In a good absurdist comedy all the characters are typically awful people. Examples: Alice in Wonderland, Hitchhikers Guide. There are no admirable people. But it’s funny because they’re all usually powerless as well in the face of the arbitrariness of the universe.
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In a way being an awful honor society person is our default state. It takes facing you to vast arbitrariness of the universe to actually enjoy learning things without feeling like you’re losing face. In a vast, arbitrary universe nobody is looking at you.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1249868311757639681?s=21 …
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This is the opposite of the honor society axiom zero: the universe is small enough that the gods are taking a personal interest in you and the universe is conspiring to promote you to their ranks.
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