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This book is just https://xkcd.com/356/ but all the nerds you bag have terrible taste.
— Jun 23, 2026 06:04PM
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Big fat terminal branch in the evolution of English literature
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Turns out the biggest innovation of the internet was to make it so we could all access the stupid ramblings of random members of our communities without circumventing censorship bans.
Censorship bans being bad does not necessarily mean that this dynamic is good.
— Jun 28, 2026 05:46AM
Censorship bans being bad does not necessarily mean that this dynamic is good.
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Without being too overtly traditional, one does wonder why a society in possession of several proven traditions that say “hey don’t be a gluttonous lecher” would then produce Internal Thoughts of the Gluttonous Lecher, Parts 1-900.
I’m not saying they can’t or shouldn’t, I’m just asking why they WOULD.
— Jun 24, 2026 11:01AM
I’m not saying they can’t or shouldn’t, I’m just asking why they WOULD.
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Jun 23, 2026 09:26PM
lol. But… it’s a classic! (I gave up last time I tried reading it on like chapter 4.)
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I can only assume that there’s some historical reason it’s a “classic”, and I have to assume it’s the vein of Irish nationalism that runs throughout, and so at least it’s a little funny because I have never read any book that displayed the Irish in this negative a light.