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  2. Absurdity - Wikipedia

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    Absurdity is the state or condition of being unreasonable, meaningless, or so unsound as to be irrational. "Absurd" is the adjective used to describe absurdity, e.g., "Tyler and the boys laughed at the absurd situation." [1] It derives from the Latin absurdum meaning "out of tune". [2] The Latin surdus means "deaf", implying stupidity. [1]

  3. Absurdism - Wikipedia

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    Absurdism is the philosophical thesis that life, or the world in general, is absurd. There is wide agreement that the term "absurd" implies a lack of meaning or purpose but there is also significant dispute concerning its exact definition and various versions have been suggested.

  4. Reductio ad absurdum - Wikipedia

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    Reductio ad absurdum, painting by John Pettie exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1884. In logic, reductio ad absurdum (Latin for "reduction to absurdity"), also known as argumentum ad absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity") or apagogical arguments, is the form of argument that attempts to establish a claim by showing that the opposite scenario would lead to absurdity or contradiction.

  5. Existential nihilism - Wikipedia

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    Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. [1] The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism, where one can potentially create their own subjective "meaning" or "purpose".

  6. The Strangely Amusing World Of “Goofy Ahh” Memes - AOL

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    Videos, Photos, and Reactions to the Absurd. In keeping with the peculiarity of 21st-century Humor, creators followed suit with “goofy ahh” pictures that capture the same flavor of weirdness.

  7. Philosophical pessimism - Wikipedia

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    The suffering of another being is thus our own suffering. [63]: 380–381 The recognition of this metaphysical truth allows one to attain a more universal, rather than individualistic, consciousness. In such a universal consciousness, one relinquishes one's exclusive focus on one's own well-being and woe towards that of all other beings.

  8. The Myth of Sisyphus - Wikipedia

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    "He demonstrates to what degree appearing creates being. In those three hours, he travels the whole course of the dead-end path that the man in the audience takes a lifetime to cover." Camus's third example of the absurd man is the conqueror, the warrior who forgoes all promises of eternity to affect and engage fully in human history.

  9. How Realistic Is ‘A Complete Unknown’? We Found the ... - AOL

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    One of the movie's scenes shows the couple being photographed for the same cover that Suze Rotolo notably appeared on back in 1963. Bob's duet with Joan Baez at the Newport Folk Festival