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Diogenes

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Ancient Greek philosopher invoked as a comparison for Slavoj Žižek's supposedly ascetic lifestyle, which turned out to require $40-50k per month.

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"This figure coming from a man who is a purported communist who i always saw as an almost diogenes-like eccentric what with having been unemployed for 6 years and i believe also homeless at some point in his youth (?) really drilled into my head that everything everyone does nowadays is about money."
The meaning of life for most people is to make money · u/antimivireanu · ↑360 · 2021-12-14
"Ideally I would just fuck off to some cave and waste away and live a Diogenes-esque existence but I live in society and I have obligations that I need to fulfil and in order to keep myself capable enough to fulfil those obligations I have to use things."
Do you feel bad sometimes about consuming? · u/7point92tomybrain · ↑48 · 2024-03-02
"Diogenes burst through the door smelling of vomit clutching an unlit lantern "'How she does it?!!'" He cried "you are not only gay (it's Greece) but you are also retarded! The true route to knowledge is to perceive "why" she does it""
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