Suffering is like pH: essential at 2/10, horrifying at 8/10

louisvarge · x · 2026-11-03

The author likens suffering to pH: at 2/10 people say it's "necessary for the meaning of life," like acidity in Diet Coke — but at 8/10 aversion becomes extreme, like someone being lowered into a vat of sulfuric acid. Paired with a cartoon scene of a man dipped into green acid.

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