610: Sheeple
| Sheeple |
 Title text: Hey, what are the odds -- five Ayn Rand fans on the same train! Must be going to a convention. |
Explanation
Ayn Rand was a Russian-born American novelist and activist whose most famous books include, Atlas Shrugged, Anthem and The Fountainhead. She was philosophical pro-individual and anti-collectivism.
The word "sheeple" is to refer to people who blindly follow direction without thinking for themselves. It is mainly used in the phrase "Wake up Sheeple!", in reference to people who are accepting the party line.
Sheeple coordinates with Ayn Rand's novel, Anthem, set in the distant future in which the word "I" has been abolished and the "evils" of the communal values have created a new dark age.
Transcript
((A thought bubble is shared between the five occupants of a subway car.))
All: Look at these people. Glassy-eyed automatons going about their daily lives, never stopping to look around and think! I'm the only conscious human in a world of sheep.
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So, I'm a high schooler. I recently found out most people my age don't care about outside politics and stuff like that. On the other hand, I always think that they do. But now I'm actually starting to believe this. I mean, what do people care about, then?
Which one is Paul Ryan?138.162.140.55 00:44, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
tsk tsk tsk... somebody has been watching too much of the msnbc propaganda... Douglasadams472 20:56, 15 December 2012 (UTC)
Probably the one with the briefcase full of money. :P Hogtree Octovish (talk) 09:25, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
- Beret guy? I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait (talk) 09:11, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
I find another possible humor in tile text: Ironically, Rand fans would find the concept of a collective rather revolting. A convention is in essence a gathering of everyone who has an interest in a subject, and is thus an "average of averages" (to quote Rand herself) on the respective subject. Fans who take Rand's philosophy as intended would probably find amassing themselves with others in a social hodge-podge of people without much function, mindless discussion, and re-iterating the ideas of someone else, to be against Rand's theory of Objectivism... Unless their Libertarians, of course. Jinx 20:31, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
I wonder if this was the same train that blew the Taggart tunnel... Nemo 14:46, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
There is a community portal discussion of what to call Cueball and what to do in case with more than one Cueball. I have added this comic to the new Category:Multiple Cueballs. --Kynde (talk) 15:06, 15 March 2015 (UTC)
Be different: conform.
-- Fortune
"If we're going to wear uniforms, let's all wear something different"; Tommy Chong -- The Cat Lady (talk) 15:40, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
another smbc parallel (smbc coming later) in this comic --172.70.35.70 02:18, 1 June 2022 (UTC)
A subtle version of Monty Python's Life of Brian's crowd's in-unison parroting of "Yes, We Are All Individuals!"... And hopefully as good a lesson to be learnt from. ;) 172.71.178.65 14:58, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
