Death in Rick and Morty | A Philosopher Reacts
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- Can Season 4 of Rick and Morty help us learn.. how to die?
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The recent season of Rick and Morty taught us about the value of snake jazz and a good heist film, but can Morty's unhealthy crush and Rick's private toilet planet teach us anything about the inevitability of death? Let's find out in this episode of A Philosopher Reacts to Rick and Morty Season Four.
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00:00 - Intro
01:52 - Death Crystals And Kierkegaard
07:03 - Death and S**t
12:12 - Outro
Analyzed and Hosted by Michael Burns
Directed by Michael Luxemburg
Motion Graphics & Editing by Jackson Maher
Video Title Card by Amanda Murphy
Produced by Evan Yee
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"shout out to shy poopers, we see you"? What a poor choice of words.
What a shitty choice of words
😂
It's intentionally creepy
@@Rhekon or crappy
@@TimothyTeo I hate you because of your shitty decision to say this.
Philosophy Majors don't get rich, but at least they know WHY
And HOW
Jajajajaja
At least they'll die happy.
@@isthisoneunavailable or kill themselves out of existential despair
@@isthisoneunavailable You become happy the moment you realise you are about to die, well its more like a relief then anything. Does that mean that life is pain? Before you answer that think about this, are you feeling your organs and bones right now, squirming in your flesh suit, it being unable to move in the speeds your mind can travel, being a prisoner of your own physical reality?
Your friendly neighborhood enemy of physical reality!
I think Rick learned. He chose to go sit on that toilet after knowing he had rigged it to humiliate tony.
Yeah, I think Michael just didn't realize that Rick had constructed all of that for Tony *before* he found out he had died...
@@kananisbffstudios agreed with you both Rick's choosing to trigger his traps was his greaving/ "processing' he literally told the secretary he needed to process what she said.
i mean if you gotta deprecate on someone might as well self deprecate.
And also remember that all the things he is holograms are saying fit exactly to his description. He is sad and lonely and miserable
I found it very reminiscent of the scene at the end of the unity episode where he trys to kill himself but cant do it, very powerful
Michael is an S tier CZcams host.
He validated this in like 30 seconds
SS tier
Absolutely. Worthy replacement for Jared ✌️
*nah the guy from earthling cinema is S-CLASS*
S+
“You sh*t on my toilet because you don’t know your place!” -Rick
"We're all gonna die, hopefully painlessly and in our sleep"
Speak for yourself. I was born naked, screaming, and covered in blood and I plan to die the same way.
What are you planning
@@ghoulletteprojects1169 Crawling into a vagina, obviously.
warriors
Die like kings!
This is a big narstie lyric
I like your new style bro, feels like a podcast, less scripted, more chill, talking to me and not at me.
I highkey agree
Nah fr
Ohhh true I haven't watched in awhile and it definitely felt better but I wasn't sure why and this is it
He's not shy, he's so narcissistic that he doesn't want others to know that he has to squat and shit like everyone else, because he wants the Universe to see him as a Deity.
Kim Jong-Rick
But who is there to witness it? You're a god to nothing.
Not true. If he wanted universe to see him as a Deity, he could have done that. He is Rick.
I think, He believes in nihilism. He know, nothing matters and not to be a puppet like everyone else but despite its uselessness, he wants to keep hold on things.
.
Kiss the VAT.
rick would sacrifice his life for morty
@@nandkumarpawar7 Why would a Nihilist want to keep hold of things?
You're explanation honestly made no sense.
He would shit anywhere he wants, even on people if he was that nihilistic.
As a philosophy professor who scours the internet for relatable material to teach Heidegger accurately and without having to tell students to "ignore the part where they say . . . ", I endorse this Wisecrack episode. Great job Michael and team, and I look forward to reading your book on Kierkegaard, looks fascinating.
i read a lot of walter kaufmann. he covered heiddegger a little, the existenialists, and especially nietzsche. i guess he translated a lot of nietzsche from german to english too, and some scriptures straight from hebrew to english. i read a little of what he wrote on his philosophy of translation
"Who knows when the end is reached? Death may be the beginning of life. How do I know that love of life is not a delusion after all? How do I know that he who dreads to die is as a child who has lost the way and cannot find his way home? How do I know that the dead repent of having previously clung to life?" -Zhuangzi
Wish he could speak from the grave
That was beautiful
In regards to death, I'm also a big fan of this quote from Zhuangzi:
'The living all find death unpleasant; men mourn over it. And yet, what is death, but the unbending of the bow and its return to its case.'
I love this man. I recommend to everyone that knows him to know his master, LaoZi (or Lao Tzu) and his successor, LieZi (or Lieh Tzu), if they don't know already. :)
ZhuangZi (or Chuang Tzu) will always be remembered as the most beautiful butterfly in existence :))))
"Two beers before breakfast and you'll ace that math test" must be a saying more among philosophers, I haven't heard it before.
so true me and my friends back in highschool (18 drinking age) aced our math test drinking a bottle of sneaked in vodka
@@simba993 who r u and why r u so wise in the ways of science😂😂
@@Li01018 😉
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That's probably why they are philosophers and not mathematicians :P
The concept that "to know the future is to be trapped by it" is why I loved the philosophical issues brought up by Dune. Both Paul and Leto are trapped by their knowledge of the future and have to make the choice between humanity and happiness.
Heess!
Jared may be missed, but Michael is doing a fantastic job, instead of being a shadow and doing the same as Jared, he's finding his own esence... Congrats Michael, lots of love bro
What happened to the guy in between Jared and michael
@@crunkaholic81 what guy?
I'd imagine for some, shy pooping is simply not wanting to be caught in a vulnerable position: it's hard to fight or flee with your pants down around your ankles. But then, that's probably a subset of fear of death.
...Rick didn’t really learn much here...”
Every episode of R&M in a nutshell.
More accurately, Rick chose not to learn because he’s arrogant
@@lazymansload520 Na, denial and cognitive dissonance
@@lazymansload520well before season 3 he was better
@@t6amygdala everything was
Dude: "Shoutout to shy poopers everywhere, we see you..."
Shy Poopers: "AHHHHHHHHH"
Man since 2020 the existencial angst in wisecrack has gone up the roof.
I love it gimme more.
The way Michael said "I don't wanna die yet" was so sincere it was cute. This coming from 1,90m,100 kg straight ape that actually said aww
From now on I will be calling all my friends straight apes.
Why do you need to qualify your comment with your weight and height?
@@martinjnagy I think the intention was to show the contrast between how big guys are stereotypically preceived to be tough and restrain from emotions, but he said " aww".
12:12
I mean Rick kinda did learn the lesson, and he just saw the tomato in the mirror too late. He found out that Tony died before he sprung that display on Tony. Their death made Rick realize that he really was projecting his rage at himself at someone that was too dangerously close to himself. Seeing Tony be better made him realize he was holding himself back out of fear and self loathing.
I agree those hologram, were pointed to Rick. That was for him
“You could die at any moment let that determine what you say and think and do.” That’s what reminds me to be in the moment and to not fear a natural part of existence.
"To all the shy poopers out there, we see you..." Well this is just great, now I'm never going to be able to go.
2 beers before breakfast, you'll ace that math test.
Ummm....say what? Is that true?
Tried to google it, couldn't find anything relating to that "Cliche". Sounds like something made up on the spot, no offense
It’s definitely worth a shot bud. I’d do it.
@@arkhiv3s i would do...but i graduated in 2004 and have no need to take anymore tests
That sounds like a horrible idea
I think the ending scene was just Rick projecting his own dissatisfaction with himself onto Tony because he sees a part of himself in him.
I think the conclusion of Shy Pooper mirrors the conclusion of Death Crystals. Too much anxiety over death paralyzes you in all senses of the phrase, while too little weakens your sense of self-preservation. So there's a healthy middle-ground to find where you can both self-actualize and not instantly die from doing something too stupid.
13:16pretty specific there huh
My mom just passed away and the toilet episode help me realize the very points you made in this video! I hope you cover more Rick and morty stuff regarding this topic
RIP Steve’s Mom
13:10 thx for the heads-up mike
UNDERTALE PHILOSOPHY
I gotchu czcams.com/video/KYdDUXyFocY/video.html
@@leonardchurch814 I said philosophy not theory matpat is vary intelligent but he isn’t experienced in the field of philosophy
Im 25 and have studied dead philosophers and writers and have developed alot from them. I have a novel im writing and its becoming better because I'm learning about ideas and themes from other works of fiction. So thank you!
Gud luck my friend!
What is your favorite philosophy?
Man, you really are a worthy successor
Well now I'm never going to eat at Burger King again. I wasnt planning on ever going back but this seals it.
Wendy's is better anyway. Rick and Morty said so.
Your videos always provide me with great entertainment. Many thanks for them!
No, you didn't waste your 20s! Your philosophical education is half the reason I crush so hard on you
But but Jared
There is no job in the 21st century that you really can get as a philosopher
His teeth are awfully straight
@@sociallyinadequate8598 who cares. work to live, don't live to work.
@@fraudcatchers I think his teeth are beautiful. One of his best features ^.^
Morty keeps obsessing over Jessica's feet.
What??? I'm so confused
@@redhood5264 Morty had a foot fetish and thinks about Jessica's feet.
@@haymaker710 I have never seen this??? In what episode
Dandre Gilmore the fart cloud reads his thoughts
@@redhood5264 It's in season 2 episode 2 called Mortynight Run. The gas cloud tells Morty, "I communicate through what you call Jessica's feet...no, telepathy." The cloud reads Morty's mind.
at least death is the only thing we can be sure to experience from the moment we are born, even if only once
I love this format. Its easy to follow and easy to understand. More like that!
“Why would we fear death we haven’t experienced it,” is classic classroom argument nonsense. It sounds good in class but has no application to truth. We have all seen death, we have seen people we love struggle and fight against death only to fail and die alone in abject terror.
So why do we fear death? Because we have seen other people experience it and not many of them seem to enjoy it.
No one's arguing the fight against death hasn't been experienced. Something more related to the conversation is if perhaps one were to consider that people who have been "declared dead" and after a couple minutes or in some cases hours of being dead come back to life through medical intervention, that those people have experienced death.
The application to the truth as it affects how they live their life still won't be changed if they had or hadn't experienced it. Death is the final end of experience, the ultimate termination of one's existence. Pains, terror, and struggles are trivial in comparison to the complexities of properly reconciling this truth.
That being said it is still most rational to not fear an inevitable of unknown consequence, but what I've come to understand about existentialist philosophy is that it is an attempt to do whats right in circumstances where rationality fails and no one else can help. You're effectively missing the point of a statement from people who missed the point of the question
@@kunoRochat3 I’m not saying philosophy is pointless, the all I know is that I know nothing tenet is the foundation of true learning, but fear or death is hardwired into every single living being. To dismiss that solely on intellectual grounds is missing the forest for the trees.
it look like isn't death what u fear but rather the process of death.
there many way to process death more peacefully ur argument isn't good enough.
@@Primenumber19 poor argument, you don't fear death. You fear suffering, pain and loss all of which are pointless after you die.
Something no one has truly experienced and had a bad reaction to.
@php death in the afterlife? What does that mean? And are we just assuming an afterlife? Big assumption.
8:32 I think your wrong here, I would say that sewer water tastes disgusting/gross without ever tasting it. Sometimes (for some things) you just know.
I love this channel. Nicely done!
We need more of this......
I think "close enough" and "final space" probably have something cool to make a video too.
The hologram message for Tony hit me pretty hard. During the poop episode Rick developed a friendship with Tony and even came to accept some of his views. The hologram is proof that Rick wanted Tony to come back and makes the loss feel like Rick made a mistake by not telling Tony how much his words meant to hear. Rick learned a lesson about friendship and ultimately about not avoiding your feelings. Or maybe that’s just my sh*t take.
i love that this engraves kierkegard and the coursework into my head better than my actual uni class, and my teacher was actually really good. but i loved this episode! can we get some episodes with other philosophers?
Love this format
I think one of us missed something in Rick’s big reveal. Tony DID get through to Rick. Rick never does anything except to benefit himself. He can’t show the vulnerability required to build a real friendship.
So he built a giant humiliation toilet scene ready to harass Tony. He put time and energy into it, something he just doesn’t do for other people.
That’s why he went to the trouble of delivering food that would make Tony super poo. That’s why he went to Tony’s funeral. That’s why he sat alone mournfully on the throne of loneliness he created for Tony.
"when you're trying to avoid death, you are also avoiding life" hah..well...welcome to our new 'rona reality 🙂😭
Brother, pls keep doin wat ur doin🙌
Breathtakingly elegant analysis/&dissection📽👑
Great episode. Loved it!
I think the scariest part of life would be watching this video while choking on an unlubricated chicken fry.
I’m almost choking laughing but no unlubed chicken fries. So tag to the next person who comes through here!
can you do a philosophy on the movie "waking life"
What a great analysis 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I loved this video, thanks Michael!! You rock!
The sad irony.. Rick had the whole stunt for Tony at the end to prove him wrong. Yet at the end he sat on the toilet and ironically faced himself, intentionally after hearing about Tony.. Talking to himself, how he's the saddest being in the universe. So
When you offered a way out of the existential dread we all feel pretty much all the time, I thought you meant Alcohol...
Micheal you always kill it. Love you man.
Loving this series Michael!
The whole "death gives meaning to life" thing just seems like a different form of denial to me.
Death sucks so fucking much that it's understandable that people would come up with some soothing coping mechanisms, but it really annoys me when people tell me that life wouldn't be valuable without death. I'll decide on the value of my existence on my own, thank you very much, and I decided that my life is meaningful even without some arbitrary limitation on it's duration.
I agree with that statement because if life has no end then eventually you'll develop into a state of ennui because there is no urgency to accomplish anything. I view it as more of a coping mechanism for life rather than one for death.
Also, we don't know that death sucks because none of us know what death is like
Life would be less valuable if there was no other less desirable state.
Cover the philosophy of “If the Emperor had a Text-to-Speech Device”
Genius
Oh man that would be so awesome.
"You wouldn't say that something tasted gross before you had a chance to eat it..." 8:32 - spoken like a man who doesn't have children.
Can’t say enough about how much I like this channel. That is all.
Glad I know what to have for breakfast the next time I'm having a math test.
living my life everyday as if it was the last has changed everything! it made me much more humble and thankful!
Yay I love finding new channels to sub to!
What do you mean you see me? Are you watching me?!?! Oh God, how long can i hold it for?!?!
Nice "Royal Tenenbaum's" deep cut reference.
Came here to say the same. one of my favorite movie quotes
Thank you THIS IS A GREAT ONE!!
theis is this first video of yours i've seen and oh my gosh i already love you
13:08 oh shit, he's talking to me
I think he's taking about a few of us, shy poopers and all😉
"when you try to avoid death, what you really avoid is living your life" - Next time someone tells you that you have nothing to lose from converting to their religion.
Except if it's a death cult
@@douglasphillips5870 Aren't most religions?
Isn't negating death through believing in immortality paradoxically a cult of death that makes you waste the little lifetime you have?
The best way to beat death is not to negate it, but to make its acknowledged inevitability motivate you to fully value, live and enjoy every moment of your life.
Being a smug atheist doesn’t make you look smarter.
@@Dragonage2ftw You know what trully makes one look dumb? Using insults to compensate for the lack of arguments.
I've always seen the chaos of everything and the inevitability of death as more of a merciful taking away of responsibility than a cruel lack of control
i always found it to be very intriguing that so many philosphers asked what comes after death.....but never "what was before life"
I'm telling you, not only as a fanboy, but Rick & Morty is absolutely genius within its philosophy. Every episode breaks my soul in the depth of its carefully crafted existentialism.
First time I watched this episode I went straight to the text and said: who the Hell is a shy pooper? I pee and poop with the door open. If people want to chat with me while I'm pooping I don't mid. Some times I even watch and over analyse my poop.
I know everybody does it but I prefer to do it in privacy, so I am a shy pooper
I perfectly strategically time it because growing up whenever he knew I was doing it he’d SWAT bang on the door as a joke
@@michaellambgelo Wait, you mean even girls poop? So why do we worship them. Jesus did not poop, did he?
Live alone so bathroom door is never closed
But there's a difference between peeing and pooping if there's others around
more of this, please!!!
I particularly loved that Tony died doing something (presumably) very risky once he acknowledged his mortality and chose to start "Living". Understanding your mortality in order to live doesn't mean you shouldn't understand "risk mitigation" too. Balance in all things.
Interesting...welp back to eating these delicious chicken fries with no condiments.🙏🏾 #liveLife
“First you have to know, not fear that one day you will die”
Tyler Durden
The second we stop fearing death, is the moment we become free of the ultimate fear: The end
AT LAST I've found another yt video to binge watch
That took a dark turn from the start and I loved it!
Very relevant in the age of COVID-19 where people fear leaving their house. As said in the video, to avoid death is to avoid living.
I enjoy living a life full of experience but spreading the plague to alleviate boredom makes you a jerk.
Please more of this
Loved this
Ive been using the shy pooper line ever since the episode dropped. Its pure gold and not the kind that gets crapped out by a sentient cloud.😂
that opening line hit me right in the heart
Yeah fr😔
By far my most favorite episode
That scene with the toilet reminds me of why I liked this show, You fight so hard to keep happiness out since your ego is stopping you from accepting it and it leads to tragedy you never even comprehended before it happened.
Michael, you are a true gem
The philosophy of Mr. Nobody (the film) would be nice.
How can you be afraid of something you've never experienced? I've never been shot but I'm relatively sure I wouldn't enjoy the experience
That's because you've experienced behind wounded before.
i was watching this on shrooms and your analyst was my thoughts during this episode spot on cheers for the vid
That part at the end of the episode after Tony dies and Rick intentionally springs the toilet humiliation trap on himself really captured how Rick's self-loathing colors his interactions with others.
I like the new format, it flows better.
I love your The Quiet Life crew neck. What a great brand.
I never understood the fear of death. It's something that will happen so why be afraid? It's like being afraid to breath or afraid that the sun will rise. All you can do is accept it and try to not be fixated on it
These are the best videos when I’m stoned
11:14 Liquor before beer, you're in the clear. Liquor before intergalactic travel, feel your inside unravel.
Philosophers are the best kind of people
That’s it I’m having two beers the day of my next math exam
The end scene is very fitting for Rick as the holograms aimed at Tony tell RIck exactly how he feels about himself.
This video diagloue format seems kind of different but I definitely enjoyed it. It was hilarious!