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"perfect male characters don’t exist" => José Arcadio generation 4
- same name as his dad and all other male parents before him (practical)
- only ever described as having a massive penis (we love unrealistic body images when they’re forced upon men)
- immediately fucks off with a bunch of gypsies never to be heard of again (does not manspread on the narrative)

why has he accomplished in 45 pages more than me in my entire life

Well I was not mature enough for this in high school

Sad to report the girls are fighting. We’ve got a diss on Malcom Gladwell, which is probably fair and more educated than me, but can we not have fun with dot-connecting as a treat?
Happy to report a high five has been given to Matt Parker though, another star in the world of putting complicated things simply.

Few things I enjoy more than a satirical writer with statistical training

The Mónica Ojeda vibes are strong

I’m not sure I understand everything that’s going on considering everyone is named Thomas and most of the plot advances in subtext, but somehow the pages keep turning

not my uneducated ass asking chatgpt "who is the Emperor in wolf hall" because the book considers it so common a piece of knowledge it never bothers explaining it

It seems I am a slut for English History which is funny considering I skipped that class all through English high school. Mr. Loxham if you’re reading this: my b girl

This is getting old

I am reading this again after just 3 months <3
It’s that good.

Sadly I was tainted by the wretched Netflix adaptation before I ever got around to the novel (one need not have read it to feel the absence of Austen in that movie), but I have faith in Jane to get me anyway.

"[…] had buried his parents after both died in the absence of insulin.” Type 1 diabetic here. I wanna make one thing clear. If the apocalypse happens and I am not immediately given a lifetime supply of insulin I am taking all of you down with me. I have nuclear weapons in my home and by God if I die you die so you functional-pancreas motherfuckers better stack the fuck up

But would this even be possible though? Isn’t influenza particularly dangerous BECAUSE of its long incubation period? It just seems like any model of a 48-hours-and-you-die infectious disease wouldn’t be able to spread across the world that easily… is there enough symptomless time to infect others without being quarantined?

I’m enjoying the book but she must have been insufferable to confine with during COVID

I’ve been warned by my Argentinian partner who saw me reading this that if I ever show support of Perón or peronismo I will instantly become single. So. Still not sure what it is but at least I know where he stands on the issue.

The decade I spent fucking around instead of paying attention in History-Geography class is catching up with me. Not only do I need to open maps to know where Paraguay is but even when it refers to the 1848 French (-> me <-) revolution I just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

its me im the europeos

A clinic I WOULD be interested in would be one that makes me forget everything about Donna Tartt’s Goldfinch so that I could read it again for the first time.

I like the narrator but when it gets to Bulgarian socialism I have to say it’s just… a bit dull I suppose. The flag scene? Not necessary. Dreading picking it up again.

You read books that are alright and fun and interesting and then you open Joan Didion and 15 words in you’re reminded just how high the bar goes

Unfortunately I just… don’t care about a lot of that stuff

Noooo I got cheated out of the cooler cover <\3

Also… sick freak (approbative)