The Corner Of Philosophy

My boyfriend is smart and these are the golden nuggets of wisdom which he has bestowed on the world.

[horrorsoflife]

[homunculus-argument]

It’s the year 2030. They’re making a Harry Potter remake, not a modern adaptation but set in the original era. And it’s fucking indulgent in 90s nostalgia. Someone’s got a butterfly clip, Ron is wearing a choker, there’s muggles playing with pogs, Spice Girls is playing in the background. Voldemort is wearing a crop top.

It’s simultaneously the worst and fucking best thing you’ve ever seen.

[perhapsarat]

hedwig is just a furby on a string

[animehorsegirl69]

when equipment screens don’t actually pause the game

[spoony-irish-bard-deactivated20]

I WAITED 10 SECONDS FOR THE GIF TO LOAD AND I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED

[felderwin]

my favorite thing i’ve learned in college is that way back in ancient china there was this poet/philosopher guy who wrote this whole pretentious poem about how enlightened he was that was like “the eight winds cannot move me” blahblahblah and he was really proud of it so he sent it to his friend who lived across the lake and then his friend sends it back and just writes “FART” (or the ancient Chinese equivalent) on it and he was SO MAD he travels across the lake to chew his friend out and when he gets there his friend says “wow. the eight winds cannot move you, but one fart sends you across the lake”

[agnesmontague]

i googled this bc i desperately wanted this to be real, and guess what…it is.

the dude’s name was su dongpo (also known as su shi). his original poem went like this:

稽首天中天，

毫光照大千，

八風吹不動，

端坐紫金蓮

(Humbly bowed my head below all skies Minutest lights shine through my deepest bounds Immovable by strong winds from eight sides Upon purplish gold lotus I seated straightly by the low mound) (x)

on which his friend wrote “放屁” (fart, literally), and you know the rest.

(here’s a chinese source for the skeptics)

[hexmaniacmareen]

can you imagine having your brutal murder described in detail to future generations

[lizawithazed]

this is my new favourite story from history

[thacmis]

Just an addition: “fart” also is slang for “bullshit” in Chinese, so his friend was basically writing “BS” on the dude’s ego poem

[rollforshit]

Same energy.

[beeftea78-deactivated20200113]

Smash that mf reblog button if you stoically ignore all labelled washing instructions and everything your mama ever told you about laundry and just send those bastards hurgling around in an overfilled tub to meet either death or glory

[theedgyphilosopher]

Well we’re officially doing this

[theedgyphilosopher]

[theedgyphilosopher]

Maybe our lifespans are longer now because in the past people could only express their thirst for death by dying. Now people can just tell everyone how much they want to die online.

[headlesssamurai]

“In a world so redolent with wonder, how can we allow ourselves to conduct our daily lives with so little insight, such absence of dignity?”

— Bruce Sterling

[theedgyphilosopher]

Being bored together is better than being entertained apart.

The Edgy Philosipher

[theedgyphilosopher]

“A puzzle piece will never be a perfect square, but two pieces could be.”

The edgy philosopher

[theedgyphilosopher]

People would have a lot less problems if they’d just solve problems.

[theedgyphilosopher]

“Anything worth saying is worth taking a long time to say. That means if you shorten your speech you decrease the value of your words.”

The Edgy Philosopher

[theedgyphilosopher]

“People’s opinions don’t matter if they’re wrong.”

TheEdgyPhilosipher