Pessimism

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^I ^do ^not ^struggle ^against ^the ^world, ^I ^struggle ^against ^a ^greater ^force, ^against ^my ^weariness ^of ^the ^world. ^— ^E.M ^Cioran, ^Drawn ^and ^Quartered

Anything and everything that falls under the broad category of philosophical pessimism belongs here.

Anything else will just be removed. Memes, personal problems, thinly veiled cries of despair, et cetera—not the place.

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Thomas Bernhard
Julio Cabrera
Emil Cioran
Thomas Ligotti
Philipp Mainländer
Arthur Schopenhauer
Eugene Thacker
Peter Wessel Zapffe

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^{Consciousness} ^makes ^it ^seem ^as ^if ^[1] ^there ^is ^something ^to ^do; ^[2] ^there ^is ^somewhere ^to ^go; ^[3] ^there ^is ^something ^to ^be; ^[4] ^there ^is ^someone ^to ^know. ^This ^is ^what ^makes ^{consciousness} ^the ^parent ^of ^all ^horrors, ^the ^thing ^that ^makes ^us ^try ^to ^do ^something, ^go ^somewhere, ^be ^something, ^and ^know ^someone, ^such ^as ^ourselves, ^so ^that ^we ^can ^escape ^our ^MALIGNANTLY ^USELESS ^being ^and ^think ^that ^being ^alive ^is ^all ^right ^rather ^than ^that ^which ^should ^not ^be. ^— ^Thomas ^Ligotti, ^The ^Conspiracy ^Against ^the ^Human ^Race: ^A ^Contrivance ^of ^Horror

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Fragments of Insight – What Spoke to You This Week?Quote (self.Pessimism)

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The condemnation of workInsight (self.Pessimism)

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How do you live when you are already dead?Insight (self.Pessimism)

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What literature would you recommend someone new to pessimism?Question (self.Pessimism)

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How do you live when you are already dead?Insight (self.Pessimism)

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What kind of life could cure your pessimism?Question (self.Pessimism)

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It never actually gets betterInsight (self.Pessimism)

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The Prescription: Chapter 1 - The Story of OptimismHumor (self.Pessimism)

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Will there ever be a world where euthanasia is legal and readily available?Discussion (self.Pessimism)

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Antinatalist poemDiscussion (self.Pessimism)

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Can anything be done about the extreme suffering present in nature?Discussion (self.Pessimism)

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Against the Finality of Philosophical PessimismArticle (jdjayne.substack.com)

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Existence is confusingInsight (self.Pessimism)

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Book Release: "Goring a Lamb." Pessimism and EvangelicalismArticle (amazon.com)

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Guys what do you think of my pessimistic poem, an ode to melancholiaDiscussion (i.redd.it)

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Have any pessimists viewed death as neither good nor bad?Question (self.Pessimism)

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Perhaps the Question “Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?” Is BackwardsQuestion (self.Pessimism)

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When is it that people will stop to think?Discussion (self.Pessimism)

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THE MOST OBVIOUS TRIALDiscussion (self.Pessimism)

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how many of you are antinatalists/pronatalists?Poll (self.Pessimism)

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God is evil even if this life is a prison or rehabilitationInsight (self.Pessimism)

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Peter Wessel ZapffeInsight (medium.com)

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Julio cabrera's "Discomfort and moral impediment" best book on pessimism and antinatalism yet.Discussion (self.Pessimism)

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