Philosophy explained with donuts

Nov 17, 2016 11:27 AM

Chamla

Views

183917

Likes

5729

Dislikes

84

Not oc, still funny

Me: What donut? (brushes some crumbs from lap)

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 2

Aurelius: The virtue of the Donut is it's donut-ness

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Hegel - Donuts are the product of the historical struggle between the thesis/antithesis of cake and deep fryers.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Ligotti- We may hide from the donut only in the hole of the donut.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Greenblatt: look around the donut.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Epictetus: you can not truly appreciate a donut unless you accept that you will one day lack donuts

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Foucault: You can't have donuts until you behave the way society wants you to.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Seeing saussure up there gave me severe humanities degree PTSD.

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

I remember moment that my brain gave up on Linguistics at uni, discussing Saussure. It just checked out: wrap it up, we're done here

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Diogenes: you don't need a donut, you scrub

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Pretty sure Kierkegaard is "the pleasure of a donut cant stop the endless expanse of man's fulitity to change his own destiny"

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Heidegger- The donut is mine.

9 years ago | Likes 31 Dislikes 1

Heidegger - Donuts are an example of the unifying technological state. Also, no jews allowed.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

More like a resolute confrontation with consumption is required for the 'nut to live realistically.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Hobbes: we need someone to make us eat the donut

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Rand: That's my donut, don't touch it!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Anaximenes: doughnuts are made of air

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 1

You forgot Pirsig OP. The goodness that is perceived from the donut, exists between the donut and the observer.

9 years ago | Likes 84 Dislikes 2

Zen and the art of donuts. Nice.

9 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

These are shit explanations.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 3

Dada: Donuts are donuts because they are not cookies

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Marx should read " the proletariat will rise and seize the means of donut production"

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

Lil John - "What?"

9 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 2

Also: "Okay!"

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Also "yay-ya"

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Vaclav Havel: Our faith and tradition of the donut has been overtaken by the science and technology of the donut. We need a new donut.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Schrödinger : the donuts in the box are both fresh and not fresh simultaneously until the box is opened.

9 years ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 0

TIL: Hostess = Schrödinger

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Chomsky : Donut = America = Capitalism = Evil. Wake up, people!

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Socrates: How do you know your donut is actually a donut?

9 years ago | Likes 45 Dislikes 1

Diogenes of Sinope: Hey fuckboy, I brought donuts!

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Socrates: Can you tell me what a donut is?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Socrates: (remembers that little boys like donuts. pockets donut.)

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Like, "how do i know that this is not just an illusion of a donut?"? Is that how its supposed to be understood?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Socrates is more "What is the nature of Donut? Glazed, jellied? You merely list examples of donut!" and "I know only that I do nut."

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

What actually counts as a donut?

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

that's actually a good question

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Schrödinger's donut: If i haven't opened the donut box, the box has donuts, and also does not have donuts.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Simpson: "Mmm, Donuts."

9 years ago | Likes 213 Dislikes 3

So Locke?

9 years ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 0

Jung - Humanity collectively believes in donuts, thus donuts exist as a concept.

9 years ago | Likes 16 Dislikes 0

This is correct

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Thank you. I was genuinely annoyed that Jung was not represented.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Trump - I have the best donuts. Better than any time in history. Everyone knows it. Corrupt Krispy Crème wants to poison your donuts.

9 years ago | Likes 44 Dislikes 3

I've got yuge donuts. Yuge.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

*tremendous donuts.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Trump- Grab em by the Donut Hole.

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 1

You can get away with it. Because donute holes are inanimate objects.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Žižek: the donut is a result of capitalist culture's obsession with fried goodness that we have been trained to love -wipes face-

9 years ago | Likes 97 Dislikes 0

I just passed him on the street today and now I see him mentioned on Imgur for the first time. Das cray.

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

*deep cocaine sniff*

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

had me at *wipes face*

9 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 0

Another opportunity for favoriting comments missed.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

I am honored, truly.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Popper: Donuts are made to be eaten, but not all donuts are eaten. Therefore, not all donuts are donuts.

9 years ago | Likes 485 Dislikes 2

I fuck with that

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Dunkin: donuts

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

in fact, they are krafen

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Woah

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Your claim is easily falsified.

9 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Someone. +1

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Bertrand Russell: Donuts also are made to give some people diabetes, so donuts are also a weapon.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

So if an object doesnt fulfil its intended purpose it is not that object?

9 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 0

Ergo: Not all bombs are bombs.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

According to Popper... although that is functional fixedness is incredibly narrow-minded

9 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Got to be careful giving purpose though. If a human doesn't fulfill it's propose, is that person a human?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The Bene Gesserit might say so.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Meh. That's crossing identity, which I believe is something humans make up, with purpose, which definitely humans make up.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Freud : I know you wanna f**k that donut

9 years ago | Likes 400 Dislikes 2

That doughnut is your mother and you will find qualities of her in your significant bagel

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

While yelling your mother's name

9 years ago | Likes 35 Dislikes 0

it's just a heart-shapped donut, nothing dirty in this pic

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Freud: That donut. Put your dick in it.

9 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

"Ma'am, sometimes an eclair is just an eclair"

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Freud ain't a philosopher

9 years ago | Likes 18 Dislikes 6

Did your mother tell you that?

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The Oedipus complex also applies to the father figure, you know.

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Isn't everyone a philosopher a little?

9 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

No?

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

No

9 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

You're right! He's a psychologist because he chose to do actual science, not just stare at the wall and keep wondering about life.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 10

He definitely wasn't a psychologist! And his theories aren't scientific, because they aren't falsifiable

9 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah that's definitely what philosophy is, mr. Knowitall

9 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 1

I apologize for being so salty. I just handed in a 10 page paper on Solipsism and I just hate philosophy.

9 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 2

Well good luck with that paper anyways!

9 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0