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The sub said to title the response '119, 120, or 121' ...


.....how I feel about existentialism, let's see....

I agree with the whole 'have to make something out of yourself' message. Its true that you could either live your life and have no influence on anything around you, or make somehting out of your potential and contribute to society. And it makes sense that one should, in general, strive to have an influence, rather then be a stander-by. And there are, in reality, tons of people who just stand by in life, doing nothing but stroll around in their little world, consumed by their own little world.

One thing I am definitely going to have to disagree with though, is this idea of there being no absolute truth. This is, to me, like the unnecessary addition that was put in with existentialism that was made to annoy people. Like low-budget commercials.

That's basically saying that whatever you see cannot really be there because there is no absolute truth. Excuse me? You mean to say that the sky isn't actually blue? You mean to tell me that I am not actually typing on a computer to a blog so my teacher can grade it? You mean to tell me the spoon is not real? C'mon now. If there is no truth, then life is a lie. Because there is no life. And then there's nothing.

This probably bothers a lot of people, this whole 'nothing is true' idea. But to me it doesn't. Y'know why? Because life without any absolute truth is impossible. Nonsense. And if it's impossible, why waste your time wrapping your mind around an impossible idea? It's like forming an argument on how exactly Mr Santa Clause gets his hand on genetically enhanced reindeer and utilizes their power + Christmas spirit in order to haul out tons of toys and whatever else children ask for in a one man sleigh to the 2.2 billion  (and counting) children in the world, all located in different spots on earth, in only 24 hours, with a diet of only milk and cookies.


If you wanted to be creative, I suppose you could tackle such a challenge, but you get the idea.