walk as if his work there is done.

[@thewholemessprinciple]

The human life is a on a path of progression toward transcendental experience, multi-dimensional spiritual advancement. What you experience with the 5 senses reaches a dead end and you're forced to confront despair, and then into developing the 6th sense (if despair does not defeat you). Love & peace 💚