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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:12
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Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

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he doesn't give up does he
I find it amusing watching the inexperienced people react to him
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:11
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Apparently it's mah burfdai.

I don't read any books that make me look intelligent.


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Colleagues only gasped when I was reading 700+ pages, like Llosa or Demons. Like "Whooooa look at the size of that."
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:10
Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

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he doesn't give up does he
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:10
Oops, I didn't see the new Shred.

Mark, you missed my very boring message about Leon Clarke, lucky you.
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Points: 5575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:08
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lol that museum would be horrifying to visit.
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:08
Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

 
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Yea, the Fountianhead isn't the deepest most incredibly mindf**king book out there, but it's still damn good.

I'm reading the Sophocles version.

I'm not going to speak on my thoughts about Ayn as a writer and philosopher, but my point was that if someone wants to look intelligent, that is not the book to suggest. I think even a big ole Neal Stephenson book might be better than that.

Aeschylus did not write anything about Oedipus. I was mentioning it because he's often read with Sophocles because they're like the two most famous ancient Greek playwrights. He was earlier, and clearly the Greeks had more tolerance for boredom in the early days of theater (I guess it's like us today trying to sit through a TV show from the '70s).

Didn't he write an Oedipus trilogy? Or at least arrange one? 
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Apparently it's mah burfdai.

I don't read any books that make me look intelligent.
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:05
 
Originally posted by Andyman1125 Andyman1125 wrote:


Yea, the Fountianhead isn't the deepest most incredibly mindf**king book out there, but it's still damn good.

I'm reading the Sophocles version.

I'm not going to speak on my thoughts about Ayn as a writer and philosopher, but my point was that if someone wants to look intelligent, that is not the book to suggest. I think even a big ole Neal Stephenson book might be better than that.

Aeschylus did not write anything about Oedipus. I was mentioning it because he's often read with Sophocles because they're like the two most famous ancient Greek playwrights. He was earlier, and clearly the Greeks had more tolerance for boredom in the early days of theater (I guess it's like us today trying to sit through a TV show from the '70s).
if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:02
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Birthdays


Shocked

I was wondering why it didn't say it was their b-day on my FB before realizing you live in a different time zone so it's already tomorrow hur hur hur


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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:02
@Henry I don't but... well, I dont't
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:01
Originally posted by Andyman1125 Andyman1125 wrote:

Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

uh

LOL


You guys gave some surprisingly serious answers already, so I thought it's time to finally ruin things.
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 17:00
Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

 
Originally posted by Andyman1125 Andyman1125 wrote:

Read The Fountainhead if you want to "impress" your teachers, although they won't care anyway.

f**k The Fountainhead, it's not hard to read, it's a best-seller, it's just too goddamn long. You're right about Animal Farm, though, that's not hard either. Try something that's actually difficult to get through, like Russian literature or Heart of Darkness or w**ker philosophers like Proust. The best would be to pretend you understand Finnegan's Wake, except that nobody would believe you.
 
Originally posted by Andyman1125 Andyman1125 wrote:

 OMG The Oedipus Cycle is on my book list this year as well yusssssss

Sophocles is actually somewhat interesting, but Aeschylus is soo boooooring. CHORUS CHORUS I LOVE TO HEAR THE CHORUS SPEAK
 
Originally posted by SolarLuna96 SolarLuna96 wrote:

I posted that because I felt that highschool=adulthood.

What the f**k no you have no idea what is going on



Yea, the Fountianhead isn't the deepest most incredibly mindf**king book out there, but it's still damn good.

I'm reading the Sophocles version.
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 16:58
Originally posted by The Truth The Truth wrote:

uh

LOL
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 16:56
 
Originally posted by Andyman1125 Andyman1125 wrote:

Read The Fountainhead if you want to "impress" your teachers, although they won't care anyway.

f**k The Fountainhead, it's not hard to read, it's a best-seller, it's just too goddamn long. You're right about Animal Farm, though, that's not hard either. Try something that's actually difficult to get through, like Russian literature or Heart of Darkness or w**ker philosophers like Proust. The best would be to pretend you understand Finnegan's Wake, except that nobody would believe you.
 
Originally posted by Andyman1125 Andyman1125 wrote:

 OMG The Oedipus Cycle is on my book list this year as well yusssssss

Sophocles is actually somewhat interesting, but Aeschylus is soo boooooring. CHORUS CHORUS I LOVE TO HEAR THE CHORUS SPEAK
 
Originally posted by SolarLuna96 SolarLuna96 wrote:

I posted that because I felt that highschool=adulthood.

What the f**k no you have no idea what is going on
if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 16:56
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How about that Objectivism?
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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 16:55
@Matt oh duh, I forgot, I read it like 8 months ago and havent really analyased it.
@Andy, That's just... sad
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 19 2011 at 16:55
Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

Originally posted by SolarLuna96 SolarLuna96 wrote:

What was the point of Newspeak anyway?

The idea was that the people couldn't revolt or think freely or anything because they simply didn't have the vocabulary to express anything Big Brother didn't want you able to.

That's why its vocab decreased and they were trying to obliterate Oldspeak.
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