Is he the greatest turn around story on the internet? I've never seen anyone own up to intense cringe like he has

This. Left my car unlocked one night and someone yanked a warm jacket and hat out of it.

Fuck that guy, it's my shit, stay out of my car.

But at the same time, maybe a beat-up jacket and wool cap keeps someone from dying this winter. The idea certainly takes the edge off the "some asshole went through my car" feelings.

Nah, looking at the bright side is finding a benefit to your circumstance, not making up a fantasy about how your shit being stolen improved the world somehow.

Maybe they hocked your shit for drug money and died of an OD.

Isn't someone being happy with your bike a benefit?

It was about something bad happening to him that he could do nothing about so he tried to be positive about it

Sometimes bad stuff happen and it's a waste of time and energy to fight it instead of letting it go and move forward.

His second comic was preceisely about stuff that is worth fighting for (Your Freedom) and that you shouldn't let go

being positive isn't being happy FOR the guy who stole your shit

No.

I can speak as someone who used to steal bikes as a pass time, I would just dump them off in random backyards, totally malevolent and just for kicks. If someone stole my bike and I caught them in the act, I'd kick their fucking ass. Someone who steals your bike is an asshole and deserves punishment.

Go away Shen, nobody likes you

Happiness isn't what motivates a thief.

Ok but what if the people who stole his bike were poor kids who couldn't afford a bike and it was their birthday? Shen doesn't know who stole his bike he's just hoping that there's some distant benefit that his bike brings to someone else
Nothing wrong with that

>Nothing wrong with that
They stole someone else's bike. It's wrong.

then they used it as an excuse to commit evil.

That's wrong but hoping it improves the overall happiness of the world if in the unfortunate circumstance that it does happen, isn't a bad thing

That'd be awesome. My jacket and hat could be keeping some poor soul warm while simultaneously killing an asshole junkie.

Is it still wrong if the owner clearly don't care?

White people love it when other color people take advantage of them

Yes. Stealing is stealing

Some people fins solace in the happiness of others. Again, it's litterally coping, which is less ridiculous to me than getting infinetly angry or frustrated

The way Shen did that comic was basically endorsing others to steal because as long as breaking the law makes them happy, everything is fine.
Now post Femshen pics.

no fuck that, as someone who has had papers stolen out of my glovebox and stereos ripped out and car doors keyed i am well past the point of looking at the bright side like "Well at least someone else can enjoy my shit :)" when you look at the bright side it should be more like
>ok this isn't that big of a deal put the energy into being upset
that just seems more reasonable

But he did care. He just rationalized it so he wouldn't care. Basically, he couldn't handle being legitimately bummed, so me made up a fantasy tale to make himself feel better rather than just dealing with being bummed.

He mistakenly assumed bike thieves are people, which is pretty cringey

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>own up to intense cringe
More like give in to intense cringe. Retarded libertarians acting like you're morally obliged to get angry.

>it's his wife that got fucked, not his bike
the person who made the edit fucked up big time.

don't put happiness of others before yours

Nobody likes a spineless worm.
The optimist view is
>It's just a bike, not worth ruining my week over. I learned from this experience, and will secure my next bike better
not
>Thank goodness the faggot who stole and resold my bike for a quick buck is happy his disregard for my feelings and possessions payed off

Utilitarians get the rope.

people took it seriously rather than as an obvious joke

>Thank goodness the faggot who stole and resold my bike for a quick buck is happy his disregard for my feelings and possessions payed off
Is a lot different to the reality of the comic which is
>ah shit my bike got stolen, maybe the other guy is happier with it

What's it to you? Just because you're a self-serving cunt doesn't mean everyone has to be one.

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I have so many questions.

I mean, it's obviously just meant to be a quick way for the artist to let out some steam after getting his bike stolen
He just worded it so clumsily to the point where it became such a huge meme

Again, it's literally coping. The thief's already happy and he can do realistically nothing about it. What he can do is rationalize the situation in a way that will make him less frustrated/more happy.

I think what really convinced him is the simple fact that there's no measure of "total happiness in the world"

He's smarter than 99% of Utilitarians.

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The great irony is the people ITT bashing shen for being a cuck are probably the first to defend the systematic theft inherent to capitalism.

Go away, Shen

The two things are completely unrelated. You can see that utilitarianism is invalid regardless of whether or not you support capitalism.

This.

Remember the Hooded Utilitarian?

No? I don't want the person that harmed me to be happy, doubly so from the proceeds of their harming me.

Asshole thing to say, you say? Fuck you. Don't take what doesn't belong to you. You're fully aware that you're hurting someone by doing it and yet you do it anyway. That's malevolence and it shouldn't be rewarded with anything but kicks to the groin and ribs.

Where did I say anything about utilitarianism retard

The comic says it. Measuring the "total happiness in the world" is a utilitarian concept.

It's not malvolent if he didn't take the bike purely out of spite. Rather a conflict of interests.

And how does your flexing your high school philosophy relate to what I said at all

Different user here. Unless the thief has no concept of personal property then they must have known taking someone else's property harms them.

If the thief was an extraterrestrial that never heard of this concept and just accidentally took a bike without realizing anyone owns it, that's a different story. But we're assuming the thief is human and capable of

>talk about the comic in a thread about the comic
>get angry when a reply addresses the comic

No, because it was probably some fucking thug who stole it because he was a weak looking wh*te boy. You're wh*te and privilege, and you owe that thug your wheels. You'll just buy a new one. That is exactly how it is. That is how it always is.

Necessity precedes the concept of ownership. I won't judge a starving person stealing food from walmart because walmart CEO's have enough as is. For sure, the motivations of the bike thief can't be ascertained, but it appears somehow Shen survived the harm made upon him so ruthlessly. Such a champ.

Yeah we're all really impressed by you deconstructing utilitarianism. Please shove that shit some more down out throats

I'd beat someone half to death for taking something as benign as a cushion of my front porch, not because I particularly care for the cushion, but it's MY cushion God damn it. It's the principle of taking something that's not yours, if your ass is uncomfortable, that's not my problem to solve nor or is my cushion available for your broke ass.

>Necessity precedes the concept of ownership
Unfortunately it does. I have this terrible need to fuck at least once a month, however my sexual emergency doesn't stop women having rights.

>I won't judge a starving person stealing food from walmart because walmart CEO's have enough as is.
Funny how you motte and bailey from one person to a company so easily and even then, it's not the CEO that suffers is it? They don't lose any sleep.
But the worker has what was stolen taken out of their pay, or gets fired for it happening on his watch.

And that's ignoring the fact that things like food banks and soup kitchens exist, there is help out there if you want it. Stealing is not a necessity in the modern era.

But hey, you do you and keep on rocking that overt sophistry if it makes you happy. Just don't go thinking you're right.

You do realize your mentality is toddler tier

As is your "I see it, want it, therefore it's mine" mentality.
God forbid you face consequences for your objectively morally unjust and unlawful decisions.