Sunday, March 20, 2011

Who Says Academics Have No Sense Of Humor?

I've long since left the world of academia for the grasping world of private enterprise. However, there are a few things that I still miss from those days ... mostly, the good-natured eye-poking of cherished philosophies and self-important thinkers.

A post by Brad over at Skull-Crushing For Great Justice reminded me of an old chestnut. See the attached cartoon. I have no idea who the artist is, but I had a good chuckle back in the day.
I guess its an academia thing, but I loved the last one: Foucault Flakes.
"A literary tour-de-force:" the cartoon proclaims, "Breakfast as Text!"
"But it's empty."
"But of course."
"It's French, it must be good."
Sorry, probably lost in translation.
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7 comments:

  1. VonMarch 20, 2011 at 1:26 AM

    Here via Known World, Old World's sidebar, and... well, I thought it was funny. :D

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  2. irbyzMarch 20, 2011 at 2:31 AM

    That one got a smile, thank you.

    Also http://dresdencodak.com/2009/01/27/advanced-dungeons-and-discourse/ :)

    verification: waysilly (not joking *g*)

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  3. KiltedyaksmanMarch 20, 2011 at 5:47 AM

    Haven't read that one before. Love it! :)

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  4. Aaron E. SteeleMarch 20, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    Von said...
    Here via Known World, Old World's sidebar, and... well, I thought it was funny. :D

    I can't believe I found that cartoon ... its been a while since it was published!

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  5. Aaron E. SteeleMarch 20, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    irbyz said...
    That one got a smile, thank you.

    Also http://dresdencodak.com/2009/01/27/advanced-dungeons-and-discourse/ :)

    Thanks for the link, that was a great cartoon!

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  6. Aaron E. SteeleMarch 20, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    Kiltedyaksman said...
    Haven't read that one before. Love it! :)

    Poli Sci. We had some interesting professors. One would bring cartoons like this into our weekly seminar.

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  7. BradMarch 23, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    As a philosopher, anything that makes fun of postmodernism is alright with me (even if Foucault DID reject that label...he's still French)

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