ThugJesus

Almost our entire economy in the US is built around spending money you don't have. You can't finance a car, sign a lease, or buy a house without having extensive history of buying things with money you don't have. On top of all of that, we continually lean further and further away from actually owning anything and instead either renting or borrowing every necessity and commodity available. At that point, why bother spending money you do own on things you don't get to keep? Especially when you continually watch people who have significantly more money than you racking up debt and then getting it forgiven just for shiggles.

Every month there's a new "unprecedented" event. Wild fires, shootings, repeated attempts to strip our rights, opioid epidemic. There's a miriad of reasons to feel like long-term investments are an exercise in futility.

Also, when an especially bad flu season can financially ruin you due to Healthcare costs, why fucking bother?

You are 100% correct.

No man's sky for me. Both are amazing games at current stage but with shit releases.

Where do we feel absurdism would fall in this? I feel it belongs near cynicism but also closer to acceptance.

I think the stakes make the decision for me, so let me put it into that context:

Would you rather have to crawl out of some thing's ass (or you die), or have something crawl out of your ass (or it dies).

Worth mentioning that using isopropyl and eating it are almost mutually exclusive. Use everclear if you wanna safely ingest. Always research extensively when flammables are involved.