>There hasn't been a great philosopher or writer in 100 years.
Is all hope truly lost? Has the internet and millennials literally destroyed ancient schools of thought and left us with hedonism sprinkled with nihilism? With nothing to strive for nor look forward to but a dumb pursuit of happiness? To build nothing and devote to nothing but temporary jobs and weekend get-togethers?
People who think the answer to life is happiness?
Is that all there really is to it?
Aaron Brooks
define great philosopher
Jaxson Wilson
Clearly you haven't read my stuff
Cooper Anderson
>Is that all there really is to it?
Kind of. Better get used to it or start planning to become a hermit.
Dylan Cook
What else do you want out of life other than happiness?
Easton Thompson
it depends on the definition of happiness. The pursuit of truth can make a man happy
Jose Perry
Idiot, the pursuit of truth is just a way to fill the void of happiness
Grayson Jenkins
Heidegger? Wittgenstein? The post structuralists? No great? Kek.
Gavin Rodriguez
legacy.
something you millennials only heard of in television and assume it's some fictional concept not applicable to real life.
which is btw why ever since the 20th century no great poets or philosophers or writers or what have you have emerged. because nobody gives a fuck anymore about anything. TRULY gives a fuck, so much so that one devotes his entire being to it until there is nothing else left but the thing he's giving a fuck about.
it's all precautions on top of precautions nowadays.
people talking a lot but not saying anything.
i will fucking ENJOY seeing this retarded millennial generation grow up through their late 30s and 40s and eventually 80s. realizing that they had built nothing, that they cannot even cook a meal for their grandchildren because "cooking wasnt their thing desu", that they cannot even buy their own apartment because it costs too much and then they'll start blaming the "older generation" for fucking them over and the politicians and anybody besides themselves because this is the millennial way.
>we are not responsible for ourselves. the world should always cater to us. everything needs to be easier. its not our fault. wow that's edgy man. haha man you're religious? grow up already. wait man are you an atheist? nice fedora. havent you heard that it's cool to be spiritual now? wait a minute islam isnt that bad bro. what do you mean i should break my back working in a physical job? its not the 70s anymore man, i shouldnt need to work hard to accumulate a fortune, nice strawman you got there man, makes it easier for me to justify my literally pointless existence and lack of guidance in life because i have rejected every way of life besides that of my own. which is the pursuit of happiness. i will die broke and will probably be forgotten but at least i was happy. anyway, i'd rather live in the NOW and not in the yesterday or the tomorrow, that's what my favourite youtuber told me. i'll see you later.
Ian Long
This was pleasant to read.
Joshua Miller
Be the next philosopher or writer, then
Andrew Robinson
yeah came here to say this
Adrian Ramirez
Go ahead and define truth then.
Jaxson Sanchez
REI
Carter Adams
You misspelled spook in your first line.
Luke Clark
>Whining about millennials Are you underageb&, old enough that it's sad you're still on Veeky Forums or a self-hating nu-male?
Thomas Ward
Straw Dogs by philosopher John Gray is a shocking and thought-provoking book.
Juan Myers
>great >value judgments >preaching to the already converted >2016
fag off.
Cameron Perez
>implying this man hasn't got it all figured out
Luke Martin
That person isn't a philosopher, nor a Millennial.
Julian Rodriguez
I was responding to >There hasn't been a great philosopher or writer in 100 years. And as for >That person isn't a philosopher You just haven't been able to appreciate the philosophical ingenuity behind his work desu.
Jeremiah Peterson
failed millenial detected
Ian Diaz
>What else do you want out of life other than happiness?
MONEY !!! MONEY !!! MONEY !!! MONEY !!! MONEY !!!
Anthony Allen
this tbqh
Ayden Cooper
Fuck off, buffoon.
Nolan Gutierrez
It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.
Julian Sanchez
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Go back to Facebook statuses, faggot.
Grayson Ramirez
It really makes you think.
Luis Cooper
>That pathetic cliched attempt at gritty "you durn muhleniuls" tone
nice try failed memelenial
Colton Evans
i see you've read infinite jest
Xavier Campbell
>haha man you're religious? grow up already. wait man are you an atheist? nice fedora. havent you heard that it's cool to be spiritual now? hypocrites.jpg
Easton Miller
>nor a Millennial. everyone born past 1985 is a millenial. a new generation classification hasn't occurred yet dweeb.
Noah Cooper
Holy shit you fucking dolt, do you honestly think people read Shakespeare or Cervantes back in the day and said "holy shit dude this is like the continuation of the canon, people will be studying these 700 years from now"?
We haven't even finished processing everything the 20th century produced, but you gotta be fucking kidding me if you think no great writer emerged during the last hundred years, specially in a board so focused on modernism like Veeky Forums.
I mean, you're either a complete retard who just dropped dadrock and still needs to complain about "people these days" or you're some ponce dreaming about a spiritual aristocracy that never was.
Honestly, do you think Joyce is just a "meme"? Or do you realize there are people right now dedicating their life's work to his oeuvre?
We have great philosophers living TODAY, you just didn't have the benefit of thousands and thousands of papers telling you they're great, and you're expected to go out and read journals and academic papers.