@vishaldeshpande Very true, brother. Consumerism is one way to numb the difficult emotions you don't want to deal with, but some welcome them as old friends.
The universe will not end with a big rip or with some cataclysmic event, it'll end when you close your eyes for the last time, when you take your last breath.
@vishaldeshpande Reading fiction is also a top priority for me as a novelist, but I equally resonate with absurdism. Maybe after your 30s you start to see the underlying BS in certain aspects of life.