It Pays My Way and it Corrodes My Soul

Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said
I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.
- The Smiths

It's no secret that I refuse to have anything more to do with Philosophy, now that I've shrugged my shoulders free of its weight after all those years in University, those dreaded Oral Examinations where I had to elaborate on the significance of Heidegger's work on morality, or how Descartes' exercise in "unmitigated doubt" ushered in a persistent era in epistemology, yakkety yakkety. I am done with it. Finished. And I did love it once, when I was a shiny-eyed dud, although I don't mean to say that all those who persist in loving Philosophy are shiny-eyed duds. I am only saying that I was a different person then, and that the herculean, labored abstraction that Philosophy represents no longer appeals to me.

Still, stuff like the video below kills me, and maybe I did understand enough of my classes to actually appreciate this clip. It's fucking hilarious! I almost choked here in my seat from laughing too hard! I send my thanks to Crisgee for shooting me the link to this.

Oh, and to tell you the truth, I didn't really hate Philosophy that much, and genuinely favor Kant over Nietzsche, whom I think is an overhyped, syphilitic codger. Still, there is much to be commended in Nietzsche's work, and stop me now before I go on into some ridiculous, overwrought rant.

Ladies and gentlemen, the video. Nyuk nyuk.


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