Like just to clarify I absolutely would like to expand my library
I just don't trust that you guys are not telling me to read 50 shades of grey in space
Like just to clarify I absolutely would like to expand my library
I just don't trust that you guys are not telling me to read 50 shades of grey in space
Like just to clarify I absolutely would like to expand my library
I just don't trust that you guys are not telling me to read 50 shades of grey in space
I guess if I wanted to wean someone off tie-in fiction and on to the good stuff but keep it within the same genre I'd try and get them reading the Vorkosigan books. They're highly readable, relatively slim, intelligent, character driven and funny SF adventures, but they stay accessible along with all that.
I think the benefit to Vonnegut is that it registers as profound even when you're pretty young. I can't imagine a kid reading Slaughterhouse and not feeling like they got something important out of it.
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HakkekageSpace Whore Academysumma cum laudeRegistered Userregular
Also read Lord of the Flies before they make you read it in class
I remember when we had a test in school with an impromptu essay portion and it was basically "analyze this segment" and I wasted a lot of time trying to write euphemisms and finally crossed it all out and went
Uhhh this is a rape scene
they're raping a pig
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CindersWhose sails were black when it was windyRegistered Userregular
Until the day comes when they shut down the NFL because all of the players' brains are being destroyed
It's a cash cow
And also enjoyable to watch!
actually i am heartily regretful that I was disdainful and scared of sports (mostly because gym class is a nightmarish joke) and was afraid to exercise for the first 20 years of my life, because now I enjoy it and wish I had built up a base when i was a teenager and it would have been much easier to build up said base
I loved gym class
Like I was never the greatest at most sports
Except hockey, and we didn't play ice hockey in gym class for obvious reasons
But we played floor hockey
And while the typical "jocks" stomped me in the other sports
With a hard orange ball on the end of my plastic hockey stick, I was a god
Until the day comes when they shut down the NFL because all of the players' brains are being destroyed
It's a cash cow
And also enjoyable to watch!
actually i am heartily regretful that I was disdainful and scared of sports (mostly because gym class is a nightmarish joke) and was afraid to exercise for the first 20 years of my life, because now I enjoy it and wish I had built up a base when i was a teenager and it would have been much easier to build up said base
I loved gym class
Like I was never the greatest at most sports
Except hockey, and we didn't play ice hockey in gym class for obvious reasons
But we played floor hockey
And while the typical "jocks" stomped me in the other sports
With a hard orange ball on the end of my plastic hockey stick, I was a god
Canada
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Deebaseron my way to work in a suit and a tieAhhhh...come on fucking guyRegistered Userregular
1 package of italian sausages links (remove from the case)
1.5 lubs of beef shoulder steak (cubed)
1 chopped red chilli pepper (i used whole dried and chopped the shit out of them until they were basically powder)
1 chopped jalepeno
1 chopped green pepper
1 chopped yellow onion
1 28oz can crushed tomato
1 tablespoon of cumin
1 tablespoon of cayenne
pinch of salt
a couple turns of the ol' pepper grinder
1 can kidney beans
a glass of merlot
a third of a Bitburger tallboy
Set it, stir and forget. In the morning I took my cocktail muddler and beat the shit out of it to shread the beef.
Until the day comes when they shut down the NFL because all of the players' brains are being destroyed
It's a cash cow
And also enjoyable to watch!
actually i am heartily regretful that I was disdainful and scared of sports (mostly because gym class is a nightmarish joke) and was afraid to exercise for the first 20 years of my life, because now I enjoy it and wish I had built up a base when i was a teenager and it would have been much easier to build up said base
I loved gym class
Like I was never the greatest at most sports
Except hockey, and we didn't play ice hockey in gym class for obvious reasons
But we played floor hockey
And while the typical "jocks" stomped me in the other sports
With a hard orange ball on the end of my plastic hockey stick, I was a god
Until the day comes when they shut down the NFL because all of the players' brains are being destroyed
It's a cash cow
And also enjoyable to watch!
actually i am heartily regretful that I was disdainful and scared of sports (mostly because gym class is a nightmarish joke) and was afraid to exercise for the first 20 years of my life, because now I enjoy it and wish I had built up a base when i was a teenager and it would have been much easier to build up said base
i think the thing is not finding a sport i enjoyed for a while
i still don't think i would enjoy team sports, because i didn't and i doubt i ever really will, they were really a drag (though i was forced to play them for forever, like i played soccer from 4th grade thru 8th at school - and also as a yout, and then basketball in middle school, and then in HS - i went to private school - they also made us do physical things, but i did lol 3rds squash and "physical fitness" to avoid doing real sports)
i do wish i'd gotten into lifting earlier though - especially in HS, but even earlier in college tho i started in college, because now it is my favorite thing, i fucking love it
and i found that i loved jiu jitsu when i started senior year of HS, when i had a chance to do an independent elective sport not at school - (which made me regret not doing wrestling in HS)
and i have always loved snowboarding though my opportunities to do that have varied and it's hard to go enough to get good
so what i think is important is - even if you do not like sports you should find something physical that you really enjoy and get into because there are all kinds of things
if not team sports, you can get into hiking, or running, or lifting, or kayaking or alpine sports or rock climbing or martial arts or yadda yadda yadda, you just gotta find the thing you like
i think this is important
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y2jake215certified Flat Birther theoristthe Last Good Boy onlineRegistered Userregular
Gym class was awesome when they'd just let us play basketball
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
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HakkekageSpace Whore Academysumma cum laudeRegistered Userregular
Also read Lord of the Flies before they make you read it in class
I remember when we had a test in school with an impromptu essay portion and it was basically "analyze this segment" and I wasted a lot of time trying to write euphemisms and finally crossed it all out and went
Uhhh this is a rape scene
they're raping a pig
Lord of the flies....
did we watch that with the Rifftrax on?
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CindersWhose sails were black when it was windyRegistered Userregular
I'm not even sure why, something in me recoiled from it
I did manage to finish it though
is it because all the good guys are brown and white people are the savages
huh
ronya
hmm
no, I don't think that was it. in fact iirc that particular point flew right past me when reading - wikipedia says it was A Wizard of Earthsea, I guess Earthsea is a series. some other review pointed it out to me, a while later, this was years ago
I think it was the magic system that I found repellent - I guess the author's excessive sense of enjoyment that a completely arbitrary magical system turns out to be working exactly the way she likes (WHAT A SURPRISE!) coming through the text
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I really think it is important to read stuff you don't quite get. It really helps you improve and eventually start to get that stuff.
There is also an amateur picture of a butthole in breakfast of champions too which is a treat
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
yes I'm not saying don't read Slaughterhouse Five
though I only read it relatively recently
but also read stuff that is sure to be enjoyable
Read Good Omens it is DA BEST
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I'm not even sure why, something in me recoiled from it
I did manage to finish it though
is it because all the good guys are brown and white people are the savages
huh
ronya
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how is it going
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I remember when we had a test in school with an impromptu essay portion and it was basically "analyze this segment" and I wasted a lot of time trying to write euphemisms and finally crossed it all out and went
Uhhh this is a rape scene
they're raping a pig
NNID: Hakkekage
Go read Fight Club as a teenager.
I loved gym class
Like I was never the greatest at most sports
Except hockey, and we didn't play ice hockey in gym class for obvious reasons
But we played floor hockey
And while the typical "jocks" stomped me in the other sports
With a hard orange ball on the end of my plastic hockey stick, I was a god
Atlas Shrugged
keep in mind in your suggestions that I am a massive prude
How you doin'
And I don't mean Joey Tribbiani how you doin'
I'm just trying to sound @casual
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1 package of italian sausages links (remove from the case)
1.5 lubs of beef shoulder steak (cubed)
1 chopped red chilli pepper (i used whole dried and chopped the shit out of them until they were basically powder)
1 chopped jalepeno
1 chopped green pepper
1 chopped yellow onion
1 28oz can crushed tomato
1 tablespoon of cumin
1 tablespoon of cayenne
pinch of salt
a couple turns of the ol' pepper grinder
1 can kidney beans
a glass of merlot
a third of a Bitburger tallboy
Set it, stir and forget. In the morning I took my cocktail muddler and beat the shit out of it to shread the beef.
Is good. Perfect amount of spice.
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The Bloody Murder of the Foul Prince Romero and his Enormously Bossomed Wife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGFev2BmnhE
We'll fix that.
Sex is a part of literature.
Like
Not as an insult, but it's a big part of the human condition.
It's important for young people to understand proper lubrication.
Don't worry. They made a TV movie where they fixed this.
Fuck I love hockey
i think the thing is not finding a sport i enjoyed for a while
i still don't think i would enjoy team sports, because i didn't and i doubt i ever really will, they were really a drag (though i was forced to play them for forever, like i played soccer from 4th grade thru 8th at school - and also as a yout, and then basketball in middle school, and then in HS - i went to private school - they also made us do physical things, but i did lol 3rds squash and "physical fitness" to avoid doing real sports)
i do wish i'd gotten into lifting earlier though - especially in HS, but even earlier in college tho i started in college, because now it is my favorite thing, i fucking love it
and i found that i loved jiu jitsu when i started senior year of HS, when i had a chance to do an independent elective sport not at school - (which made me regret not doing wrestling in HS)
and i have always loved snowboarding though my opportunities to do that have varied and it's hard to go enough to get good
so what i think is important is - even if you do not like sports you should find something physical that you really enjoy and get into because there are all kinds of things
if not team sports, you can get into hiking, or running, or lifting, or kayaking or alpine sports or rock climbing or martial arts or yadda yadda yadda, you just gotta find the thing you like
i think this is important
maybe i'm streaming terrible dj right now if i am its here
Everything is a metaphor for sex in great literature cB
"He put his keys in her bowl" = they boned
"Her eyes brushed over Mr. Bingley's fine gentleman's cane" = she's going to bone him
"Resistance spaceships disappeared in a puff of dust as the enemy platoon rained lasers upon them" = orgy
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Lord of the flies....
did we watch that with the Rifftrax on?
Like the gay sex scene in Gatsby.
And you don't want to know what Room 101 represents.
We'll wait, it's like 40 pages long.
Basketball was good too, because my school had a good mix of
Well, it had a good mix of races, is where I'm going with this
And we were very stereotypical about our positioning in basketball
Giant European guy at center
Both forward positions covered by freakishly athletic black dudes
Their shorter, smaller friend at SG
And middling white dude who can inexplicably hit every open 3 at Point Guard
btw dudes if ur really cool liek me u read COOL BOOX
hmm
no, I don't think that was it. in fact iirc that particular point flew right past me when reading - wikipedia says it was A Wizard of Earthsea, I guess Earthsea is a series. some other review pointed it out to me, a while later, this was years ago
I think it was the magic system that I found repellent - I guess the author's excessive sense of enjoyment that a completely arbitrary magical system turns out to be working exactly the way she likes (WHAT A SURPRISE!) coming through the text