Yeah I mean, life is meaningless and all, but it turns out being a sexy vampire is kind of alright.

Sexy vampires are rather self-explanatory, so instead I'll use this space to talk about Affect Conf, which is a conference my wife is running that's happening next week (October 7-8) in Portland, Oregon. We should always remember that behind every social movement, every political ideal, and really anything worth doing at all, there is basically one thing that makes it function: work. Even Jean-Paul Sartre stood in the street corner handing out pamphlets (there are pictures of it online somewhere), and someone had to run the printer, write the articles, and design the layout of those pamphlets. Affect is a conference about the people, work, and design behind social change movements. It's going to be two days of people talking about what it takes to effect real change in the world, and their own personal stories trying to change the culture for the better. Oh, and at the end there will even be some volunteering / direct action. And of course I'll be there as well.

Although on second thought, what even is the nature of "winning an argument?"

Lenin successfully lead the hostages to overtake the bank, but he died shortly after and Stalin took over, and things kind of went down hill from there.

If you've noticed any characters appearing and disappearing, it isn't because the artist is lazy, it is because an evil demon is deceiving you.

Rene Descartes used what was known as "methodological doubt", which is where you attempt to doubt everything in every way you can, in order to see if there was anything certain upon which you could base philosophy. This is different than "reasonable doubt", which is a term used in law to describe the standard of evidence needed to convict a criminal.
Sartre's concept of "radical freedom" has been in a ton of comics by now, so you might know what it is. Then again, I almost always use it in a deceptive way, so maybe not. What it essentially means is always keeping in mind that choices ultimately come from you. So for example, if a policeman is arresting someone even though they think it would be immoral to do so, and they say something like "I am a policeman, I have no choice", they are what Sartre would call "in bad faith". Basically, they are using their position as a means to deflect responsibility for the choice they are making, which is really coming from themselves, not their role in society. To be radically free is to always be acknowledging the role your freedom plays in your life and decisions.
Peter Kropotkin was a Russian Anarchist philosopher. He believed that the state, as well as private property, should be abolished. Instead society should be formed on mutual aid and cooperation. Anarchists believe all power structures to be illegitimate in society, and as with society, so too is it with beards.
Socrates was a dick who could never just have a normal conversation, and instead would try to get you to do philosophy when you are just trying to have a few drinks and enjoy the party.
Thales believed that everything was composed of a single substances, namely "water". While today we obviously understand that water is composed of other things, and so can't be the single foundational substance, the idea that a single substances lies at the heart of everything certainly hasn't died out.

"But in another possible world, learning about modal realism would be exactly what you wanted before you died."
"Not this one though."
"No, not this one."