Lukas Myers
@lukasmyers.bsky.social
Fat Bastard. PhD, UW Madison Philosophy, Philosophy of Humor, Ethics and Political Philosophy of Art.
People asking a lot of questions about the artworld that would be answered by reading “The Artworld”.
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
People asking a lot of questions about the artworld that would be answered by reading “The Artworld”.
Polled students asking what they’d like to see in a future environmental ethics course.
Many suggest: Some good things that have happened/good things humans have done w/r/t the environment.
This could be worth doing, though I fear that ethicists rarely bring good news.
Many suggest: Some good things that have happened/good things humans have done w/r/t the environment.
This could be worth doing, though I fear that ethicists rarely bring good news.
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Polled students asking what they’d like to see in a future environmental ethics course.
Many suggest: Some good things that have happened/good things humans have done w/r/t the environment.
This could be worth doing, though I fear that ethicists rarely bring good news.
Many suggest: Some good things that have happened/good things humans have done w/r/t the environment.
This could be worth doing, though I fear that ethicists rarely bring good news.
I’m doomscrolling so much I might actually have a stroke.
September 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I’m doomscrolling so much I might actually have a stroke.
I’ve just started teaching to some (well off) Alabama kids in a university in Alabama.
The political affiliation of my students is markedly different from that of the students I taught at UW Madison, but they’re mostly still just teenagers so it doesn’t feel too different.
The political affiliation of my students is markedly different from that of the students I taught at UW Madison, but they’re mostly still just teenagers so it doesn’t feel too different.
August 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I’ve just started teaching to some (well off) Alabama kids in a university in Alabama.
The political affiliation of my students is markedly different from that of the students I taught at UW Madison, but they’re mostly still just teenagers so it doesn’t feel too different.
The political affiliation of my students is markedly different from that of the students I taught at UW Madison, but they’re mostly still just teenagers so it doesn’t feel too different.
Reposted by Lukas Myers
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
I think a document looks best when typed in 12 pt font and then reduced to 11 pt font.
It’s like it’s big when I’m first drafting, because I’m a baby who needs word to look big. But after that I’m a serious real writer for real.
It’s like it’s big when I’m first drafting, because I’m a baby who needs word to look big. But after that I’m a serious real writer for real.
March 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I think a document looks best when typed in 12 pt font and then reduced to 11 pt font.
It’s like it’s big when I’m first drafting, because I’m a baby who needs word to look big. But after that I’m a serious real writer for real.
It’s like it’s big when I’m first drafting, because I’m a baby who needs word to look big. But after that I’m a serious real writer for real.
My new paper in The Journal of Value Inquiry is out! I argue that humor is, in a limited sense, insulated from certain kinds of moral concerns! For a read-all link if you lack institutional access see comments. philpapers.org/rec/MYEETI?f...
Lukas Myers, Ethical Taboo in Humorous Play - PhilPapers
When they are first introduced to the ethical study of humor, students and colleagues alike sometimes react skeptically. They worry that doing ethics about humor is somehow antithetical to the nature ...
philpapers.org
February 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My new paper in The Journal of Value Inquiry is out! I argue that humor is, in a limited sense, insulated from certain kinds of moral concerns! For a read-all link if you lack institutional access see comments. philpapers.org/rec/MYEETI?f...
TikTok may be going away, but short form video content is here to stay (this is a bad thing actually).
January 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
TikTok may be going away, but short form video content is here to stay (this is a bad thing actually).
I’m worried about Matchbox Twenty.
January 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I’m worried about Matchbox Twenty.
Me, when I’m inconveniencing others in this Costco.
It’s really weird to think about how many people are aware of my existence.
January 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Me, when I’m inconveniencing others in this Costco.
The people who do Foley for kissing in HBO/Showtime shows need to cool their jets.
December 30, 2024 at 5:01 AM
The people who do Foley for kissing in HBO/Showtime shows need to cool their jets.
I watched 4.5 movies today, here they are in viewing order:
1. The Day After Tomorrow
2. The Happening (half way completed)
3. Slotherhouse
4. Old
5. Trap
That’s right, 2.5/4.5 were M. Night Shyamalan movies. Here’s my evaluation of these movies.
1. The Day After Tomorrow
2. The Happening (half way completed)
3. Slotherhouse
4. Old
5. Trap
That’s right, 2.5/4.5 were M. Night Shyamalan movies. Here’s my evaluation of these movies.
December 8, 2024 at 7:57 AM
I watched 4.5 movies today, here they are in viewing order:
1. The Day After Tomorrow
2. The Happening (half way completed)
3. Slotherhouse
4. Old
5. Trap
That’s right, 2.5/4.5 were M. Night Shyamalan movies. Here’s my evaluation of these movies.
1. The Day After Tomorrow
2. The Happening (half way completed)
3. Slotherhouse
4. Old
5. Trap
That’s right, 2.5/4.5 were M. Night Shyamalan movies. Here’s my evaluation of these movies.
Ah, I’ve finally followed enough people that doomscrolling in my BSky feed really feels dreadful. Truly moving on from Twitter.
November 23, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Ah, I’ve finally followed enough people that doomscrolling in my BSky feed really feels dreadful. Truly moving on from Twitter.
This is high art.
i asked my roommates to make some meaningful art and they all drew donald trump pregnant with elon musk’s baby?
November 14, 2024 at 5:51 AM
This is high art.
I’m on the Market™️ and opted for the: “Assume it is lottery-like, don’t get invested in any particular job.”
This had helped me to not obsess over which jobs have sent out interview requests and whatnot. This was the desired goal.
But it has the side-effect of making applications seem futile.
This had helped me to not obsess over which jobs have sent out interview requests and whatnot. This was the desired goal.
But it has the side-effect of making applications seem futile.
November 12, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I’m on the Market™️ and opted for the: “Assume it is lottery-like, don’t get invested in any particular job.”
This had helped me to not obsess over which jobs have sent out interview requests and whatnot. This was the desired goal.
But it has the side-effect of making applications seem futile.
This had helped me to not obsess over which jobs have sent out interview requests and whatnot. This was the desired goal.
But it has the side-effect of making applications seem futile.
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
•cook
•hospital kitchen dishwasher
•mall information/credit card sales
•tutor
•library aide
•cook
•hospital kitchen dishwasher
•mall information/credit card sales
•tutor
•library aide
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
* Shop assistant
* Typesetting
* Writing software help files
* Student association secretary
* Data entry clerk
* Shop assistant
* Typesetting
* Writing software help files
* Student association secretary
* Data entry clerk
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
* Baskin Robbins clerk
* MoMA store clerk
* several other customer service jobs that are too annoying to list
* Citibank temp
* philosophy professor
* Baskin Robbins clerk
* MoMA store clerk
* several other customer service jobs that are too annoying to list
* Citibank temp
* philosophy professor
November 10, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
•cook
•hospital kitchen dishwasher
•mall information/credit card sales
•tutor
•library aide
•cook
•hospital kitchen dishwasher
•mall information/credit card sales
•tutor
•library aide
It’s crazy nobody ate the bodies at Pompeii, seems like something the Victorians would’ve done or something.
November 8, 2024 at 2:25 PM
It’s crazy nobody ate the bodies at Pompeii, seems like something the Victorians would’ve done or something.
Reposted by Lukas Myers
academic job market advice be like
November 5, 2024 at 3:38 PM
academic job market advice be like
I see people say, “A huge portion of farm workers are illegal aliens!” In response to giant deportation plans. But won’t the right just use prison labor?
It’s ultra cheap. It would probably be a boon for the private prison system. Might even be pitched as a big innovative idea (terribly unjust).
It’s ultra cheap. It would probably be a boon for the private prison system. Might even be pitched as a big innovative idea (terribly unjust).
November 8, 2024 at 1:55 AM
I see people say, “A huge portion of farm workers are illegal aliens!” In response to giant deportation plans. But won’t the right just use prison labor?
It’s ultra cheap. It would probably be a boon for the private prison system. Might even be pitched as a big innovative idea (terribly unjust).
It’s ultra cheap. It would probably be a boon for the private prison system. Might even be pitched as a big innovative idea (terribly unjust).
This is the historical erasure everyone thought was happening when they were cutting down confederate monuments. 😡😡😡
November 7, 2024 at 3:40 PM
This is the historical erasure everyone thought was happening when they were cutting down confederate monuments. 😡😡😡
Democrats will conclude that they were not far enough to the right.
On the same day that Missouri voted resoundingly (as usual) Republican, they also voted in favor of ending the abortion ban, to raise the minimum and to guarantee workers at middle sized and big employers paid sick leave.
Progressive policies are popular.
Progressive policies are popular.
November 6, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Democrats will conclude that they were not far enough to the right.
Reposted by Lukas Myers
I ran 80,000 simulations, in each one it was either raining or it wasn’t.
November 5, 2024 at 6:38 PM
I ran 80,000 simulations, in each one it was either raining or it wasn’t.
I hope Bluesky can replace the role twotter played in my 2020 election week doom scrolling.
November 5, 2024 at 6:28 PM
I hope Bluesky can replace the role twotter played in my 2020 election week doom scrolling.
General election polling feels like Halloween for Math Nerds. We feel we are watching a race or momentum but we are just seeing them do more stuff to their models until they start calling stuff.
November 5, 2024 at 6:27 PM
General election polling feels like Halloween for Math Nerds. We feel we are watching a race or momentum but we are just seeing them do more stuff to their models until they start calling stuff.