Transcending dualities while undercutting the smugness

the important thing is that I've found a way to feel superior to both

Sep 25, 2022

originally from XKCD xkcd.com/774/

my remix is putting it in first person rather than second person, which makes it a whole different kind of funny

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean · Jun 29, 2021

the discourse: "are you woke, or right-wing?" me: "well, the important thing is that I've found a way to feel superior to both"

I also had this one, which looks like it's intended to be generic but I'm pretty sure it was actually me subtweeting some specific drama that I have now blissfully forgotten

Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ @Malcolm_Ocean · Apr 20, 2022

"are you with {one side of drama}, or {other side of drama}?" "the important thing is I've found a way to feel superior to both"

it's sort of a self-own it's sort of a way of transcending a duality while undercutting the implication that doing so necessarily makes you morally or developmentally superior (by calling it out) it's sort of a third more complex thing