Your last sentence claims that he should appreciate how lucky he is. But this is a different question from what, at face value, the statement that life is meani

Your last sentence claims that he should appreciate how lucky he is. But this is a different question from what, at face value, the statement that life is meaningless or absurd is about. The two choices (first being operative in this thread): 1. Life is meaningless: descriptive claim 2. You ought to appreciate life to the best of your ability: normative claim Your argument has no bearing on the first claim.