Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis is about a man who wakes up as a bug, is neglected by his family during his condition, and eventually starves to death under a couch when he realizes that those he loved have come to resent him and see him as a burden.
Here we see the bug cannot go to the hospital to treat his condition because he has no insurance and must become a wageslave at Starbucks. This is both relatable and comedic due to the absurdity of the situation.
>Here we see the bug cannot go to the hospital to treat his condition because he has no insurance
I think the one with the lack of coverage is the bug's boss, coverage in this case meaning another wageslave to cover the bug's shift at the place he was working prior to the metamorphosis.
But I like anon’s interpretation bringing health insurance into the conversation. Of course the bug doesn’t have health insurance, he works at starbucks. There’s a whole nother layer of cynicism when you realize the author didn’t even consider the bug might call a hospital to help him, and that anon’s interpretation that “coverage” referred to his health insurance plan not accounting for the condition, is actually a more optimistic reading than was intended.
It's a comment on the dehumanization of service workers.
Becoming a bug, vermin, was a comment on how society treats those it deems a burden.
It's a stand-in for disability and illness and other conditions that may put you outside of polite society at the time in Germany.
But modern America is different! Here it's normal to view the people who handle your food as vermin!
And there is no way you get to not work, just because you are 6' health-code violation.
>Here we see the bug cannot go to the hospital to treat his condition because he has no insurance
I think the one with the lack of coverage is the bug's boss, coverage in this case meaning another wageslave to cover the bug's shift at the place he was working prior to the metamorphosis.
You both misunderstand. It is the phone speaking to the bug, referring to the lack of cellular coverage.
Caffeine is one of the few remaining substance addictions that are still actively encouraged with almost no stigma. A lot of people that consume it don’t realize that they’re doing it because they’ve built a dependency.
Caffeine is one of the few remaining substance addictions that are still actively encouraged with almost no stigma. A lot of people that consume it don’t realize that they’re doing it because they’ve built a dependency.
Also starbucks is overpriced.
correctly points out it's more addictive than most people realize. It's a drug that's actively encouraged because it makes you more productive without any serious long-term downsides that could cause a backlash if they became widely known (like what happened with smoking, which was also heavily encouraged until they were no longer able to keep the health scandals suppressed).
Good joke
If you can't trust a turk with your coffee who can you ttust?
>about to get your cup
>barista flips it over
A serbian
>trusting a serbian to do anything but lie
I don't get it
Franz Kafka's novella The Metamorphosis is about a man who wakes up as a bug, is neglected by his family during his condition, and eventually starves to death under a couch when he realizes that those he loved have come to resent him and see him as a burden.
Here we see the bug cannot go to the hospital to treat his condition because he has no insurance and must become a wageslave at Starbucks. This is both relatable and comedic due to the absurdity of the situation.
>Here we see the bug cannot go to the hospital to treat his condition because he has no insurance
I think the one with the lack of coverage is the bug's boss, coverage in this case meaning another wageslave to cover the bug's shift at the place he was working prior to the metamorphosis.
Yeah, that’s how I read it too.
But I like anon’s interpretation bringing health insurance into the conversation. Of course the bug doesn’t have health insurance, he works at starbucks. There’s a whole nother layer of cynicism when you realize the author didn’t even consider the bug might call a hospital to help him, and that anon’s interpretation that “coverage” referred to his health insurance plan not accounting for the condition, is actually a more optimistic reading than was intended.
>coverage in this case meaning another wageslave to cover the bug's shift
I've never heard anyone use the term coverage like that, but it does make more sense.
It's a comment on the dehumanization of service workers.
Becoming a bug, vermin, was a comment on how society treats those it deems a burden.
It's a stand-in for disability and illness and other conditions that may put you outside of polite society at the time in Germany.
But modern America is different! Here it's normal to view the people who handle your food as vermin!
And there is no way you get to not work, just because you are 6' health-code violation.
You both misunderstand. It is the phone speaking to the bug, referring to the lack of cellular coverage.
Missed opportunity to have him work at a butcher shop and tell the woman not to touch the meat.
Butchers aren't precisely readable as dehumanized service workers, though.
Which would cause the entire analogy to fall apart..
How very Kafkaesque.
Would've been funnier if he said "no meat touching, please."
I AIN'T GOT NO SELF ESTEEM I THINK IM TURNING TO A BUG
BETCHA FIFTY DOLLARS IM A MAN IM A SCHOLAR AND IM TURNING TO A BUG
It seems like I'm one of the few people on the planet who doesn't drink Starbucks, or coffee in general.
Caffeine is one of the few remaining substance addictions that are still actively encouraged with almost no stigma. A lot of people that consume it don’t realize that they’re doing it because they’ve built a dependency.
Also starbucks is overpriced.
I limit my intake to max 2 cups a day. but as
correctly points out it's more addictive than most people realize. It's a drug that's actively encouraged because it makes you more productive without any serious long-term downsides that could cause a backlash if they became widely known (like what happened with smoking, which was also heavily encouraged until they were no longer able to keep the health scandals suppressed).
Wow you must be really interesting.
>hoover
huh?
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His apron has a beetle on it so he works at Starbugs.
wienerroaches and Starbucks are everywhere. Very astute commentary.