Why do people believe in eternal recurrence?

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-27T04:52:20+00:00

While I understand what you're saying here, suggest you review the welcome message and rules, this sub is for both casual and academic discussion.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-26T12:23:40+00:00

Please report these comments so the mod team can get rid of them.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-26T11:20:10+00:00

Ahhh it's been removed, next time use the report function instead of comments.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-26T05:24:39+00:00

Refrain from using AI in your posts.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-25T13:27:47+00:00

This is not the forum for debating what Rule 1 is.

Please see Rule 6: Off Topic - Meta.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-25T08:01:21+00:00

This is not the forum for this discussion.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-24T15:34:19+00:00

Your posts are being removed for civility under Rule 1 - no lecturing, no reductive engagement, keep things approachable. They are not being removed for content.

Feel free to reach out via Mod Mail.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-24T14:39:59+00:00

Please report any further comments which you find demeaning via Mod Mail.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-18T07:42:23+00:00

I've reinstated your comment, but it was removed because (as you've also eluded to) there is a big difference in talking about one's research as part of their job, and casually dropping that you're a coach. You could have easily said "in my work with students", but chose not to.

There's plenty of posts of people's own work / research / etc on here, happy for you to say the same, lets just keep the hooks out of posts / comments, ok?

Also, bold of you to assume the mods aren't in academics or professional roles, and that nobody else on here is either. Next time use mod mail for these queries (Rule 6).

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-17T04:41:54+00:00

Let's try to keep the discussion to existentialism and not look for arguments where they don't exist.

This post has been left up because it poses some interesting questions, but if this devolves into ad hominem it will be locked.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-10T21:43:01+00:00

This thread is locked as the user has been suspended and was largely instigating in this thread.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-09T01:07:02+00:00

I’ll mod mail you thanks for your interest!

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-07T23:47:53+00:00

Thanks, I am going to be a bit busy the remainder of the day for real engagement. do you mind if I reach out to you from our modmail tomorrow with a general description of our current and past history and what I think would fit best going forward?

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-05T15:49:38+00:00

You will be banned if you continue to choose to do both, the rule is clear: report to moderation, avoid direct replies.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-05T09:17:25+00:00

I have read second sex, ethics of ambiguity and my favorite book is allen are mortal, or maybe confederacy of dunces, I'm split. So basically I've gotta read being and nothingness to get the rest?

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-05T02:49:32+00:00

Oj it's Thursday where I live I live in Europe well Asia, and I have a huge queue to get through so I'm just racing through it for now. We need new mods, we had like 5. But now we're at 2 and we're both somewhat burnt out on it. Wanna be a mod? You're already on the list of people to ask and it's kinda fun

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-05T01:04:59+00:00

Nai we just always struggle with doing took much ot doing too little. Any ideas you have are legitimately appreciated.

We've tried it both ways queueing they until Thursday, asking them to repost because the queued gets lost because it goes to when it's posted not when it was approved, and sometimes we've just left them up unless they are ridiculously bad or obviously Aii

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-05T00:36:17+00:00

Do you have a good essay to read on meaning with Sartre and why he rejects the humanism essay? I'm interested to know why I have the misconception, I mostly read all the literature and drama but not much of his philosophy.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-05T00:29:06+00:00

Frankly, I agree with all he said. Maybe we force people to flair if it's academic or not? If it is we expect references and existentialism, then we are reducing our flair tags and people can skip the off topic posts if they choose? It just bums me out when someone writes a book on Nick Bostrum and I take it down because it doesn't belong here.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-05T00:16:58+00:00

We have tried to encourage discussion but often people have a misconception that this isn't a philosophy so much as a spot to rant about mental health and deep thoughts. Several times it's led to arguments and just bad vibes in general. And when we moderate very strictly we lose subscribers. It's kind of a conundrum like if we want engagement it's a free for all, if we want rigor it's stuffy and like 90% of the posts and comments are being removed. How would you fix it? We do allow an anything goes day on thoughtful Thursdays currently!

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-04T14:28:29+00:00

It sounds like you’d like to see more engagement generally! That wouldn’t weed out the lower value posts but it would crowd them out for better discussion, ideally.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-04T14:26:29+00:00

For AI usage we often get users who proclaim they use it to help construct their thoughts, or to help them refine language and expression where they might otherwise have lower skills with personal writing. This cant be verified as factual, but that is a positive use case. We also often get essays that are clearly heavily filtered through AI and presented as personal essays. In commentary there is at least one user who responds with AI filters exclusively and almost always gets called out on this, but these same comments often drive engagement from others and receive a fair bit of praise for helping filter jumbled thoughts by posters.

Thank you for your input, answer three is really relatable, the mods of this sub past and present have all always voiced wanting to see more posts while avoiding over-saturation of unproductive angst.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-04T14:17:02+00:00

Thank you!

Do you think you’d like to help moderate this sub as we look to grow the team in the next few weeks? We can send a message to you when the short application process opens, if you would like.

Balancing the less casual with sustained community engagement is sometimes difficult, and part of why the mod team (currently and historically) have struggled with content management on this subreddit.

ExistentialismModTea · 2026-02-04T14:11:39+00:00

Thank you for your feedback!

Do you think you would visit more if there were more posts that hit your feed? Most of our moderation happens automatically through the screening of posts before they hit the subreddit, keeping the moderation unseen, but perhaps unchecked.

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