# Trolls R Us redux \[Now the argument clinic\]

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 27, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349 "2020-06-27T06:30:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/1702 "2020-11-19T16:59:39Z")

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Omg. I found it.

> [@On the Reality of the Existentialist Lifestyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-reality-of-the-existentialist-lifestyle/435767):
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> 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.

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