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14160029 No.14160029 [Reply] [Original]

Does anyone else get a laugh out of writing or reading mean comments about dead philosophers? Just the idea of calling Voltaire or Kant stupid, knowing full well they were far smarter than me, and them not being able to react despite their superior intellect (because they’re dead) is incredibly satisfying.

>> No.14160039

No, not really, anon. That's a cool sense of humor, though.

>> No.14160049

>>14160029
You shouldn't disrespect the dead.

>> No.14160055

Brainlet: The Novel

>> No.14160067

>>14160049
Why? What are they gonna do? Get mad about it?

>> No.14160077

>>14160039
Thanks anon
>>14160049
I know, but I feel that part of the humour comes from the disrespect. The idea that, even though these men were great figures in their time, I can go and defame them on an obscure imageboard via mediums they couldn’t even comprehend whilst myself only being a fraction of the men they were is hilarious.
>>14160055
I wouldn’t call it brainletism. I respect these guys for their actual thoughts (excluding Voltaire). I think it’s more akin to intellectual vandalism or grave-defacing, but with a sardonic twist.

>> No.14160147

>>14160029
Based

>> No.14160281

Life is funny like that. People shouldn’t take things so seriously.

>> No.14160535

>>14160029
How does one become based like this

>> No.14161563

>>14160535
I can teach you, anon... but it’s a long path. Are you willing to walk it?

>> No.14161570

>>14160067
No, but it’s bad for you

>> No.14161587

>>14160029
For me it’s saying classical authors that eveybody likes are no good and saying that some obscure author is better.

I mean in my lonely and failed life it’s one of the only pleasures I have.

>> No.14161602

>>14161587
I like this too, although sometimes it feels like you're laughing at the readers for not reading the obscure author, rather than laughing at the dead author for being worse than some guy he'd likely never even heard of while he was alive.

>> No.14161604

>>14160029
It's alright.
Just don't get cocky.
Remember who you are ;^)

>> No.14161625

>>14161604
Of course. Part of the knowledge of my inferiority is what makes it so funny. I am like a sparrow sitting atop the grave of a lion and laughing at his useless jaws and blunted claws.

>> No.14161671

>>14161602
>>14161625
Oh what subtle pleasures Anon!

>> No.14161714

>>14160029
But will anyone remember you centuries later?

>> No.14161720

Well, but what's the meaning of life?

>> No.14161745

>>14161714
That’s the entire point anon

>> No.14161760

I sure as hell hope so. There aren't as many psued posts as there used to be here but everytime I see some fool with tunnel vision proclaiming he or she knows the answer to a panorama I get a little worried for humanity. Easier for me to believe people here are trolling.

>> No.14161783

>>14161714
One day, humanity will be gone, and all the greatest thinkers of our specie will disappear with it. There's no point in achieving "neverending" fame.

>> No.14161915

You will regret your actions

t. Kant beyond the grave

>> No.14162321

>>14161915
Kant has an essay mocking the existence of spirits. Fuck his spirit then.

>> No.14162341

I see this type of behavior all the time on /lit/ but I never thought you guys were self aware. I always thought that reducing an author's entire lifetime of work to either "CRINGE" or "BASED" was hilarious but I was laughing at you guys, not with you.

>> No.14163517

>>14162341
Anon shocked to discover he is not a special snowflake who is above his peers.

>> No.14164779

>>14161915
Oh no, the manlet is gonna tell me off! I would simply kick him if he tried.

>> No.14164788

>>14162341
How can you read someone calling Hume 'cringe fatty' or Kant 'cringe manlet goblin' and not immediately assume it's not said without just a hint of jest? At least, now you know that we're smart after all, you can join in.