I bet Goat is probably an adjunct prof at his local community college, probably in Philosophy or Sociology. The coin he makes from this and substitute teaching at the local school district covers his rent and student loan payments but leaves little left which explains why he spends a lot of time with Rat and Pig…….
Hardly a waste. They hired me as an instructor, so I could pay for it. Worked a big 12 hours a week, with no committee assignments, since I wasn’t senior staff. And after graduation, I ended up in the police where they paid me a nice chunk each month for the advanced degree, and because it was the 80’s and my degree was computer science, I had things pretty much my own way, because no one else had my skill set.
There is a company that makes clever little items that you are likely to see in museum gift shops. Einstein finger puppets, Mister Rogers coffee cups, that sort of thing. The name of the company is The Unemployed Philosophers Guild. When I first noticed this I thought, “Is there any other kind?”
i took philosophy my senior year in college and towards the end of semester the professor was handing back another term paper i got an “A” on and stopped by me and said, “Mr. O’Connell, if you don’t mind i have, and indeed most of your classmates have a question for you: is there anyone, anyone at all, that you do agree with?” i smiled and with no hesitation answered, “Yes sir. Jesus.”
Only one?!?Bah and feh say I! I just snow blowed two houses past mine on both sides, but I have the sweetest, most wonderful neighbors.:) And it looks like I’ll be doing it again later gotdangit!
BE THIS GUY 4 months ago
…and you still have to pay back the loans.
XF8U-3 4 months ago
Marcus Aurelius had it right.
BasilBruce 4 months ago
And don’t forget Rat’s favorite, sociopathy.
Bilan 4 months ago
Choose one philosophy to live your life by? That’s like choosing one vitamin to eat for the rest of your life.
GreasyOldTam 4 months ago
Well, I didn’t waste any time In grad school, but I take your point.
syzygy47 4 months ago
Rat has embraced solipsism. He just doesn’t know it.
jpsomebody 4 months ago
After the one kind thing, may I be as obnoxious as I wish the rest of the day?
Imagine 4 months ago
Embrace humanity. Call out those who do not.
Uncle Kenny 4 months ago
Do a good turn daily. —Lord Baden Powell
c001 4 months ago
I don’t feel that way. I’m absolutely sure.
iggyman 4 months ago
Great philosophy, Pig!
Gent 4 months ago
Life is simple. Not waste it in philosophisticated things.
carlosrivers 4 months ago
You can do all those things and still be like pig…
cdward 4 months ago
But does that mean that after doing that one kind thing, I can do a dozen mean things, and it’s all cool?
JakeJakoubek 4 months ago
“20 years of school and they put you on the day shift.”
Count Olaf Premium Member 4 months ago
On a two year program
A Common 'tator 4 months ago
613 rules in the Bible… melt down to “LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR”…
KageKat 4 months ago
Depends on your major I guess…
monya_43 4 months ago
And some “Karen” will tell you to “mind your own business”, Pig.
Ellis97 4 months ago
Nope. I never had the means to afford universities, so I had to settle for community college and even then, I was up to my hips in debt.
TampaFanatic1 4 months ago
I bet Goat is probably an adjunct prof at his local community college, probably in Philosophy or Sociology. The coin he makes from this and substitute teaching at the local school district covers his rent and student loan payments but leaves little left which explains why he spends a lot of time with Rat and Pig…….
guy42 4 months ago
Hedonism works for me.
becida 4 months ago
The Golden Rule still works too.
Goat from PBS 4 months ago
Pig’s philosophy is a great one, just so long as we know what “kind” means.
n31tf 4 months ago
Absolutely I think I wasted time in grad school.
markkahler52 4 months ago
Live fast, die young; leave a beautiful corpse…
SusieB 4 months ago
Mine are the Golden Rule, live and let live and mind your own business
DaBump Premium Member 4 months ago
I used to study philosophy, and then I found out about the philosopher who ended up not saying anything.
Lee26 Premium Member 4 months ago
I avoid ‘isms’ at all cost. I’m into avoidism.
aerotica69 4 months ago
Egoism works for me.
uniquename 4 months ago
If you spent four years in grad school studying philosophy, then yeah, you wasted them. At least in terms of getting employed.
HOTLOTUS1 4 months ago
not me. never went to college and now i’m a big time cook at Wendy’s. booya
HunterZero000 4 months ago
I personally subscribe to virtue ethics.
ladykat 4 months ago
Pig is right.
BeniHanna6 Premium Member 4 months ago
If you got a Doctorate in Philosophy, you wasted a lot more than time.
royq27 4 months ago
I pick one each day Monday through Friday. Then practice slobbism on the weekends…
MeGoNow Premium Member 4 months ago
Hardly a waste. They hired me as an instructor, so I could pay for it. Worked a big 12 hours a week, with no committee assignments, since I wasn’t senior staff. And after graduation, I ended up in the police where they paid me a nice chunk each month for the advanced degree, and because it was the 80’s and my degree was computer science, I had things pretty much my own way, because no one else had my skill set.
Rev Phnk Ey 4 months ago
Rat’s Grad school was actually Gradual school.
mindjob 4 months ago
One semester of philosophy was enough. I think it was a humanities requirement
gigi20 4 months ago
“If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.”
justanudderpeeon 4 months ago
AMEN! Do 2 Kind Things one day a week on top of that!
John Jorgensen 4 months ago
Should we be alarmed at how early in the list hedonism made an appearance? And isn’t calling that a philosophical school of thought a bit grandiose?
Behuva5 4 months ago
Random acts of kindness…try to do one every day, maybe it will become contagious…
CitizenKing 4 months ago
There is a company that makes clever little items that you are likely to see in museum gift shops. Einstein finger puppets, Mister Rogers coffee cups, that sort of thing. The name of the company is The Unemployed Philosophers Guild. When I first noticed this I thought, “Is there any other kind?”
walstib Premium Member 4 months ago
Lennon sang: ♪♫ "Ev’rybody’s talking ’bout
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism, Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, is-m, is-m, is-m
All we are saying is give peace a chance" ♫♪
zeexenon 4 months ago
Not for The College of Finance weasels.
Zebrastripes 4 months ago
Sometimes it does happen…certain degrees will get you no where.
hooglah 4 months ago
The more times you run over a cat, the flatter it gets.
oakie817 4 months ago
i took philosophy my senior year in college and towards the end of semester the professor was handing back another term paper i got an “A” on and stopped by me and said, “Mr. O’Connell, if you don’t mind i have, and indeed most of your classmates have a question for you: is there anyone, anyone at all, that you do agree with?” i smiled and with no hesitation answered, “Yes sir. Jesus.”
B UTTONS 4 months ago
Rat: No. I’m a high school drop-out.
The average life span of a Rat is 5 years. Who knew I would be in this purgatory for 23 years and 19 days?
raybarb44 4 months ago
Simple is usually better. Treat others the way you would want to be treated seems to sum it up succinctly…….
PAR85 4 months ago
Rat went to Grad school?
marilynnbyerly 4 months ago
“Do a good deed every day.” The Boy Scout mantra.
Imhungry 4 months ago
I don’t think that I ever saw a goat in grad school. Maybe at the Naval Academy you might find one.
jonesbeltone 4 months ago
Pig nailed it.
andrew.scharnhorst 4 months ago
But then what do you do with the rest of your day?
MFRXIM Premium Member 4 months ago
Try Humanism.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 4 months ago
George Baileyism
WCraft Premium Member 4 months ago
Pretty sure Pig’s philosophy wouldn’t work fore the hedonists…
jbruins84341 4 months ago
I am fairly sure Rat never felt that way.
lockenour 4 months ago
Only four? Slacker.
eddi-TBH 4 months ago
Pig for Ruler of The Universe!
Otis Rufus Driftwood 4 months ago
Well said Pig.
cracker65 4 months ago
Two if possible.
elgrecousa Premium Member 4 months ago
Interesting that Pig is more sensible than brainy Goat.
Sisyphos 4 months ago
So, Goat went to grad school? And studied the history of philosophy? And still hangs around with Rat?
What is wrong with this picture?
dlaemmerhirt999 4 months ago
Only one?!? Bah and feh say I! I just snow blowed two houses past mine on both sides, but I have the sweetest, most wonderful neighbors.:) And it looks like I’ll be doing it again later gotdangit!
Laurie Stoker Premium Member 4 months ago
I love Pig so much! ❤️
Swirls Before Pine 4 months ago
Hedonistic Nihilism for me