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Buddhist: because we desire.
Stoic: because we don't accept things beyond our control.
Schopenhauer: because we were born. A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes](http://static.existentialcomics.com/title.jpg)
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Dostoyevsky Find Other Employment
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![Dostoevsky as a Therapist:
Patient: "Since my mother died I've been suffering tremendously."
Dostoevsky: "That's good."
Patient: "Because it's part of the healing process?"
Dostoevsky: "No, because we must endure unspeakable suffering in life to fully understand the human condition!"
Dostoevsky as an Engineer
Dostoevsky: "Yes, this bridge is my masterpiece. It is the ultimate symbol of how science can never answer the question of what gives our life meaning."
Person: "How so?"
Dostoevsky: "Well, when people drive over it, it collapses and they plummet to their deaths, for one."
Dostoevsky as a Doctor:
Patient's relative: "What is the diagnosis, Doctor?"
Dostoevsky: "Brain fever!"
Dostoevsky: "And also equally to blame is a deep existential despair that no matter what we do we can never create a perfect world on earth."](http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/DostoyevskyFindOtherEmployment1.png)
!["You are fired."
"Ah, perhaps my naive christlike love in incompatible with the sophisticated modern world."
"No it's because you are an asshole."
"Oh."
Dostoevsky as a Priest:
Church goer: "Father, i feel like I've been having trouble living a religious life, and i need the church to guide me."
Dostoevsky: "The church?"
Dostoevsky: "The church only gives comforting lies to placate the masses into upholding the status quo."
Dostoevsky: "If you want to live for God you must give up all worldly possessions."
Church goer: "That sounds extreme..."
Dostoevsky: "If God exists then you must sacrifice everything for your eternal life, you fool!"
Dostoevsky as a soccer goalie:
Description, he stands still as someone kicks in a goal.
Dostoevsky, to his teammates: "Yes, i let the goal go in on purpose, and yes i know it only hurts myself, but i did it out of spite! We must rebel against expectations to prove that we are free!"
Dostoevsky as an Office worker:
Human resources person: "Do you know why we've called you in here, Dostoevsky?"
Dostoevsky: "Not really."
Human resources person: "One of your coworkers said you threatened to “murder her so hard with an axeâ€."
Dostoevsky: "Yes, but in my defense I'm pretty sure I'm a great man of history, like Napoleon, so the corpses i leave in my wake are nothing compared to my ultimate destiny."
Dostoevsky: "Also she drank the last of the coffee and didn't refill it."](http://static.existentialcomics.com/comics/DostoyevskyFindOtherEmployment2.png)
"You are fired."
"Ah, perhaps my naive christlike love in incompatible with the sophisticated modern world."
"No it's because you are an asshole."
"Oh."
Philosophers in this comic:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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