Trolls R Us redux [Now the argument clinic]

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Omg. I found it.

On the Reality of the Existentialist Lifestyle

This post is about existentialism, not as a philosophical concept but as a way of life. If one were to say, ‘‘What is your religion?’’ I would respond that I am Buddhist. But underlying that sense of devout belief in Buddhist philosophy is a greater truth: I am an existentialist. My first encounter with existentialism happened my freshman year of college when I took a course on Friedrich Nietzsche. Our professor introduced this strange, morose, enigmatic man with the following passage: P…

I still love that passage from The Gay Science.

It’s not completely bonkers, but it reminds me of how messed up I was back then. It was a long, hard road to become the person that I am today.