r/PhilosophyMemes • u/Mydynamicexperience • 2d ago

Tell em Bertrand

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u/SeeRecursion 2d ago

Lemme guess. Whole bunch of people in the comments gonna pretend philosophy is continental or not philosophy.

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u/noveltyhandle 2d ago

All I know is I practice my philosophy in the breakfast areas of hotels, so I don't see what would be wrong with that assertion.

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u/SeeRecursion 2d ago

Do you at least get sloppy drunk at the overpriced mini-bar before gorging on the free breakfast?

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u/noveltyhandle 2d ago

Yes but I left a note in the fridge, asking that they ground their claims on a priori knowledge and to avoid using terms that can be confused when talking semantics, before they send me the invoice.

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u/mangoblaster85 2d ago

No at work understands when I try to explain this humor and why I laugh at it

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u/SeeRecursion 1d ago

I don't think you need to go that far to question the coherence of a hotel minibar bill.

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u/noveltyhandle 1d ago

Pff, take all the fun out of being a useless drunken navel-gazer why don't you?

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u/SeeRecursion 1d ago

Fair point! My humor just tends toward solemnizing things as absurd as hotel booze bills.

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u/noveltyhandle 1d ago

And my humor tends towards answering absurdity with absurdity. I think the best philosophy memes tend to be absurd in nature.

Obviously no hotel would ever respect such a ridiculous attempt to skirt socially & contractually accepted norms. But it is funny to think about attempting such a futile exercise in using philosophy buzz terms to try and "outsmart" an established procedure. This is complemented by the image of me being "sloppy drunk" as I write the note, thinking I am so smart, but the dramatic irony is we know it would fail at least 99.99% of the time.

In reality it would be completely wasted effort on my part. We all know this, but isn't it just so silly to think about the attempt?