Classmate Who Hates Reality

Teacher: Discuss with the classmate next to you The classmate next to me: I was always disgusted with this notion of "I love the world", "universal love" I don't like the world. I'm basically somewhere in between "I hate the world" or "I am indifferent towards it" But the whole of reality It's just it, it's stupid, it is out there I don't care about it

A classroom prompt to discuss with the neighboring classmate cuts to Slavoj Žižek explaining that he dislikes the world, rejects universal love, and considers reality stupid and unimportant. The joke is the extreme mismatch between a wholesome school activity and Žižek’s bleak philosophical rant, made even more dramatic by Vadim Chaimovich’s gentle, romantic Chopin Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2. It works as a reaction to forced positivity, social interaction, school assignments, or existential disgust. EN: A classroom prompt to discuss with the neighboring classmate cuts to Slavoj Žižek explaining that he dislikes the world, rejects universal love, and considers reality stupid and unimportant. The joke is the extreme mismatch between a wholesome school activity and Žižek’s bleak philosophical rant, made even more dramatic by Vadim Chaimovich’s gentle, romantic Chopin Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2. It works as a reaction to forced positivity, social interaction, school assignments, or existential disgust.

♪ Vadim Chaimovich — Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

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