Modern Stoic Philosophy
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A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

I HATE POP STOICISM

I HATE POP STOICISM

  • xXdarkangelXx [none/use name]12•1 year ago

    all of the examples are from real things I've seen, including the story about a bomber pilot in Vietnam who kept a copy of Epictetus in the plane, which was presented unironically as cool and badass.

    holy crap

    • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]3•1 year ago

      James Stockdale, who got promoted all the way up the chain to be President of the Naval College in the US after he got back from being a POW

      Wonder how many lightbulb factories and innocent people he bombed

  • FourteenEyes [he/him]3•1 year ago

    Stoicism is where you deaden your heart to all emotion so you feel nothing as you commit stomach-turning atrocities