Any authors that straight up say that having, wanting, or looking for a meaning in life is actually a bad thing to do? I honestly think that the notion of there being a "meaning of life" is a misguided thing and we ought hope there isnt one

You haven't read many books have you buddy ...

>>24570385
...have you? if you have, can you point me to one related to what i posted in the OP?

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>>24570380 (OP)
The obvious and pretty famous option would be Camus.
Apart from that you could probably take any pessimist (Cioran, Schopenhauer, etc. Maybe not Mainländer).

But really any writer I have read that is an atheist has the opinion that there is no meaning of life and we are all just searching for some way to cope with that. Let it be suicide, hedonism or some epicurean shit.

But maybe I am misunderstanding the question.

>>24570576
I know some like camus say
>there is no meaning, but lets pretend there is
Im asking, is there an author who says
>Even if there IS a meaning, we would do well to avoid it at all costs, and to have a meaning is a horrible condition