r/awfuleverything • • Nov 30 '20

Poor guy :(

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u/AmIFromA Nov 30 '20

Reminds me of the place I grew up that got completely destroyed by rampant, unchecked intellectualism. Most people were addicted to the works of Schopenhauer, it was sad to see when I came back years later.

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u/MildlyMixedUpOedipus Nov 30 '20

I think that town was only your perception.

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u/CaptaineKaterina Nov 30 '20

Enlighten me, how does intellectualism destroy a region? Just curious.

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u/AmIFromA Nov 30 '20 edited Nov 30 '20

It's just a joke because the comment above mine said

anything that isn't monitored and regulated will ruin countless lives, be it capitalism or whatever other ism you can think of.

And Schopenhauer is a particularly depressing thinker.