I will not reply to a moron

October of Zarathustra

As we know from yesterday's robot-written preview of Book 4 of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the guru we've spent the month with is assembling a chaotic dinner party.

So, in the next two chapters he meets a couple more guys in the forest and invites them back to his cave. Presumably they go. I suppose we will find out soon.

Reading these chapters I found myself imagining Thus Spoke Zarathustra 2: The Trump Years. 

The book doesn't actually have anything to do with Trump. It's just that it's 2026. So when Zarathustra goes out and invites a bunch of people to a gathering at his place, they all say some version of "Definitely…"

But then he gets home and no one shows up. He doesn't understand why until his phone starts blowing up with text messages saying things like:

The Leech

Gotta be honest: Don't want to say what happens in this chapter because I have a hard time with gross things.

The Magician

In this, he meets a guy who claims that he is pursuing greatness, but finally admits to Zarathustra that he's not pursuing greatness any longer. He's worn out by pursuing greatness.

My version notes that at least one line seems to be a reference to Nietzsche's frenemy, Richard Wagner, the composer. I wonder if the whole chapter is actually about Wagner? Their relationship was fraught.

Note: In both of these chapters Zarathustra smacks his new friend before inviting them over. In fact, we're told in the second case that he smacked him as hard as he could. New level of extra unlocked.

One line

“You come too near with your parable, and not only with your foot!” —A very strange man in Zarathustra’s woods.

—Brady Dale
October 23, 2026

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