The Picard ManeuverOct 30
Take a number
Show threadVespairOct 31
It’s true, any time you have been slightly inconvenienced in life it was not mere coincidence but rather the targeted action of malicious wage workers against you specifically because they’re definitely that invested in your life.
Show threadPortosian
That was the joke presented in the meme, yes.
Oct 31 at 2:46pmWeb
Show threadVespairOct 31
Yes and I’m saying maybe instead of coddling the modern sense of cosmic self-importance by acceptance through jest, we should instead maybe tell people to like, grow up?
Show threadPortosianOct 31
I really don’t see your argument here. The humor in the comic is based entirely on the subversion of expectation. Specifically the implicit understanding that these kinds of minor inconveniences are not the product of intent (malicious or otherwise).
Show threadVespairOct 31
I disagree, the humor in the comic is indulging out irrational feelings that things happen to us as a matter of cosmic consequence. This wouldn’t exist if we didn’t have a stupid internal voice that said to us “they’re doing this to you.”
Show threadtetris11Oct 31

instead of coddling the modern sense of cosmic self-importance by acceptance through jest

(anyone needing a translation of this admittedly fucking awesome sentence:)
“instead of normalising our own sense of entitlement”

Show threadVespairOct 31
Lol, yes that’s much more succinct, thank you
Show threadtetris11Oct 31
consign your trepidations to their newly fortified retainers, my auspicious accomplice!
Show threadAlpha71Oct 31
I think they sent you the wrong sleep-hypno tapes…
Show threadtetris11Nov 1
Forbearance is the watchword, that triumvirate of twinkies merely overwhelmed my resolve!
Show threadbuttnuggetNov 1
I wouldn’t call this a meme but sure.