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21ST CENTURY PHILOSOPHY (PRIMARILY BOLLOCKS, ESPECIALLY ANYTHING RELATED TO WELLNESS)

The Death of Western Wellness, as Observed in Your Healing Journey

Our old chums Socrates and Nietzsche seek professional help. One wishes to stop thinking about a woman. The other wishes to become a man nobody can invoice.

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A popart image of Nietzsche and Socrates, based on their busts.
The busts of our heroic supermen of the moment. Bra sizes not shown. Image created by the author in photoart.art using image of Socrates licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license and Nietzsche made available by its copyright holder under the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

The story so far…

Old chums, Socrates and Nietzsche, have survived the perils of WhatsApp (The Death of Western Thought, as Observed at 2:17 pm On Whatsapp | by Mike Hickman | The Haven | Oct, 2026 | Medium) only to find themselves, respectively, slandered by a comment on Medium (a misunderstanding caused by the commentator not understanding than highlighting and responding, to criticise the concept of copying and pasting, also copies the highlighted text…) and pursued by debt collectors for a vicious pyramid scheme.

Supported by their friends, Elmo from Sesame Street and James Blunt (both mistaken for philosophers — don’t ask), the strain of recent events provides the old chums with a need for some much needed therapy.

And perhaps a change of identity.

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Mike Hickman
Mike Hickman

Written by Mike Hickman

Mike Hickman (@sirhenryatrawlinsonend@me.dm) is from York, England. Words in Red Fez, Little Old Lady Comedy, Doctor Funny, The Haven, Sledgehammer & many more

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