Everyone know mario is cool as fuck. But who knows what he is thinking? Who knows why he crushes turtles all day? And why do we think of him as fondly as we think of the (nonexistent?) Dr Pepper? Perchance.

I believe it was Kant who said "Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play" Mario exhibits experience by crushing turts all day, he but exhibits theory by stating "Lets a go!" Keep it up, baby!

When Mario leaves his place of safety to stomp a turty he knows that he may Die. And yet, for a man who can purchase lives with money, a life becomes a mere store of value. A tax that can be paid for, much as a rich man feels any law with a fine is a price. We think of mario as a hero, but he is simply a one percenter of a more priviledged variety. The lifekind. Perchance.