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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8312253" data-attributes="member: 6788736">Lovecraft was a pioneer of existentialist writing.I mean his protagonists are usually men of science and reason, that examine the universe, and determine (or slowly find out) that nothing matters, their lives are insignificant, nothing lasts forever, and nothing has any meaning.In the face of this cosmic insignificance, the realization slowly drives them insane.That's the very definition of existentialist dread. The realization that nothing we do matters, that nothing lasts forever, and that nothing we do has any meaning.Rick and Morty also deal with this exact same phenomena in many episodes. Rick has embraced the existentialist position to the extreme, but Morty on the other hand has found a way around it in that he holds on to things that (to him) have meaning:[MEDIA=youtube]E_qvy82U4RE[/MEDIA]''Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everyone is going to die... Now lets go watch some TV.''Ones options to combat existential dread are to either accept some lie (God/s exist and that's our purpose), make up some subjective purpose that makes sense to yourself (family, career, travel etc) but is also a lie, or accept the reality of the futility of everything and that nothing you do will ever matter, and like Lovecrafts protagonists, slowly go insane. Most people choose option 1 (God/s). I sometimes wish I could as well, but I'm still mired in option 3 (dread) and desperately searching for a lie I can tell myself (option 2) to give my own life purpose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 8312253, member: 6788736"] Lovecraft was a pioneer of existentialist writing. I mean his protagonists are usually men of science and reason, that examine the universe, and determine (or slowly find out) that nothing matters, their lives are insignificant, nothing lasts forever, and nothing has any meaning. In the face of this cosmic insignificance, the realization slowly drives them insane. That's the very definition of existentialist dread. The realization that nothing we do matters, that nothing lasts forever, and that nothing we do has any meaning. Rick and Morty also deal with this exact same phenomena in many episodes. Rick has embraced the existentialist position to the extreme, but Morty on the other hand has found a way around it in that he holds on to things that (to him) have meaning: [MEDIA=youtube]E_qvy82U4RE[/MEDIA] ''Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everyone is going to die... Now lets go watch some TV.'' Ones options to combat existential dread are to either accept some lie (God/s exist and that's our purpose), make up some subjective purpose that makes sense to yourself (family, career, travel etc) but is also a lie, or accept the reality of the futility of everything and that nothing you do will ever matter, and like Lovecrafts protagonists, slowly go insane. Most people choose option 1 (God/s). I sometimes wish I could as well, but I'm still mired in option 3 (dread) and desperately searching for a lie I can tell myself (option 2) to give my own life purpose. [/QUOTE]

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