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Sisyphus 55 | October 31, 2025



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Thus Spoke Zarathustra-Nietzsche

Man’s Search For Meaning- Frankl

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  1. @Mau365PP

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    That is so dumb lol 😂 so you are telling me that being born in a poor country where life is hard by default is a decision??? ? 😂😂😂

    The illusion of control is a great cope for the privileged. Decisions do not matter if something is already predisposed

  8. @gibbylibby3022

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    this is a very humbling video 😅 I love your videos a lot a lot because I like learning about these important things so I can strive to be the best version of myself from the knowledge and wisdom of those before me

  9. @akinibitoye7908

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    Living a life denying oneself to live for God is what Christianity is about. A relationship with God. The God who came down to Earth and lived a perfect life that we can never live in our life. Jesus lived such a life that is so holy and righteous that you can't find any fault in him. Living a sinless life is the way to live but we humans are bound to make mistakes and that is why Jesus had to take up the cross and shed his blood to wash our sins away because of rebelion against God through sin. Part of sin would be laziness and many more like lying, stealing, murder and etc. We are too live like Christ. Jesus is real and alive. Death could not stop him. For while many die and enter hell, Jesus died and rose back up and is in heaven and so can we by repenting and putting our faith in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Jesus loves you so much. Repent and put your faith in Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour❤️🙏🏾

  13. @TripeDemo

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    This feels like something people who are suffering would say as a cope. When life is hard it's alluring to think all that pain will eventually benefit you somehow, because the idea of a fair universe is so appealing that we really want to believe it. The trurh is your suffering may not lead to eventual peace or happiness and someone else's "easy life" might never catch up to them. The world is much more random than that and while yes, sometimes hard choices do pay off and easy choices do cause regret, it's just as often that the universe smiles on those least deserving and smites those who have struggled so much. People often refer to this as luck or circumstances or any number of different names but in the end it's all the same, and as much as we'd like to believe we have control over our lives, the world and its unforseen outcomes often tell us otherwise

  15. @TannaTime

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    Reminds me of this Chinese proverb I learned as a kid (I did badly in school for Chinese language btw lol)
    先苦后甜
    Literal translation: First bitter, later sweet.
    It can also be used the other way round,
    先甜后苦 | First sweet, later bitter.

  24. @joy7367

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    i know if i try hard to achieve things it will make me feel more fulfilled, but sometimes i think i feel resistant to really try because it feels like the risk to simply be off balance towards one side or the other is too great. as said in the beginning of of this video, just because something is hard doesn't automatically make it more worthwhile. i think i'm afraid that if i'm always trying hard, making efforts, that's all i'll ever be doing without enjoying the fruits of my labor. not that simply trying to satisfy myself without displeasure works either, but i think a part of me fears that the only choices are those two extremes: hard choices effortful life, easy choices mediocre life

  25. @DarkManBeatzUrFace

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    As someone whos on self improvement and had to give up alot of pleasures and habits that i use to do i sonetimes question what is the point if its not gonna get me anywhere i want and its frustrating cause i been on self improvement longer than anyone else

  26. @ChibiMalzahar

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    I remember in the 7th grade we were running the mile and nobody wanted to do it, and one of my friends told me "its easier to run hard and finish first. that way when the race is still going you have extra time to catch your breath. but if you start to walk as soon as you get tired, you won't want to start running again. you'll just be tired longer and get a worse time anyway" and this principle has followed me my whole life

  29. @A.adrian88

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    I'm here in May 2023 just seeing this. I haven't been more profoundly impacted in all my conscious years on earth up until this day.
    Thank you for this lovely piece.

  30. @RatPfink66

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    The nature and responsibility of suffering is seldom profitably discussed. It seems those who come to terms with it best – at least men – take it as a simple matter of toughing it out. No coping, no hugging, no affirmations; the goal is enough. Things hurt; get on with the hurting; be ready to hurt again.

    But those of us living with depression seek a different answer. (One that would have opened an oil drum of worms if you had tried to address it in a 6 min vid.) Depressives know Nietzsche was wrong about "depression unto death" opening any doors to joy. To us, it's a view into hell: existential, draining, debilitating. And as der alte Fritz would say, hell views us, too. And it says "Bitch, yo ass is mine."

    We’re not relieved of the responsibility to suffer growthfully. But the ”response-ability” is too often beyond us. The weight laid on us is real, even though the burden is largely conceptual. We wonder what the Last Man did that's so wrong. We often wish we were Last Men.

    German philosophers and Polish weightlifters don’t give a damn about us, and when we're in existential hell, we don’t even give a damn about ourselves. But this is a conversation the depressed must start ourselves. Are you interested in helping? Is anybody?

  33. @willsquire6292

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    It scares me that passive nihilism is almost common now. So many people are just seeking dopamine on social media apps with complete neglect for any other parts of their health. More and more people will end up grasping on this concept, and this may be the reason the world falls apart. Pain and suffering is needed in this world, but so many people neglect it and believe that social media is the only way to "truly be happy", when really, the only way to feel truly fulfilled is to do difficult tasks and to discover who you truly are.

  34. @acters124

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    I like you content, This video reflects a lot of good topics and ideas. As someone who seeks pleasure and security from a world that present me many troubles. for the people who do practice forms of escapism like drugs, sex, social media and more: The road is filled with more risk and downsides. Which you claim is an easy life. This way of life has major difficulties that prevent them from being truly happy, which you acknowledged and sidestepped. Majority of people that try to get by are mostly helping society and others. Higher callings are not a possibility for a majority of people. Instead, being able to reduce our impact without causing too much discourse is a better option than forgoing that notion and persuing goals that may lead to an unsatisfactory impact.

  36. @kojikashiin319

    October 31, 2025 at 7:16 am

    Sometimes I worry that I’ve settled too easily in life by opting for a lower paying job that doesn’t follow me home or intrude on my personal time. My brother went to college, works harder and longer than me, and earns three times as much as me. He has a woman and a nicer home, which will soon be populated with kids.

    Then I remember that my personal time is for art and writing, and he mourns not having enough time for his own writing.

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