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[โ€“] Dungrad@feddit.org 33 points 6 days ago (5 children)
[โ€“] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 140 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Its not a joke, its just a message, telling people that being happy doesnt have to rely on wealth and fancy stuff. That there is nothing wrong with being happy with a simple life.

[โ€“] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Even someone who has achieved modern Zen mastery can still get excited about chicken fingers.

[โ€“] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 29 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not everyone has to strive to be the best to be happy?

[โ€“] Dungrad@feddit.org 7 points 6 days ago

Ah I see, makes sense. And kinda criticizing society for judging based on stereotypes, right?

Thank you!

[โ€“] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

You're not a tiny speck in a vast uncaring universe.

You're a person caught up in weave of the giant sweater that is our reality.

Enjoy the simple pleasures of life. And take some time to stare up at that great big universe that we're all part of.

Well, you now how life sucks a lot?

Sometimes, finding joy in the simple things helps with that.

Once you find that level of simple joy, it opens you up to really look at yourself amd the universe in a new way.

Part of that new way is to be deep into a moment, pondering the connection you have with everything, and then to let go of that in an instant and go enjoy some chicken tenders because that's what life can be about; the mingling of the sublime and the mundane into a numinous whole.

There's a bit of a joke in it too, where it doesn't matter how deep you get, you still have to fuel the body and return to earth. But this comic isn't about being funny per se.