Evil Nietzcheans

[Mike]

The mouseover text for the above comic was: "Fortunately, there aren't any Evil Nietzcheans."

I find the whole comic funny, but feel I'm missing the Evil Nietzcheans part of it. Somebody better versed, please explain to me why there are no evil Nietzcheans (or why it would be funny to say so in this context).

[Phoebe]

I don't get it either. The "evil" Nietzscheans would, on this pattern, say Yes to life in a perverse manner that ensures their own destruction, so there aren't any? Is that supposed to be a funny? People think "Nietzsche is dead." - God. is funny too, so who knows. I can't even figure out pregnant woman sneeze -> baby flies out, so I'm not the person to ask. I blame my cervix.

[Kyle]

[Phoebe]

I once totally thought that was how it worked, like a pop gun, and my parents literally rolled on the floor and howled in laughter. Then they told me about "forceps" and the thanks I owe them for life, but I still didn't really get it. Last time I was pregnant I got really excited about the prospect of doing a cryptogram and that made the baby come out - he likes puzzles too - so, yeah, everything above sounds accurate.

[akiva]

Not sure why they're called Nietzscheans.

[Phoebe]

Yeah, what is "normative ethics" for a Nietzschean? Whatever brings you that much closer to living like Zarathustra on the ice mountain or whatever? WWDD, where the first D = Dionysius?

Or does it mean "revaluing values"? Casting a suspicious eye over any "wills to truth" and glib claims of ahistoricity? I seriously don't know. My stomach hurts all the time and nobody gets me? Grow a large and unattractive mustache?