Status Update

Arlian is 85% done

Dear diary,

Today I continued with my miserable mental self mutilation by reading the uninteresting & uninspiring drivel of a theoryboi who offers nothing new, but is "successful" in "academia". As a teacher, I loathe the disintegration of protections for professors & teachers alike. As a reader, I think this man should be thrown out on his arse. Why do boring men worship the drivel of other boring men? Le sigh.

— Sep 29, 2025 01:15PM

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Arlian’s Previous Updates

Arlian is 91% done

— Oct 01, 2025 05:18PM

Arlian is 88% done

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— Sep 30, 2025 07:02PM

Arlian is 80% done

— Sep 28, 2025 06:14PM

Arlian is 76% done

I seriously don't know if I can make it to the end of this book. My insistence on finish this is clearly some sort of twisted masochism, a grotesque self-torture that serves no purpose but to make me miserable.

If you're reading this update, save yourself before it's too late: don't read ANYTHING by Eugene Thacker. He's an example of why academic sucks ass.

— Sep 27, 2025 08:30AM

Arlian is 74% done

I recently redownloaded Habitica, and joined a "read the beast" challenge to make me get a few huge books off my shelf. The goal is to finish a book that's over 500 in a month. This one isn't (only 400 pages). But this sure is a brutal best. God I have come to hate Thacker. I find the quality of his VERY thought lacking

— Sep 26, 2025 03:33AM

Arlian is 71% done

Doggedly, I persist.

I LOATHE this book. LOATHE.

— Sep 25, 2025 05:35PM

Arlian is 68% done

— Sep 07, 2025 03:16PM

Arlian is 60% done

— Aug 12, 2025 06:35PM

Arlian is 59% done

— Aug 08, 2025 08:04PM

Arlian is 55% done

Jesus christ this book is such a fucking slog