Here is my attempt at Philosophical Humor

Take it as philosophy if it doesn’t make you chuckle. Take it as humor if it doesn’t take you deep. Take it as an attempt if you know what I mean.

Adesh Acharya
Brickbat
Published in
3 min readJan 14, 2024

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  • When I am immersed in artistic creation, I get annoyed and embarrassed at the same media content that seemed good while in the ‘I will do anything for money’ phase.
  • To think what you know is true is easier but not better than to know what you think is true. The trick is to figure out how to know and for that, you need to know how to think. And for that, you need to know how to learn. And for that, you have to know how to learn ‘how to learn’. Which is difficult, that’s why I think what I just wrote is true.
  • I don’t have social media that’s why I can’t understand celebrities or their followers. Before social media — during the TV age — I did. Social media has exposed everyone and everything. Why would I follow and boost the ego of a rapper who is not more talented and successful than I could ever be?
    During the TV age, I thought celebrities were exceptional human beings. Internet showed me they were just like me. If I am alive till the next big media, I will probably know that they are in fact more unexceptional than me. But by that time I would be an old obscure man near death…

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