Chapter 129
TL: KSD
「When you work as a special cleaner, you end up thinking a lot about the job. What exactly is a special cleaner? It’s someone who cleans special things. That something is people.
So if you clean trash, you’re a cleaner, and if you clean special trash, you’re a special cleaner. This leads to the conclusion that people are special trash.
You might wonder who twists words like this, but for me, it was an interesting dilemma.
The truth is, I graduated with a degree in philosophy.
Studying philosophy made me think a lot, and studying philosophy led me to become a special cleaner. After learning how to think, I ended up doing a job that requires a lot of thinking, so in a way, I’m utilizing my major.
To get back to the main point, my conclusion about the validity of the term ‘special cleaner’ is this:
People are indeed trash. But they’re not special.
In summary, it’s a common pessimism.