Existence: What the fuck is going on?

[JuliaL]

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Seriously, what is the deal with existence

I think your thoughts are the starting point of an interesting journey.

When faced with the (I find trivial) question of, "Why is there something rather than nothing."
I answer, "Why not?"
It's economical.
But please feel free to enjoy the journey of exploration of your choice. It's on me.

I'd say that anyone who approaches philosophy with any other attitude than the OP shows doesn't really get what it means to be a philosopher. Good stuff.

I like the Buddhist response to all this: acceptance. Accept the futility and absurdity of your existence. Call it the impermanent dream it is, and don't demand that it must make sense. It's ironic that thinking and logic have as their goal making sense of the chaos, but that the most logical view is still that existence is nonsensical madness, full of paradox, ambiguity and inconsistency.

Me too.
Particularly my distillation of Zen:
'Life is suffering. Try not to think about it too much.'

But I embrace the painful condition and find the universe far too entertaining to practice any discipline that wants to empty my mind. Suffering lets you know you're alive.

The only way I can feel the least bit important is to
think of all the mud that didn't even get to sit up and
look around.