'Postmodernism' as Existential Threat.

[padraig (u.s.)]

The other one feels like a rant disguised as a meme

there are a few like that but they're mostly more like Taco Bell or the Dungeons and Dragons ones from the other thread

take philosophers, put them in some kind of amusing situation

I know the kind of irritating lecturing people you mean, Existential Comics just isn't usually like that

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

That kind of nihilistic, mild self deprecation is pretty common in ad copy these days

pretty sure that's the joke

which is maybe what you meant

the last panel is really what makes it work

 

[Mr. Tea]

I don't think that's what this is tho, they're not lecturing at you

Yeah, the artist seems probably left of centre (Marx blowing Ayn Rand's head off with a shotgun, etc.) but they're in no way didactic or proselytizing.

 

[Mr. Tea]

I read a great one the other day featuring Simone de Beauvoir as Sarah Connor versus the BENTHAM-9000.

 

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That kind of nihilistic, mild self deprecation is pretty common in ad copy these days

DeLillo was an ad man. You can tell.

 

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“California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.”

 

[shiels]

Oatly "Nonsensical campaign" (in-house)

Oatly, the oat-milk brand, has jumped on the Veganuary bandwagon with its biggest campaign to date.

www.campaignlive.co.uk

 

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That kind of nihilistic, mild self deprecation is pretty common in ad copy these days

Seems to be one of the default modes of humour online too. You see a lot of it on Reddit, Twitter and YouTube. Probably goes some way to explaining the appeal of a show like Bojack Horseman too. Think we discussed this in the Doomer thread.

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

my favorites are generally the Dungeons + Dragons ones

both because the concept is funny by itself and because you get several disparate philosophers interacting

that's what I think saves it from being lecturing actually

he's generally using the philosophers as mouthpieces not to tell you want he thinks, but using what they thought to make jokes

or a cartoonish - if still faithful - version of what they thought, it being a cartoon

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

Seems to be one of the default modes of humour online too

4 the lolz

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

that's been around forever tho, since early Internet days

4 the lolz is the basically the founding ethos of 4chan etc

tho it's only more recently - last few years - that it's been fully codified in mainstream online discourse

 

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[padraig (u.s.)]

in re the postmodern condition it seems closely related to feeling like you can't break out/everything is pointless/etc

a popular culture expression of that feeling

 

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I'm on the fence re: Bojack as it does appear to have raised awareness about mental health issues, but there are also people who just seem to wallow in the misery and use it as reinforcement.

 

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catashtrophe 5 months ago
'i need you to tell me i'm a good person' hits me really hard. such a good/sad scene. have a listen to my lo-fi remix of bojacks depressing quotes if you were interested

 

[shiels]

I'm on the fence re: Bojack as it does appear to have raised awareness about mental health issues, but there are also people who just seem to wallow in the misery and use it as reinforcement.

I tried that clip but I didn't find it funny. im vaguely aware of it. seems to sell to a sad and cynical millenial identity that people have an odd aspiration towards like you say, very noticeable on twitter. this isnt to say these people arent sad, cynical, depressed etc but theres the pressure to package and express these feelings in a a neat, twee, relatable way, a digestable way. mental health content

 

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I tried that clip but I didn't find it funny. im vaguely aware of it. seems to sell to a sad and cynical millenial identity that people have an odd aspiration towards like you say, very noticeable on twitter. this isnt to say these people arent sad, cynical, depressed etc but theres the pressure to package and express these feelings in a a neat, twee, relatable way, a digestable way. mental health content

Yeah, I'm not a fan. I watched the first season and lost interest. And yeah, my thoughts exactly.

 

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[WashYourHands]

That lady just needs a gentle hand.

 

[kumar]

the other day my friend pointed out the relationship between the postmodern sense that the way out is shut and the number of escape rooms on provincial high streets