Being and Nothingness (2)

So S. is saying that the absurdity begets anguish as it frustrates the human need for meaning. We then suppress the realisation of absurdity, so as to reduce the anguish.

But what if I choose to live with the absurdity and anguish, rather than fall back into dishonestly superimposing an arbitrarily chosen meaning on my life so that it 'makes sense'?

OK, that is a choice, but a choice to avoid a particular situation rather than a choice as to a grand schema I will live by in order to try and make life meaningful. And it seems entirely consistent with 'no excuses'.

And no, I don't see this as an academic issue. It is a real life issue, day by day, but mostly if and when you have got to the point of a reasonably easy existence (a home, food, emotional stability, whatever). E.g. can't say I thought a lot about it when I had nowhere to live.