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This etymology reminded me of my favorite Existential Comics comic, the Existential Ad Agency: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/204 https://existentialcomic

• irrational 5y ago
  What I’ve never understood with this comic is if the author admires philosophers or is mocking them. They frankly come off as a bit kooky and out of touch with reality. Like your drunk uncle at Thanksgiving.
  • toss1 5y ago
    I'd venture it is a fellow former philosophy major having fun with it, so some of both. Steve Martin followed a similar path, philosophy major to comedy with a flair for the absurdity of life -- followed to the (il-)logical conclusion...
• toss1 5y ago
  Oh, great - now you make me one of the lucky 10,000 to discover this today and there goes a half hour down the existential rabbit-hole - too much fun! (srsly, good reading, thx!)