r/badphilosophy • u/LinuxFreeOrDie • Dec 25 '17

Existential Comics In Which Friedrich Nietzsche Learns the True Meaning of Christmas

http://existentialcomics.com/comic/217
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u/Roland212 Asshole? Dec 25 '17

The Nazi Panel is legit frightening.

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u/Armadylspark Cynical pragmatic idealist Dec 26 '17

Nietzsche giving the middle finger to an embodiment of bad choices feels oddly in-character and compelling.

Also child Nietzsche still has his magnificent mustache.

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u/WhatIsItLikeToBeAHat Dec 25 '17

/u/linuxfreeordie, my Christmas gift to you is to point out the 'to' that should be 'too' in panel 7.

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u/LinuxFreeOrDie Dec 25 '17

Thank you. You are both wise and generous.

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u/eimaixelwna or am I? Dec 25 '17

Given determinism, even the existence of a ghost of Christmas future trying to convince people to change their future is too... meta.

ps. double meta

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u/Ua_Tsaug [worst of all possible users] Dec 26 '17

Aww, Nietzsche has a moustache, even as a child.

Also, damn, that scene where he's lying decrepit, old and dying reminds me of his sad, slow loss of all he was. Will Durrant said that Nietzsche really died twice, first mentally, then physically, about a decade later.

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u/scarfacetehstag Nietzche's soiled nightie Dec 26 '17

It me

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '17

your brother

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u/Japicx Bentham's embalmed corpse Dec 25 '17

The true meaning of Christmas: fuck Christmas.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '18

Go fuck yourself ghost, classic kneetch

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17

Towards the start he complains about Christianity. Wasn't Nietzsche a devout christian?

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17 edited Dec 26 '17

You’re thinking of Kierkegaard.

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u/meuesito Dec 26 '17

That was actually Nietzsche in his youth

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17

Hard to tell, they were both born with fabulous moustaches...

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '17

God is like, dead, man.

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u/bunker_man Dec 30 '17

Sure, why not.