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It refers to a famous joke from the comic Watchmen
A man goes to a doctor and says he's depressed. The doctor says the great clown Pagliacci is in town and will cheer him up. The man says "But doctor…I am Pagliacci."
Oh so the end of the joke is “but doctor - i am already in omelas” because the child is the person the citizens of omelas are forcing to suffer so they can have their utopia.
Kind of funny, but i didn’t know the watchmen thing. I hate fucking comics and superhero garbage. Ugh
I don't like superheroes but the original Watchmen graphic novel was a critique of super hero stories written by an anarchist. The medium of comics has plenty of slop but Watchmen effectively utilizes the art form to tell a story that really works as a comic.
Oh cool. I just only vaguely have heard of it from some cringe movie they made or some shit.
It’s good