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My five-cent knowledge of Existentialism characterizes it as the realization that existence is pointless, which makes it our imperative to find a point.

Nihilism, on the other hand, is the simple opinion that existence is pointless.

And yes, nihilism sucks.

So to illustrate, this performance of Transmission by Joy Division is Existentialism embodied. Especially the part where Ian Curtis rips the mike from its stand and starts howling about how “the things that we’ve learnt are no longer enough” and incanting “dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio.”

If you’ve never felt exactly like this, I envy you and I pity you, simultaneously.

Ian Curtis’ suicide was pure nihilism...