How can I stop being cynical and nihilistic?

>>2480009
Going outside

Get a job and start a family.

*vaginal Jew steals half his money and takes the children*

Life's tough...

>>2480009

Take off that fedora.

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>>2480009
Take the bread pill

>>2480010
This, really.
Also, some sort of spiritualism can't be bad either. Actually, I'm not sure if that is the right word.
Minimise your media consumption and try to spend the day with things you like. Rediscover things from your childhood, or try something new.
Get into culture (non-political, at best). Music that touches you for simply reminding you that you are a human being, with feelings and all.
Role-play. Be childish. Do things unironically, consciously, even if they may seem stupid

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>>2480009
End your existential nightmare by taking your own life.

>>2480210
hhh
>Get sunlight
>Practice some sport
>Talk with some people

>>2480009
what game is that

>>2480009
>cynical and nihilistic?
Why are you even being cynical and nihilistic in the first place? You understand how your brain works right and that you have full 100% total control (unless you suffer form mental disorders) over what you think and feel. If you are being cynical and nihilistic, simply stop.

t. cynic and nihilist.

You do not practice nihilism, if you are, you're literally retarded and you should probably actually kill yourself as you believe you should. Nihilism and cynicism are things you should be aware of, not practice or inherit, you totally misunderstood these philsophers if you are actually practicing.

>>2482931
Talos Principle

>>2480009

realize that if nihilism posits that nothing matters, then the fact that nothing matters also doesn't matter, so wasting time worrying about it and using it as a backdrop for a cynical outlook that colors your perceptions of the world is paradoxically a system of belief that cannot be supported by nihilism.

if you are a nihilist, then any belief system you hold is thereby solely your own, and thus you are solely responsible for what you think about the world. like >>2482947 said, you don't practice nihilism. if you take what nihilism means to heart then that means the only one in control of your thoughts is you, and any outlook you possess is of your own invention, and any meaning you find in anything is fallacious outside of your own viewpoint. fortunately, this also means you can change your beliefs on a whim and decide for yourself what is important to you, and throw off all preexisting belief structures that you may have been adhering to, either wholesale or in fragments.

expose yourself to new ideas. read more. listen to cool podcasts. talk to people.

>>2480009
you kill yourself

>>2480009
have you ever grown a plant before?

>>2480009

Find beauty.

There's nothing wrong with being nihilistic except people use it as an excuse for fucktarded behavior.

You don't want your average nihilistic faggot histrionic ape.

They're just annoying. Just attempt to reach the highest level of (sustainable) order you can because entropy is an ever-living beast.

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By reading God's Word and applying it to your life.

>>2484248
Which God?
Which Bible?
Which Denomination?

>>2484291
The one true God, Jehovah/Yahweh/Jesus.

The King James Version.

A Protestant or Reformed one.

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>>2484310
>Protestant
LOL

>>2484319
Not an argument.

>>2484310
>>2484319
My plan worked, it begins.

>>2484326
It's not an argument, you are going to hell

By getting a lot of money and living life to its fullest

There is literally nothing wrong with nihilism or cynicism.

>>2484331
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your savior, it is impossible to go to hell. Your sins are forgiven, cleansed away.

The Holy Spirit bears witness.

>>2484339
It won't make you happy.

>>2484358
Says you.

>>2483038
i genuinely appreciate this mark, thank you.

>>2480009
I've come up with two solutions to the nihilism problem, for me, this is what works.

First is work, any time that you start feeling nihilistic just work in something, getting your mind occupied solves a lot of it really.

Second, and this method i recommend the least, get your life into danger, i was struggling with nihilism until i was on a life or death situation, trust me, when you're fighting for your life you really stoo asking the question of 'why does it matter?' And start asking 'what can i do to survive' with the adrenaline rush the meaning of life is the least of your concerns.

Get a wicked sense of humor

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>>2484358
it can if you try hard enough

>>2484458
no problem friendo

>>2484224
>le entropy meme
b2reddit

>>2484679
>denying thermodynamics
Why? Does it hurt your feelings, or are you just retarded?

>>2484712
do you seriously think that thermodynamics is everything there is to this fucking universe? If you can't get away from your retarded world vision where the only kind of logic that reigns is hard science then you're a fucking idiot. Go read a little about philosophy of science and understand that entropy isn't even engraved in stone to begin with.

Not to mention that the kind of "logic" you people put in a pedestal only works for the hard sciences.

>>2484734
I guess it's both. At what point did I say 'thermodynamics is everything there is to this universe'? Thermodynamics describes how energy works, not the whole universe you fucking dunce. Also, go read a little about what a 'law' is.
Not to mention, even if it weren't a law, you not liking wouldn't make it any less real.

>>2484503
While funny, that comment is wrong I'm that both of these people are technically right in regards to what nihilism means.

Many people simply need to have a greater purpose and material wealth doesn't cut it for them.

>>2484310
>Protestant or Reformed
>believing a literally made up religion
If you're not a Catholic or an Orthodox, you're not a Christian.

>>2484291
>which bible
Unedited untranslated Greek OR Aramaic OR Hebrew OR Latin bible. Don't understand any of those languages? Fuck you learn them or you're going to hell.

>>2484914
>>2484291
Like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus

>>2484784
> i can't state properly what a law is so you better go look it up

What's that image from?

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>>2484914
>You learn them or youre going to hell
B-but...

>>2484925
>a statement of fact, deduced from observation, to the effect that a particular natural or scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present.
Is this really the best you can do?

>>2480009
Finish Talos Principle and try to ponder the problems it raises regarding beauty, meaning and life.

>>2484914
>Don't understand any of those languages? Fuck you learn them or you're going to hell.
Man God is such an asshole.

>>2480009
Jus b yurself

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>>2485037
>But b-being myself d-d-doesn't """"work""""!!!

By caring about others

>>2484914

>Fuck you

That sounds really Christian. Was that from Romans or Hebrews?

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>>2480009
Take your head out of your own ass

>>2484914
>implying your brand of Christianity is any less made up than a Protestant's
Your lack of self-awareness is killing me.

>>2480009
loose your virginity

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>>2484926
The Talos Principle

>>2484973
I've played it about 3 times and for 70 hours now

>>2480009
Alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.

>>2485776
/thread

>>2484335
Kill yourself retard

>>2480010
Had the complete opposite effect.

>>2486136
Did you hang out with people? Or you just stared from a distance? This selfvivisection of a post is depressing me

>>2480009

Realize that not caring about things, especially your own subsistence/continuing existence is going to cause you great pain so learn how to avoid that. Building off of avoiding the pain of death, build your values on top of that. What you end with is egoism, which is essentially the behavior of every living creature whether they like it or not.

that is, unless you're mentally ill and literally don't want to react to negative stimuli or physical harm.

>>2488025
>muh egoism

How's highschool treating you?

>>2480009
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference."

>>2480009
I guess helping people in need, like through a local charity or buying lunch for a homeless man. Scientifically, small things like that go a long way in improving people's outlook.

>>2480009
by acknowledging your own hypocrisy

>>2480009
If you care about the fact that you're nihilistic, you aren't nihilistic

>>2488039

College is just fine. Also, insulting me is not getting you anywhere other than a brief self-satisfaction with yourself. Instead of just ejaculating an insult towards egoism, explain what makes it wrong. I hold it as true simply because acting against one's own interests results in some measure of self-destruction.

please, lets not turn this sour.

>>2484831

very true. it's just the implications of nihilism usually take a heavily pessimistic approach on 4chan, from what i've seen.

you're right though, "real nihilist" vs "fake nihilist" doesn't make any sense.

>>2482947
>If you are being cynical and nihilistic, simply stop.

>Nihilism and cynicism are things you should be aware of, not practice or inherit, you totally misunderstood these philsophers if you are actually practicing.

are you like
retarded
or something anon?