On Silliness and Absurdity - by Danielle

Organizing Sit Club as a parody of Run Clubs, plastering cryptic bean-themed posters around the city, distributing free stickers that meme tech leaders - what do all these projects have in common? They are completely and utterly pointless. When hearing about my schemes, people always ask what the purpose is. After the “successful” ones, I’m encouraged to monetize them and repeat them. Because in our capitalist society, every skill must be leveraged to make money. Every pastime must be selected and perfected to look good on a college app or resume. We judge the value of an endeavor by its end result. But *wanting* that result is a feeling that could consume you for days, for years, for your entire life, while *having* achieved it is come and gone in a moment. And so life goes by in the *wanting* and not the *having.* Wouldn’t it be better if the wanting and the having were the same? If the enjoyment and purpose came from the process of an action, not its completion? A few events shaped

Organizing Sit Club as a parody of Run Clubs, plastering cryptic bean-themed posters around the city, distributing free stickers that meme tech leaders - what do all these projects have in common? They are completely and utterly pointless. When hearing about my schemes, people always ask what the purpose is. After the “successful” ones, I’m encouraged to monetize them and repeat them. Because in our capitalist society, every skill must be leveraged to make money. Every pastime must be selected and perfected to look good on a college app or resume. We judge the value of an endeavor by its end r