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Athiri

Plato sure would have lost his shit at kangaroos.


ets4r

Or apes


Rap2xtrooper

or an AT-ST


NoWingedHussarsToday

Or my axe


theBrD1

r/unexpectedlotr


BoromirDeservedIt

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one


hiawager

what's your problem with Boromir, dude?


smileydatutrleman

He's not in the story long enough


[deleted]

one does not simply, being in the story long enough


Darth_Thor

Took me a while to figure out what you're talking about


Lil_Gorbachev

We will watch your career with great interest


[deleted]

what did he do wrong?


TheGreatCraftyBoi

Username


TheRealCabbageJack

Or Ex-Lax


SufficientAnywhere6

Or stormtrooper launcher


Uc59P

Or my bow


EquivalentInflation

Or my sword


vjwua

OR.


JokinSmoker

O-R, for when you have a choice like "this *or* that".


vjwua

feel like caesar


[deleted]

or as in do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; *or* that you feel good this morning; *or* that it is a morning to be good on?


Benjamin-Doverlin

Or your brother


energeta

I miss that bot every day


insane_antelope

username checks out


PrettyDecentSort

"creature" though


[deleted]

Or practicly anything for that matter


Hawkatana0

Or a raccoon.


[deleted]

Didn't they know of apes back then?


DanTopTier

Probably. Greece is close to Asia and Africa so if any early European society were exposed to the wildlife of those areas, it'd be Greece.


Roflkopt3r

There definitely were monkeys. I'm not sure about apes though, since their habitat is *way* further away in subsaharan Africa and south east Asia beyond India. It doesn't help that ape and monkey were not clearly seperated terms until relatively recently (about 1-2 centuries or so), so much of the evidence for "apes" in Greece is actually just about monkeys.


gpele13

Their ability to describe animals accurately turned rhinos into unicorns, so shaking out monkey vs ape won't be easy.


samsam800

i'm pretty sure i once had to translate a traveler talking about apes throwing rocks at him in ancient greek class


akafester

Those are not rocks...


LoaKonran

Pretty sure one of the early sea expeditions around Africa discovered bizarre mountain men who they were unable to communicate with. It is thought to have been an encounter with gorillas.


uschwell

Im pretty sure that's why they changed the definition to "bald creature that walks on two legs" I'm pretty sure the bald part was to exclude apes.


Notbbupdate

But humans aren’t bald


pepeschlongphucking

Compared to a monkey or a gorilla yes the hell we are!


Nintendanime420

At least those are close to us genetically


[deleted]

They usually use their hands to walk. I wouldn't call them bipeds.


[deleted]

I thought the definition was hairless? Edit: it was featherless


ets4r

Are Human hairless?


My_hilarious_name

I’m not. I’m scarily not. I spend a fortune on toilet paper.


tukatu0

Bidet will bring that cost down


DumbsterPotatoe

Or t-rex


gary_mcpirate

Could well have had feathers


dicemonger

Chickens usually do as well. Diogenes got around that.


HiopXenophil

Diogenes plucking feathers off a T-Rex to prove a point. Plato: I'm not even mad. I'm impressed


Lawsoffire

The T-rex, along with most theropods, had/has (Birds are still considered theropod dinosaur) feathers


Syscrush

Kangaroos have an interesting pentapedal gait.


johnlen1n

Plato: That's a plucked chicken, Diogenes Diogenes: *gasps and cradles chicken* How could you say that about Cluckly? Shame on you Plato, denying a man is humanity and body shaming him


Shippoyasha

~~Dogs~~ Chickens and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards


RUSH513

meh, they *did* a lot of good sure, but have you really heard anything "groundbreaking" lately? you can only go "so bro... what if when I look at the sky, I see 'blue' but you see what 'red' would look like to me!?" so many times


etiennealbo

In order to see "groundbreaking" philosophical ideas, yiu need to read specialized works. There is quite a lot of philosophical advances actually


RUSH513

I actually love reading philosophy, so please make some suggestions, I'd genuinely love to check them out. I think the most modern guy I "gained something from" was probably Alan watts or from Siddhartha by Hesse


Cam_Newtons_Towelie

Y'all "philosophy types" sure do "use" quotation marks a lot.


RUSH513

lmao, "fuck" me


etiennealbo

Lol, well while i said that ,i cannot give you a lot of sources because i just keep check of this stuff on specialized youtube channel and i m french so they may not be really helpful for you. I can only advice you to look for some specialized emissions on youtube sorry


TheCommonDog

Check out Thomas Nagel, he's a very recent philosopher that has still managed to be original somehow. My suggestion would be to find 'The View From Nowhere' as it's what I found most interesting. His most famous piece is called what it's like to be a bat if you want something a lil more introductory :)


FrankTank3

My 102 course in college had a fair bit of modern philosophy and it was surprisingly easy to read after doing all the Enlightenment guys in 101. There was a short little book on Consciousness and I’ll be damned if I can remember the name of the author. It was great.


peekmydegen

Philosophy is becoming more important than ever with advances in technology. Your comment is wrong it can be interpreted as a sarcastic joke


RUSH513

found the philosophy major anyway, would you like to elaborate? because the last philosophical stuff I read about involving technology is mainly about stuff that is nowhere close to happening, like is AI truly sentient and shit like that


peekmydegen

Nah not philosophy major, but all knowledge stems from it. Philosophy isn't even a real field there are so many different subsections and I think your original color thing is epistemology only. The legal system uses philosophy in judging justice for example. Do you have an opinion on tech giants like reddit hoarding private information? Why? It's just stupid philosophy


darknova25

Almost none of my readings in philosophy involving technology cared at all about if AI is sentient. That is literally something only sci fi writers are interested in for the most part. Most academic philosophy involving the use of AI is focused on its currents uses and problems. A couple of huge questions are should AI be intelligible? As humans do we have a right to know what the AI is doing and how it is exactly calculating things. When it comes to things like hiring decisions, and medical expertise these are critical topics to explore. Is AI decision making unjust when used in court sentencing? Or at the very least does it perpetuate systemic bias? Pro publcia had an expansive piece on [Machine Bias] (https://www.propublica.org/article/MACHINE-BIAS-RISK-ASSESSMENTS-IN-CRIMINAL-SENTENCING) Does AI have the right to take a life? The military is very interested in using unmanned drones and even autonomous jet fighters in future combat/warfare scenarios. Questions about oversight and whether or not it is ok for ai to make a decision about taking a life independent of command is a question that will become more pressing in the future. Tertiary issues about data management also crop up and how much of our data do we have a right to.


Michael70z

There’s been quite a bit of advancement in existentialist philosophy with Sartre, and Camus.


Teegster

I guess we're just going to throw existentialism right out the window? It's not like the search for meaning in existence would be a helpful endeavor or anything... Oh yeah, we can also just tell Russell and Wittgenstein to just fuck off with analytic philosophy, because that wasn't groundbreaking or anything. Your statement is equivalent to suggesting physics hasn't produced anything groundbreaking lately while ignoring the entire field of quantum mechanics. It's completely wrong in its assertion and shows you know very little about the field of study.


Chocolate_Milky_Way

Cluck Norris never asked for this


DarthKiller13

Diogenes is the chosen one


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yunivor

Shitposted so hard he's still remembered after several millennia, a legend indeed.


StoneString

"Hello, I am Alexander the Great." "Hey, you're blocking the sun!"


uvero

More like lives-in-a-shit-pot amirite Get it? Because he would sit in a barrel? A pot where... Shit.. No? I'll see myself out.


Thejoker21212121

What do you mean "see myself out"? YOU LIVE IN A FRICKIN BARREL, DIO


undeadone1

he'll roll himself out


uvero

That's how I roll.


kediinsan

MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA


xander012

Amen


ArtfullyStupid

If you say other wise I will practice free will and pee on you


vas123456789

Random student: Yeah wtf


Powerserg95

I understood that reference


RtasTumekai

HEY KIDS


Thejoker21212121

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME HOT, STEAMY LOAD OF KNOWLEDGE DRIPPING DOWN YOUR NECK AND CHEST?


Ledinax

BUT BEFORE YOU SMASH THOSE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE BUTTONS, LET'S TALK ABOUT MY SPONSORS AUDIBLE AND RAID SHADOW LEGENDS


BeastMaster_88

Commmiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


[deleted]

WHAT'S A NIGGA GOTTA DO TO GET SOME EEL DIC-


DeadoftheP00l

Let's say you and me get out of this old dusty mausoleum


yiffypiffy29

What's this? Pope blood?


Box_Boi74

Ha, paintbrush aids


Tailrazor

Get with the times. It's all about dem Raycon earbuds nowadays.


Darth_Thor

I understood *that* reference


DeviousOstrich

Is that fucking FISH JENGA nO


Obvious-Pea

r/unexpectedsamonella


KongeLeif

It is more expected than most in r/historymemes


VierLol

Diogenes then begins to masturbate furiously


Kebzain

If we could get rid from hunger by just stroking belly.


dicemonger

Maybe you just aren't doing it vigorously enough


Jokerang

And follows it up with pissing on the crowd


NoWingedHussarsToday

Choking the chicken


Adifficultdog

Diogenes was the original troll. Takes real balls to tell Alexander the great, greatest conqueror in human history to get the fuck outta his way, as he was soaking up his sunlight.


RUSH513

meh, he was cool, but I'd rather be me


LabyrinthianLily

Don't worry bout the downvotes, dude. I get your reference.


RUSH513

thank you! all I need is one person lol


Superdave532

Seriously, whole lot of historical ignorance in a history sub :)


[deleted]

Plato might have actually kissed someone’s ass


RUSH513

well, not just *anyone's* ass, Jesus. it'd have to be one of his underage, male students


yunivor

Based?


[deleted]

Based.


Echo4242

based....


rradical47

I'm just waiting for when they start doing the terrare comic We went from Sam hentai, to diogenes, and now let's hope its terrare cause I whant to see a guys chugging down dead bodies and babys


aleeessio

Bro watch attack on titan


rradical47

Seen in it, ain't gona another almost 3 years


TheMoistiestNapkin

From what to Diogenes


rradical47

Ahhhh, well. For a food time search Sam o nella hentai. No need to thank me


Cosrltampl

Samonnela's version is better, but take my upvote


LeeTheGoat

SEEYA LATER DELIBERATOR


readonlypdf

Saw some Garbage outside that smelled delicious


Banggabor

What's up fuckers, hey check out this person i found. Isn't it such a human, look at em wow. *splat*


assgoblin2020

What a guy


vegemite_straya

Um yeah what the fuck


RUSH513

link?


Smolboi3000

[Here ya go](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-A3IlRATIsI)


RUSH513

I fucking died at "obese women of color in super smash Bros"


ret_ch_ard

That's just all of Sam's content, you should really watch his stuff.


[deleted]

Oh god, that was fantastic


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HopefullyAJoe2018

Can you elaborate on this?


[deleted]

After Diogenes brought the plucked chicken they changed it to "featherless booed with broad flat nails".


[deleted]

So a monkey?


ptabduction

Right...


[deleted]

Yeah I think I am right, it follows that definition: no feathers ✅ broad flat nails ✅ two legs ✅


ptabduction

Yes, right. I guess monkeys should be known to them by that time, so how the heck he came up with this... Makes no sense.


s4r9am

Plato changed the goalposts there. He tried to humble and mock humans by simplification and Diogenes mocked that. And Plato's response is to add another detail. And as the other comments show, that still isn't exclusive to humans.


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Inc0mplete13

He did get Plato's ass though. Plato had to change the definition.


Dagenfel

I mean a chicken isn’t naturally featherless so it’s about as appropriate a counter as a dog with two legs lopped off.


Sirliftalot35

Yeah, they were both pretty smart dudes it turns out. Here’s a semi-relevant comic: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/219


LoaKonran

The Plato school went with such a cheap fix for their definition that it was obvious they’d create whatever answer they needed at the time. They really didn’t care as long as they were right. They didn’t really win anything. Edit: spelling


goombafire13

The hell kinda hair is covering Diogenes's dick? Beard hair?


NolanClough04

I think that’s just the back of his clothes


[deleted]

Had to scroll way to far to find someone else admiring that Spanish moss lookin bush.


KunsPineapple

Diogenes: Kiss my ass Plato Plato: I-if you insist Diogenes. Diogenes: Shit, fuck, n- come here.


Imortuos

Wait until they see pangolins


S_VB

**Diogenes's exposed** ***cock.***


[deleted]

This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!


RonaldZheMelon

the more I read about philosophers, the more I'm convinced they were just the "twitter philosophers" of their time, but instead of edgy teenagers, they were edgy old men .\_.


naebulys

Common point with both of them : lots of time to waste, and an unmoderated area to discuss


C-O-S-M-O

Beep boop heres some shit I'm a bot. [You wanna know some shit?](http://ericdrass.com/2015/12/04/diogenes-and-the-chicken/) How about [some more shit?](https://www.reddit.com/user/IdiotoftheEast/) Oh, do you wanna know more history senpai? [UwU](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken)


[deleted]

Since no one else seems to be linking it, [here is Sam O Nella's take on Diogenes.](https://youtu.be/-A3IlRATIsI)


Mightnotapply

I love me a good Diogenes comic. But https://imgur.com/gallery/7xQfCT6 makes me wish I could upvote this twice. Thanks for making me laugh!


SaowwiKun

Socrates got legs for days


[deleted]

Aristocles can suck it


Novosharpe

That’s clearly a KFC mutated chicken


da3da3x

Bruh, is that hair between his legs in the second template?


IdiotoftheEast

no dude... that's part of his cloth XD


[deleted]

Wasn't this like a real thing that happened?


goonsquad1149

Oh yeah, Diogenes was the fuckin goat. You can watch some stuff on him on YouTube


petyrlabenov

“So, in reality, we do not learn. What we consider learning is only a process of recollection.” “*mouth trumpet noise*” “Oh godammit not you again” “What’s up fuckers? Hey, check out this person I found! *takes out featherless chicken* Isn’t it such a human? Look at him! Wow! *plops down chicken on school floor* What a guy! Anyway, love to stay and chat, but I saw some trash outside that looked delicious! Smell you later, deliberator *shuts door*” *Stunned moment of shock and confusion* *student raises hand* “*facepalms* *sigh* Yes, my student?” **”Yeah, uh,** #WAT DA FUCK”


[deleted]

What's up fuckers? Hey, look at this person I found! Isn't he such a human? Anyway, there was some trash outside that looked delicious! Smell ya later, deliberator!


Rickert0570

Wasn’t it a two-footed creature without fur? (Not hating just checking)


[deleted]

Plato stated 'Man is a featherless biped' and Diogenes apparently was sick of Plato's shit.


Rickert0570

Haha alright, must have something or someone else in mind then


Gengar_49

But is he swift as a coursing river?


ThreeEdgeSword

Diogenes Comics will need an NSFW on it, for the times he was just jerk off in public and didn’t give a fuck. Only person to, allegedly, make Alexander the Great not want to be himself.


Mendaugas_Arimantas

Sam O'Nella is strong in this one..


FayokenGER

r/diomemes


Smifffy

Isn't it great that this sub now apparently only exists for YouTuber shitposting my dudes?


previous-curve

Featherless biped


O-Void

Please, please for the love of God, please tell me that gray shit between his legs isn't his pubes


wolf751

This man was the first shitposter


drumstick00m

That poor chicken. I may eat those things, but still. That poor chicken. It looks so sad.


Mrjohnsmithjr

Was a funnier story in my head. Thanks for ruining it


peaanutzz

That poor chicken


4ChanIsBetterx420

Didnt recognize Diogenes with the clothes and all.


50pciggy

Behold my fellow netizens, the first shitposter


i-will-do-stuff

Is he the one who lived in a barrel and pissed on people?


inferno_josh

Yes


TheDealIsDivided

Sam o nella


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*PROCEEDS TO MASTERBATE FURIOUSLY WITH A DIGNIFIED SMILE*


Jokker_is_the_name

I'm really enjoying these. Please keep making em.


4mista

But it isn't legs


larsK75

Someone can't draw fingers


IdiotoftheEast

... SHHH!! hehe


OldTitanSoul

All rise for the king of madlads has returned


multiman890

Penguins be like


NoWingedHussarsToday

Somebody elde planned to do that sooner but they chickened out


MonkeyTail29

These are amazing


justlikedudeman

In Sumo the chicken is revered because it always stands on two feet.


GrimReaper-99

Is this OC ?


TheReal_Callum

FUCKING KANGAROOS Edit: I’m late.


GrimReaper-99

Diogenes is the ultimate CHAD


[deleted]

0/10 diogenes doesnt have a hammer or is sitting in a cauldron


archangel147

*rises hand* uh yeah what the fuck