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i would guess it's probably an annoyance with people assigning significance to the insignificant and the belief they've discovered something profound when it's
by 93po 2y ago
i would guess it's probably an annoyance with people assigning significance to the insignificant and the belief they've discovered something profound when it's intellectually pretty shallow. i can understand an eye roll at people who try to answer really complex questions about life and existence with something like pretty patterns, but i personally choose to be fine with people finding the things that help them understand the world in their own way. we're not all meant to be Aristotle.
- parthianshotgun 2y agoYes, I'm more in the continental mindset myself. To paraphrase Gene Wolfe, the meaning of life is life itself, not as a means to an end, but an end unto itself. Which is why I was originally curious about the why, assuming OP didn't take my curiosity as bad faith