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aalu's avatar

this is brilliant! I've been thinking about, as you put it, the 'hermetic'ness of academia, and this piece about philosophy completely changed how I see things. Thank you for writing this!!

houseofpemberley's avatar

oh this was genius, really shifted how I think about comedy. The part about laughter being somatic recognition of philosophical insight is genuinely rewiring my brain. Thanks for sharing!

Ayantika's avatar

The title was so clever, and so was the piece. I'm actually obsessed and won't stop thinking about this for a while. You're writing is genuinely awesome. Makes me wanna read camus, nietzsche and listen to kamra simultaneously.

vivi's avatar

as someone who doesnt know the p of philosophy, this made too much sense to me all of a sudden. i loved this piece so much.

Ela Bochenek 🎨's avatar

I really enjoyed reading this. And I couldn’t agree more! Now, I need a party to talk about it with someone or even at someone ☺️

Thank you!

shyam's avatar

thank you so much for reading it!?

A. T.'s avatar

ok i love this, first of all.. second of all.. this IS COINCIDENTALLY something i've been thinking bout alot lately.. "the fool paradox", "jester's privilege" and stuff... third of all.. i'm definitely not unchanged after reading this. thank you for writing this invigorating piece

shyam's avatar

thank you so much for reading A.T.!!!

paracetamol's avatar

this was such a fun read because every time i thought “okay this comparison is a stretch,” you somehow made it make sense😭😭 the point about “have you ever noticed?” being basically phenomenology for normal people was genuinely my favorite part nd also LOVEDthat you included the Marcuse critique instead of pretending comedy automatically equals resistance

shyam's avatar

thank you so much for reading it paracetamol <3