I once knew a post-modern type,
a nihilist hard to talk with.
He smoked too much and like to say,
“All morality is relative.”
“Is that an absolute statement,”
I then asked, and he said, “Yes.”
I just laughed and he looked confused,
he still hasn’t gotten it yet.
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