Plato, you know, that philosopher guy. You tried to read his work for homework, but you fell asleep and drooled all over the book instead. That's because he's not a fun guy. He wouldn't want to go out and have a drink after work, and he wouldn't have a sense of humor, so don't expect him to laugh at your jokes.
I've recently been forced to study his thoughts on the arts for an essay, and I think that if he were here today, he'd be that weird kid who secretly thinks he's better than everyone else. When he talks in class, everyone rolls their eyes, because his points encourage everyone to be lame and boring.
You wouldn't add him as a Facebook friend, or if you added him out of pity, you'd end up hiding his posts in your feed anyways, because his posts would be rants about how degenerate our youth is and how violent games and funny movies are ruining society (I'm not debating whether this may have some truth to it, but no one wants to hear about it constantly). He wouldn't have a sense of humor, and he'd probably find your posts vulgar and outrageous, so he'd take you off his friends list anyways.
See, Plato believes that too much emotion or laughter ruin your character. Can you imagine never laughing? Can you imagine what he'd think of YouTube? Plato believes that all works of art should foster positive education for society. He'd hate "Total Eclipse of the Heart Literal Video Version" and "Kittens Inspired by Kittens" and all of the other hilariously awesome videos we troll on a regular basis.
Can you imagine all of the dumb but funny things that exist today disappearing? Life would suck. That's because in today's world life is just too hectic, and the only escape is through trashy TV and stupid YouTube videos. I don't think this makes us bad people, just overly stressed. If these things are degrading my character, well I'm afraid it's too far gone at this point to be saved. So sorry Plato, we just can't be friends.
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