Follow Existential Comics, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, Whatsapp etc.) http://existentialcomics.com Sun, 25 Oct 2020 17:23:48 GMT FeedCreatorClass 1.0 dev (follow.it) https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4QGQqtqnLHeN5ZNjP4VUNEjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8Igofz_TO3yhlrdKA <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/366530023/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 366530023" title="Story 366530023"> <img src="https://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/RationalSelfInterest.png" alt="Ayn Rand, speaking to factory workers (as their boss): &#34;Good news everyone! The engineers have created a machine that makes it so we can produce the same amount with only half the work! &#34; Worker: &#34;Wow, that&#39;s great Ayn Rand, so we only have to work half as many hours? &#34; Ayn Rand: &#34;What? No, you still have to work just as hard.&#34; Worker: &#34;So we get twice the salary? &#34; Ayn Rand: &#34;Are you kidding? Of course not.&#34; Worker: &#34;So what do we get?&#34; Ayn Rand: &#34;Nothing, obviously. Do you own the machines they made? No. Oh by the way, i almost forgot to mention, I&#39;m rolling back everyone&#39;s pensions. &#34; Ayn Rand: &#34;You see, according to my philosophy everyone should follow their rational self interest. Which means all for me and none for anyone else. Now get back to work you lousy moochers!&#34; Description: Some time has passed. The workers are building a guillotine. Ayn Rand: &#34;What&#39;s with the Guillotine?&#34; Workers: &#34;Well, we decided to follow your advice and act in our rational self interest...&#34; " title="The biggest mistake the Bolsheviks made was sending Ayn Rand to University and letting her read Nietzsche. "> Mon, 19 Oct 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4QGQqtqnLHeN5ZNjP4VUNEjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8Igofz_TO3yhlrdKA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4SflqzeeUUa22L2Wvp7nzWjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8Igofx9XdFQfM_u3A <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/364420624/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 364420624" title="Story 364420624"> <img src="https://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/DiotimaTeachesSocratesLove.png" alt="PERSON: &#34;Wise Diotima, i have a question about the nature of love, and i&#39;ve heard that you are learned in its ways. &#34; PERSON: &#34;he who wishes to know the nature of love should love first one fair form, and then many, and learn the connection of them; and from beautiful bodies he should proceed to beautiful minds. ::::(-10 359)Certainly, Socrates, i will now initiate you into the greater mysteries of love.&#34; PERSON: &#34;And then to the beauty of laws and institutions, until he perceives that all beauty is of one kindred; and from institutions he should go on to the sciences.&#34; PERSON: &#34;And in the contemplation of that supreme being of love he will behold beauty, not with the bodily eye, but with the eye of the mind&#34; PERSON: &#34; Until at last the vision is revealed to him of a single science of universal beauty, and then he will behold the everlasting nature which is the cause of all, and will be near the end.&#34; PERSON: &#34;This will bring forth true creations of virtue and wisdom, and be the friend of God and heir of immortality. &#34; PERSON: &#34;Okay, uh, that&#39;s cool i guess, but actually my question was: “can loverboys still be attractive if they&#39;ve grown beards?”&#34; " title="Oracle of Delphi: &#34;also, no one is Athens is hornier than Socrates.&#34; "> Mon, 12 Oct 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4SflqzeeUUa22L2Wvp7nzWjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8Igofx9XdFQfM_u3A https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_7JIr2gOdN2ubi__GgJ4975jJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofwDucjsL1Xv9g <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/362234272/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 362234272" title="Story 362234272"> <img src="https://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheInventionofPhilosophy1.png" alt="Description: Thales and his wife are sleeping in bed, he suddenly sits up and shouts: &#34;My God, I&#39;ve got it! What if we try thinking about stuff! &#34; Thale&#39;s Wife: &#34;Go to bed Thales, it&#39;s two in the morning.&#34; Thales: &#34;Is it though? Maybe time is an illusion, did you ever think of that? Huh?!&#34; Thales Wife: &#34;Whatever, just go to sleep.&#34; Description: The next day Thales in drinking with his friends. Thales: &#34;Alright guys, we are going to try something different today. I call it: philosophy.&#34; Heraclitus: &#34;What is that?&#34; Thales: &#34;It&#39;s where we think about stuff...and try to figure out the truth about the world.&#34; Heraclitus: &#34;Sounds weird. Can&#39;t we just drink and talk about who we want to have sex with, like usual?&#34; Thales: &#34;No! We are going to try to find the truth. So...any ideas about the ultimate nature of reality?&#34; Pythagoras: &#34;I don&#39;t get it. What are we supposed to do?&#34; Thales: &#34;Like what about this, what if everything was actually composed of water?&#34; Pythagoras: &#34;What, like...everything?&#34; Thales: &#34;Yes, everything! Because water can take other forms.&#34; Pythagoras: &#34;Yeah but...even music?&#34; Thales: &#34;Look, I just invented philosophy this morning, so lay off, okay? There are no bad ideas.&#34;" title="None"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="https://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheInventionofPhilosophy2.png" alt="Heraclitus: &#34;Ohh, I think I&#39;m starting to get it. Like, what if everything was really composed of...fire. &#34; Thales: &#34;Good, Heraclitus, and why is that?&#34; Heraclitus: &#34;Because fire... can take other forms.&#34; Democritus: &#34;I get it, what if everything was composed of very small things?&#34; Heraclitus: &#34;Is it because very small things can be arranged in other forms, Democritus?&#34; Democritus: &#34;Exactly. Man, philosophy is easy.&#34; Thales: &#34;Alright guys, you can&#39;t just say “everything is composed of...” and then name the first thing that comes to mind. There is more to philosophy than that.&#34; Pythagoras: &#34;What if everything is composed of...numbers!&#34; Democritus: &#34;Whoa, trippy!&#34; Heraclitus: &#34;Good one Pythagoras.&#34; Thales, angrily: &#34;Alright, that&#39;s it, you&#39;ve ruined it. No more philosophy. Philosophy is stupid and i regret inventing it. &#34; " title="&#34;What if everything is composed of regret?&#34; "> Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_7JIr2gOdN2ubi__GgJ4975jJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofwDucjsL1Xv9g https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4FDlDHKDD_qovuQzT8FyZ4jJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8Igofy5soV-s6PElg <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/360153516/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 360153516" title="Story 360153516"> <img src="https://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheEthicsofAmbiguity1.png" alt="Simone de Beauvoir: &#34;So, as you know, Sartre, there are five types of people: losers, nihilists, adventurers, serious men, and existentialists.&#34; Jean-Paul Sartre: &#34;Of course, de Beauvoir everyone knows that.&#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;Well here&#39;s what I realized, they all suck except for the existentialists.&#34; Sartre: &#34;Well, yes, I thought that was obvious.&#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;But here&#39;s the thing, they don&#39;t just suck, they morally suck!&#34; Sartre: &#34;Whoa, hold on, I thought it was impossible to reconcile morality with existentialism, because existentialism allows for the freedom to do anything, right?&#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;Wrong. Let&#39;s break down why the other five types of people are morally wrong first.&#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;Losers are obviously wrong. They are just sub men who are incapable of asserting themselves. They flee from their freedom either in resentment or passive submission. This cannot be a morally authentic way of engaging in the world.&#34; Image of loser: &#34;I hate everything but I&#39;m not going to do anything about it.&#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;Next are nihilists. Obviously wrong. They believe their lives are meaningless so proceed to live meaningless lives. They are basically just losers who like being losers. Plus, if they are really nihilists they should really just kill themselves all the time.&#34; Imagine of Nihilist: &#34;Nothing matters, man. We are just floating on a space rock.&#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;Now the serious men of society who believe wholeheartedly in society&#39;s rules. At least they believe in something, but society is a pretty dumb thing to believe in. Be it religion, a company, or just the social rules. They cant make moral choices because they cant make real choices at all.&#34; Image of serious man: &#34;What&#39;s important in life is to build highways.&#34; " title="None"> <br /><hr /><br /> <img src="https://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheEthicsofAmbiguity2.png" alt="de Beauvoir: &#34;Adventures. Badasses. Now they are better than losers, nihilists and serious men, obviously, because at least they are cool. But are they moral? No. No one cool is moral because when push comes to shove, they will always choose being cool over real authentic moral engagements. &#34; Image of adventurer: &#34;Why climb the mountain? Because it is there.&#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;Now we get to the existentialists, since we&#39;ve eliminated everyone else, they are the only ones that can be authentically free, on account of the fact that they&#39;ve read our books.&#34; Image of existentialist: &#34;Wow, Simone de Beauvoir is right, I should live authentically.&#34; Sartre: &#34;Of course. But how does that make them moral?&#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;Because we are the only ones to recognize that no system can deal with the concrete reality of life. &#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;It turns out that all moral decisions are always ambiguous, and nothing can guide us in our answers.&#34; Sartre: &#34;Right, so if your answer to morality is that nothing can guide us, that&#39;s almost like having...no morality at all.&#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;Well, there are still some rules that can guide us, despite our absolute freedom.&#34; Sartre: &#34;Like what?&#34; de Beauvoir: &#34;Like don&#39;t be a god damn loser, obviously. Pay attention!&#34;" title="Oh also I forgot one more rule: overthrow the bourgeoisie and create worldwide communism. "> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4FDlDHKDD_qovuQzT8FyZ4jJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8Igofy5soV-s6PElg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_6N_1kPP81w_LMRSreaq4CqjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofyxuyMv-LtMfQ <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/357934308/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 357934308" title="Story 357934308"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/EternalRecurrance.png" alt="PERSON: \"I love Nietzsche, he's the greatest. \" PERSON: \"Yeah me too, I consider myself to be an ubermensch, like Napoleon. Or Batman.\" PERSON: \"Although being an ubermensch makes it hard to relate to people.\" PERSON: \"Yeah, me too. Although actually i think you'll find the Joker to be the true ubermensch.\" PERSON: \"Yeah, everyone is so stupid. Especially women.\" PERSON: \"True. He ignores all the rules.\" PERSON: \"True, the problem i have with modern feminism is that it's based on resentment and... what is that sound?\" PERSON: \"I am cursed to return eternally and deliver this message to my followers!\" PERSON: \"What is the message?\" PERSON: \"Yes?\" PERSON: \"The message is...\" " title="As John Searle once said: \"Nietzsche is like drinking cognac - a sip was good, but you didn't want to drink the whole bottle.\" "> Mon, 21 Sep 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_6N_1kPP81w_LMRSreaq4CqjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofyxuyMv-LtMfQ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_7Do9eRpa8UT-oJh1oRFGAxjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8Igofxp4aZnmHHplA <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/355748095/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 355748095" title="Story 355748095"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheWiseManontheMountain.png" alt="Description: a man is climbing a mountain, he reaches a wise man at the top. Man: \"Wise philosopher on the mountain, you have been contemplating the meaning of life for ten years, please enlighten me! \" Wise man: \"The meaning of life is...\" Wise man: \"...to contemplate the meaning of life!\" Description: the man looks at him suspiciously. Wise man: \"what?\" Man: \"Doesn't it seem a bit convenient for a philosopher to say the meaning of life is doing philosophy?\" Wise man: \"Whatever, I'd like to see you come up with something better! It's harder than it sounds.\" " title="\"True wisdom is knowing that you don't know anything.\" \"If you don't know anything, then why the hell did I climb this thing?\" \"Good point. Perhaps true wisdom is knowing not to climb mountains and ask wise men the meaning of life.\" "> Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_7Do9eRpa8UT-oJh1oRFGAxjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8Igofxp4aZnmHHplA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_7rNqO7QGFSmG8zKwyaox3JjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxUaVlZxHDZEg <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/353574741/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 353574741" title="Story 353574741"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/ThreeLittlePhilosophersofScience.png" alt="\"Once upon a time there were three little philosophers of science. The first philosopher, Rudolph Carnap, built his theory on the principle of verificationism.\" \"But then along came the big bad wolf, who blew his philosophy down because it couldn't adequately demarcate between science and non-science.\" \"The second philosopher, Karl Popper, built his theory on the principle of falsification.\" \"Then along came the big bad wolf, who blew his philosophy down because no actual scientific theory ever has an exact set of falsifiable criteria.\" \"The third philosopher, Thomas Kuhn, built his theory on a rigorous sociological account of working scientists.\" \"Then along came the big bad wolf, and he blew that theory down too, because it descended into relativism. It turns out that philosophy of science is hard.\" Thomas Kuhn, shouting: \"God damnit, you are all misinterpreting me! \" " title="Kuhn: \"is my theory crumbling because I am forced to make an increasing number of ad hoc adjusts, exactly how I described scientific theories crumble before a paradigm shift? No, it's the kids who are wrong.\" "> Mon, 07 Sep 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_7rNqO7QGFSmG8zKwyaox3JjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxUaVlZxHDZEg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4jKK24ixTy8UzZuB_TiqRyjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofzHxqNC652TTg <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/351398445/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 351398445" title="Story 351398445"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TuringTestsandOtherThingsofThatNature1.png" alt="Description: a series of tests conducted by a scientist and philosopher. Text 1 on computer: \"what is your earliest childhood memory?\" Reply on computer: \"wow i looked thru your pictures and ur eyes are gorgeous baby u want some fuk?\" Woman: \"Yeah, that's definitely a dude... \" Scientist: \"This computer fooled them into thinking it was human, so it must be able to think just like we do.\" Philosopher: \"If it performs the same function as a mind, then it is a mind.\" Text 1 on computer: \"i love you, do you love me too?\" Reply on computer: \"of course baby i love only you, but i'm having a problem with my visa, if you can just wire me $2000 i can sort it out and i'll be on my way to america next week\" Man: \"Of course her love is real, why would you even ask that?\" Scientist: \"This computer fooled him into thinking it was in love, so it must feel love just like we do.\" Philosopher: \"I mean, yes, if you have all the functions of love...\" Description: some ducks are quacking at a wooden duck with a tape inside playing duck noises. Scientist: \"This tape recorder inside a wooden duck has fooled the other ducks, so it must be able to think like a duck.\" Philosopher: \"Well, I mean, I suppose if the ducks thinks so...\" " title="None"><br /><hr /><br /><img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TuringTestsandOtherThingsofThatNature2.png" alt="Description: a magician is sawing a woman in half on stage. Audience member: \"Wow, he cut that woman in half! \" Scientist: \"This magician fooled the audience into thinking he has magic powers, that's functionally the same as really possessing the dark arts.\" Philosopher: \"Yeah, I suppose, functionally, that's all magic is...?\" Description: the scene from Looney Toons where the Roadrunner paints a tunnel on a wall and tricks the coyote into running into the wall. Scientist: \"The roadrunner fooled the coyote into thinking this painted wall was a tunnel, so it must be a tunnel.\" Philosopher: \"Hmm, I'm not sure about that one...\" Philosopher 1: \"So as you can see, philosophical zombies are incoherent, and if two things are functionally identical, then they are identical in fact.\" Philosopher 2: \"That sounds reasonable...\" Scientist: \"These philosophers fooled other philosophers into thinking the functional theory of mind is a good theory, so it must be a plausible theory of mind.\" Philosopher: \"Hey, wait a minute!\" " title="My wife found some suspicious text messages on my phone, but I convinced her I wasn't cheating, therefore..."> Mon, 31 Aug 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4jKK24ixTy8UzZuB_TiqRyjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofzHxqNC652TTg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_5GpRdrwkHJLkCpalZjmXx0jJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxykpHIihGNbA <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/349319924/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 349319924" title="Story 349319924"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/SchopenhauersDespair.png" alt="PERSON: \"Hey Arthur, whatcha working on? \" PERSON: \"I am demonstrating beyond doubt that life is not worth living.\" PERSON: \"Life is suffering, and it can be nothing else! Existence is a futile striving and happiness is an illusion.\" PERSON: \"Okay, well it sounds like you need to eat. I made you some sandwiches.\" PERSON: \"I don't need to eat, i need to find a reason to live!\" PERSON: \"Okay, but whenever you start writing about how life is despair, it usually means you are hungry.\" PERSON: \"I am not hungry, mother! I am just the only philosopher with the courage to gaze into the abyss.\" PERSON: \"Whatever you say. I'll just leave these here just in case though...\" PERSON: \"Fine, whatever! Just leave me to my despair.\" PERSON: \"10 minutes later...\" PERSON: \"Hey, what are you working on now?\" PERSON: \"I'm writing about the sublime beauty of music, and how beauty can create joy deeper than any base pleasure!\" PERSON: \"No, uh...life is still suffering and all. I just happened to have moved on to a different topic... for non-sandwich reasons. \" PERSON: \"Feeling better then?\" " title="Nietzsche said: \"if someone cannot cope with his 'psychic suffering', this does not stem from his psyche, to speak crudely; more probably from his stomach\", and sometimes I feel like he was talking about Schopenhauer. "> Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_5GpRdrwkHJLkCpalZjmXx0jJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxykpHIihGNbA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_5UUoZPa_-oKQxodHaEhaBdjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxoWpnzSImNlg <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/347194818/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 347194818" title="Story 347194818"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/ThePhilosophyofHumor1.png" alt="PERSON: \"What is the basis of comedy? What is laughter? What is joking? \" PERSON: \"Nothing but scorn for the weak. We laugh because we see ourselves as better. Laughter is a vice, a man of proper stoic virtue does not take part in humor.\" PERSON: \"Laughter is a mistake.\" PERSON: \"Look, i agree with you, Epictetus, that humor is a mistake and teaches us nothing, but it isn't just scorn. When, after buliding up an expectation, we hear a surprising twist, it jostles nerves at random which produces a pleasing laugh.\" PERSON: \"I bet i can make you laugh merely by giving an absurd tale which is contrary to your understanding, with no scorn involved.\" PERSON: \"Impossible. I have never laughed and i never will.\" PERSON: \"A merchant returning from India to Europe with all his wealth in merchandise...was forced to throw it overboard in a heavy storm and grieved the loss so much that his wig turned gray the same night.\" PERSON: \"No, you have it wrong too Kant! Laughter is merely play. We joke to test each other's wit and bring joy, thus it is a virtue, not a vice. For example, say a landlord says the following to a tenant late on their rent:\" PERSON: \"That is not funny and i will not laugh at it.\" " title="None"><br /><hr /><br /><img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/ThePhilosophyofHumor2.png" alt="PERSON: \"“We appreciate your business, but, please, give us a break. Your account is overdue ten months. That means we’ve carried you longer than your mother did!”\" PERSON: \"He does so to lighten the mood and show a connection between two things, how is that a vice?\" PERSON: \"No, Kant was closer, but the nerves aren't jostled “at random”, it is our pent up deep repressions that are released in the form of laughter. The human mind represses much and saying outloud these repressions causes a release.\" PERSON: \"Because, Aquinas, instead of playful banter he should have used the opportunity to teach a lesson in stoic virtue. \" PERSON: \"I have no “repressions”, Freud, i live according to nature.\" PERSON: \"That's it?\" PERSON: \"Penis. ::::(-47 2262)Is that so? Let's see if the following joke makes you laugh, shall we?\" PERSON: \"Wait for the punchline.\" PERSON: \"Okay...what's the punchline?\" PERSON: \"HaHahahaHa. Good one Freud. Penis. You got me, that was pretty funny.\" " title="What is comedy? It is saying the word \"penis\" very loudly. "> Mon, 17 Aug 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_5UUoZPa_-oKQxodHaEhaBdjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxoWpnzSImNlg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4f4cogxcGXnWzSbJvPfN9HjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxBk-WljvQxMQ <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/345029824/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 345029824" title="Story 345029824"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/SartreWritesNausea.png" alt="Sartre: \"Sex is gross. Sometimes when I'm having sex i think about ants, centipedes and ringworm crawling all over everything.\" de Beauvoir: \"Why are you telling me this?\" Sartre: \"Uh, you know...for deep existential reasons. Because I alone realize the full extent of my freedom and stuff.\" Sartre: \"Also because insects are just so gross.\" de Beauvoir: \"So how's the novel coming? Are those your notes?\" Sartre: \"Oh, uh yeah, great. It's going to totally reinvent literature.\" de Beauvoir: \"Let me see.\" de Beauvoir: \"Wait, is this it? You talking about how ants are gross? And...looking at a tree?\" Sartre: \"Well they are gross. And trees are weird when you really look at them.\" de Beauvoir: \"Sartre, what the hell? No one is going to read this.\" Sartre: \"I have other stuff too!\" de Beauvoir: \"Oh yeah, like what?\" Sartre: \"I have this great idea about someone who is trying to write a book but having a hard actually sitting down and writing it.\" de Beauvoir: \"Can i see that part?\" Sartre: \"This may shock you but i haven't so much written that part yet, i was busy looking at trees.\"" title="Telling people \"write what you know\" is how we ended up with 100 books about somewhat depressed, aimless 30 year old men who are struggling to write a novel. "> Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4f4cogxcGXnWzSbJvPfN9HjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxBk-WljvQxMQ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_5-RUVvKhgLMyAcgLSPAiTojJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofwF-dCmMy_bVw <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/342955238/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 342955238" title="Story 342955238"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheElflordandtheMayfly1.png" alt="\"The sun rose, and the mayfly emerged from the watery depths of the lake, and became conscious of the world. \" \"It fluttered around, in amazement in the beauty of the earth, trying to see everything it could in a flurry.\" \"Anxiety gripped it. What should it do? What should it see? It knew it only had a small time in the air before it was gone forever.\" \"It then saw a mighty elflord, sitting silently, staring at the sky.\" Elflord: \"And why is that, my little friend?\" Mayfly: \"Noble elf, how i wish i could be of your kind, and not cursed to this short life!\" Mayfly: \"To live eternally, beneath the sun! I am but a mayfly, and my time ends almost as quickly as it begins. With eternity i could see all the wonders of the world. \" Elflord: \"That is more true than you realize.\" " title="None"><br /><hr /><br /><img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheElflordandtheMayfly2.png" alt="Elflord: \"Eternity, my friend, is very long. By the time you have traveled the earth and seen all it has to offer - you will still have an eternity to go. \" Elflord: \"And what, then, will you do?\" Mayfly: \"I could create wonders of my own. With all of time to perfect my craft, i could make such beautiful art!\" Elflord: \"What reason have i to create wonders? So i can grow bored with them as time stretches out? So i can watch them fade away to dust?\" Elflord: \"What you call perfecting your craft, i call exhausting the limits of my creativity, leaving me again with nothing left to do for all time. One cannot make progress on eternity.\" Mayfly: \"How can you say that? With all that time i could discover new passions which i will never know!\" Elflord: \"And after you are done, you will still have an eternity left again.\" Elflord: \"We labored mightily to create great works, buildings of splendor, sculptures and paintings of great beauty.\" Elflord: \"When the elves first awoke, and the world was new, we thought as you do now.\" " title="None"><br /><hr /><br /><img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheElflordandtheMayfly3.png" alt="Elflord: \"But as time passed, our creations began to fade away. The rain and wind ate away at our work. At first, with great energy, we took to repairing and replacing what was damaged. \" Elflord: \"But time still stretched on, and soon we grew suspiscious of our labor. For what purpose do we repair them? For whom? Should we seek to keep these things pristine for all of time?\" Elflord: \"Why did we even make them to begin with?\" Elflord: \"No matter what we did, they would only exist for a fraction of our lives...a fraction so small next to eternity that it was nothing. They might as well have not existed at all.\" Elflord: \"It was then that we gave up on art, and now spend our time in only contemplation. But many fear the time for that will be over soon as well, when all that we can think is discovered.\" Elflord: \"It is for this reason, my friend, that you should not envy me, for you have a gift that i will never have - the gift of death.\" " title="None"><br /><hr /><br /><img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheElflordandtheMayfly4.png" alt="Mayfly: \"It doesn't seem like much of a gift. \" Elflord: \"I'm sure it doesn't, no creature wishes to die.\" Elflord: \"But in exchange what you do with your time can mean so much more to you. You can feel what i will never feel.\" \"The elflord's words still didn't seem right to the mayfly. but the sun was setting, and his body was growing weary.\" Mayfly: \"My time is coming to an end, and although there is much i wish i could have done, i want to thank you for the conversation.\" Elflord: \"Thank you, my friend. You too made my time worth living. Although your life was brief, your passion for life will not be forgotten.\" \"And so the sun set, and the Elflord was alone with his thoughts once again.\" \"He got up, and started off towards the old workshops, to begin work on a new project.\" " title=""> Mon, 03 Aug 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_5-RUVvKhgLMyAcgLSPAiTojJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofwF-dCmMy_bVw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_48fJl8_rM_6rDlAiyimgsrjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofyTWmEVmnXF-g <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/340915821/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 340915821" title="Story 340915821"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheLifeandPhilosophyofMichelFoucault.png" alt="Caption: \"Foucault at school. \" Teacher: \"Recess isn't for another half hour, Foucault, right now you have to study.\" Child Foucault: \"This school is nothing but a prison!\" Child Foucault: \"Don't you see all see? The teachers use disciplinary techniques to create docile bodies to integrate us into global capitalism! \" Teacher: \"Okay but recess still isn't until 10:00.\" Caption: \"Foucault at the hospital.\" Receptionist: \"Sit in the waiting room until the doctor calls you.\" Young Foucault: \"Waiting room? More like the prison room!\" Young Foucault: \"The very architecture of this hospital is a monument to the surveillance and disciplinary society that it represents!\" Receptionist: \"Okay but...it's just that the doctor is busy with another patient right now...\" Caption: \"Foucault at the prison.\" Foucault: \"Prisons are integrated into a complex disciplinary network that-\" Prison Guard: \"Hey! If you don't shut up I'll put you in the hole for a week.\" Foucault: \"The whole punishment paradigm-\" Prison Guard, grabbing him: \"I WARNED YOU!\" Foucault, locked in solitary confinement: \"Hmm, it turns out this may be somewhat different than schools and hospitals.\" " title="\"Prison, it totally sucks man, even worse than I thought.\" - Michel Foucault, probably, if he ever experienced prison life first hand. "> Mon, 27 Jul 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_48fJl8_rM_6rDlAiyimgsrjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofyTWmEVmnXF-g https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4dWY_9rzyHHyDZYo6g5188jJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofyL5srpOX8cxA <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/338899206/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 338899206" title="Story 338899206"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/EvenFreakierFriday.png" alt="Girl: \"I hate my life, my mother doesn't understand me at all, i wish i could trade places with her!\" Genie: \"GRANTED!\" Girl: \"But...nothing happened?\" Genie: \"No, I switched your minds. You are now your mother and she is you.\" Girl: \"No you didn't. I am still me.\" Mother: \"Yeah, me too. \" Genie: \"Uh, yes I did. You only think that because you have her memories, and she yours. Memories are stored in the brain, which is part of the body. I only switched your minds.\" Girl: \"Uh...what?\" Genie: \"Look, what “you” are is a transcendent ego. That is to say an metaphysical entity that binds together your various conscious experiences into a single coherent thing, and stays consistent over time. Analogous to a soul.\" Genie: \"So i put your “soul” into her body, but now you have her memories, because those are in her brain. However, we construct our sense of personal identity off our memories, so you believe you are her, even though you aren't.\" Genie: \"Are we clear?\" Girl: \"if anything that just leads to more questions.\" Genie: \"Welcome to philosophy. Anyway, what's your next wish?\" Girl: \"Uh, i guess...a million dollars?\" Mother: \"Yeah, good choice.\"" title="\"And for my third wish, I wish that physicalism was true.\" "> Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_4dWY_9rzyHHyDZYo6g5188jJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofyL5srpOX8cxA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_7TNir08onrOdMQeQUrA1hOjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofwtS8tvNsQAMA <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/336795834/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 336795834" title="Story 336795834"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/JohnRawlsandtheOriginalPosition.png" alt="PERSON: \"Hey Wolff.\" PERSON: \"I came up with a great thought experiment to find the perfect way to figure out the basis of society, i call it the “original position.” \" PERSON: \"The idea is to come up with the rules of society behind a “veil of ignorance”, that is, without knowing any facts about yourself, not even whether we will be smart or stupid, black or white, or what religion or ideas we will have.\" PERSON: \"Hey Rawls.\" PERSON: \"Interesting.\" PERSON: \"That way we can design a society from no one's point of view. A society that a is just and fair for all.\" PERSON: \"Alright, let's give it a try.\" PERSON: \"thinking, thinking, thinking...\" PERSON: \"It turns out society should be pretty much the same! Except we should tax rich people like 6% more.\" PERSON: \"Wait...what? That's it?\" PERSON: \"Yeah, rich people will still more or less run things, but we'll tax them, so it will still help the least favored overall. Why, what did you come up with?\" PERSON: \"I thought we should have a classless society without hierarchies where everyone works together in freedom and cooperation.\" PERSON: \"No, that's wrong.\" PERSON: \"Nah, i'm pretty sure my intuitions are universal.\" PERSON: \"People aren't willing to bear the risk of disruption to change things that much.\" PERSON: \"I mean, sure...tenured professors aren't, maybe.\" " title="Would people from other cultures imagine a society more similar to their system? Yes, but I come from the correct system, so I'm the one who is correct. "> Mon, 13 Jul 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_7TNir08onrOdMQeQUrA1hOjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofwtS8tvNsQAMA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_7XwHozenRdWaWewPusLxtwjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofyCAJnFidE5gQ <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/334661431/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 334661431" title="Story 334661431"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/AngelaDavisvstheLiberalReformers1.png" alt="Description: five identical looking white liberals are sitting at a table. Liberal: \"Gentlemen, prison populations are out of control, and treatment of prisoners is getting worse, not better. We need to find a solution.\" Liberal: \"Since the 1970s prison population has grown by a factor of seven. America now has more prisoners per capita than any other country.\" Liberal: \"The conditions of the prison are getting more brutal, educational opportunities for prisoners are being stripped away, in some cases books are even disallowed.\" Liberal: \"In addition, the justice system is deeply racist, almost one third of black men will pass through a jail or prison in their lives, compared to just four percent of white men.\" Liberal: \"Once there they are used as cheap labor for multinational corporations to cut costs. Many have even called this slave labor.\" Liberal: \"We've gathered this panel of the most enlightened, intelligent, elite liberals we could find to solve this problem once and for all.\" Description: the camera zooms out to show Angela Davis along with the five white liberals. Liberal: \"Also...we invited Angela Davis because it looked bad that we didn't have any black people on the panel.\"" title="None"><br /><hr /><br /><img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/AngelaDavisvstheLiberalReformers2.png" alt="Liberal: \"So, what should we do?\" Liberal: \"What we need to do is ensure humane prison conditions, such as clean water and clean air. Angela Davis: \"I'm not sure-\" Liberal, cutting her off: \"What if we give the cops another $300 million, then they can get to know people better. Also they can buy more armored cars.\" Angela Davis: \"Spending more-\" Liberal, cutting her off: \"We need to give financial incentives to States to incarcerate less kids.\" Angela Davis: \"Less kids...? Why would any civilized society need to throw children in jail at all?\" Angela Davis: \"Why don't we just...abolish prison?\" Liberal: \"Blasphemy!\" Liberal: \"anarchy! \" Liberal: \"Where will we put the burglars!\" Liberal: \"Who will protect us from the poor?\" Angela Davis: \"People don't steal because there are no prisons, they steal because there are no jobs.\" Angela Davis: \"Look, if we want to work towards a better society, we should working towards decarceration, imagining a rehabilitative justice, and eventually abolishing the prisons entirely.\" Liberal: \"Ohhh, now we get it, you've really changed our minds.\" Angela Davis: \"So you agree we need to work to abolish prisons?\" Liberal: \"No, we've changed our minds about you. It's clear you are a danger to society, and we called the FBI on you.\" Angela Davis, from behind bars: \"God damnit.\" " title="So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal... "> Mon, 06 Jul 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_7XwHozenRdWaWewPusLxtwjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofyCAJnFidE5gQ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_6e9J-yq-aenYMKU4M0s-hgjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofzWlyjJt-nPlw <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/332552198/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 332552198" title="Story 332552198"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/HegelandtheEndofHistory.png" alt="Hegel: \"The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of Freedom, towards the Absolute ideal free society.\" Ludwig Feuerbach: \"Interesting, Hegel, and through pure reason we can grasp this freedom?\" Hegel: \"Our ideas can't come from “pure reason”, each of us is trapped in our moment of history and can only engage in the dialectic of our time.\" Feuerbach: \"so even when we reach the absolute ideal, we won't know it.\" Hegel: \"What? No, we've already reached it.\" Feuerbach: \"What.\" Hegel: \"I finished the dialectic myself. Philosophy is done.\" Hegel: \"The ideal free society is a constitutional monarchy with strong Christian ethics.\" Feuerbach: \"What.\" Feuerbach: \"So this is it? What about poor working people who are excluded from political life?\" Hegel: \"Yeah, but the rabble should be excluded, they are stupid.\" Feuerbach: \"What about women? They will never raise their consciousness of freedom?\" Hegel: \"How? They are free to obey their husbands now.\" Feuerbach: \"What about democracy?\" Hegel: \"Nah, Democracy sucks, everything is perfect the way it is now.\" Feuerbach: \"That seems...unlikely.\" Hegel: \"Also, have i told you my theory about how Germans are better than other races? I used philosophy to discover this, by the way, not racism.\" " title="Hegel: \"The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of Freedom, towards the Absolute ideal free society.\" Ludwig Feuerbach: \"Interesting, Hegel, and through pure reason we can grasp this freedom?\" Hegel: \"Our ideas can't come from “pure reason”, each of us is trapped in our moment of history and can only engage in the dialectic of our time.\" Feuerbach: \"so even when we reach the absolute ideal, we won't know it.\" Hegel: \"What? No, we've already reached it.\" Feuerbach: \"What.\" Hegel: \"I finished the dialectic myself. Philosophy is done.\" Hegel: \"The ideal free society is a constitutional monarchy with strong Christian ethics.\" Feuerbach: \"What.\" Feuerbach: \"So this is it? What about poor working people who are excluded from political life?\" Hegel: \"Yeah, but the rabble should be excluded, they are stupid.\" Feuerbach: \"What about women? They will never raise their consciousness of freedom?\" Hegel: \"How? They are free to obey their husbands now.\" Feuerbach: \"What about democracy?\" Hegel: \"Nah, Democracy sucks, everything is perfect the way it is now.\" Feuerbach: \"That seems...unlikely.\" Hegel: \"Also, have i told you my theory about how Germans are better than other races? I used philosophy to discover this, by the way, not racism.\" "> Mon, 29 Jun 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_6e9J-yq-aenYMKU4M0s-hgjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofzWlyjJt-nPlw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_5isH0FQUpKIB5uMhD578tGjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxcjkmBhZerrg <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/330382623/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 330382623" title="Story 330382623"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/ExistentialDespairHotline1.png" alt="PERSON: \"Alright, sir,i'm going to stop you there.\" PERSON: \"Hello, existential despair hotline, this is Kierkegaard, how can I help you?\" PERSON: \"This line is reserved for existential despair, and it sounds to me like you just have regular depression.\" PERSON: \"Well, i've been feeling really depressed lately. I've always had low self-esteem, and my wife recently left me fo-\" PERSON: \"Ugh, timewasters.\" PERSON: \"Goodbye!\" PERSON: \"What is wrong?\" PERSON: \"Hello, i think i need help.\" PERSON: \"But i really need hel-\" PERSON: \"Hello, existential despair hotline, how can i help you?\" PERSON: \"Good god! Okay, try to stay calm, \" PERSON: \"Why worry?! Because death can come at any moment, you idiot!\" PERSON: \"The only thingi want out of lifeis to feel good and stuff, and i'm fine with that.\" PERSON: \"Just close your eyes, and think about how death is inevitable, and i'll help you through this.\" PERSON: \"Yeah but why worry when i am enjoying life?\" " title="PERSON: \"Alright, sir,i'm going to stop you there.\" PERSON: \"Hello, existential despair hotline, this is Kierkegaard, how can I help you?\" PERSON: \"This line is reserved for existential despair, and it sounds to me like you just have regular depression.\" PERSON: \"Well, i've been feeling really depressed lately. I've always had low self-esteem, and my wife recently left me fo-\" PERSON: \"Ugh, timewasters.\" PERSON: \"Goodbye!\" PERSON: \"What is wrong?\" PERSON: \"Hello, i think i need help.\" PERSON: \"But i really need hel-\" PERSON: \"Hello, existential despair hotline, how can i help you?\" PERSON: \"Good god! Okay, try to stay calm, \" PERSON: \"Why worry?! Because death can come at any moment, you idiot!\" PERSON: \"The only thingi want out of lifeis to feel good and stuff, and i'm fine with that.\" PERSON: \"Just close your eyes, and think about how death is inevitable, and i'll help you through this.\" PERSON: \"Yeah but why worry when i am enjoying life?\" "><br /><hr /><br /><img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/ExistentialDespairHotline2.png" alt="PERSON: \"Eh.\" PERSON: \"There is a differencebetween drinking at homealone and becoming a leaderof nations, you imbecile!\" PERSON: \"Yeah, but it's all relative. I mean, what is the difference in the end? As long as i feel good, right?\" PERSON: \"Okay, let's try something else. Thinkabout this. Every moment you spending distracting yourself with petty pleasures is a moment lost towards creating yourself as the person you want to be.\" PERSON: \"History doesnot make ideological progress, or any kind of progress at all.\" PERSON: \"Wait...what?\" PERSON: \"Alright, you've left me nochoice. I only tell this to the most desperate of cases.\" PERSON: \"What? But that would mean...there is no point to society. Why bother with science, politics, or philosophy if ideas don't take hold based on how true they are?\" PERSON: \"Exactly, everything is a pointless struggle for power. Anyway, it looks like my work here is done, goodbye!\" PERSON: \"Our ideas are based on arandom, choatic power struggleand are largely manufactured by the dominant classes in society. Nothing necessarily progresses towards the truth or the good.\" " title="PERSON: \"Eh.\" PERSON: \"There is a differencebetween drinking at homealone and becoming a leaderof nations, you imbecile!\" PERSON: \"Yeah, but it's all relative. I mean, what is the difference in the end? As long as i feel good, right?\" PERSON: \"Okay, let's try something else. Thinkabout this. Every moment you spending distracting yourself with petty pleasures is a moment lost towards creating yourself as the person you want to be.\" PERSON: \"History doesnot make ideological progress, or any kind of progress at all.\" PERSON: \"Wait...what?\" PERSON: \"Alright, you've left me nochoice. I only tell this to the most desperate of cases.\" PERSON: \"What? But that would mean...there is no point to society. Why bother with science, politics, or philosophy if ideas don't take hold based on how true they are?\" PERSON: \"Exactly, everything is a pointless struggle for power. Anyway, it looks like my work here is done, goodbye!\" PERSON: \"Our ideas are based on arandom, choatic power struggleand are largely manufactured by the dominant classes in society. Nothing necessarily progresses towards the truth or the good.\" "> Mon, 22 Jun 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_5isH0FQUpKIB5uMhD578tGjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxcjkmBhZerrg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_6NkuN1jms1jKdZReSRe-HCjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxcNxxVMw0yDw <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/328234396/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 328234396" title="Story 328234396"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/TheGhostofExistentialism.png" alt="Description: A man is in his house drinking beer. Ghost: \"Death is coming...\" Description: Now the man is watching TV. Ghost: \"...your time is running out...\" Description: Now the man is playing video games. Ghost: \"...you only have one brief life to live...\" Ghost: \"...every moment that passes is-\" Man, angrily: \"Will you knock it off!\" Ghost: \"I'm just trying to make sure you don't waste your brief life, like i did.\" Man: \"I'm not wasting my life, okay?\" Ghost: \"But all you do is play video games, drink beer, and watch movies.\" Man: \"Yes, exactly.\" Ghost, shyly: \"Oh. I see. Um...so...do you think can i play?\" Description: The man and ghost sit down on the couch playing a video game together." title="Description: A man is in his house drinking beer. Ghost: \"Death is coming...\" Description: Now the man is watching TV. Ghost: \"...your time is running out...\" Description: Now the man is playing video games. Ghost: \"...you only have one brief life to live...\" Ghost: \"...every moment that passes is-\" Man, angrily: \"Will you knock it off!\" Ghost: \"I'm just trying to make sure you don't waste your brief life, like i did.\" Man: \"I'm not wasting my life, okay?\" Ghost: \"But all you do is play video games, drink beer, and watch movies.\" Man: \"Yes, exactly.\" Ghost, shyly: \"Oh. I see. Um...so...do you think can i play?\" Description: The man and ghost sit down on the couch playing a video game together."> Mon, 15 Jun 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_6NkuN1jms1jKdZReSRe-HCjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofxcNxxVMw0yDw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_5FSNPD3rafKyFO2fHFS4UAjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofwEp4JMK3bKJA <img src="https://api.follow.it/rssubscribers/rss_show_story_count/326181423/1767808" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="Story 326181423" title="Story 326181423"> <img src="//static.existentialcomics.com/comics/AnarchistOrganizing.png" alt="Mikhail Bakunin: \"Welcome everyone to the anarchist meeting, we are trying to decide what action to take to best move anarchism forward. I say we begin by distributing literature to the peasants about democracy.\" Peter Kropotkin: \"That's nice Bakunin, but i think it will be better to try and create a network of mutual aid, and organizing the distribution of bread to all.\" Emma Goldman: \"What if we teach women about birth control so they can take control of their sexuality? Kropotkin: \"No one cares about sex,Goldman, we need a revolution!\" Goldman: \"Perhaps at your age, Kropotkin, but i can assure you that people care about sex.\" Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: \"What if we come up with some really devastating insults to world leaders? That would teach them.\" Goldman: \"Proudhon, be serious.\" Proudhon: \"I mean like...real zingers. It might work!\" Goldman: \"You are an idiot.\" Proudhon: \"Exactly, like that! Did anyone write that down?\" [ 25 days later ] Bakunin: \"Okay, we are decided, we'll just do them all since none of us could agree. let's get to work!\" Description: The police arrive immediately and start to beat them all up with clubs. Police officer: \"That will teach you violent anarchists not to disrupt peaceful, civil society! You are all arrested.\" " title="Mikhail Bakunin: \"Welcome everyone to the anarchist meeting, we are trying to decide what action to take to best move anarchism forward. I say we begin by distributing literature to the peasants about democracy.\" Peter Kropotkin: \"That's nice Bakunin, but i think it will be better to try and create a network of mutual aid, and organizing the distribution of bread to all.\" Emma Goldman: \"What if we teach women about birth control so they can take control of their sexuality? Kropotkin: \"No one cares about sex,Goldman, we need a revolution!\" Goldman: \"Perhaps at your age, Kropotkin, but i can assure you that people care about sex.\" Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: \"What if we come up with some really devastating insults to world leaders? That would teach them.\" Goldman: \"Proudhon, be serious.\" Proudhon: \"I mean like...real zingers. It might work!\" Goldman: \"You are an idiot.\" Proudhon: \"Exactly, like that! Did anyone write that down?\" [ 25 days later ] Bakunin: \"Okay, we are decided, we'll just do them all since none of us could agree. let's get to work!\" Description: The police arrive immediately and start to beat them all up with clubs. Police officer: \"That will teach you violent anarchists not to disrupt peaceful, civil society! You are all arrested.\" "> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:00:00 GMT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/KXziYKIva_5FSNPD3rafKyFO2fHFS4UAjJ6U5nDCGxbPGPIZ9v7OyL1feC13RwsAvhKGw8IgofwEp4JMK3bKJA