I used to be interested in philosophy back in highschool, but now it’s just not doing it for me. Alot of it just seems to be like I think therefore I am, but if I wasn’t I wouldn’t be because if I was I would, but if I couldn’t, then I wouldn’t be able to, and if i… like bro maybe I’m dumb, but wtf are these dudes on about??? 😭
On another note, some of the worst of it like Nihilism goes so well hand in hand with capitalism.
I just look at philosophy as something interesting and thought provoking, which maybe really at the end of the day it is meant to be just that. I think a lot of people take it too seriously, usually online, and try act out a branch of philosophy as if it was a religion.
Some of it is more helpful to a person and some less. Like nihilism doesn’t really help anyone but a bit of stoicism would maybe be handy.