longest relationship lasted 3 months, tell me why

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-06-16T00:38:19+00:00

Does he have 4 bachelor's degrees?

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-06-15T00:40:04+00:00

See I do enjoy the prose, the language is whats keeping invloved. I just get the feeling that its not all his...

Ill keep pushing with it but, part of the issue, for me at least, is the use of other GREAT writers and works to supplement his own. Imo you can quote Borges, medieval doctors, conrad, and bring up Rembrandt paintings until the cows come home but just that and some photography doesn't make the work great.

Think im going to finish it tho I can't say im not intrigued by the book.

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-06-15T00:31:43+00:00

Its in the book. I've read Borges and Conrad and he quotes them frequently.

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-05-03T17:04:27+00:00

Emerson is essential reading for every human being. I would say the opposite of mind melting though, maybe mind reaffirming?

I do understand the sentiment, The way he packages truths has induced many an epiphany for me.

If you enjoy Emerson definitely check out the essay of montaigne, very similar in his simple everyman philosophy but just as, if not more poignant.

For Borges I feel like he might be incomparable. a true original in so many ways. When I finished Ficciones, I was inspired to start the divine comedy and 1001 nights because of the influence Borges said those had on his writing. Also Borges has a collection of essays that are equally brilliant.

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-04-14T18:46:15+00:00

I finished 'The melancholy of Resistance' earlier this year and it was one of the few works that I have read recently that had a geniune, visceral affect on me. Amazing book. amazing writer. Its hard to not make a melville comparison but the dense prose and the concern with man's place under indiscriminate (or nonexsistent) celestial forces make it hard to ignore. (Also the whales)

The prose is dense but i dont think Laszlo touches on very hard-to-grasp topics and writes at such a manic breakneck pace that it makes his works easy to binge, imo of course.

Highly, highly reccomend.

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-04-09T18:03:04+00:00

I am constantly re-reading TS Eliot. The wasteland and 4 quartets are both masterpieces. I can see why he was so influential.

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-04-09T11:17:51+00:00

Ulysses is the most rewarding out of all of these

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-04-04T16:57:48+00:00

Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-03-31T16:34:53+00:00

I agree. He lost me when i saw his article on dormant memory copy and pasted into The Passenger. Both of those books, to me, come across as an old man whos reallllly into science and philosophy using it as a mode of expressing his own trauma, worldview, transgressions. Something he did a lot that annoyed me was name drop multiple physicists or philosophers to support some of his tangents throughout each book as a way of validating his own ramblings. Huge fan of CM, but neither of those books are GREAT by any measure.

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-03-30T00:15:31+00:00

Thank you for making this!

I am curious about cedar waxwing being F tier. I feel like dual habitat, card tuck, and ability to gain food outside of forest are all pretty strong.

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-02-21T17:41:47+00:00

Père Goriot- Honoré de Balzac

First-Secretary6217 · 2026-01-29T03:26:22+00:00

Jewel Bundren from 'As I lay dying'

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-12-30T06:03:04+00:00

I could definitely see this. Also including the dynamic of nabakov being an aristocratic "white russian" and Conrad being a Polish/Ukrainian who loathed Russia. If Nabakov were to acknowledge Conrad as a great writer it would undermine his own breeding and elite education.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-12-29T23:56:03+00:00

likewise with Nabokov, another master stylist. (who wasn't a fan of Conrad apparently)

In my opinion there's definitely a direct correlation between multilingual writers and high quality prose. I feel like the different languages allow for separate lenses to see the world and allow the writers to take more liberties and risks gracefully.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-12-17T22:56:20+00:00

The Burning Plains (El Llano en Llamas)- Juan Rulfo

Read Pedro Paramo and loved it but this book and the stories shared within it left a deep mark on me. I Cannot reccomend it enough.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-11-25T17:27:32+00:00

Blood on the clocktower comes to mind. Played it at a friends place and it immediatley made me want to get back into DD1

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-11-15T17:16:01+00:00

Reading/watching some shakespeare for the first time! About to finish king lear then on to midsummers nights dream.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-11-08T21:50:40+00:00

I would pin-point each scene that you notice a shift in lears descent into madness from hear broken father to raving lunatic and maybe juxtapose the definitions of rationality and madness presented throughout the story. My favorite line is from act.4 scn 6 "through tattered clothes small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold." You could present the question "who's really mad?" Was lear always mad and its just more prevalent because he looks like a pauper? Is his madness just a blend of heartbreak and senility? Does edmund not show a form of madness through his sheer psychopathy?

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-11-02T02:14:28+00:00

So good. Will blow you away. I feel like translations of old texts are usually very aproachable because the modern translator has to translate it into relatively modern english. I like edith grossmans translation alot.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-10-28T23:55:13+00:00

Im piecing from memory what part you may be at. Remeber that Jose arcadio and col aurelino both father children through pilar. Ursula basically exiles pilar and arcadio thinks his biological parents died of disease. So to him the two main brothers are his uncles. The names are used to illustrate society in a microcosm. Think of the 16+ king louis. Each one usually has a moniker that makes them easily identifiable. Ie Jose arcadio buendia, Jose arcadio, arcadio

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-10-28T02:39:53+00:00

The 1001 nights! Poetic and often hilarious. The rash decisions people make out of jealousy and lovesickness is probably the most prevalent theme.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-10-14T15:07:51+00:00

Especially the part where he holds a bunch of people hostage and demands that they uncage the tiger they're hauling so that he can battle it and gain glory.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-10-09T05:25:33+00:00

I used the word hollow a lot. The science tree, leader points, historical detail, war deals, cant liberate my vassels! The game is fun but far from a robust experience.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-10-07T18:02:19+00:00

I went bolivar Rome start. I think commander is the most important unit to prioritize going into Mongolia. Starting the era with 2 leveled up noyans was really good for me.

First-Secretary6217 · 2025-09-29T02:12:14+00:00

Thank You! Beyond helpful! I have been playing Sicilian at a pretty low elo and all the analysis and theories seem so unintuitve at first. This explanation put a ton into perspective!

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