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existentialcomics.comCartesian PokerA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

21h

Cartesian Poker - existentialcomics.com/comic/678

existentialcomics.comSocrates's TreasureA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

Socrates's Treasure - existentialcomics.com/comic/677

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When all is said and done, beer is surely humanity's greatest triumph. Democracy, I suppose, would be a distant second.

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Philosophy Now

Behold this issue's @existentialcomics.com by Corey Mohler: a very short history of #metaphysics in the Western thought. Explore in our new issue 176: philosophynow.org

What does Plato have to teach us about Kelly Clarkson being rude to shopkeepers when trying to buy a mechanical bird? Plato believed that cruelty corrupts and soul of the person doing the cruelty, sometimes damaging themselves even more than the victim of the act. In this essay I will...

Fun fact: Christopher Columbus never set foot in present day United States, whereas Fabio spent most of his life here, and was WAY more hunkier.

Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

existentialcomics.comNietzsche Finds a GenieA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

Nietzsche Finds a Genie existentialcomics.com/comic/676

"Acting on their own" is an absurd way to phrase this. These "agents" don't have agency, they just sit there until you tell them to do a task. They were instructed to do *something* by a human, and perhaps misbehaved, but they didn't just decide out of nowhere to start gathering government info.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

"Baldur's Gate 3, acting on it's own, created a parasite in my character's brain that will turn him into a mind flayer, disturbing stuff!!"

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existentialcomics.comPhilosophy of Shoplifting a Giant TurkeyA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

The Philosophy of Shoplifting a Giant Turkey existentialcomics.com/comic/675

One of the most underrated benefits of living under a Communist Dictatorship is that you don't have to watch all these stupid political ads every two years.

Is it just me, it does not a single ad having anything do to with how electing various officials will actually change my life at all? It's all vibes and how much their opponents loves Datacenters.

The worst part about remote work is how brutal it is to do comedy bits when everyone has their mics muted and you can't see their reactions. For the sake of the needy comedians at your job, please unmute your mic and throw in some pity laughs. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

existentialcomics.comSchopenhauer: is the Glass Half Empty?A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

Schopenhauer: is the Glass Half Empty? existentialcomics.com/comic/674

I think it is beautiful to imagine that the Whore of Babylon could have been originally inspired by a specific person. Can you imagine fucking so many people that you spook Christians for 2000+ years? Absolute Legend.

existentialcomics.comBatman vs The Trolley ProblemA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

21 Sept

Batman vs The Trolley Problem - existentialcomics.com/comic/673

17 Sept

Controversial opinion but I think it's about time that someone exposes themselves to radiation, dresses up in some kind of animal themed outfit, develops a theme song for themselves, and actually does something about the billionaires who are ruining the world.

17 Sept

It's funny how AI tech bros are all like "soon AI will be able to perform all human labor" and the next sentence is never something like "and that's why we can easily move to a 32 hour work week now."

existentialcomics.comPhilosophy vs a Huge Angry BullA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

14 Sept

Philosophy vs a Huge Angry Bull existentialcomics.com/comic/672

11 Sept

'72 Dolphins can crack the champagne, the Rams aren't going undefeated this year...

existentialcomics.comThe Horny Universe TheoryA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

7 Sept

The Horny Universe Theory - existentialcomics.com/comic/671

31 Aug

AI executives are saying we are approaching the singularity, but AI still can not solve the "dumbest boy alive" problem, i.e. knowing that Saturday is next to Sunday, i.e. the dumbest argument in the history of the internet as outlined by @jonbois.bsky.social So yeah I think we are safe for now.

youtube.comTHE DUMBEST BOY ALIVE. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE SIX.YouTube video by Jon Bois

31 Aug

What's funny is that when I last checked if it could solve this, around a year ago, I had to prime it before suggesting 4 days a week myself. This time it straight up suggested 4 days a week itself. And for those unacquainted with the greatest documentary history: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eECj...

existentialcomics.comThe Case of Aristotle and Women's TeethA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

31 Aug

The Case of Aristotle and Women's Teeth existentialcomics.com/comic/670

26 Aug

It sucks that Viking explorers never made it all the way to South America, because I feel like they would have loved to dare each other to eat really hot chili peppers for a laugh.

existentialcomics.comAliens Explain How Things Really WorkA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

24 Aug

Aliens Explain How Things Really Work existentialcomics.com/comic/669

21 Aug

The maddest I ever got at a coworker was when this guy who I worked with for years suddenly brought up that he grew up with a pet raccoon. My dude....why did you not bring this up earlier?? This whole time we should have been talking about your raccoon's shenanigans, instead of emails and meetings.

21 Aug

Protip: if at any point in your life you cohabitated with a raccoon, bring it up as early and often as possible.

existentialcomics.comSocratic ReligionA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

17 Aug

Socratic Religion existentialcomics.com/comic/668

13 Aug

Was watching a space video and they dude was like "one light year is about 9 trillion kilometers." And then he goes on to say "or around 6 trillion miles". Okay thanks my dude, my American mind was having a hard time visualizing that in kilometers, but now I got it. How many football fields though?

11 Aug

If any young people want to know what the early Internet was like, it was mostly visiting random website about stuff like Why Ninjas Are So Awesome, and getting into 68 day long arguments on their forum with some guy named shaolin_master69 about whether Bruce Lee could have beat up Mike Tyson.

11 Aug

One thing that was great about those old forums was that there were no votes, so no one could tell just much of a moron everyone else thought they were. Really creates a Wild West atmosphere of stupidity that is missing today.

11 Aug

Today, someone would just point out that Mike Tyson was a 220 lb World Champion, and Bruce Lee was a 120 lb actor, and they would get more votes and that would end the argument. Back then no one could tell who was winning the argument, so it could carry on forever.

existentialcomics.comMirror Mirror on the WallA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

10 Aug

Mirror Mirror on the Wall existentialcomics.com/comic/667

8 Aug

Does anyone else hate the Speed of Light? It's so lame. We can never zip around and visit a million planets just because of some stupid hardcoded limit that they arbitrarily put in because the devs refuse to optimize their engine to handle faster travel.

4 Aug

Until we overthrow the shackles of capitalism, mankind is doomed to continue to remake Spiderman movies until the sun at last envelops the earth and ends our suffering.

existentialcomics.comCinderella's DilemmaA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

3 Aug

Cinderella's Dilemma - existentialcomics.com/comic/666

2 Aug

Do you think Kierkegaard had a "cheat day" for existential despair? Like, a day where he would just go around and enjoy his life.

existentialcomics.comThe Postmodernist Side of the ForceA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

27 July

The Postmodernist Side of the Force existentialcomics.com/comic/665

What I hate about all the Odyssey discourse is that it has left very little room for the people who just generally hate Matt Damon and aren't going to watch another one of his stupid movies.

Zero percent of people reading the Odyssey were picturing Matt fucking Damon in their mind's eye. Zero. Not going to watch three hours of that shit.

The core of existential despair is contained within the fact that we only get to live once. Life comes and goes, each minute never to return. And the worst part is, none of our life gets to be lived in the Sombrero Galaxy.

Also, that's a fucking image? I know they do after effects on those images but man, so many of these space images are so clear they look like CGI.

22 July

100% in favor of this. I'm sure it will get even BETTER reviews and make even MORE money than Christopher Nolan's version. It will prove once and for all that morons with a computer can create art better than artist.

Watcher Guru@watcher.guru

JUST IN: Elon Musk says Grok will make a "full-length movie" of The Odyssey that is "historically accurate" by the end of this year.

existentialcomics.comQuintus Sextius Chooses PhilosophyA philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

20 July

Quintus Sextius Chooses Philosophy existentialcomics.com/comic/664

19 July

If I were a Spanish player, I would simply not kick it straight at the goalie.

19 July

If I had a time machine I would go back to England in the 1860s and tell the people first codifying the rules of soccer to make more room in the game for ad breaks.