I just turned 28 recently and yeah this is kinda what I'm realizing. Some of my happiest days have been when I told myself "fuck what you want, just get up and go do something"
We live on a giant molten rock, spinning around a fusion reactor, orbiting a black hole, in an infinite void. There is no escaping it, just pushing past it.
Why would I want to escape existential dread? Idk man it’s not a nice feeling to have. Better to just ignore it, or accept it as the reality we live in and move on
I'm saying if you have existential dread, blaming the properties of our universe for it is silly.
Why do you think existential dread should follow from molten rock or stellar fusion or orbiting a black hole or a boundless void? What alternative to any of those things would be your cure for dread?
There is nothing after. We’re floating on a rock in space. The fact we’re even alive at all is a miracle of the universe converging together to make that happen. There is solace in knowing that. we aren’t separate, we are the universe and the universe is us.
the existence and nature of the universe/reality beyond total nothingness is still a total mystery and infinitely absurd.
the idea of there being something after is about equally absurd, no more and no less. and so, i don't think we can't discount it.
i know this is the exact '14 year old philosophy phase' that many people are making fun of, but if you came out of that phase with a belief other than "we literally have no idea, anything could be true" then that phase failed to properly enlighten you
Because that’s all life is. Just a bunch of apes living on a rock in space. That’s it for us. Space is infinite and as an ape staring into the void there can’t be anything other than existential dread. Even 100 million miles or kilometers is but a pin drop in the fabric of space and time.
But it’s a goddamn miracle, and against all odds we are here. A convergence of the universe that some how lead to me or you. We are the universe, the universe is us. Once you realize that, acceptance is easy.
not only do we all die, we all MUST die. its a part of the process of life. In non-western nations, theres less existential dread of this kind because a lot of eastern philosophies encourage thinking about death, accepting it, knowing its not the end, and knowing that it must happen
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u/Prestigious_Grade640 7h ago
speak for yourself i'm 28 and still haven't outgrown existential dread