Salon.com > nerdy jokes http://www.salon.com Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:49:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The 10 nerdiest jokes of all time http://www.salon.com/2013/07/01/the_ten_nerdiest_jokes_of_all_time/ http://www.salon.com/2013/07/01/the_ten_nerdiest_jokes_of_all_time/#comments Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:15:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13347546 Philosophers are hilarious (it's practically axiomatic). Courtesy of this "intellectual joke" thread on Reddit, here are 10 (almost) one-liners ideal for dominating parties (well, maybe a sherry tasting at Frasier's or at a meeting of the the New Inquiry, the New York Times' favorite literary rabble-rousers).

1. This should elicit at least a polite "heh" from people who relish the chance to explain the semantic difference between solipsism and narcissism (or egoism), which of course means anyone who can:

"Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?"

2. Is there ever a wrong moment to make an existential funny?

"Jean-Paul Sartre is sitting at a French cafe, revising his draft of Being and Nothingness. He says to the waitress, 'I'd like a cup of coffee, please, with no cream.' The waitress replies, I'm sorry, Monsieur, but we're out of cream. How about with no milk?'"

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