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whatcha think about Huckleberry Finn then, Puf?

Doc, I have a degree in English and from Missouri. I think a lot of things about Huckleberry Finn.

I think people with an interest in 19th century American fiction should probably read it. However, I can allow for the possibility that someone else's path through literature might not include it, while remaining an otherwise interesting and robust path.

do you think it’s actually about the particular book and not people interested in crafting the curriculum of public schools to fit their agenda

it’s controversial when you have them drop the first book, more of the same with the second, and next thing you know, you’ll have the power to drop anything, with no fuss, just like those social progressives have done

Literacy isn't for everyone.

yeah the campaign against TKAM isn't about the book in particular, it's about shielding kids from difficult topics and avoiding discussion of (white) america's sins. the point of teaching that book is to expose them to those ideas, not to force them to read a particular book

it's not like the people removing TKAM from the curriculum are suggesting that "between the world and me" be added in its place, lol

Velvet Goldmine is Todd Haynes' best film.

Hashtags are bad, really bad

#notcontroversial

They’re really great for teaching theme to middle schoolers, fwiw

"Darts a game not a sport"

when i see pictures of people playing darts it makes me think of bowling. and that if everyone bowled and played darts a lot there would be about a billion expert dart players and bowlers. maybe that's like the old joke of black people letting white people have hockey to be good at.

i can't think of any sport i wouldn't watch. i think i like every sport. but i don't have cable anymore. so i don't watch sports.

actually, nascar after awhile can get a little tedious. if you are on valium or something it might help.

Barry Lyndon is only watchable on percocet

When people reach the age of...let's say 70, they should be legally restricted from sharing their opinions with anyone under the age of 70.

hmmm, i'd say more like age 30, and instead of sharing opinions we should just not trust anyone over the age of 30. and the contro part is...i invented that all on my own

i keep completing the dot dot dot part of life, which i understand is my responsibility, but the "profit" part never seems to appear

Maybe there should just be a blanket rule that allows you to share your opinions only with other people who are within 10 years of your age.

Cats are better than dogs

controversial but true

Neither

Cats are stupid.

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Cats are vicious little serial killers with strong smelling urine, and are responsible for thousands of avian extinctions, and their continued pervasive stench in domestic homes in 20th century is a result of sinister manipulation and coercion imo.

but they're so strokable

*toxoplasma gondii continues worming its way into brain*

I was probably a bit harsh, but there are too many of them + they are way overrated. Maybe time to at least adopt an appropriate one cat rule. i can remember reading an article + linking it on here about parasites that cat owners have on their brains that effectively make them cat butler drones. It was probably absolute bollocks! But you never know.

No it's true, that's the toxoplasma bizarro g mentioned.

tbh I must riddled with it

If one were to imagine a cat as new discovery they would seem sinister and terrible, people would be calling Rentokill!

tbh I must riddled with it

i've long since resigned myself to life as a toxoplasma-addled zombie supplying my cats with treats, entertainment and litter-tray maintenance

there's worse types of slavery tbf

I like to think my black Labrador, Dogsby, is an unconditional pal for life. He instinctively knows that cats are very dangerous + bad as well, in fact he very scared of cats. There is some inherent ancient dog knowledge about the badness of cats at work.

Cats are vicious little serial killers with strong smelling urine, and are responsible for thousands of avian extinctions

i mean, i find it difficult to blame animals for being what they are. educated humans have no excuse for being massive arseholes, but cats? they do cat things because they're cats, they're not buying milo yiannopoulos books or joining ukip.

humans are effectively responsible for the avian extinctions for bringing cats with them. I was just grasping really.

otm

lol I can't remember why but I said to my wife a couple of days ago "there are no cats in UKIP"

my mum had a black lab, he made it to 15 but died a couple of years ago. he was a good boy.

btw the RSPB says there's no evidence that cats have any impact on UK bird populations

this doesn't seem to be the case in Australia mind - I guess because they are not native animals and bugger up the ecosystem, like most animals introduced there

They caused most of these mass avian extinctions in pre-civilisation history, I read somewhere years ago - it might have been that Elizabeth Kilbert book.

Kolbert*

I like to think my black Labrador, Dogsby, is an unconditional pal for life.

Ahh, the cat's out of the bag: you're a dog person who hates cats! :) I don't want an "unconditional pal" in a pet. Cats can indeed be sinister, egoistic, and infinitely prefer it over a dog who will obediently return whatever you throw, running after a stinkin' stick as if it's a complete, mindless idiot, doing "tricks" to please people, ugh. I'd much prefer it if a dog would sometimes signal "go fetch your fucking stick yourself", but they're not wired that way. It's the obedient nature I detest.

Cats are too stupid to be obedient. I actually don't really mind cats at all so much as the nonsense people talk about them. It's like Bob Dylan fans being worse than Bob Dylan.

A crow, now there's a clever animal.

I think we can all agree on that.

Dogs are smelly, noisy, annoying and potentially dangerous but the obedience thing is actually quite novel and interesting.

I also have it good authority from Doctor of Zoolology, Paulie G from The Sopranos, that cats are snakes with fur, steal breath from children and sometimes can be conduits for vengeful spirits.

^^ what's not to love?

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i'd just like to say for the record that dogsby is an awesome name for a dog, good work cal

Ahh, the cat's out of the bag: you're a dog person who hates cats! :) I don't want an "unconditional pal" in a pet. Cats can indeed be sinister, egoistic, and infinitely prefer it over a dog who will obediently return whatever you throw, running after a stinkin' stick as if it's a complete, mindless idiot, doing "tricks" to please people, ugh. I'd much prefer it if a dog would sometimes signal "go fetch your fucking stick yourself", but they're not wired that way. It's the obedient nature I detest.

anecdata time: my cat chilli will return stuff you throw for her probably 80% of the time

meanwhile, i occasionally walk a friend's springer spaniel who, 20% of the time, will refuse to chase a tennis ball, offering instead a haughty glance at the thrower

and they're both dumb as a bag of hammers

The O.G. Dogsby was a character in The Shiny Show on Cbeebies, it was my son who christened him Dogsby. But I think it is a splendid name as well, so much so I used it twice in one sentence.

BG you've shattered my worldview damnit.

Agreed that Dogsby is an ace name.

i'm an animal behaviour centrist i guess

don't have time to argue this one, but i will put it out here anyway:

"Freedom of the press" is, both foundationally and by its nature, indistinguishable from "Freedom of propaganda", and can only be defended at the expense of truth.