#absurdism

[imaginationengine]

Hiding in dense grass, Andy Warhol began to pick his nose. Little did he know that the entire population of Earth was watching him...

[acknowledgetheabsurd]

Should we keep silent about what is in our hearts or tell each other? I've always played the coward, out of respect for you. I've always pretended that I could live with anything, as if I were really made to be the plaything of men and circumstances, as if I did not have a firm heart within me which, faithful and free in its right, beats for that which is highest, you, my beloved!

Albert Camus to Maria Casarès, Correspondance, February 1950? [#222]

[disease]

a collection of “potato chips shaped like hearts” ranging from $900–$7,000 currently on eBay...

[odraziduse]

Yes, be patient with me. My heart is heavy.

Albert Camus

[rebeccathenaturalist]

These two images have the same energy. I will not be taking questions

[hamoodmood]

Credit to 66ray66 on Pinterest!

[vintage-tigre]

“A man who has become conscious of the absurd is forever bound to it”

Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus

[pulsingvoid]

closing scene from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) dir. Tom Stoppard || opening scene from Lancelot du Lac (1974) dir. Robert Bresson

[urmomswifesworld]

[notaplaceofhonour]

so apparently skibidi toilet has cumulative billions of views, and a lot of adults are baffled by this. despite being one of said adults, more than a generation removed from the core skibidi audience, i actually don’t rly get the confusion?

i admit i’m surprised by the sheer size of that number, bc i’m old enough to remember when FЯED became the first to get a million subs, most of the youtubers I watch are still in the low millions range (and i like it that way), & I almost never see any references to skibidi in the wild that aren’t zillennials/millennials being confused, but imo there’s nothing mystifying about the appeal

it’s just an evolution of youtube poop & machinima—already incredibly popular formats on youtube—mashed up & taken to 11. hell, a very similar gmod meme, the TF2 vengabus/Thomas the Tank Engine “We like to party” video, is a decade old with upwards of 66 million views:

yeah, skibidi is “weird”. it’s absurdist. that’s the appeal. and kids are doing what kids do with things they like. we were the same with nyancat, salad fingers, harry potter puppet pals, and the like

i totally get if it’s not “for you”. idk if it’s rly for me. but i honestly find it harder to understand being baffled by skibidi toilet after living through seeing internet culture & media be shaped by “lol random XD” humor, youtube poop, machinima, absurdist memes, plunderphonics, hyperpop, etc. etc. than i do understanding the appeal of skibidi toilet

[acknowledgetheabsurd]

Rest especially. Recover during the day. Think of me: you are the dearest thing to me in the world and, kept far from you, I tremble every time I imagine you in this moment.

Albert Camus to Maria Casarès, Correspondance, February 21, 1950 [#206]

[itscontinental]

Bear with us as we attempt organization and contemplate defeat.

Repeating and deleting

It's getting cold

We haven't heat

[jesusinstilettos]

Your life gets significantly better the day you stop pretending you’re a robot. You’re a silly little mammal, act like it motherfucker. Your ancestors made tools with rocks and sticks, ran around a lot, had sex, lived in communities, ate when they were hungry, rested, chanted together, felt the sun, breathed outside air, listened to the trees and birds. You have biological needs bitch!!!

[nicheguides]

How to Distract Yourself from your Quest for Purpose

looking for purpose is hard! harder than you realized… maybe give it a break, just for a bit~

[1-of-0]

My mind always wavers between, "I want to know and understand all there ever was, is and is to be" and "Who the fuck cares? Why does it matter? Let's get this meaningless marching toward death over with now, shall we?"