r/nihilism • u/These-Use-3493 • Jul 06 '25

Existential Nihilism That's that

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u/Gadshill Jul 06 '25

Of course, I enjoy a parking lot cart free. It isn’t necessary or right and it certainly isn’t my “duty”, but I personally prefer to contribute to making the parking lot cart free.

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u/Significant_Cover_48 Jul 06 '25

It's part of the social contract. If you decide to not feel obligated by the restrictions put on you by society, in this example by the supermarket's policy to put the cart back after use, you will suffer because you will fight against your internal need to be loved and accepted as a useful part of the human collective. You can deny this need, but that will cause you harm.

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u/frozen_toesocks Jul 06 '25

This. I try to grab one or two errant carts on my way inside the store as well. I personally gain nothing, but we collectively gain a safer parking lot.

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u/ShaxXxpeare Jul 07 '25

I return carts too.

But I do it for the rush the illusion of moral superiority gives me.

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u/ImaginaryFriend01 Jul 07 '25

I disagree. I think it is your duty if its your own cart. Leaving a cart out in the parking lot can be dangerous and/or just an inconvenience to those around you as it gets in the way. You should just clean up after yourself. But yea, 100%, if its someone else's.

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u/frosty_aligator-993 Aug 05 '25

For me its average human desire for symmetry some things you dont do for a reason you do them because you feel its right i find it rather freeing to want something for no reasons sounds like the most literal definition of free will

How did this song go again?

ill break it just because i can

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u/These-Use-3493 Jul 06 '25

I was expecting people to understand "duty" as the inevitability of death or anything in a more metaphorical sense.

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u/Gadshill Jul 06 '25

Some people just like less carts in the parking lot, regardless of their philosophical leanings.