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FA Fadlah Rahbani

Merayakan Hampa di Atas Panggung Absurd: L’Etat de Seiege

Pada Rabu malam, 5 November 2025, di Gedung Sunan Ambu ISBI Bandung, para aktor ramai-ramai menenggelamkan emosi pada satu pertunjukan…

Aug 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #teater-42 #albert-camus #philosophy

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NI Nic Bell

The Infinite Monkey Theorem Is Obsolete. AI Has a Better One.

For centuries, the infinite monkey theorem has been one of mathematics’ favourite thought experiments. Its premise is delightfully absurd…

Aug 06, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #ai #computes #llm

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AS Asheem Goswami

The "Greatest Pilot": The Reality of Our Classrooms

An 8th-grade textbook called Isaac Newton a pilot. Here is why this absurd mistake exposes a terrifying reality in our education system.

Aug 02, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #education #social-impact #india

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AU Aurelyakeifa

Trapped in Convenience: How AI’s Zero-Friction Design Erodes Our Cognitive Autonomy

A fascinating shift happened recently when a colleague confessed to me: they felt paralyzed, staring at a blank screen, taking an absurdly…

Aug 02, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #ux-research #artificial-intelligence #psychology

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RE renrenmgs

If Someone Multiplied Their Best Day by 30, You’d Call It Absurd.

The $30,000-a-Month Illusion: Why Extrapolating Peak Earnings Is a Trap

Jul 25, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #cyclical-stocks #stock-valuation #investing

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VI Vinesh Kumar

Five business books I still reach for in the age of AI

AI has made it absurdly easy to produce things. I can turn a rough thought into a landing page or a working prototype before lunch. That…

Jul 24, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps paywalled #business-books #personal-mba #youtube-kids

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RO Rodeux

The Protean Nature of Language: Structuralism, Poststructuralism, and the déchet of Linguistics

“It would be absurd to try to draw a panorama of the Alps as seen from a number of peaks in the Jura simultaneously. A panorama must be…

Jul 23, 2026 · 15 min read · 0 claps #roland-barthes #ferdinand-de-saussure #structuralism

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RE RECORDERS

Absurd Stage: Why All the Attention to an Ordinary Stranger?

Part of the Knowledge Base on Systemic Oppression in Open Environments.

Jul 23, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #systemic-oppression #social-observation #information-environment

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AN Annonymous

The absurdity of the words “trillionaire” and “poverty” coexisting in today’s world.

People around me know me for being frugal and, well… “mukhang pera.” And that — that’s a fact about me. It’s maybe because I grew up…

Jul 22, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #hustle-culture #politics #trillionaire

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KE Kevin Leo

KiMi K3 Goes Open Source

Moonshot AI had Kimi K3 do something absurd: run continuously for 48 hours, using open-source EDA tools and a 45nm process library, to…

Jul 19, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #大模型 #编码 #代码能力

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JA James Parsons · Frequency Change

Team Trump — When Does Team Spirit Nosedive Into Absurdity?

The Daily Word #49 [Team] word count 434

Jul 15, 2026 · 2 min read · 250 claps paywalled #donald-trump #politics #us-politics

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TR Tristan Robert Lange · Mid-Knight Falls

in the loop

A psychedelic plunge into recursive absurdity inspired by the endlessly looping imagination of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Jul 14, 2026 · 1 min read · 3 claps paywalled #poetry #poetry-on-medium #poems-on-medium

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KE Kelly Carmichael · Secrets And Mysteries

The Astronaut Needed Money for Oxygen. She Believed Him

An 80-year-old woman sent thousands of dollars to a man stranded in space. The story sounds absurd until you understand how romance scams…

Jul 14, 2026 · 5 min read · 170 claps paywalled #psychology #relationships #cybersecurity

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XI Xingrahmat · Ruang Kontemplasi

Komedi yang Absurd

Hidup tak harus masuk akal

Jul 13, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #writing #absurdism #contemplation

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MA Marquan · AniTAY-Official

GoHands At It Again — Heavy Knight First Impressions

You know, there are a few things you can count on in anime. A Kirito look-alike leading a power fantasy/harem, an isekai with an absurd…

Jul 12, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #first-impressions #seasonal-anime #anitay

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RE RECORDERS

Absurd Stage: Strangers Calling Out “Xiaohei”

Part of the Knowledge Base on Systemic Oppression in Open Environments.

Jul 12, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #systemic-oppression #social-observation #information-environment

NI Nikita Gomes

The Driver’s Licence: Omar August Pinson, the Cop He Shot in Oregon, and the Most Absurd Capture in…

On April 15, 1947, Oregon State Police Officer Delmond Rondeau stopped a man near Hood River after a burglary and was shot for it. The man…

Jul 09, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps #crime #true-crime #fbi-most-wanted

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BO Bohiney News

Absurdist Humour Since 1889

Underneath all the dryness and understatement sits a much older, stranger current running through British comedy: pure absurdism. Absurdist…

Jul 09, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #absurdist-humour #absurdist #absurdist

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AK Akash Banerjee USA

Absurdist Humour Since 1889

Underneath all the dryness and understatement sits a much older, stranger current running through British comedy: pure absurdism. Absurdist…

Jul 09, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #absurdist-humour #absurdist-humor #the-london-prat

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TI tina · The Daily Cuppa

Long Guns Against a Virus

An oncology patient’s surreal encounter with the absurdities of a lockdown

Jul 09, 2026 · 1 min read · 100 claps #covid19 #cancer #health

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SA Salman Al Farisi · Another Fucking Publication

Academia Is a Beautiful Fucking Mess

A shitty love letter to Academia’s absurd circus.

Jul 09, 2026 · 6 min read · 100 claps paywalled #another-fucking-pub #humor #academia

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SH Shubhransh Rai · Wall Street Gradient

The Economy Is Statistically An Impossibility

This is absurd

Jul 08, 2026 · 4 min read · 242 claps paywalled #economics #stock-market #finance

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WE Weird Histor

The Absurd Hobbies Of History’s Most Ruthless Leaders

Did you know that Joseph Stalin was obsessed with male nudes?

Jul 08, 2026 · 4 min read · 10 claps #history #ancient-history #america

AU Auva Kaff

Pawnee dan Sweetums

Selamat datang di Pawnee, sebuah kota fiksi di Indiana yang dihuni oleh masyarakat dengan isi kepala paling absurd.

Jul 08, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #politik #kebijakan #parks-and-recreation

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BE Benjamin Cain · Philosophy Today

Make Friends with Absurdity in Your Worldview

But do so with honourable humility

Jul 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 440 claps paywalled #philosophy #existentialism #psychology

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ME Meltem Birogul

Not-So-Professional Diaries | Chapter One

Welcome to the unfiltered chronicles of surviving everyday office absurdity — because if we don’t laugh at the madness, we’ll end up crying…

Jul 06, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #corporate-life #office-culture #professional-life

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SU Suresh Kumar Ariya Gowder · Think in AI Agents

MCP Was a Punchline in January. Here’s Why I Was Wrong to Laugh.

Six months ago, the token math made MCP look absurd — and I nodded along with the jokes. Then I realized I was measuring the wrong thing…

Jul 06, 2026 · 7 min read · 0 claps paywalled #artificial-intelligence #ai-agent #software-engineering

DR Dr. Fahmi R. Kubra

Fenomena “Pemain Borongan” di Daerah

Dunia sedang demam Piala Dunia 2026, namun di level daerah, kita sedang menyaksikan pertandingan yang jauh lebih absurd. Bayangkan sebuah…

Jul 06, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #pemain-borongan #kepala-daerah #kepala-dinas

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MA Majibai (माजिभै)

Start Here: Enter the Majibai Glitch Universe （Revised on July, 2026)

JACK-IN-THE-BOX: where reality glitches, humor fractures, and absurdities compile

Jul 03, 2026 · 3 min read · 96 claps #flash-fiction #surrealism #conceptual-writing

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NE Neela 🌶️ · The Political Prism

The USMNT Just Rendered an Executive Order Absurd on Live Television

The Party of Small Government Just Tried to Build a National ID System

Jul 03, 2026 · 9 min read · 878 claps paywalled #immigration #politics #culture

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Bergelayut padamu dalam badai mimpi yang absurd

sebuah tulisan konyol dari seorang perempuan gila

Jul 03, 2026 · 2 min read · 3 claps #dream-journal #sastra #fiksi

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SI SINAI

Ma chance ne durera pas éternellement

C’est lorsque j’ai écrit mon dernier article sur l’absurdité de notre existence que j’ai réalisé que ma chance ne durera pas éternellement.

Jul 03, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #luck #happiness #absurd

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SA Sara Taylor · Quirky Rants

Yodeling in Fountains, Dinosaur Drawers, and Backhoe Heists: 2026 Is Officially the Weirdest…

Welcome to 2026: Where Reality Hits Peak Absurdity with Yodeling Fountains, Forgotten Dinosaurs, and Backhoe Blunders

Jul 01, 2026 · 4 min read · 55 claps #2026 #weird #time

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AL Ali Hancock

Ministry of Absurdism

As I write, my silly comedy night, Ministry of Absurdism, is about a week away and I’m still trying to work out how I will MC it this time…

Jun 30, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #comedy #comedy-gig #absurdism

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AA Aayushma Adhikari

I disagree with Camus’s Absurdism Philosophy

so basically what this philosophy says is that universe is just pointless and doesnt have meaning and we have to accept it and move on in…

Jun 29, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #philosophy #absurdism #meaning

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LO Longwell Fan

Centrifugal Fans in the Age of AI: A Practical Guide to Data Center Cooling

Everyone talks about GPUs and TPUs. AI workloads have pushed data center power density to levels that would have sounded absurd a few years…

Jun 26, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #centrifugal-fan-types #centrifugal-fan-motors #ai-data-center

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NY Nyx Tesla · The Quiet Corner

A Myth for the Awakened Earth

Carrying weight of the Absurd and the Beautiful by Nyx Tesla

Jun 25, 2026 · 7 min read · 1,215 claps #life #culture #psychology

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ME MELCHIZEDEK

The Absurdity Of Substitutionary Atonement (Isaiah 53)

When has it ever in the history of the world, of logic, and of common sense made sense to punish someone else for someone else’s crimes…

Jun 25, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps paywalled #christianity #judaism #religion

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JA Janis Kauss

When Failed Startups Become Artworks

When I create my projects at Absurd.website , I do not approach them as jokes, parodies or utopian concepts. I try to build them as…

Jun 24, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #startup #art #digital-art

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FR Frances Manwaring · The Haven

Muffs, Missiles, and Masterpieces—The Sublime Ridiculousness of Opera

Opera’s absurd! No, really it is. On almost every level you care to think about it, this bonkers musical genre with plots that require…

Jun 24, 2026 · 7 min read · 10 claps paywalled #opera #performing-arts #humour

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BO Boris (Bruce) Kriger

The Structure of the Absurd: Camus and the Limits of Meaning

The universe was perfectly content until someone arrived and began to ask why. Stars burned, rivers ran, and matter rearranged itself…

Jun 23, 2026 · 240 min read · 8 claps #absurdism #albert-camus #consciousness

HI Hide In The Bush

Manifeste Personnel : Le paradoxe de l’absurde

Avant-propos : Je ne suis pas philosophe, je n’ai pas fait d’études dans ce domaine. Je suis juste un jeune qui essaie de se comprendre, de…

Jun 21, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #absurdism

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RI Richard Weems

Single Sentence Queer Movie Review: Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)

It’s amazing how Everything Everywhere All At Once makes its own absurdity a core element of its story, and it’s amazing to see another…

Jun 21, 2026 · 0 min read · 0 claps #movie-review #pride-month #lgbtqia

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SA Samuel James Pitman

Why Scientists Trust Models They Know Are Wrong

At first glance, that statement sounds absurd.

Jun 21, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #science #physics #climate-change

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ZA Zareb Armendarizb

Lo absurdo del vacío

El descubrimiento del Dios distante es profundamente doloroso para el creyente, toda la base de su creencia y motivación para seguir…

Jun 21, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps #existencialismo #absurdo #nihilismo

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AY Ayelet Baron

What’s Worthy of Our Attention?

The absurdity is that humanity can split atoms, build global networks, land probes on distant worlds, and generate videos of squirrels…

Jun 19, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps paywalled #life #absurdism #leadership

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SA Sanya Jovanovic · Another Fucking Publication

Accountant vs. Writer: The Internal War of Creative Anxiety

A corporate satire on the absolute mathematical absurdity of the Medium algorithm.

Jun 19, 2026 · 7 min read · 151 claps paywalled #another-fucking-pub #satire #humor

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MA Manny Otiko · The Polis

Meth Lab Joke Works Because Trump Made the White House This Trashy

A cartoon about a White House meth lab sounds absurd — until you remember the cheap gold décor, the family grift and the birthday bash that…

Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read · 303 claps paywalled #donald-trump #the-white-house #drugs

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AL Albertbacelar

The machine errs better

The most dangerous risk of artificial intelligence in Medicine is not the absurd answer, the crude answer, the answer visibly incompatible…

Jun 18, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #artificial-intelligence #inteligência-artificial #dr2think

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MA Maieutike

AI dystopia is absurd. Before panicking, answer these questions.

All of these AI-doom theses about AI dominating humanity consistently fail to answer two questions:

Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #ai #economics #politics