this picture will never not be funny
just the absurdity of donald duck putting out that statement (which even makes some sense and fits donald’s overall depressed mood) and mickey mouse being the sly one and contradicting donald, coming out with the upper hand from the argument, is just so amusing.
Yeah, it’s all in the facial expressions. The duck is unhappy about there being no intrinsic value, because he wants the universe to tell him what to value. He’s got that kind of authoritarian mindset where you want to be ruled by a big strong leader who tells you what to think and what to value. Which most people do! Most people believe in a higher authority, even if it be mother nature or the universe. You and Me, the kind of creatures who want to be our own masters and would rebel even against the universe itself, are a rare kind. Most have to be talked into independence.
I was gonna say the same! That’s what makes it so difficult to interpret it, because we cannot say how they feel except by reading the subtle hints in their body language, which is vague and easily misunderstood. I guess that’s why these philosophical topics are so difficult, because really there’s a lot going on in the emotions (that tells us how to feel about something, whether to like or dislike a theory) and a lot of it is very subtle, which makes it challenging, also to agree on stuff with other people.
And then there’s this thing:
Why do you think that other people have to be “talked into” independence? What if you don’t do that? What advantage does it make?