Tabula Candida

Doodles of a distracted historian

Twitter

Posted on November 13, 2022 by tabulacandida

Double comic today! I couldn’t decide which version of the joke was funnier, so you get both.

Socrates

Spartacus

The unexamined tweet is not worth retweeting.

Spot

Posted on July 11, 2021 by tabulacandida

A person is petting a dog
Person: Who's a good boy?
Dog (thinking): What is a boy? And what does it mean to be good?
Caption: Spotcrates

I know only that I know– TENNIS BALL!

Round

Posted on May 30, 2021 by tabulacandida

Man: Zeno said he can't go the bar because motion is impossible. Heraclitus said he got the last round and he can't go to the same bar twice. And Socrates wants to question what a “round” is and what it means “to pay.”
Bartender: So, the usual?
Man: *Sigh* Yeah, the usual.
Caption: It is a little-known fact that most philosophies started as attempts to avoid having to pay for the next round of drinks.

And Diogenes just pissed on him.

Sockrates

Posted on November 15, 2020 by tabulacandida

You can see Plato’s lips moving.

Philosopher

Posted on March 1, 2020 by tabulacandida

“As you stare into the abyss, it stares back into you.”

“Well, stop staring, dude, that’s rude!”