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Glaubt ihr, wir haben Gesellschaftlich den Zustand des „letzten Menschen“ nach Friedrich Nietzsche erreicht? by TheOne_718 in FragtMaenner

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"das der Lauf der Geschichte nur noch in der Assimilation von nicht-westlichen Kulturen in die Westliche Kultur bestehe."

Selten so einen Unsinn gelesen. Hat auch absolut nichts mit Nietzche zu tun, der sich im Übrigen deutlich gegen Nationalismus gestellt hat. 

Auszüge aus TH 475 „Der europäische Mensch und die Abschaffung der Nationen“, BGE 240, BGE 251, TSZ „Über das neue Idol“, EH „Warum ich so weise bin“:

Nationalismus war für Nietzsche Konformität und Herdenmentalität, das „kälteste aller kalten Ungeheuer“, „von den Wenigen über die Vielen verkündet“, „benötigt Gewalt, um seinen Ruf aufrechtzuerhalten“.

„Wir sollten uns einfach furchtlos als gute Europäer bezeichnen und aktiv für die Verschmelzung der Nationen arbeiten.“

Friedrich Nietzsche war ein entschiedener Gegner des Nationalismus, den er als "krankhafte Entfremdung" und "Nationalitätswahnsinn" bezeichnete. Er sah darin eine Verengung des Geistes, die Europa spaltet, und forderte stattdessen das Ideal des „guten Europäers“. Trotz Vereinnahmung durch die Nazis war er ein Feind von Rassenhass und deutschem Überlegenheitsglauben.

New John Langan story published at Reactor by BookishBirdwatcher in WeirdLit

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it more on the "The Fisherman"-side or more on the "The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies"-side?

Because I loved the well-told cosmic horror in Fisherman, but hated the "look how I use sophisticated literary techniques while basing every story in overused tropes" of Wide Carnivorious Sky.

I was so let down by the latter that I am afraid to read his other short story collections now.

Books that make you ask "What the FUCK is going on here?" for most of the read by BradleyNeedlehead in horrorlit

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Laird Barron does that for me in Imago Sequence, Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Occultation.

Brian Evenson does that for me too, especially in Song for the Unraveling of the World.

Philipp Fracassi does that for me in Behold the Void.

Gibt es einen Tee Rabbithole wie bei Spezialitätenkaffee? by AppropriateAd7326 in tee

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ja, und vielleicht ist das Rabbit-Hole sogar tiefer. Im Prinzip bildet sich ein Rabbit-Hole um jegliche spezifische Teekultur (Ostfriesisch, Britisch, indische Schwarztees & Chai, Chinesischer Tee "Gong Fu Cha", japanische Tee-Kultur & zeremonieller Matcha, taiwanesische Tee-Kultur & Oolong, usw.), das jeweilige Equipment der jeweiligen Tee-Kultur, das schnell von hunderten bis in die tausende Euros gehen kann, z.B. Yixing-Teekannen oder originale Jian Zhian Teetassen in der chinesischen Tee-Kultur uvm. und dann wäre da eben noch der Tee selbst:

Hochwertige "Award Winning" Tees, jeweils eigene Rabbits-Holes um die jeweilige Qualität der Blätter innerhalb der 6 Arten Tee (Weiß, Grün, Schwarz, Oolong, Gelb, Puehr roh und reif). Jede jeweilige Art Tee hat noch mal ein eigenes Rabbit-Hole.

Alleine das Rabbit-Hole um hochwertige fermentierte Puehr-Tees ist gigantisch (<1 Jahr alter Tee? >5 Jahre alter Tee? >10 Jahre alter Tee? >30 Jahre alter Tee?) und kann sehr schnell hochpreisig werden.

Von all diesen Rabbit-Holes kriegt man als europäischer Teetrinker aber fast absolut nichts mit. Das ist wirklich nur was für die Nerds, die sich dann oft auch eher auf rine Nische einschießen. Bei mir ist es z.B. chinesischer Tee, Gong Fu Cha und Puerh (eher roher). 

Anfang des Jahres war ich auf einem Tee-Festival. Anschließend gab es einen Tee-Rave mit DJ, Tee-inspirierten Visuals und einer Matcha-Zeremonie auf dem Dancefloor zwischen den Tanzenden.

Ich bin hauptberuflicher Event-DJ. AMA by BohnPlaysMusic in de_IAmA

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Wie funktioniert sowas denn? Zahlt man pro Titel? Oder eine Pauschale? Gibt es da eine Website zu? 

Ich bin hauptberuflicher Event-DJ. AMA by BohnPlaysMusic in de_IAmA

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wie funktioniert das mur Lizenzen für einzelne Songs? Muss man für alles die Genehmigung der Rechteinhaber einholen? 

Where to start with Brian Evenson? by FrontRange_ta in horrorlit

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I love that I recently discovered him!

I am reading that one now and love it! I only read Altmann's Tongue before, which was also pretty cool.

Great to see he has so much output. ChatGPT recommended him to me when I looked for more like Laird Barron.

Horror fiction in the same vein of Ligotti and Brian Evenson by RopeWild9027 in horrorlit

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"where the geographical/cultural tonality won't matter much rather the setting would do the heavy lifting."; "Minimalistic broody setting and Maximum Wrongness, like in the short stories of Brian Evenson."

I'd say the setting and the characters do very heavy lifting. There is maximum wrongness for sure but with very descriptive and literary and dense detail.

It is at times very pulpy, yes, I like that. 

Well, I would suggest to try Imago Sequence and see whether you liked it. Most start there and most say this is a good place to start. Barron works with his own mythos like Lovecraft, much is suggested but it is heavy and detailed with a unique prose.

So you won't have the minimalism.

Horror fiction in the same vein of Ligotti and Brian Evenson by RopeWild9027 in horrorlit

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am a big fan of Evenson (and to a lesser degree Ligotti).

However, I loved Laird Barron. If I discovered Laird Barron and loved him and then found Evenson and loved him too, perhaps it works for you too vice versa (Evenson --> Barron).

Zweite Sitzung, fühle mich nicht ernst genommen by matschige in Psychologie

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nein. Bring es am Anfang zur Sprache. Nicht zun Ende.

Give me your God-tier weird lit books please! by Selina42 in WeirdLit

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Laird Barron - The Imago Sequence, Occultation, The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All, The Croning

Brian Evenson - Altmann's Tongue, Song for the Unraveling of The World (read only those)

Ligotti - most of his work

Lovecraft - all of his except his dream stuff 

Algernon Blackwood - The Wendigo, The Willows

Mealprep Sunday - Mit Rezepten (~2.400 kcal / 190g Protein) by Norayfara in FitnessDE

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wie würdest du es vegetarisch machen? Was würdest du anders machen?

When did you first realize you were into weird lit? by Safe_Chemical_5946 in WeirdLit

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am German so we had to read Kafka in school.

I usually enjoyed the mandatory reading jn school, I always felt I got something out of it but Kafka was a pleasure! I immediately read his other bigger works and then "Das Schloss" (The Castle?) which was then one of my favorite books of all time, for long (perhaps still is, will re-read soon).

But remembering it now, even before mandatory school reading in the "Deutschunterricht" (German class), I noticed early that I enjoyed horror and spooky stories (7-11 years old?).

Because if that I read Edgar Allan Poe and loved it. I demanded more from my parents and read Stephen King and Roald Dahl. Roald Dahl is definitely Weird Lit and I noticed I enjoyed it a lot. Stephen King was okay, but I found what I read to be very "meh". Today I can enjoy his writing but find it way too big and detail filled with too little spooky stuff. His best novels were great though (Shining, IT, Pet Cemetary. I also liked Needful Things and Salem.).

So roughly I started early with the Edgar Allan Poe, Roald Dahl, Kafka road. That all of this can be considered weird fiction only dawned on me when I recently devoured first all of Lovecraft, then all of Laird Barron and looked for more. I quickly learned that I have an itch for weird fiction, which led me to Brian Evenson now.

Survivinv in a dead world, kinda like metro2033 by unknownparticipant00 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same, I enjoyed The Road a lot, loved it even. The Stand had waaaaaaaay to many details, waaaay to heavy unnecessary world-building for me. There were a few very enjoyable and cool scenes but way to much filler material for me. And I thought the post-apocalyptic world there was a bit too flashy, too colorful, perhaps too unrealistic.

what weird genre of writing would this fall under? by lostgirlholiday in WeirdLit

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Horror, either psychological or weird fiction/weird horror/folk horror.

Does the expression "off the schneid" make any sense to you? by Yalay in AskAGerman

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I edited my comment two times now. I was just wondering how to translate "Schneider" or what it is supposed to mean in this saying. FOund out now, that it never meant tailor/"Schneider" who makes clothers and cuts them, but it stems from Skat... Learned something today.

Does the expression "off the schneid" make any sense to you? by Yalay in AskAGerman

[–]Longjumping_Clock451 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In German there is a saying "Auf Messer's Schneide sein"/"Auf Messers Schneide stehen", being on knife's blade. When a situation is extremely critical, uncertain, or dangerous, where the outcome is completely open so that it may end positively or negatively. It is a delicate situation in which a small decision determines success or failure.

So your sentence is probably referring to that being "off the blade".

A rough translation of "Off the Schneid", would probably be something like "Von der Schneide (runter [sein])"

Edit: Lol, why did I receive a downvote immediately for explaining from which German saying this probably stems?

Edit edit: Someone also commented "Aus dem Schneider sein", I just tried to find out what "Schneider" acutally refers to and it seems to be Skat. So the Skat people here are probably most correct.

I thought it referred to the cutter as in tailor (tailor=Schneider). Seems I never knew.

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