The Sunny Nihilist: A Declaration of the Pleasure of Pointlessness

by Wendy Syfret

Sunny nihilism breaks away from the previous fixation on destruction by viewing pointlessness as a chance to breathe and think. Ultimately serving as a blank page, a chance to enjoy the moment, the present, the chaos, and the luck of being alive at all.

“The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn’t a search for meaning. It’s to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you’ll be dead.”

Meaning will never be attained, because it doesn’t exist. But respect, care, delight, space, a phone call with a loved one, an action to help another person are available right now. They don’t offer a mystical reward, one that will involve you giving over your body or mind, buying into a devil’s bargain. They only ask that you stop obsessing over what might be, and allow time to experience the euphoria of what already is.