If Nietzsche were alive today would he have a lolcow thread? - The Will to Shitpost

[BrunoMattei]

Discuss. I suppose Schopenhauer would have a thread as well.

 

[Positron]

So will Wittgenstein.

 

[nohull]

No, he would have at the very least two.

 

[SiccDicc]

I'm fairly certain every philosopher would have a thread.

 

[Ivan Shatov]

Nietzsche was a professor of Philology and the son of a Preacher. Not that many cows run in academic / religious circles. At least, not ones we track.

His first book, the Birth of Tragedy, would have come across as a justification for the deviancy we see in society today. I imagine it would have been popular in certain circles, but no one would take it that seriously.

I figure he would have gotten a couple news articles then be overshadowed by some YouTuber. He could not reach the level of cultural influence he had in an age of mass media.

Wittgenstein, OTOH, was a closeted homosexual who used to ride motorcycles and get wasted in dive bars. He would not have an incentive to write books, he would have been famous just for being himself.

 

[JambledUpWords]

I can’t see Nietzsche getting a thread, but Karl Marx would definitely have one. Karl Marx was a NEET that mooched off of his rich friends all while complaining about the evils of capitalism Instead of sensible solutions to abuses workers had to face, such as time off, minimum wage and worker’s compensation, Marx thought the best solution was to make people even more reliant on the government through communism (which usually meant people becoming worse off than they were before, seeing as how many places that have tried communism, but failed to make it sustainable). Nietzsche may have had some odd ideas here and there, but he wasn’t full blown exceptional like Marx was.

 

[BoingBoingBoi]

lolcows usually dont have any redeeming qualities whatsoever so maybe not. nietzsche, wittgenstein, and many others were eccentric sure but they were also geniuses, deep thinkers, and hard workers.

 

[Positron]

Wittgenstein, OTOH, was a closeted homosexual who used to ride motorcycles and get wasted in dive bars. He would not have an incentive to write books, he would have been famous just for being himself.

He (and Schopenhauer) were famous for their wealth alone.

I'm fairly certain every philosopher would have a thread.

We tend to give special treatment to sexual degenerates and serial womanizers, so Wittgenstein, Nietzsche, Augustine and Marx fit the bill, while Engels, Kant and Spinoza might not.

 

[Queen Elizabeth II]

Nietzsche was a professor of Philology and the son of a Preacher. Not that many cows run in academic / religious circles. At least, not ones we track.

His first book, the Birth of Tragedy, would have come across as a justification for the deviancy we see in society today. I imagine it would have been popular in certain circles, but no one would take it that seriously.

I figure he would have gotten a couple news articles then be overshadowed by some YouTuber. He could not reach the level of cultural influence he had in an age of mass media.

Wittgenstein, OTOH, was a closeted homosexual who used to ride motorcycles and get wasted in dive bars. He would not have an incentive to write books, he would have been famous just for being himself.

This.

Nietzsche was a star from the outset. A genius in his academic field and the youngest professor of it ever. This sort of person was a minor celebrity in their day long before he began writing his heavy hitters.

Today? This sort of person wouldn't enjoy anything like the recognition or response Nietzche got in his day. He really was a figure operating at just the right time in history, when European thinkers were just starting to become dimly aware of his so called Shadow of God. He was the first to grapple with some of these concepts and their consequences, it's well trodden ground at this point.

Nietzche today would either be an unknown, though talented and successful, academic or wannabe yet failed Sargon of Akkad. Or possibly even both.

 

[GhostButt]

Terry Davis is as close as we'll get to Diogenes again, easy. "why do i need a cup when i can use my hands" "640 480, deal"

 

[Ivan Shatov]

This.

Nietzsche was a star from the outset. A genius in his academic field and the youngest professor of it ever. This sort of person was a minor celebrity in their day long before he began writing his heavy hitters.

Today? This sort of person wouldn't enjoy anything like the recognition or response Nietzche got in his day. He really was a figure operating at just the right time in history, when European thinkers were just starting to become dimly aware of his so called Shadow of God. He was the first to grapple with some of these concepts and their consequences, it's well trodden ground at this point.

Nietzche today would either be an unknown, though talented and successful, academic or Sargon of Akkad. Or possibly even both.

He was famously shy.

He could never have made it on an anonymous platform like YouTube, he would have had to be talking to people who revered him. Also, he contracted syphilis in his 30s, which started screwing with his public speaking abilities.

The philosophers who could have made it today:

John Dewey - Communist who started the NAACP
William James - Pragmatist, godfather of all home improvement shows
Charles Sanders Pierce - Pragmatist, inspiration for male stocism
Ben Franklin - would have made it as a Ben Stein type, I don't think he could have stayed off TV
Socrates - he would have been a community organizer of some sort, eschewed fame but enjoyed popularity
Anaximander - Bill Nye the Science Guy. He was the first philosopher to write down his ideas. Would have been an early proponent of the Internet, maybe a Vint Cern type

 

[Rand /pol/]

I can’t see Nietzsche getting a thread, but Karl Marx would definitely have one. Karl Marx was a NEET that mooched off of his rich friends all while complaining about the evils of capitalism Instead of sensible solutions to abuses workers had to face, such as time off, minimum wage and worker’s compensation, Marx thought the best solution was to make people even more reliant on the government through communism (which usually meant people becoming worse off than they were before, seeing as how many places that have tried communism, but failed to make it sustainable). Nietzsche may have had some odd ideas here and there, but he wasn’t full blown exceptional like Marx was.

"Marxism is like...big government bro..."

 

[Exigent Circumcisions]

"Marxism is like...big government bro..."
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Nobody cares what Marxism "really" is because at the end of the day, it's the punchline to one of the biggest jokes in human history.

 

[Positron]

The most lolworthy pair among "intellectuals" were Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guttari, although they are as much philosophers as Brad Watson and the Timecube guy.

 

[Boris Blank's glass eye]

Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
>writes Emile, or On Education
>put all his children up for adoption

 

[Getting tard comed]

Yes, he would. Most of what he wrote would be considered exceptional material if written today. Then factor in people misunderstanding his attacks on atheism which always get ignored due to his attacks on Christianity, mix in depression, meds, and the whole uber/untermensch. There are already lolcow threads that match this description.

 

[FuckedUp]

Yes, and everyone who gives a shit about philosophy is also a lolcow.

 

[Just Here for A and H]

Yes, he would. Most of what he wrote would be considered exceptional material if written today. Then factor in people misunderstanding his attacks on atheism which always get ignored due to his attacks on Christianity, mix in depression, meds, and the whole uber/untermensch. There are already lolcow threads that match this description.

I can tell when someone who claims to be a fan of Nietzsche hasn't actually read Nietzsche if they think he espoused atheism, or was in favour of nihilism. TJ Kirk is an example of this. Anyone who's a fan of Nietzsche would surely agree with things Nietzsche said, and given a huge swath of Nietzsche's entire opus was "nihilism is bad and will destroy humanity," it's not logically possible to be a nihilist and a fan of Nietzsche.

 

[Getting tard comed]

I can tell when someone who claims to be a fan of Nietzsche hasn't actually read Nietzsche if they think he espoused atheism, or was in favour of nihilism. TJ Kirk is an example of this. Anyone who's a fan of Nietzsche would surely agree with things Nietzsche said, and given a huge swath of Nietzsche's entire opus was "nihilism is bad and will destroy humanity," it's not logically possible to be a nihilist and a fan of Nietzsche.

I happen to be a fan of Nietzsche but it's due to me disagreeing with him on some of his methodology. He raises some really good, and pertinent questions. And unlike most, he actually takes the the logic of what he talks about to its conclusion.

"God is dead" was not a battle cry. It's the beginning of his lamentations.

 

[Just Here for A and H]

I happen to be a fan of Nietzsche but it's due to me disagreeing with him on some of his methodology. He raises some really good, and pertinent questions. And unlike most, he actually takes the the logic of what he talks about to its conclusion.

"God is dead" was not a battle cry. It's the beginning of his lamentations.

"We have invented happiness." They blinked.