Who doesn’t question the meaning of life now and again? Or maybe even all the time… It’s easy to become disillusioned in this dark and twisted world. If you’re currently in that phase, you’ll be glad to know you’re not alone. There’s a whole community wallowing in the absurdity of existence, pessimistically bound together by their love of nihilistic memes.
Many can be found on an Instagram page called Existentialist Memes. It has more than 258,000 followers, all confronting uncomfortable truths while finding a sense of camaraderie in shared despair. They may feel lost but they find solace in laughter.
Bored Panda has put together a list of the best posts from the page for you to scroll through during your current or next life crisis. Don’t forget to upvote the ones that mean something to you.
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The Cute Cat 1 hour ago
The better example is in term of housing. People who earn twice of median income in can easily get mortgage approved from bank then in 10 year finish to pay. While people that only earn half of me might spend 30% to 40% just to pay rent for their entire life.
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Nihilism is a philosophy that rejects values and the valuation society places on people, objects, and life, and instead states that everything is meaningless. That’s according to online learning platform, Masterclass.
But it’s not that clear cut. It turns out there are different forms of nihilism. However, all discuss the human condition and its existence. And share some underlying principles.
One is that existence is useless. “A nihilist believes there is no purpose to having values or beliefs because everything in existence is unfounded,” explains the Masterclass site.
They also believe there is no truth. “Everything is unfounded and useless, including the truth, so there are no reasons to uphold moral principles for your own sake or the sake of anyone else,” states Masterclass.
The third principle is that everything is meaningless. If there is nothing, and nothing we do matters, then all things are meaningless, including the meaning of life.
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Serial pacifist 1 hour ago
Is it ethical to burn incriminating evidence in Mar-A-Lago in order to become the President
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sturmwesen 1 hour ago
ehh I like horror movies but I don’t want to be in one
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Nihilists are usually portrayed as “moody, brooding or radical types who have decided that we are insignificant specks floating around an infinite universe, and that therefore nothing matters,” says The Ethics Centre.
Think the Joker from Batman. He lives with the belief that the world has failed him, nothing matters, no-one cares, and therefore, we shouldn’t care about anything or anyone either. “Everything burns” in the end, he states. So why not speed up the destruction?
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Maggie Fulton 3 hours ago
Exactly.
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Serial pacifist 2 hours ago
Preach
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Serial pacifist 1 hour ago
Major Depression to Earth control 🎶
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We mentioned earlier that there are different forms of nihilism, and here they are:
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Red Wyvern Emperor 52 minutes ago
Yup… just yup.
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Earthquake903 1 hour ago
My kids say this frequently, with my blessing, this nightmare bloodline ends here. No more procreation.
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Serial pacifist 2 hours ago
Katie sniffed more than she could chew.
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Maggie Fulton 3 hours ago
Wise. Also develop an immunity to iocaine powder.
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Patti 3 hours ago
Love Trailer Park Boys
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Serial pacifist 1 hour ago
“I go to sleep for you…sometimes.”
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Red Wyvern Emperor 56 minutes ago
He might be a devourer of souls, but he’s a good boy. XD
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Abel 7 minutes ago
The smell of grass is so nostalgic!
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Serial pacifist 1 hour ago
Psycho chunks
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Abel 8 minutes ago
Going into an eternal debt, till you die.
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Abel 5 minutes ago
Welcome to.adulthood 🫤
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Maggie Fulton 3 hours ago
They look too happy.
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Gigi 4 hours ago (edited)
Um. I thought my therapy records were supposed to be private, because, this sounds like me😆😯😐😑 I mean, just don’t ever watch the news, people
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Ak_Teren 1 hour ago
R’amen!
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Maggie Fulton 3 hours ago
Also any degree of foresight.
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Earthquake903 1 hour ago
Lol
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Tim Gearing 27 minutes ago
The greatest scam of all time.
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Maggie Fulton 3 hours ago
Cool.
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Patti 3 hours ago
Wow bored panda didn’t catch the “C” word
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casual.nihilism,The4thWayYTReport
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Red Wyvern Emperor 24 minutes ago
Russians seem like most realistic people, huh? XD
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Vanessa Panerosa 1 hour ago
This is exactly how Spanish is spoken – the subjunctive always sounds so ominous to me. “Have a great day but anything could happen!”
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Savahax 1 hour ago
That’s the dream
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