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I should've related to him but didn't. Raskolnikov on the other hand...

pomenitul, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link

and sorry that definitely was xpost to CAL xpost again

Hunt3r, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link

I mean "posing fuckin spoiled a-hole" is a somewhat accurate description of probably myself as a teenager and a lot of other teenagers I knew at the time. It's just part of growing up.

silverfish, Friday, 5 April 2019 20:53 (five years ago) link

damn i hated catcher, "what a posing fuckin spoiled a-hole" was my angle

the point of the book

jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 5 April 2019 21:00 (five years ago) link

or in other words camaraderie otm

jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 5 April 2019 21:00 (five years ago) link

as usual i replied before reading the whole conversation it's a great method of posting i recommend it

jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 5 April 2019 21:01 (five years ago) link

I've always thought Don Quixote sucks because i'm not an imaginary 16th century Castilian petit bourgeois having a psychotic breakdown for comic effect

Boles to the Wolds (Noodle Vague), Friday, 5 April 2019 21:03 (five years ago) link

the point of the book

j., Friday, 5 April 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link

Windmills. Jesus Christ. They can drive you crazy. They really can.

Yerac, Friday, 5 April 2019 21:16 (five years ago) link

judging a book based on whether you relate to the main character or whatever.. not classic

brimstead, Friday, 5 April 2019 21:25 (five years ago) link

not trying to diminish your controp brimstead. Just inanely cackling at my own shitposting paedo humour before i go to bed.

calzino, Friday, 5 April 2019 21:34 (five years ago) link

hmm i really dont wanna read this to defend my 14 y/o crit skills and furthermore will not, what’s remarkable about it again?

Hunt3r, Friday, 5 April 2019 21:58 (five years ago) link

dunno, maybe the bit where rolf tells you about the time he played the wobble board for the queen?

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 5 April 2019 22:05 (five years ago) link

i'm so fucking proud of my thread revive

my controversial opinion is that saying "catcher in the rye" is a good adult book isn't actual a controversial opinion, it just contradicts one of those bits of "received wisdom" that people believe only because it's so obviously wrong. like "whatever does not kill me only makes me stronger", everybody loves to quote that even though it's patently fucking obvious that very frequently whatever doesn't kill you will make you weaker. (i will derail this fucking thread away from "catcher in the rye" if it kills me.)

Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Friday, 5 April 2019 23:31 (five years ago) link

(i will derail this fucking thread away from "catcher in the rye" if it kills me.)

read that in Kathleen Hanna's voice (sorry anticipation for 120 second song poll)

Colonel Poo, Friday, 5 April 2019 23:43 (five years ago) link

Just inanely cackling at my own shitposting paedo humour before i go to bed

be fair now, he assaulted women of sexual maturity all the way into their 50s

blokes you can't rust (sic), Friday, 5 April 2019 23:55 (five years ago) link

Oh man I forgot 'new radio' that song slays

rip van wanko, Friday, 5 April 2019 23:56 (five years ago) link

controversial opinion: "lol paedo" jokes about people who assault teens and adults are erasure and part of the problem

blokes you can't rust (sic), Friday, 5 April 2019 23:58 (five years ago) link

lol CP

|Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 6 April 2019 00:12 (five years ago) link

a lot of hate for the book might be people seeing a bit too much of their teenage selves in him

This is known in lit crit circles as Smelt-it-dealt-it-ism.

Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 6 April 2019 00:29 (five years ago) link

oh totally my basic original take this poseur douchebag is you is me- that’s not insight IT’S FUCKING OBVIOUS, my lil twin, doppelganger, hypocrtite lecteur!!! 14 y/o Hunt3r says fuck that SADDOS *puts on c-60 with New Day Rising and JFA and minor threat*

Hunt3r, Saturday, 6 April 2019 03:13 (five years ago) link

Most films should be 90 minutes or less.
Most albums 10 tracks/45 minutes.
Most books 200 pages.

what if bod was one of us (ledge), Monday, 15 April 2019 13:45 (five years ago) link

> Most albums 10 tracks/45 minutes.

autechre

koogs, Monday, 15 April 2019 13:55 (five years ago) link

Exceptions are permitted. Their track counts are usually pretty tight!

what if bod was one of us (ledge), Monday, 15 April 2019 14:02 (five years ago) link

https://www.discogs.com/Gescom-Minidisc/release/43153

koogs, Monday, 15 April 2019 14:03 (five years ago) link

Most films should be 90 minutes or less.

god i long for this

peter jackson, so much to answer for

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 April 2019 14:07 (five years ago) link

Pretty sure the only controversial opinion along these lines is 'video games should be shorter and emphasize quality over quantity'.

pomenitul, Monday, 15 April 2019 14:10 (five years ago) link

Jazz albums should be 5-6 tracks/40-45 minutes.
Autechre would be better if their albums were only 45 minutes long, and I say that as someone who bought that 8CD NTS Sessions box and loves it.
Books can go as long as 300 pages; after that, you're mostly just jerking off.

shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 15 April 2019 14:10 (five years ago) link

Most films should be 90 minutes or less.
Most albums 10 tracks/45 minutes.

OTM on films. Albums should be under 40 minutes or GTFO.

Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Monday, 15 April 2019 14:12 (five years ago) link

I tend to gravitate to long books. But books worth reading are extreme outliers, and so what's true of 'most' doesn't necessarily apply.

jmm, Monday, 15 April 2019 14:14 (five years ago) link

OTM on films. Albums should be under 40 minutes or GTFO.

I almost put 40 but Violator is my idea of a perfectly timed album and it's 47, couldn't go too far under that.

what if bod was one of us (ledge), Monday, 15 April 2019 14:18 (five years ago) link

xxp
tell that to Anthony Braxton whose latest release is almost 11 hours long of "Ghost Trance Music" - weird experimental vocal music in plain speak!

calzino, Monday, 15 April 2019 14:19 (five years ago) link

Ach I hate these hard-rules for running times
Books films albums can be as long or as short as they need to be but their length (or brevity) should always be justified
In general most albums longer than 40 minutes feel too long to me, for sure

flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 15 April 2019 16:16 (five years ago) link

Ach I hate these hard-rules for running times
Books films albums can be as long or as short as they need to be but their length (or brevity) should always be justified

I'm not advocating for cutting down Godfather II or anything but good christ fuck LoTR and Harry Potter for every comic book movie w/an hours worth of plot being bloated up to 2.5 hours

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 April 2019 16:51 (five years ago) link

yep

fremme nette his simplicitte (darraghmac), Monday, 15 April 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link

"Night mode" is useful and worthwhile in the context of coding in an IDE or text editor and utterly masturbatory in every other app/website/entire OS.

Dan I., Wednesday, 17 April 2019 00:48 (five years ago) link

Dang, white on black is so much more pleasant to me.. can't imagine ilxing without it

brimstead, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 01:00 (five years ago) link

Most films should be 90 minutes or less.
Most albums 10 tracks/45 minutes.
Most books 200 pages.

― what if bod was one of us (ledge), Monday, April 15, 2019 8:45 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Most of these things just straight-up shouldn't exist in the first place, is my controp.

A Cheetah Drenched in Applesauce (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 01:10 (five years ago) link

Roasted root vegetables are played out. I’m sick of that shit. Bring me a tomato for god’s sake.

mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 01:20 (five years ago) link

Fuck a tomato

don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link

Who wants to eat a whole ass tomato

don't mock my smock or i'll clean your clock (silby), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link

it’s true 9 out of 10 tomatoes kinda suck

d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 01:40 (five years ago) link

or even half of an ass tomato

Mordy, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 01:41 (five years ago) link

Roasted root vegetables are played out. I’m sick of that shit. Bring me a tomato for god’s sake.

― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, April 16, 2019 9:20 PM (thirty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

sure but what will i do for the other 10 1/2 months of the year?

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 01:54 (five years ago) link

We need some winters vegetable disruptors

mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 02:00 (five years ago) link

Bring me a tomato for god’s sake.

otm

mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 02:04 (five years ago) link

yes, the best vegetable (fruit) after fresh picked corn

Dan S, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 02:18 (five years ago) link

Corn is trash. Love good tomatoes.

Yerac, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 02:24 (five years ago) link

We need some winters vegetable disruptors

― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, April 16, 2019 10:00 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

do some quick pickling to freshen things up

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 02:27 (five years ago) link


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