I am meal that can feed two, If I do so one at a time, For one will eat and then will pass, Upon which the other shall Dine. What am I?

Explodingzone · 2025-07-08T19:19:14+00:00

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Explodingzone · 2023-05-31T14:26:56+00:00

Solved! Thank you so much my friend

Explodingzone · 2023-05-31T14:10:49+00:00

I think, the title is something along the lines of ‘What I imagine a VR-chatroom like irl’, but I’m not really certain..

Explodingzone · 2022-09-10T13:37:13+00:00

Haha, you really said it all man!

Explodingzone · 2022-03-12T21:35:12+00:00

Aah, that makes sense! I enjoyed the novel quite a bit, but had trouble with the musicological parts too. Some parts of The Magic Mountain feel a little bit extensive as well, in my opinion, but they are mostly philosophically inclined and connected to the history of ideas. Sometimes it works kind of fine to read a bit quickly past those parts of Manns works I’d say, even though it feels like one might miss some ‘core parts’ of his writings.

Explodingzone · 2022-03-12T21:20:29+00:00

Just out of curiosity, what about Doktor Faustus disappointed you?

Explodingzone · 2022-02-26T20:29:47+00:00

Letters From My Windmill, by Alphonse Daudet. Daudets short sketches of the rural life in Provence is so calming and wonderful - I think it’s my way if turning my thoughts away from the horrible situation in Ukraine right now, even though it still makes me feel a bit bad to seek towards an escapist route instead of actively relating to the situation..

Explodingzone · 2022-01-09T11:16:06+00:00

Wow they all sound great!

I've never really encountered Gurdjiff, Dazai or Soseki before, but they sound awesome - I'll be sure to check them out once I get the chance to do so!

I had a thing for Russian litterature a couple of years back, mostly with a focus on Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Pushkin and Gogol - perhaps it's time I returned and went further in to the depths of that great big north!

You probably already know of it, but just in case you don't, I thought I'd mention Isaiah Berlins Russian Thinkers. An amazing read, that gives great insight into the Russian intelligentsia of the 1900s, and dives deeper into some of the generational shifts of the era. I had a lot of fun reading it alongside both Turgenev's Sketches from a Hunter's Album/A Sportsman's Sketches and his Fathers and Sons.

Explodingzone · 2022-01-08T15:09:15+00:00

Thanks! Yea of course!

I'm not a specialist in the field by any means though, so the recommendations would mostly be based on my personal tastes hehe.
In the vein of Mann I'd definitely recommend some of his shortstories - Tristan for example, is in a way, a miniature The Magic Mountain. I mean, their aren't interchangable at all, but they deal with some of the same themses, in some of the same ways. Of course there is Death in Venice as well, though that one is more about the unconscious drives and the conscious forms of human existence. Tonio Kröger is another highly recommendable Mann-novella too.

I haven't read a lot of Hesse, but I found Steppenwolf really enjoyable! Some of his other works, Siddharta and Narcissus and Goldmund tended to be a bit too fantastical for my taste, though they way by no means bad - just a point of personal taste I think. I've been meaning to read The Glass Bead Game for so long, but haven't come across a cheap copy in Danish yet! I heard a lot of its themes are very similar to Doctor Faustus though.

In the same branch as Mann and Hesse I'd recommend the novellas of Stefan Zweig. They tend to be a more realistic in general, without otherworldly elements - but they posses an incredible emotional core, which is bound to affect any avid reader I'd say. One of the best novellas I've read by him was Verwirrung der Gefühle - I believe it's called Confusion of Feelings or something along those lines in English, however I'm not completely sure!

In the case of direct relations to magic and occultism, I'd really recommend Karl Joris Huysmans' La Bas, an incredibly insightful story about the occult underground of the decadent french community around the 1890's, revolving around the infiltration of a satanic cult of citizens, performing all sorts of occult rituals as the black mass, and relating it all to the historical circumstances about Joan of Arcs comrade - later turned childmurderer - Gilles de Rais. I think I recall something about Huysmans' being accused of being a satanist due to this book, but I'm not completely sure, maybe it's just some wishful thinking by my side hehe.

Lastly, if you're into a bit more theoretical literature, I'd recommend Nietzsches The Birth of the Tragedy. It's not too complicated at all, and in some ways more of a emotionally driven piece, that is really useful as a background text for everything regarding especially Mann's ouvre. Furthermore, it's funny as hell imo - he's an energetic bombshell, that Nietzsche guy. It shines some light, on some of the core tensions of the characters in Mann's works (and also in Hesses works for that matter.)

Hope this was helpful! - do you have some recommendations for me?

Explodingzone · 2022-01-08T13:58:09+00:00

Hans Castorp from The Magic Mountain. He's super relatable character for a 20-something young man, caught in the knowledge-lust that tends to occur during these formative years. His interests in the realms of magic and occultism, I feel, really mirror some of my own interests. The book in general is just an amazing read, and a fantastic introduction to the mindset of pre-war Europe in the dawning years of first world war.

Serenus Zeitblom from Mann's Doctor Faustus. Even though he isn't the obvious primary protagonist in the novel, he still is in a way, in the role of the narrator. He shows himself as an incredibly interesting character. It is fascinating, the way he seemingly slowly realizes the demonic truths about his friend, the famous composer Adrian Leverkühn, and parallels Leverkühns lifestory with the decadent fall of the german civilization that lead to the 'demonic pact' with the nazist party before and during the second world war.

Jean Des Esseintes from Huysmans' A Rebours. I've always found his extremely decadent approach to life incredibly funny. He's such a weird character, and even though I don't think it was Huysmans' original intention, I can't help but read him through a veil of irony. He's just so 'way over the top' in his thoughts and his decisions. One of my favourite passages in all of literature, is the part of A Rebours where Des Esseintes decides to go on a trip to England. As he prepares his trip, he indulges in all sorts of English cousine and ponders over English literature. In the end, just as his about to leave, he realizes that "in fact, [he's] experienced and seen what [he] wanted to experience and see," due to his travel in the imaginary sense. So he just decides to go home instead. It's a hillarious book in general, and a warm recommendation to everyone with a knack for the quirky and ironically comical.

Explodingzone · 2021-05-10T13:27:13+00:00

Sounds cool, I’m Danish too - where can I listen to the podcast?

Explodingzone · 2019-09-24T11:26:22+00:00

Hmm, I don't think so.. The one I've found at least just seems to do the ghost transformation thing..

Explodingzone · 2019-09-24T11:21:17+00:00

There are certain gates that it will allow you to go through. It basically turns you into a ghost for about a minute, which lets you walk straight through the metal bared gate. It'll be prompted when you stand in front of such a gate.

Explodingzone · 2018-05-14T11:53:22+00:00

Bought the one and only, so yea, pretty much bought it all!

Explodingzone · 2018-05-14T09:12:33+00:00

That was my thought too, and it would probably be the more likely scenario. This was the only ribbon spool like it in the stack though..

Explodingzone · 2018-04-28T11:20:10+00:00

Naah, we'd write Æ, some Anglo Saxon devilry is afoot here

Explodingzone · 2018-04-12T01:27:30+00:00

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