Notices by Existential Comics (existentialcomics@mastodon.social)

Elon Musk's huge popularity over the years is a great reminder of an often forgotten truth: nerds are exactly as dumb and gullible as everyone else.

Anti-Georgist propaganda from 1886 that makes Georgism look like the coolest thing ever.

Under communism, when you paste something into a word document, it will paste without formatting by default.

"Living well is the best revenge."
– someone who has never thrown a jar of spiders onto their enemy's face.

E is for Ennui
https://existentialcomics.com/comic/602

Not to sure about the current Republican messaging of "children don't want too many toys, they want to work in factories and be racist".

Just looking back on my own childhood, I feel like I probably would have gone with the toys.

What Hegel failed to grasp is that the world ideological spirit of the age would eventually be controlled by a YouTube algorithm designed to sell ads.

Don't let the diet industry fool you. Carbs are not your enemy.

Your real enemy is Gannondorf, the Demon King, and his nefarious minions. Their plot to overthrow Hyrule must be stopped at all costs.

It's so funny how "ambition" for so many people just means "trying to make as much money as possible."

Like guys, you only get one life, I can't imagine anything less "ambitious" than using it trying to get a promotion at work so you can afford a boat or whatever.

Capitalism didn't give us the internet.

Large-scale cooperation, open protocols, and free software gave us the internet. Capitalism gave us mobile sites that don't work because fifteen ads cover the screen.

When you think of money as "other people's labor", which it basically is, a lot of social institutions become very strange.

For example, did you know that you can inherit millions of hours of other people's labor? Why.

Yes, in the perfect society there will be no cringe.

But Marxism is not a utopian vision, but a process for abolishing the current state of affairs. No existing revolution can achieve perfection, therefore there can be no revolution without at least some cringe, and we must accept this.

"Brunch" – bougie sounding, fancy french food, evokes images of annoying people complaining about their dating life.

"Second breakfast" – hobbitcore, hearty simple food, evokes images of small courageous acts in the face of mounting doom.

Conservatives are like "this isn't fair, we didn't think he'd really do tariffs, we weren't voting for him because we wanted tariffs, we were voting for him because we wanted racism!"

Kids these days won't believe it, but before cellphones when you went to the mall with your family everyone would go their separate ways and agree to meet back at Hot Topic at a certain time, and if someone didn't show up they'd just have to find a new family.

The Frog and the Scorpion From a Rational Point of View -
https://existentialcomics.com/comic/596

Yes, tariffs are a tax, but people don't mention often enough that they are a regressive tax. Taxes on consumer goods tax the poor at a higher rate, as basic necessities are a much larger part of their spending.

If food goes up by 20%, it is a tax on the poor. Rich people won't even notice.

I stared into the Abyss for like three hours, and honestly I just feel like the book was better.

The History of Political Authority

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/595

The fact that conservatives are buying Tesla's now is so funny. They are like "the environment is GAY. I hate planet Earth!! I would never drive an electric car....oh, wait a minute, the electric car is also racist? Why didn't you say so to begin with, I'm in!"