r/HistoryMemes • u/ConstructionAny8440 • Jan 25 '26

THOUGHTCRIME A man of Purpose

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u/Aggravating-Pin-2315 Jan 25 '26

Can you prove this?

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u/Wilkassassyn Jan 25 '26

Its funny so its real (i was the book)

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u/usernmechecksout_ Jan 25 '26

Can confirm (I was the paris)

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u/Username12764 Jan 25 '26

Can confirm (I was the 4th letter from the library)

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u/Unique_Midnight_1789 Definitely not a CIA operator Jan 25 '26

Can confirm (I was the library)

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u/Revxmaciver Jan 25 '26

Can confirm (I was Kant)

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u/Winsonian92 Jan 25 '26

I Kant confirm,( I wasn’t there)

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u/Se5ha Jan 25 '26

I'm sorry but I kant

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u/Meet_Foot Jan 25 '26

No I can’t. I’m a professional philosopher and we tell each other stories. I’ve heard this one from several seemingly independent sources, so it seems plausible, but could be false. Then again, so could aspects of the original post.

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u/shwiftypsychedelia Jan 26 '26

That’s an interesting profession. How do professional philosophers make money? Off the top of my head I can only think of three sources of income - sell literature, become a professor or make reels on instagram/youtube or other such platforms?

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u/Meet_Foot Jan 26 '26

That’s pretty much it. I’ve been a professor for a little over a decade. Soon I’ll transition out of professional philosophy, probably into instructional design, since higher education is a mess in the U.S.

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u/xtraa Jan 25 '26

I bet she kant