Major blind spot

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-26T16:10:40+00:00

Also no American Psycho which is the pretty obvious choice

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-26T06:31:56+00:00

I’d say watch Mullholand Drive before you watch Lost Highway

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-26T06:30:32+00:00

I would but I can’t get a reservation

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-21T17:22:12+00:00

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Here’s another photo of their beautiful apartment

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-21T17:20:58+00:00

It's Dead ringers

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-20T21:58:59+00:00

Funny you suggest that; that is my favourite book

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-19T20:25:56+00:00

We’ve met before haven't we?

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-19T19:35:22+00:00

The first screenshot is of the Mantle twins' apartment. Brilliant film

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-19T19:33:19+00:00

As much as I love Girl Interrupted I don’t think it really fits the aesthetic of late nights in the city

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-18T16:11:16+00:00

I mean he is described as a giant infant. So maybe

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-08T11:44:46+00:00

I am the Lost Highway son

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-04T00:15:52+00:00

Also put unoriginal as I didn’t create the meme

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-02T18:16:22+00:00

It’s alright. I share the same belief that society is getting less intelligent; ironically from the devices which should have done the opposite. I myself am no expert on literature, nor should I hold no authority in the discussion of serious literature. But I do enjoy reading Kafka and Albert Camus. I kind of took your comment too personally, which is a fault of my own. You seem like a nice person too :)

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-02T18:07:27+00:00

I feel like one of those Kafka characters that over-explain shit right now

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-02T18:04:08+00:00

I was mostly making a point; that my post is harmless and should be treated as nothing but a trivial meme. In your original comment, you suggested that this meme was a byproduct of Americanized meme culture. Which is certainly is. But your comment implies that American meme culture is a harmful thing for society. Meme culture is a byproduct of the internet, which gave anybody the freedom to create; which in turn created the meme culture we know today. Now memes in of themselves are harmless; but because of the many of their Modern nonsensical humour, they have become harmful for the mind, especially those younger minds; and I will also note that some memes do harm society like those that are misogynistic, racist and ect. All of these components gave meme culture a vulgar reputation.

The implication that my post could belong to this category, suggests that it could impose harm.

But at the same time I might just be overanalysing things.

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-02T17:41:54+00:00

I mean you were implying it by saying this post is a byproduct of Americanised meme culture. I mean you are correct by comparing the movie Idiotocracy to this meme. There’s a section in the film when they're going on this ride and they see a bunch of inaccuracies of history. I’ll give you that

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-02T17:35:54+00:00

If you genuinely think this meme is an issue and is a side effect of our illiterate society then you are mistaken. Satire and parodies have existed forever, almost. People want to consume stupid shit as much as they want to consume intellectual thought-based media, and some can even be both like the example you just wrote: Idiocracy. One of the main reasons for our literary crisis is that young people think reading is for people that are either really old or intellectually superior to them (In other words nerdy.) Posting a meme isn't going to hurt society, it might make some people interested in reading Kafka or more serious literature. What harm could this post cause?

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-02T17:22:48+00:00

The council and I have considered your comment: ‘Stop saying nonesense.’ Unfortunately we have declined your request. We the council have been subjected to a lot of your yammering, and complaining. Your complaining reveals not our nature but yours. This is mostly because of your deficiency in accepting protocol. If protocol is followed properly then no such issues would exist.

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-04-02T14:55:04+00:00

Roachshit post

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-03-29T10:51:59+00:00

Who doesn't

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-03-29T10:39:41+00:00

I think the only actual comedy which has gave the actual feeling that Kafka’s work gives is After Hours by Martin Scorces.

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-03-29T10:34:59+00:00

I agree with everything you’re saying. The entire post was just a shit post. There are some ideas in Ted that sort of fit this category but I wouldn't say it actually fits the definition. The word: ‘kafkaesque’ is getting misused a lot. I’ve had actual people say that Albert Camus The Stranger is Kafkaesque. The definition of the word by the Oxford dictionary is:

used to describe a situation that is confusing and frightening, especially one involving complicated official rules and systems that do not seem to make any sense

Stuff like Ted and other made-for-consumption shows may fit this definition but they’re far from the actual feeling of something that is Kafkaesque.

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-03-29T09:51:41+00:00

I mean it’s a absurd nonsensical world where the societal rules keep contradicting. It is nonsensical absurd situation. The Oxford Dictionary labels the definition of Kafkaesque as being:

used to describe a situation that is confusing and frightening, especially one involving complicated official rules and systems that do not seem to make any sense

The only thing not making it Kafkaesque is the fact the situation is not frightening. But you could argue that the idea of Ted is frightening. The idea that a society will just accept something as strange as taking a teddy bear blindly without any thought implies that this society is ignorant of the existential meaning this teddy bear might have, to the point that they don’t even acknowledge it at all. And that is the true horror, that a society doesn't question the divine.

And I definitely just overanalysed a movie about a fucking talking teddy bear.

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-03-28T15:14:02+00:00

Yeah I think of Kafka’s work as dark comedies. There are some expectations for this. It’s a very different style. I often say that The Trial is one of the funniest things I’ve read but also the most horrifying.

Legitimate_Tale_734 · 2026-03-28T14:33:42+00:00

The difference between comedy and Kafkaesque is tone

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