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A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also jokes.

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[guard at the concentration camp]

"Actually I signed up for this job under the Weimar Republic, and retraining for a civilian job would be so much work, so..."

10.03.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I would say that in retrospect Microsoft's Clippy wasn't so bad. He gave some pretty great tips on how to write a memo. He didn't destroy the environment by consuming more energy than most countries. He didn't help bomb any countries.

All in all, C- to B+ range, realistically.

10.03.2026 03:50 πŸ‘ 305 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3

By the way, if someone is serving for the United States military, it is a bit old fashioned to say "thank you for your service", perhaps try instead: "you are a traitor to the human race."

10.03.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 964 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 6

The only permanent solution to toxic misogyny is to genetically engineer an apex race of "super gays" to rebalance the ecosystem.

I will NOT be elaborating on this plan of action. Thank you for the consideration.

10.03.2026 01:28 πŸ‘ 168 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

In an open and free society, the State or media owners knowingly propagating lies should be be considered exactly the same as them censoring the truth.

Freedom of speech is the freedom to openly debate the truth, not the freedom to control media to subvert it.

09.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Either / Or Bandit A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

Either/Or Bandit -
existentialcomics.com/comic/645

09.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I do believe that if the Vikings had the technology to build the electric guitar, then they would have discovered heavy metal and easily conquered the planet.

I'm not sure why this is considered "controversial".

09.03.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 482 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 6

Some people are apparently claiming that Silicon Valley Tech Bros have consciousness, like normal humans.

As someone who studies these issues carefully, I can assure you that this is an utterly preposterous claim. Yes, they can mimic humans, but they are fundamentally incapable of original thought.

08.03.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 420 πŸ” 104 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Yeah joking aside IE6 literally cost billions of dollars in economic damage just so one guy could try to wrest control of Internet standards away from the public, and dictate how we digitally communicate forever for private gain.

It is actually, truly, one of the most evil programs ever made.

07.03.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It's weird to me that people were surprised that Bill Gates was in the Epstein files. Like...really? You were surprised that the guy who invented Internet Explorer 6 was evil??

Come on.

07.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 292 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

"A better world is possible" used to be an uplifting message about the dream of creating a better future.

Now it is just a straightforward statement. Like…FOR SURE a better world is possible. This stupid shit we are up to now definitely isn't the best we can do. Not even close.

06.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 320 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

original comic is by @tbtoro.bsky.social btw, since it never gets credited.

03.03.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
03.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 360 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

In other words, maybe...and I'm just brainstorming here, it is actually BAD for an AI Chatbot to decide who to bomb, etc.

03.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 127 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
A computer can never be held accountable.

Therefore a computer must never make a management decision.

A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore a computer must never make a management decision.

Always a good time these days to repost this slide from an IBM internal presentation in 1979.

03.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 542 πŸ” 197 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 8

Wrong. America could never produce Socrates because Big Sophism would give a billion dollars to Protagoras to form a think tank that would drown out his message with a million sock puppet accounts on social media, who would all claim that Real Men don't care about the philosophy or the truth.

02.03.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 212 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Intelligent Life of Earth A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

Intelligent Life on Earth -
existentialcomics.com/comic/644

02.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 8

It must suck to spend your life getting wealthy and famous, only to realize too late that the true secret to happiness is studying old Greek philosophers and eating huge pots of cheese.

01.03.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 216 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

The modern mind is not able to comprehend how the Roman Empire was able to administer an territory all the way from Egypt to Hadrian's Wall without making use of Jira Sprint Planning.

27.02.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 149 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, in fact, I do believe that a man's virtue can be measured directly by what video YouTube think you want to watch next.

24.02.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 129 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Marx is Unfrozen in the Future A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

Marx is Unfrozen in the Future
existentialcomics.com/comic/643

23.02.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

Slowly realize that everything is terrible: sadness.
Quickly realize that everything is terrible: comedy.

22.02.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 170 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Computers have automated away millions and millions of jobs already by the way. It neither caused mass unemployment because there is always more to do, nor improved our lives much because all the money went to the ownership class.

21.02.2026 00:21 πŸ‘ 198 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Do these idiots not realize that AI has been out for a while now? We can't perpetually be "a couple months" away from it automating all human labor.

21.02.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3
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if i were a boxer i would simply spray insulation foam inside my skull, rendering me IMMUNE to all knockouts, and easily become world champion of the world

20.02.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

There are generally accepted to be 6 stages in human history, based on the material that is most fundamental to the economy:

Stone Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Industrial Age
Information Age
Like and Subscribe Age (the final stage of human development).

19.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 196 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Whenever a game goes to overtime or something the announcers are always like "you could not script this!!"

Sorry, but yes I could. I have the capacity to write down on a page "it went to overtime." Get on my level at scripting.

19.02.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 192 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Vodka Drunkenski, the Soviet boxer in Nintendo's 1984 arcade game "Super Punch-Out!!" was renamed to "Soda Popinski" for the NES release of "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!" in 1987, in what many have described as the first instance of "political correctness gone mad".

17.02.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

My dude club frisbee is not "sort of" playing sports in college, that's a firm no.

17.02.2026 04:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hollywood executive are spooked by A.I. because they too are only capable of imitating what others have created. They too lack the spark of divine creation which gives us the gift of free will.

16.02.2026 20:55 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1