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FakeGAF Episode 5: The Thirst Awakens
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RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Nope, my job pays decently enough, and I'm fine with people making money. I just don't think people should make money purely because they already had money. I mean this is basically one of my biggest issues with capitalism, people privately owning capital means that they can use that capital to obtain more capital, so the people with the most capital can keep on earning more and more while the people with nothing can't do shit about it. It's a positive feedback loop that only really helps those who don't need the help. And don't take this as me thinking everything about capitalism is garbage, some very good things have come out of it and it's infinitely better than what came before, but there are fundamental things about it that I really dislike.
You Know Nothing
Member
Really love this guy's freckles.
I had to crop because it's a nude.
I'm assuming you feel the same about any apartment complex and rental company?
I'd much rather pay an individual than one of them if given the choice
pre-herpes Faye Reagan was my favorite porn star
Silphonica
Banned
downvote on freckles
fengshuifever
Member
On board with a light amount of freckles
Halcyon
Member
I'm surprised I don't have freckles. My mother is a straight up ginger.
Hit it and quit it homie.
Hit it and quit it homie.
You Know Nothing
Member
What about miniature American flags with 50 freckles instead of 50 stars?
fengshuifever
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Marrec, I'm about 3/4 way through Hard Boiled and man...I can see why this is your favourite Murakami joint.
I prefer Kafka only because of it's pacing but man Hard Boiled Wonderland is a damn blast to read through.
I prefer Kafka only because of it's pacing but man Hard Boiled Wonderland is a damn blast to read through.
You Know Nothing
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Only Murakami I've read so far is Norwegian Wood.
It was depressing. But I enjoyed it. It seems to be his most mundane work, but there's still this undercurrent of slight surrealism throughout.
It was depressing. But I enjoyed it. It seems to be his most mundane work, but there's still this undercurrent of slight surrealism throughout.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Would a good, progressive tax system (including not stashing money in Ireland or Panama or wherever) make things OK in your book? It makes things more palatable to me. I am not familiar with the UK, but I think it's appalling in the US how little the rich are taxed compared to Canada.
fengshuifever
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That's next on my list for sure.
There's something oppresively hollow about his writing while at the same time dreamy that hooks me by the cheek.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Welcome to London, where the traffic is shit and every day rains.
Norwegian Wood is a pretty good book but ya, for a Murakami book it's so mundane. Compared to his other works it is probably his most grounded, even his autobiographical book.
If you enjoyed Norwegian Wood you would probably really like The Wind-up Bird Chronicle as it's also very approachable like Norwegian Wood. I personally like his more esoteric stuff like Hard Boiled Wonderland and Dance, Dance, Dance.
I think it's a perfect example of Murakami showing all his strengths in characterization and surrealism mixed with a large dab of sci-fi that we don't really ever get to see again until IQ84 (which isn't as good).
Kafka's great, but Wonderland was a fucking revelation for me.
The protagonists in Wonderland and A Wild Sheep Chase (and Dance, Dance, Dance obviously) and many of his other works have this abstracted film noir stylization that is perfect to populate his surreal worlds with. Ugh, I'd honestly love it if he went back to the smaller style novels like Dance, Dance, Dance instead of these big epics like IQ84 and Kafka.
fengshuifever
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I'm with you there in agreement, the story hinges on these two characters rather than characters being swept up with the driven situation.
I get vibes of bio-cyberpunk (like how the mind goes through the shuffling technique) from HBW which I REALLY want more of in general
Sneaky edit : I enjoyed 1Q84 but I felt that the two book structure really hurt it in the long run which led to the last few chapters rushing to "wrap that shit up".
I agree with you where it's good but not GREAT.
And yeah I love his shorter more "intimate" stories (although I stand with my love for Kafka haha). I really hope that we get an official release of the short story collection collab between him and Itoi. Apparently it's absolutely batshit insane.
Double edit : I see those recommendations YKN! haha consider them noted
You Know Nothing
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Just to throw some random book recs out there.
I guess the general theme is literary and makes me crie evry tiem. A Little Life is seriously torturous by the end. Still not over its ending nearly a year later.
Tru dat.
I've read Fates and Furies and The Remains of the Day from that list, well, listened too anyway.
I'm not reading too much Fiction these days as I'm voraciously tearing through all of Audible's non-fiction category, mostly history. I've been able to build a very thorough understanding of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Once I'm done with this obsession I have a huge backlog of Fiction to get through
@marrec fyi fiction is usually lowercased. The last line made me think you were borrowing books from your sister for a minute
Ya I have a problem with needlessly capitalizing Words.
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Unrelated; I'm super part of the problem, I'm going to buy Worlds of Final Fantasy just because it looks so adorable.
I kind of owe you guys an apology for my attitude over the last couple of weeks. I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer but I've had a lot on my plate. My friend moved, my social life has been cut right down, I'm losing out on sleep, I'm getting older, and I haven't really achieved anything with my life. I'm two years from turning 30 and what do I have to show for my life? Nothing. At all. I just hate myself for not making the most of my life and now I'm at a point where its too late to do anything about it.
But I will get over it in time. I just need to take each day as it comes. I need to face facts that I done goofed with my life. The sooner I accept that, the better. I just wanted to apologise for the way I've been in here. I'll try and stop.
Hope you can forgive me.
But I will get over it in time. I just need to take each day as it comes. I need to face facts that I done goofed with my life. The sooner I accept that, the better. I just wanted to apologise for the way I've been in here. I'll try and stop.
Hope you can forgive me.
no worries!
it's never too late to make a change for the better. I was married to my ex for 7 years and when the divorce came it basically and predicatably ruined me. 6 months later my kidneys failed so as you can imagine I was in a pretty bad place.
this all went down about a year ago and since then I've been able to turn things around somewhat. I'm not saying this to brag but to give you an example that change for the better is possible.
it takes time and being around good people but it will get better. most of all though never tell yourself it's too late. I mean hell man, you are only 28. I'm 33 and I consider myself to be pretty young despite what I've been through.
keep your head up.
No worries. It's not too late to change shit until you're dead. Just start on something now and don't worry about thinking that it's too late to accomplish anything because you're in the process of accomplishing something. If I can paraphrase from the bible for a moment: stop worrying about what's behind you or you'll end up salty. That's how that story goes, right?
Hey, you're only 28 and there's a long, long time before you can start lamenting the lack of action in your life. Make a change now, get busy livin, and don't look back. You're young as hell and just entering the start of your physical and mental prime.
There are some old farts in this thread who are just getting on with doing something big and important in their lives, it really is almost never too late. You didn't goof and there's nothing saying that 10 years from now you won't be exactly where you want to be.
Also, no need to apologize, most of us are assholes here.
Lili I love Borderlands but that's too much Borderlands. At least play Tales from the Borderlands after 2 instead of the pre-sequel.
I did say we took the crown haha. And great gif, what a guy.I love how you don't even mention that you win the tournament. Or that you won the semis and the finals undefeated, and went 11-3 in the finals, the largest point margain and the highest score of the night.
This motherfucker
Theres two things that I think are important to remember when you consider age:
Age is relative. What we are keeping track of is how many years we're on the earth instead of what stage in our life we're at.
A fulfilling life doesn't need to be defined by anything in particular. Its important to enjoy yourself and experience the day to day. Achievements are nice, but they're only one aspect of what makes a life worth living
Its definitely hard to remember those with how western culture is but for me at least, its liberating to recall those from time to time
Alice Said by Screaming Trees has some of the most comforting guitar solos ever. They're Blind Melon - No Rain levels of groovy.
I love those songs. I'll keep linking them until I die.
I love those songs. I'll keep linking them until I die.
Lili I love Borderlands but that's too much Borderlands. At least play Tales from the Borderlands after 2 instead of the pre-sequel.
I did say we took the crown haha. And great gif, what a guy.
What game were you playing I mised this
Aww, that put a smile on my assholeish face.
My local (amazing) game night finally set up their first Rocket League tournament.
Usually I only go Thursdays but my coworker and I couldn't miss it.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Thats so awesome man. Congrats.
friskykillface
Banned
maybe I should play rocket league
vroooommmmm
Acrid winning and the warriors losing, coincidence :O
vroooommmmm
Acrid winning and the warriors losing, coincidence :O
No play DOTA instead.
LookAtMeGo
Member
Rocket League is amazing. Its probably the longest I've ever played a game steadily everyday. We had some fake gaf games going a while back.
I can see where you - and everyone else - is coming from, but I just feel like a failure. I look at my friends and they have their own homes, they're married, have kids, a successful job, etc. Then I look at me, and I see...nothing. I live in a flat, I've been single for nearly six years, I haven't seen my daughter in two years, and I work in a phone shop. I mean, Jesus, I have to question my very existence each and every day when I wake up. I ask myself why I'm here, why I'm alive, and would anyone suffer from me dying. And the answer is I have no purpose, and no-one would miss me. And then it takes every inch of restraint within my body to not kill myself.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
We'd miss you. I can tell you that with full confidence that everyone in this thread likes having you around. And don't apologise, you have nothing to apologise about. You've done nothing wrong.
Have you spoken to your GP about any of this? Please do if you haven't, you don't deserve to feel like this.
Silphonica
Banned
so uh, i got my new iphone and for the first time im using the dedicated messenger app.
Didnt realise this app saves all your sent pictures from way back in an easy to access folder. So my cock pics i sent to my ex ages ago are easily viewable if i give anyone my phone
great
Didnt realise this app saves all your sent pictures from way back in an easy to access folder. So my cock pics i sent to my ex ages ago are easily viewable if i give anyone my phone
great
Bah, do not think so. I am almost 31 and haven't achieved anything in my life, other than engineering diploma with which can I only wipe my butt, because there are no available jobs around here.
And I am still living at parents house, been single for over a year and my social life is quite boring.
But I believe that better times are around the corner. I hope so
You can't deem yourself a failure based on other people's lives. Everyone's got their own life and their own pace at which they do things, but progress is inevitable.
Halcyon
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My wife has a few floating around on hers and they got saved to her cloud. She uses an old iphone for music at her business which she runs with her sister.
You can see where this is going.
*screenshotted*
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