Line #14 Webcomic/KoanOfTheDay


1	''[[http://www.koanoftheday.com/ Koan of the Day]]'' is a webcomic disguised as a collection of neo-Buddhist {{Koan}}s, or perhaps a collection of neo-Buddhist koans disguised as a webcomic. There are no illustrations, and viewers must transcend their attachment to traditional art in order to appreciate the aesthetic beauty of unadorned lowercase Helvetica.
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3	While readers browse, the site keeps track of their [[ScoringPoints bodhi]], or karmic understanding. Certain activities allow the user to increase their bodhi. Not all of these are known.
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5	!!Tropes used by this webcomic:
6	* AnimateInanimateObject: Flowers are living, talking beings just like the moon.
7	* AntiHumor: Sometimes Koan of the Day is not just anti-humor, but anti-logic and anti-sense, as well.
8	* CrossOverCosmology: The character of the guru is an amalgamation of Buddha, Socrates, Jesus Christ, and others, as seen in the [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/36 trial arc.]]
9	* ExactWords:
10	** In [[https://koanoftheday.com/72 tomorrow’s class,]] the guru offers a free class tomorrow for anyone who pays today. When tomorrow comes, he points at the sign saying “tomorrow’s is free”- meaning it will never come because it will always be today and not tomorrow.
11	** In [[https://koanoftheday.com/107 libre non gratis,]] the guru is back in prison but remarks that at least his mind is free. He is immediately charged two ducats for his mind.
12	* EveryManHasHisPrice: In [[https://koanoftheday.com/99 the guru’s song, part three,]] the guru declines an offer from the banker to use his song in an ad because it is about love and art, not commercial gain. Then the banker offers him ten-thousand ducats, to which he responds “what is art, anyway?”
13	* {{God}}: The tortoise deduces that God is actually [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/4 no better than a bite of lettuce.]]
14	* HermitGuru: A hermit appears in a [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/34 special interactive koan.]]
15	* MetaphoricallyTrue: In [[https://koanoftheday.com/73/ subscription perks]], the guru offers free food for newsletter subscribers. He then tells them that his “food” is the lessons he feeds to his students. They are not amused and he gets sued for false advertising.
16	* ThePhilosopher: The central character is a guru who waxes philosophical.
17	* RecursiveReality: In one koan, the guru wonders if he is [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/21 merely a reflection.]]
18	* SelfProclaimedLiar: The guru often claims that he is a liar, and sometimes gets [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/18 called out on it.]] He's also exploited the trope at times, such as in [[http://www.koanoftheday.com/74/Legal Logic.]]
19	* SpringtimeForHitler: In [[https://koanoftheday.com/86 a footrace rematch,]] the tortoise challenges the guru to a footrace rematch. The guru bets on the tortoise and does his best to intentionally lose. But the tortoise cheats by hopping on a carriage, and a student discovers this, resulting in the guru winning a DisqualificationInducedVictory. [[spoiler:All as the tortoise planned.]]
20	* TalkingAnimal: A tortoise provides much needed snark when the guru gets full of himself or his theories.
21	* UriahGambit: In [[https://koanoftheday.com/64 how to become a guru,]] the guru tells a student seeking to follow in his footsteps to renounce everything and fast in the desert for 40 days and nights- because he does not want any competition.
22	* WeirdMoon: The moon is apparently a living, talking entity.

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