Why TRUE DETECTIVE Is A Philosophical Masterpiece

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  • @Sisyphus55
    @Sisyphus55  3 місяці тому +16

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    • @jackedward293
      @jackedward293 3 місяці тому +1

      Video is an hour old but this comment is 22hr old. Mr time traveler

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer 3 місяці тому +1

      @@jackedward293 He uploaded the video on private or to go public at a certain point in time. The video time displays the time when it was viewable, whilst the comments time is when he wrote it. UA-cam coding.

    • @fa1docururugraudo
      @fa1docururugraudo 3 місяці тому +1

      Man you would love disco elysium

  • @PakBallandSami
    @PakBallandSami 3 місяці тому +467

    “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
    ― Oscar Wilde,

    • @lorenzodicapo6305
      @lorenzodicapo6305 3 місяці тому

      Chrissie Hynde did a cover of that

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому +11

      Man this crack pipe tastes like roses.

    • @geordiejones5618
      @geordiejones5618 3 місяці тому +1

      Wilde has some amazing quotes

    • @ButtersCCookie
      @ButtersCCookie 3 місяці тому +2

      I'm sticking my middle fingers up at it. While looking at the stars.

    • @kalev_knight
      @kalev_knight 2 місяці тому

      ​@@ButtersCCookie YES BROTHER let is turn the stars red with xeno blood wanting us to suffer *40k imperium noises*

  • @UrMomsFavSnack
    @UrMomsFavSnack 3 місяці тому +407

    “The antidote to Doomerism’ is Philosophy.”
    I have recently started to accept my depression as a way to inspire me to be productive, but use my time wisely. To engage with others but to not digress. To be present but not naïve.

    • @norliegh
      @norliegh 3 місяці тому +30

      Yeah! Ever since I found this channel & others (Pursuit of Wonder...etc.). My perspective changed from "Oh! I feel bad" to "Oh! I feel bad but I think I understand why". I've started to spend time understanding myself more as to "why i'm feeling a certain way!" & "what now!". I guess you could say I'm being a true detective to my own state of mind. Finding philosophy is probably the nicest thing that has ever happened. :)

    • @mohamadsalari84
      @mohamadsalari84 3 місяці тому

      please recommend more channels like this@@norliegh

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому +13

      Dr. Edward Dutton argues that depression may in fact be a natural response to the world for a healthy mind. We are no longer under high pressure to hunt, conserve food or survive a winter, and seeing the endless leisure of the modern world is in itself depressing as it becomes glaringly obvious we face no true challenge. The best way over your depression is through it, allow it to happen and then carry on no matter how long it takes, it always lifts, just develope your own intercommunication tools to know when you are deep in it.

    • @sunphoenix1231
      @sunphoenix1231 3 місяці тому +6

      ​@bhante1345 I think our means of survival just changed. There's a bit of loss in the standard nature of actually "earning" your survival. The means of "survival" today are much more contrived in a way that, for most people, doesn't give freedom. Because the strongest pressure and I think cause of our social issues was our ability to come together. You often see that in times of crisis, but most of the time people are isolating others and themselves, and it's a frustrating thing to deal with.

    • @primenumberbuster404
      @primenumberbuster404 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@bhante1345 Dr. Dutton might be onto something ngl.

  • @andeve3
    @andeve3 3 місяці тому +162

    Some of Rust's dialogue is incredibly similar to The Last Messiah by the pessimist philosopher Peter Wessel Zapffe. "I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in human evolution. We became too self aware; nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself. We are creatures that should not exist by natural law." is almost like a condensed version of that essay.

    • @whitekony1006
      @whitekony1006 3 місяці тому

      Wasn't there legal trouble or the threat thereof between the shows writer and Thomas liggotti,writer of "conspiracy against the human race" for plagiarism? Not only zappfe,who is a central piece of conspiracy's thesis, but other lines of dialog lifted nigh on wholesale.

    • @ForageGardener
      @ForageGardener 3 місяці тому

      Sounds really profound but there's no way to prove that's "you" are a product of nature and not the other way around. And indeed there's a lot more evidence pointing to that "nature" is a product of consciousness. At least assuredly to the extent that we interact with it.
      That viewpoint expressed by rust is to blame "the world" and "nature" for who and what you are rather than taking it upon oneself.

    • @apokalupsishistoria
      @apokalupsishistoria 3 місяці тому

      Or Gnostic.

    • @thenightwatchman1598
      @thenightwatchman1598 2 місяці тому

      people despise what they do not fully understand.

  • @jeremiahfava
    @jeremiahfava 3 місяці тому +161

    Probably the first true detective analysis I’ve seen on UA-cam that said something more than restating facts about the characters and show

  • @y_is_everywhere_lol
    @y_is_everywhere_lol 3 місяці тому +378

    I feel like their are an absurd amount of people like "Marty" among us that we just don't know, this was a really interesting video

    • @Fcpuru95
      @Fcpuru95 3 місяці тому +10

      This is what I felt while rewatching , in a world full of Marty’s be a rust , but tbh marty is still better than most cause he is at the edge of changing

    • @morningglory.213
      @morningglory.213 3 місяці тому +9

      ⁠@@Fcpuru95but the whole point is finding a middle point .. isn’t it?
      weirdly enough lol ive tried being a “rust” and would still somehow be having inconsistent beliefs such as thinking that everyone else is “ignorant” and how im better than them like atleast ik it makes no sense but they dont, they dont question like i do
      and finding middle point is just compassionate ig.. like neither of us can ever know which one is right even after all this search and being an athiest, maybe god will exist afterall or something else? the thing is neither of us know any better so being super close minded in any extreme side is just.. bad ig

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer 3 місяці тому +13

      @@morningglory.213 why would you try being a Rust? Not even Rusts wants to be a Rust.

    • @gideonhaze8926
      @gideonhaze8926 3 місяці тому

      ​​@Jonathanizer I love hating myself

    • @loganeasley4343
      @loganeasley4343 3 місяці тому +27

      Among us

  • @rio9981
    @rio9981 3 місяці тому +75

    the atmosphere of this show is perfect, the southern gothic vibe really fit organically well to the story being told. i would be absolutely delighted if nic pizzalatto writes a season on rusts narcos days.

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 3 місяці тому +34

    I never thought I'd see this channel drop a video essay specifically _about_ a work of fiction rather than sporadically using works of fiction to illustrate a given philosophy, but I'm not complaining.

  • @bustatron
    @bustatron 3 місяці тому +12

    I've felt such affinity for rust that I keep watching the series over and over. We never see characters like him - isolated, depressed, introspective, and wholey at peace with what they are.
    Most normal characters would have rust chasing or being chased by women, persuing wealth or riches, fame, anything... but rust just keeps to himself in his plain apartment thinking.

  • @johndoe-ox7ns
    @johndoe-ox7ns 3 місяці тому +36

    You had me at “true detective season 1 video essay.”

  • @gofannon1943
    @gofannon1943 3 місяці тому +20

    I loved the end of this season because of Marty’s comment about the stars. We should endeavor to improve ourselves and humanity, not despair because of its many faults.

    • @DisgruntledPeasant
      @DisgruntledPeasant 3 місяці тому +1

      That scene has stuck with me too.
      For me it's an acknowledgement that the good we can actually do in the world might be a tiny fleeting light in the darkness, but it's still better that it's there, because afterall there was once a time when there was only darkness.

    • @thenightwatchman1598
      @thenightwatchman1598 2 місяці тому +4

      to paraphrase shakespear "it is a mistake to find a fault in the stars we hold up high, for what we see in them is merely a reflection of ourselves" the world is like this because enough people chose to make it this way and the greatest lie ever told was we dont have any other choice. we can always choose to be kind and wise rather than cyncial and selfish and that is a gift we should never squander in our eternal journey to learn who we really are.

    • @gofannon1943
      @gofannon1943 2 місяці тому +3

      @@thenightwatchman1598 Really well put.

  • @doc.rankin577
    @doc.rankin577 3 місяці тому +47

    Sisyphus 55: the antidote to doomerism is philosophy.
    Me: must be why I'm so content as of late. I've been focusing more of my attention on inward thought and having a consistent philosophical outlook. Thanks Sisyphus, you're part of my contentment.

    • @thenightwatchman1598
      @thenightwatchman1598 2 місяці тому +2

      careful now. dont fall into the trap of being so in your own head that you fall victim to solipsism.

  • @maddymoose1526
    @maddymoose1526 3 місяці тому +30

    i love listening to this while trying to draw. i've been in such a pessimistic art block and listening to this really helped me get out of that state of mind.

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому +3

      Now draw a picture of someone else picking your nose.

    • @maddymoose1526
      @maddymoose1526 2 місяці тому

      interesting prompt. might just do it@@bhante1345

    • @maddymoose1526
      @maddymoose1526 2 місяці тому

      interesting prompt. i did it and honestly this also really helped me want to draw and laugh more. thank you@@bhante1345

    • @maddymoose1526
      @maddymoose1526 2 місяці тому +1

      @@bhante1345 good prompt. i tried it and not only did it help me get drawing, but it also gave me a laugh. thanks.

  • @jerebaez4869
    @jerebaez4869 3 місяці тому +2

    Awesome essay,! Also, that was such a beautiful closing line

  • @CaffeineAndMylanta
    @CaffeineAndMylanta 3 місяці тому +7

    My favorite show and my favorite philosophical UA-camr! ❤️
    There’s a consistent undercurrent of identity to season one I didn’t pick up on until rewatching.
    Marty’s flaw (according to his ex wife Maggie) was that he didn’t know who he really was or what he wanted. He later tells Rust “I used to play baseball and ride bulls….you end up becoming something you never intended.”
    Rust on the other hand: “after all this time I know myself. And there’s a victory in that.”

  • @astro7481
    @astro7481 3 місяці тому +9

    There is no way... I just finished watching it for the second time. You making a video on true Detective is such a pleasant surprise. It's like Christmas all over again

  • @thomasdoconnor
    @thomasdoconnor 3 місяці тому +9

    I clicked so fast I loved season 1 of true detective. That intro music is so bittersweet.

  • @ProbablyOnLSD6669
    @ProbablyOnLSD6669 3 місяці тому +10

    You can definitely tell that some of Thomas Ligotti’s writings (particularly “Conspiracy Against The Human Race”) influenced Rust’s character quite a bit. In my opinion anyway.

    • @CaffeineAndMylanta
      @CaffeineAndMylanta 3 місяці тому +1

      Yeah Pizzolatto even was accused of plagiarism. Some of Rust’s lines are apparently near identical to Ligotti’s text

  • @dylaann
    @dylaann 3 місяці тому +3

    having watched this video a few times, I gotta say I think changing the thumbnail and title was the right move. The first watch through I definitely was focused on the True Detective part of the video and less on the actual message you were trying to get across about doomerism. either way I think everything you make is great but I figured I'd throw it out there :P

  • @GNARical
    @GNARical 3 місяці тому +3

    One of my favorite shows of all time being talked about by one of my favorite philosophy youtubers. Perfection...

  • @dylaann
    @dylaann 2 місяці тому

    Congrats on 1 million subscribers!! Not only do you deserve it, you're one of the most intellectually enriching channels on the platform. Keep up the amazing work, and tell Izaak I said hI!!

  • @precariouslybased
    @precariouslybased 2 місяці тому

    Rust seeing the swirl and reacting the way you said by letting go of preconceived notions for love. I exerpeinced a similar thing when i took a lot of shrooms. I realized there is a lot about human experience that is still left and i atopped being so nihilistic and certain.

  • @emil5884
    @emil5884 3 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful conclusion thank you.

  • @juanig4198
    @juanig4198 3 місяці тому +13

    i also recommend disco elysium's 8 minutes of voalition

    • @threalharrydubois
      @threalharrydubois 3 місяці тому +9

      disco elysium was one of the most important pieces of media ive ever consumed.

    • @huseyinarc7517
      @huseyinarc7517 3 місяці тому +1

      f*ck I thought i was the only one

    • @tommytwo-times9053
      @tommytwo-times9053 3 місяці тому

      what the fuck? i’m playing disco elysium right now get out of my brain

    • @fa1docururugraudo
      @fa1docururugraudo 3 місяці тому

      Disco Elysium and True Detective changed the way i see life

    • @yennikarual
      @yennikarual 3 місяці тому

      hm

  • @LeeroyMcGee
    @LeeroyMcGee 3 місяці тому +6

    crazy video to wake up to, just finished a re-watch last week. thank you

  • @BlankName322
    @BlankName322 3 місяці тому +5

    This video truly is a gift. Thanks, Sisyphus 55!

  • @HUMPFREE1987
    @HUMPFREE1987 2 місяці тому

    Congratulations on surpassing 1 million subscribers!

  • @ncedwards1234
    @ncedwards1234 2 місяці тому +2

    "Nothing matters, including your life."
    "Are you sure about that?"
    🤔

    • @thenightwatchman1598
      @thenightwatchman1598 2 місяці тому

      welcome to the socratic rabbit hole, the ride never ends in our trip to neverland.

  • @bryandraughn9830
    @bryandraughn9830 Місяць тому +1

    "We're not born into this world, we are born out of it." Alan Watts

  • @Summer-kb2dm
    @Summer-kb2dm 3 місяці тому +2

    I have found 2 ways of viewing what to do with our lives one is coping as best we can with our meaningless existence or to connect with and find meaning in that connection to others. We are always motivated toward connection - don't kid yourself, even if that connection is unattainable. I see this as two poles in flux between resignation or shoring up against what we know to be true: we are ultimately metaphysically ungrounded and therefore unable to commit ontologically to 'anything', and the other is to strive for connection a connection that finds its root (or ground) in being human.
    to lay this out by the sources of this understanding I use
    Lacan: who acknowledges our ungroundedness and our constant seeking to connect, we lack the ability to connect and will constantly exchange one failed attempt for the next.
    And the second pole is
    Kristeva who sees us a born connected to being human (through our mothers - every human has one: and at one time is connected if not to Reality, we are at least connected to being human at birth), a connection in which share that common experience.
    Where I think we go wrong is in trying to make a connection to a transcendental reality, a fictional one. What i think happens is we project onto reality an idealised version of ourselves. When we feel connected to reality in actuality we are only connected to ourselves.
    I realize there is a lot to unpack here. I wish I could explain it more simply.

  • @snakey973
    @snakey973 3 місяці тому +1

    Excellent excellent essay

  • @jakebugeja4573
    @jakebugeja4573 3 місяці тому +1

    True detective season 1 is hardcore therapy. Thank you for this great video🤝

  • @GenZDoomer
    @GenZDoomer 3 місяці тому +8

    My username is just for fun. I promise

  • @Poopoocachoo
    @Poopoocachoo Місяць тому +1

    The world may be doomed but yours doesn’t have to be.
    I had a very doomerist outlook for years and then started looking inward and focusing on myself-not selfishly, I still cared for others and did things for those I care about or causes I felt strongly about-but I started focusing on anything I could control in my own life and solely focused on improving those things
    The world is what I make it

  • @adaemonie
    @adaemonie 3 місяці тому +3

    One of my favorite youtubers talking about one of my favorite shows? Lucky me ❤

  • @qpvu9398
    @qpvu9398 3 місяці тому

    Guys i remember sisyphus has a video with a tille "thank you for leaving me" but now i cant find it anywhere

  • @LordoftheGame88
    @LordoftheGame88 3 місяці тому +9

    Holy Shit I am rewatching the first season for the 5th time so this is great timing

    • @fistingturtle
      @fistingturtle 3 місяці тому

      Not sure if it's 5th or 6th. But same. ❤️

  • @authaire
    @authaire 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you, Sisyphus.

  • @yossarian022
    @yossarian022 Місяць тому +1

    “The antidote to Doomerism is Philosophy”
    Great, so we ARE screwed 😅 and hooked to sisyphus55 ….oh i see what you did there!

  • @ramenpower8097
    @ramenpower8097 3 місяці тому +5

    I saw the thumbnail and my first thought was wow, Sisyphus55 doing a video on the Dreamcast?

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому

      Shemu forklift certified

  • @Dan-ud8hz
    @Dan-ud8hz 3 місяці тому +28

    “I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
    ― Antonio Gramsci, Prison Letters
    "Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous."
    ― Admiral H.G. Rickover

  • @gianlucacabria925
    @gianlucacabria925 3 місяці тому

    I love how you never make videos to showcase your knowledge. Your work is so pure, precise, and uncontaminated that it almost moves me

  • @m.v.t.e.o
    @m.v.t.e.o 3 місяці тому +4

    I just watched true detective for the first time last week, this timing is crazy -- simulationcore

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому

      Basic probability.

    • @m.v.t.e.o
      @m.v.t.e.o 3 місяці тому

      no shit, whatta chad@@bhante1345

    • @joberwt3940
      @joberwt3940 3 місяці тому

      ​@@bhante1345yes

  • @wikiccwaqas111Wikicc
    @wikiccwaqas111Wikicc 2 місяці тому

    Hey have you made any video on avicenna? Was trying to find but couldn't. I would love to hear your thoughts on flying man thought experiment and his other arguments

  • @superultrasmash9790
    @superultrasmash9790 2 місяці тому

    This made me weep when the last line hit.

  • @TheSlashes
    @TheSlashes 3 місяці тому +2

    I owe quite a lot to the things you've put up on your channel, keep it up man.

  • @bhogal83
    @bhogal83 3 місяці тому +13

    It would have been better to have done a video on Thomas Ligotti's The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, since Nick Pizzolatto shamelessly plagiarized it for the first season of True Detective. Pizzolatto also shamelessly plagiarized the final scene from Alan Moore.

    • @zavierlee695
      @zavierlee695 3 місяці тому

      I really dug S1, is it worth looking into? Just added it to my reading list.

    • @bhogal83
      @bhogal83 3 місяці тому +1

      @@zavierlee695 If you like Rust Cohle's views and the way he expresses them, they were lifted wholesale from Ligotti.

    • @mattdavid716
      @mattdavid716 3 місяці тому +3

      everyone's plagiarizing Shakespeare shut up

    • @michaelt1357
      @michaelt1357 3 місяці тому +2

      Everyone seems content to go on ignoring this while Ligotti remains in obscurity.

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer 3 місяці тому +7

      I don't think you know what "plagiarizing" means. Pizzolatto has names these sources and others as inspirations, which is in the end all they are. With your narrow interpretation of what would constitute plagiarism, we would all be constantly plagiarize other people in all our works and everyday behaviour.

  • @anglea2574
    @anglea2574 3 місяці тому +3

    The anditode to doomerism is philosphy is ironic, because time is a flat circle

  • @michaelt1357
    @michaelt1357 3 місяці тому +5

    Don't you mean the lazily tacked on optimism of True Detective?
    Pizzolatto went the entire first season plagiarizing Thomas Ligotti and then finished it with the optimist's bait and switch that Ligotti laments in Conspiracy against the Human Race.

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer 3 місяці тому

      Wow, even this corner of the internet is not safe from comments unironically oozing from stupidity.
      First and foremost: If he draws an opposite conclusion, it can't really be plagiarism now, can it?
      I mean, it wouldn't be anyways, even without the epiphany at the end (or as you call it "bait"). Just because Pizzolatto named some sources as inspiration, now under every video on the topic a bunch of people who want to appear smart cry "plagiarism", namedrop some obscure references and think they are cool and made an interesting statement, when all they do is revealing how ignorant they are as to the nuance of what in art works actually constitutes plagiarism.
      Also, the final scene is not really optimism (nor pessimism), it is something in between, describing our existence as a struggle between light and dark, which coming from a point of nihilism which Rust voiced so many times might feel like optimism, but it is not. And it is certainly not lazy, from the point of view of Rust, he has suffered and sacrificed so much to arrive at this point, it is anything but lazy. Or is the adjective "lazy" just something you use, when you disagree with a point made, but lack the argument or mental capacity to actually counter it on its merit?
      One has to wonder, if you are so profoundly misunderstanding the most obvious points made here, why are you even watching videos like this? You must be so overwhelmed, or do you not even notice that. Two sentences in and it is obvious you are out of your depth, intellectually, yet you engage. Do you just like sentences that appear to sound smart? You know, it's not a good look being pretentious, you don't have to try to look smart, it's good if you are, but also good if you aren't and are true to that. There is no shame in just watching celeb news on tmz or the Kardashians, if that's more of a fit for you. No shame at all. Just saying.

    • @michaelt1357
      @michaelt1357 3 місяці тому +2

      @@JesterMax24 Sounds like something you'd hear in a disney Star Wars production.

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@JesterMax24it made Jordan Peterson cry.

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer 3 місяці тому +1

      @@JesterMax24 It is completely plausible for Rust to react this way. He just caught a killer he hunted for 17 years, is presumably on a ton of pain killers, survived a near death experience. If at any point in the series he will offer a mitigating thought of his unbridled nihilism, it will be right here, in this situation.
      Most people would feel some type of euphoria, Rusts slightly positive outlook is comparatively muted. It is realistic, that even nihilists will have their positive moments in life, nobody is completely consistently miserable all the time. There is nuance to any person, and True Detective tries to reflect that, at least for the two main characters.
      The difference to a Disney movie would be, that Disney will tack on the "happy ending" (if you want to call it that) regardless of verisimilitude in respect to the internal logic of the story, which is not the case here in True Detective S1. Hence calling the ending "lazy" is completely off, it is quite the opposite, nobody deserved a glimpse of optimism more than Rust at this point, it is not lazy, if it is earned, and here, it is well earned.
      You seem to want the finale to end on a dark note, and the only reason you hint at is, because that's swimming against the mainstream, which is barely enough of a good criterion for a rebellious teenager. Why would that be better? What, after seeking a killer for 17 years and finally catching him, Rust is supposed to be bitter? Go on a nihilistic rant? Now THAT would be implausible.
      Also, the most highly rated Star Wars movie is "The Empire Strikes Back", which is famous for not have a typical happy ending. There goes the assertion viewers need a happy ending, or the implication you art has to not have one, otherwise its pandering. There are other examples too, like the highly rated Game Of Thrones episode in which Ned Stark dies, or when Batman is somewhat defeated after C. Nolans The Dark Knight. That's beside the point though.

    • @ShimmyFr
      @ShimmyFr Місяць тому

      @@JesterMax24 what would you’ve preferred?

  • @rama_lama_ding_dong
    @rama_lama_ding_dong 3 місяці тому +2

    schopenhauer...even camus. if philosophy means accepting our doom but remaining prescient enough to experience jouissance, well then theres still a remainder of regret. pessimism and optimism seems like a false dichotomy. tbh ive read more deleuze than anyone: any response from him about Opt v Pes is just that, not his primary concern, so i dont know if its fair to include him where he excluded himself

  • @isagadiwong8137
    @isagadiwong8137 3 місяці тому +8

    No! You don’t have thousands of years to live! While you live, while you can, become good.

  • @Silks-
    @Silks- 3 місяці тому +3

    As a long time doomer, in the last year especially, I appreciate this analysis.
    However I disagree with the closing stement: 'The antidote to doomerism is philosophy' because if my instinct of societal collapse does come to fruition, and my cynicism was correct then the 'antidote' would only be denial, which isn't an antidote. I can use philosophy to numb my appropriate feeling of dread, but that doesn't negate the fact that the doomer outlook is correct.

    • @Jonathanizer
      @Jonathanizer 3 місяці тому +2

      Not to take away your world view, but the circular logic you employ suggests, that you could really use a dose of open minded thought. You might positively surprise yourself.

    • @E_V878
      @E_V878 3 місяці тому

      Objective truth can’t be known to the human mind so whether or not your outlook is correct is subjective.
      What do you gain from being miserable? Possibly comfort since it logically incentivizes inaction and apathy, never grasping for ambition or developing bonds with people. Is it worth it? I don’t know, maybe for some people. I think that if we can’t ever have the fundamental questions of existence answered then we should just live for living’s sake, incorporating anything that allows us to *live* more, rather than just having a pulse and waiting to become dust.

    • @Silks-
      @Silks- 3 місяці тому

      @@Jonathanizer What do you mean with open minded thought? I am updating my ideas constantly, have a positive reaction when I change my view on something, that's my interpretation of being open minded. I'd be interested to hear yours.

    • @Silks-
      @Silks- 3 місяці тому

      @@E_V878 If society collapses in the next decade, doomerism isn't subjective if it does actually collapse in the next decade. Doomerism is more of a prediction than a philosophy, the philosophy aspect is coming to terms with the prediction as opposed to giving ones self false hope and optimism about our impending demise.

    • @RoomRar
      @RoomRar 3 місяці тому

      ​@Silks- I don't think doomerism is a prediction first and foremost. Even an optimistisch or bloomer person or whatever can predict society collapsing (I do.) Where both differentiate is how they deal with that, thus putting back philosophy at the forefront.
      I think society will collapse, all do, time erodes and grows things, but then how do you recon with that. I think responses to questions like: What does it mean for a society to collapse, and what will happen after? Are way more indicative of what it means to be or not to be a doomer.
      Philosophies like optimism and pessimism have always been in response to the stimuli of the world, but that doesn't outright change the stimuli. It's just our brain doing backflips.

  • @eierkrauler4207
    @eierkrauler4207 3 місяці тому +2

    u making a video about true detective is like christmas and birthday on the same day

  • @grrrund
    @grrrund 3 місяці тому

    I want you to do The Dawn of Everything so much 🤪

  • @violetslit
    @violetslit 3 місяці тому

    Man I love Rust. Sis, I feel like you may like playing (or watching the gameplay of) the Red Dead Redemption series & its characters

  • @zeitgeist5134
    @zeitgeist5134 2 місяці тому +1

    Here is my one, sure-fire source of optimism: 252 million years ago, 80% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species went extinct ("The Great Dying"). That was followed by the spectacularly wonderful Age of Dinosaurs!!! How cool is that?! Mother Nature CANNOT be defeated! (Puts a big grin on my face.)

  • @TheIgnoramus
    @TheIgnoramus 3 місяці тому +4

    Were we are going, we don’t need savings accounts, and I mean that in the best way possible.

  • @jameslawrence8479
    @jameslawrence8479 3 місяці тому +3

    Maybe the True Detectives are the True Detectives we made along the way

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому

      That's what I say to myself while smoking crack in the bathtub.

    • @kaydgaming
      @kaydgaming 3 місяці тому

      I mean, yeah, basically.
      Marty became one over time.

  • @pbj2727
    @pbj2727 2 місяці тому

    Man the last line went so hard though. When I’m not a poor college student I will be spending money on this guys patreon.

  • @Mrgruntastic
    @Mrgruntastic 3 місяці тому +1

    Lauren Berlant is so good. Her book has really changed the way I view my own existence

  • @ottiliaottilia
    @ottiliaottilia 3 місяці тому +2

    The fact that this video has a sponsored segment is so fkn comical

    • @ShimmyFr
      @ShimmyFr Місяць тому

      Gotta make that bag

  • @adcaptandumvulgus4252
    @adcaptandumvulgus4252 3 місяці тому

    There's always the off-ramp of existentialism, if you like reading Sartre. I prefer Camus, it just works.(for me at least)

  • @orterves
    @orterves 3 місяці тому +1

    The ground floor foundation of reality is, objectively, Nothing Matters. This is good, because it gives us the freedom to build something that matters to us.

    • @adrienhirtz2788
      @adrienhirtz2788 3 місяці тому

      If we have the strength to do it

    • @orterves
      @orterves 3 місяці тому

      @@adrienhirtz2788 you can find the strength or simply settle for less, either way it's possible to be happy

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@ortervesyes but happiness alone should not be the goal.

  • @PinupSticknerd
    @PinupSticknerd 3 місяці тому +1

    The process. All there is 😊
    Preciate you ✊

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому +1

      Poopachute you.

    • @PinupSticknerd
      @PinupSticknerd 3 місяці тому +1

      Humans are a consequence.
      Good nor bad😊 👊

  • @lukasreher1732
    @lukasreher1732 3 місяці тому +2

    If not as a direct antidote, pondering and playing with philosophy is at least a good distraction (I'd call myself a doomer). It can serve as a mental workout that distracts and fiddles with interesting ideas while simultaneously acting as an on the fly spring cleaning of the mind. Taking time to really work an idea through can let you get it properly out the door and get to something better. Even writing that thought down in a document you'll never read can work wonders.
    I guess that's a pretty direct antidote to doomerism...

  • @alexhindes3861
    @alexhindes3861 3 місяці тому

    Wow. Great work

  • @killerrabbit587
    @killerrabbit587 3 місяці тому +1

    Interesting how many people latched on to Cohle as one of those stereotypical "literally me" protagonists, where so much of S1 seems to be picking apart his philosophy by showing the personal toll of his attempts to live within all its contradictions.

  • @ksanchez90565
    @ksanchez90565 3 місяці тому

    Yooo we’ve been waiting for this one

  • @zachariahpreston-loh2469
    @zachariahpreston-loh2469 2 місяці тому

    Bought some merch and really happy wit hthe quality. Love these videos !!

  • @ThatCommieChick
    @ThatCommieChick 2 місяці тому

    This is surprisingly astute reflection on Rustin and his worldview. So many analyses I see on the character are just senseless "I'm 14 and this is deep" rehashing of who he is as a character and how it's so totally cool edgy grimdark because he doesn't care about people and that makes him quirky and not like the other boys. This, however, did the character justice.

  • @user-xq7jc8yn2p
    @user-xq7jc8yn2p 3 місяці тому +3

    Kinda wished you made this video when I was a teen.

  • @PaintGuy-ed1dg
    @PaintGuy-ed1dg 3 місяці тому

    Exploring Doomer philosophy through characters like Rust Cohle from True Detective reveals the complexities of detachment, societal expectations, and the pursuit of truth. The analogy of being a "True Detective" emphasizes the importance of curiosity and compassion in navigating life's uncertainties. Ultimately, the antidote to Doomerism lies in perpetual growth, driven by relentless questioning and compassionate understanding.

  • @zoomer619
    @zoomer619 3 місяці тому +3

    My real name is Saumya, friend calles me zoomer, then I became Zaumya and sometimes zoomya. Its a weird thing

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому +2

      Yeah well now you're the rizzler.

    • @zoomer619
      @zoomer619 3 місяці тому

      @@bhante1345 lightskin staring the police officer at the red light, and he is approaching me (I'm not wearing a helmet and also don't have my license on me)

  • @the_Fisher_King
    @the_Fisher_King 3 місяці тому

    Why did you change the videos title, wait did i just get mandela effect ed lol

  • @forrrrestjohncave
    @forrrrestjohncave 2 місяці тому

    Another antidote to doomerism is the expansion Endwalker in Final Fantasy 14. Spoiler alert, but the whole plot revolves around a character who is so distraught by the state of every civilization she comes across while exploring the universe that she determines the best course of action is to kill everyone so that they can never suffer in the first place. Every civilization she finds ends up dooming themselves in some way whether through nuclear war, apathy, ect. There is even a society she comes across that is so perfect in every conceivable way that they all decide to kill themselves as it is the only interesting thing left they can experience. It is truly a depressing narrative, but luckily the main cast convince her she is wrong in her final assessment of the universe and it genuinely helped me grapple with existential questions that I didn't know how to answer.

    • @thenightwatchman1598
      @thenightwatchman1598 2 місяці тому

      sure people can make brash irrational decisions. but that doesn't give you the right to decide their fate either. because robbing a persons agency is a fate worse than death.

  • @Parzivle
    @Parzivle 3 місяці тому

    The first time I watched true detective I thought “damn, this rust guy has it all figured out. If you’re disillusioned with everything you can’t be fooled, and if you know who you are regardless of how it looks on the outside you can achieve great things” on the second watch I realized rust is literally killing himself every moment he’s on screen. This man has nothing at all past the case and it has aged him terribly. On the second watch I realized he’s a cautionary tale for those who follow such similar lines of thinking. I could so easily be an old addict working 5 days a week and spending two piss drunk in the back room I rent from some business under the table lamenting about the things I lost. If you let yourself see only darkness, that’s all thatll be there for you, and it’ll kill you sooner or later. You gotta find and cherish the little pinpricks of light, no matter how far part they may be.

  • @graycat7704
    @graycat7704 3 місяці тому

    Crazy timing. I’m literally on this journey now. I’ve started to really get into philosophy lately and trying to understand where my morals lie. I know this world is doom but I’m just dancing in it’s horrors. I’m very uncertain on where life is about to go but I’ve decided to start the year being more empathetic and conscious in my actions. As a former doomer I still feel uncertain that if I decide to dance will it all be a waste of time or would I be disappointed but this video reminded me it’s not up to me to decide on where the tides of humanity go. I can only control myself. So writing this comment I’m deciding to let go of my worries and just to enjoy the ride.

    • @graycat7704
      @graycat7704 3 місяці тому

      @@user-hu8qr3rn8z Exactly that's the only thing we can do. Hopefully there is light at the end of this tunnel if not oh well at least we tried.

    • @legitplayin6977
      @legitplayin6977 2 місяці тому

      Man I wish I was able of such introspection

  • @baL88537
    @baL88537 3 місяці тому

    My fav show 😳 & my fav channel 😭
    in Rust we Trust 😌

  • @mattdavid716
    @mattdavid716 3 місяці тому +1

    W for philosophy, looks like season 4 diving into the supernatural big time though

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому

      I've heard it's a disjointed clunky mess.

  • @josemontesrodriguez9141
    @josemontesrodriguez9141 3 місяці тому +1

    WHERE is the "Life Is Suffering" hoodie?? It says, "Item is unavailable". I'll buy that hoodie And "Right Person, Wrong Time" hoodie Or, the "The Fear Of Being Loved" hoodie at the same time. I just Neeeeeeed the "Life is Suffering" Hoodie. Please and Thank You

  • @seandunn8874
    @seandunn8874 3 місяці тому +2

    You should analyze the gladiator with this same style and compare and two main characters.

  • @NewbinatorsRecycleBin
    @NewbinatorsRecycleBin 3 місяці тому +1

    you know things are about to get serious when he includes "Antidote" in the title

  • @davidtrindle6473
    @davidtrindle6473 3 місяці тому +1

    This makes more sense if you define philosophy as “love of wisdom,” rather than the “love of knowledge.”

  • @jafarohlala9936
    @jafarohlala9936 2 місяці тому

    Who is behind that Far From Any Road-cover in the beginning adn the end of this video?

  • @memegazer
    @memegazer 3 місяці тому +1

    I reject the idea that the way to have good life was ever to feel entitled to something from others.
    In reality you show up to life a certain way to be loyal to yourself, to be good to yourself, so that you can look yourself in the mirror and say that you did, you did not want to, it was not easy, but you did the hard things for yourself bc they needed to get done and bc that is better than sitting around and pretending like you did not do anything bc nobody was waiting to reward you for it.

  • @poggers3218
    @poggers3218 3 місяці тому

    My favorite season of television

  • @nin0f
    @nin0f 3 місяці тому

    Ah yes, a hidden ode to absurdism as a cure for nihilism. Love it!

  • @marcusjackman1487
    @marcusjackman1487 3 місяці тому +1

    Philosophy is actually what lead me to understand the stupidity and absurdity of humanity and existence.

    • @thenightwatchman1598
      @thenightwatchman1598 2 місяці тому +1

      academic philosophy is shallow. it leaves no room for metaphysics.

  • @thecatster4373
    @thecatster4373 29 днів тому

    Fucken hell dud, the first 3 minutes made me binge the whole first season 😢😂❤

  • @brendanscott893
    @brendanscott893 3 місяці тому +1

    I just finished rewatching the show 5 minutes ago. What a coincidence.

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому

      Mathematical probability more like.

    • @joberwt3940
      @joberwt3940 3 місяці тому

      ​@@bhante1345yes

  • @curtisgeist6122
    @curtisgeist6122 3 місяці тому

    Favorite books of 2023 list coming? I’ve found some gems thanks to you

  • @mohamadsalari84
    @mohamadsalari84 3 місяці тому +2

    I don't think Rust perspective on human becoming separate from natural evolution make sense in scientific view. does it?

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 3 місяці тому

      Dawkins would argue that the next stage of evolution would be through artifical or synthetic means. Knowing that we can only carry on so long as a species with finite resources, in order to overcome legitimate threats to our species may require cold analytical decisions to enhance ourselves in order to survive. He too very much doubts that any other intelligent life in the universe can reach us without themselves being synthetically enhanced. So, sadly we must detach our humanity and natural inclinations and adapt in order to survive in a ver real hostile universe.

    • @ShimmyFr
      @ShimmyFr Місяць тому

      @@bhante1345I do wonder if cold logic is truly the next step. Maybe there would be value to keeping certain aspects of human nature unrelated to our intelligence? May just be bias as well, fondness for what made us human.

    • @bhante1345
      @bhante1345 Місяць тому

      @@ShimmyFr well either way, I'm going to end my days chasing dinner around the local park and sleeping in recycling bins.

    • @ShimmyFr
      @ShimmyFr Місяць тому

      @@bhante1345 sounds like a plan

  • @locochingadero
    @locochingadero 3 місяці тому

    Quote from my wife during episode 2 S1..."If you say Schopenhauer once more, I'm turning the TV off..."

  • @murphey883
    @murphey883 3 місяці тому

    There is a scene in true detective where Marty says he's working on a book called, "true detective." He was lying to get information, but I have a theory that the other seasons thus far are stories that he has written and that is why season two is so bad.

  • @yurigomes8833
    @yurigomes8833 3 місяці тому +1

    what Deleuze says is kind of like Hawkins Radiation

  • @fa1docururugraudo
    @fa1docururugraudo 3 місяці тому

    Holy fuck i didnt expect you to do a video on my favorite series. Thank you

  • @michaelclark6941
    @michaelclark6941 3 місяці тому

    Thx for reminding me to watch season 4.

  • @aqupodoben
    @aqupodoben 3 місяці тому +2

    You should experience Disco Elysium and then share your experience with us. Thank you.

  • @aelfredrex8354
    @aelfredrex8354 2 місяці тому

    "It's all just a ride.".... Bill Hicks

    • @thenightwatchman1598
      @thenightwatchman1598 2 місяці тому

      "its all bullshit and you shouldn't take any of it seriously, and we'll find out the punchline when we get there" - Paraphrased George Carlin during his final stand up act.

  • @Everywhere4
    @Everywhere4 3 місяці тому +2

    People are so quick to blame the entire world when the cause of their suffering either comes from internal desires or just from a small subjection of the world. Your death-end job, your abusive parents or the political system are not „the world“.
    In addition, peoples lives tend to become what they think it is. If they think it is only suffering then they will only focus on suffering which will multiply it’s impact on your psyche. It is somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
    When it comes to philosophy, then in small Dosis it can help one to understand oneself better as it gives one the ability of self-reflection, but when it goes to the point of a obsession then it will be more harm then good, ultimately the pure skepticism and detachment of philosophy is dissatisfying and this will make your life experience worse in the process.