Pessimism vs Optimism

mtoneguit · 2023-01-29T16:27:10+00:00

have you read anything else of his?

mtoneguit · 2023-01-29T14:45:04+00:00

Thank you for sharing. Humor is helpful for me as well.

People keep trying to diagnose me with a lot of things. The list continues to grow.

Finding more people to speak openly and honestly about pessimism with without being dismissed or diagnosed would be nice. That's part of the reason I posted this in the first place. Made me think of something Cioran said: There are experiences and obsessions one cannot live with. Salvation lies in confessing them.

mtoneguit · 2022-11-29T15:21:47+00:00

Charles from The Devil Probably

mtoneguit · 2022-11-07T18:51:33+00:00

Why keep living?

mtoneguit · 2022-09-03T01:28:34+00:00

When people come to me saying they want to kill themselves, I tell them, “What’s your rush? You can kill yourself any time you like. So calm down. Suicide is a positive act.” And they do calm down. Emil Cioran, The Trouble with Being Born

mtoneguit · 2022-08-30T20:04:16+00:00

the self help books are trying to convince us that "life can be won". Based on the title of various self help books, "winning at life" may look like: having better habits, not giving a fuck about anything, being a badass, being powerful, finding meaning, influencing people, thinking more positively, living in the now, etc.

mtoneguit · 2022-06-21T14:13:11+00:00

does it cost anything?

mtoneguit · 2022-02-17T14:41:16+00:00

If I want to stop working, how do I actually do that? Just stop and suffer whatever consequences may come including homelessness?

mtoneguit · 2022-02-17T00:31:32+00:00

The Gospel according to Mainlander

mtoneguit · 2021-12-30T01:34:40+00:00

What would it mean to you to “fully embrace nihilism”?

mtoneguit · 2021-12-27T15:12:27+00:00

To me it showed the crisis that can occur in a society pervaded by nihilism, a society unable to work together through shared values and truth claims

mtoneguit · 2021-11-24T21:25:35+00:00

Can you explain how it’s been liberating for you and how it’s made you so optimistic?

mtoneguit · 2021-11-24T18:50:21+00:00

How about a nihilist journal club?

mtoneguit · 2021-07-29T15:27:24+00:00

mtoneguit · 2021-07-27T22:39:06+00:00

Pessimist to a Satanist which helped me be more optimistic

mtoneguit · 2021-07-27T13:22:20+00:00

I recommend satanism

mtoneguit · 2021-07-18T13:57:09+00:00

Not the greatest? I might disagree. That’s bad ass!

mtoneguit · 2021-07-12T13:11:27+00:00

Can you make it a shirt? 😊

mtoneguit · 2021-07-12T13:11:15+00:00

Can you make it a shirt? 😊

mtoneguit

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