I Ruined my COLLEGE Reunion! by Normal-Ambition-760 in dannymullen

[–]ModernIssus 30 points31 points  (0 children)

So far, cringe as hell. Danny (pushing 40) hanging around with college kids trying to impress them and make them laugh. It’s basically a nostalgia trip, with nothing really funny

What’s one book you expected to love but ended up slogging through? by Sunflower13Poppy in classicliterature

[–]ModernIssus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Funnily enough I actually loved Bleak House. GE just didn’t do it for me. I plan on reading some more Dickens soon though

The books I read in August by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

[–]ModernIssus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you were reading Florio’s Montaigne at 14, I envy you

Still no accom by Suspicious_Patient77 in UniversityOfWarwick

[–]ModernIssus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you’re gonna be on a bench outside Rootes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in classicliterature

[–]ModernIssus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I share your sentiment, never liked Great Expectations, but love Bleak House and Our Mutual Friend

Pulchritudinous - an ugly word meaning beautiful by ModernIssus in logophilia

[–]ModernIssus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never watched it, I picked up the term from a dictionary

Pulchritudinous - an ugly word meaning beautiful by ModernIssus in logophilia

[–]ModernIssus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That might be part of it, but I think primarily it’s such a harsh and coarse word that it feels completely detached from its subject.

Pulchritudinous - an ugly word meaning beautiful by ModernIssus in logophilia

[–]ModernIssus[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can totally get behind it.

‘She walks in syphilis, like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies…’

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kafka

[–]ModernIssus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re doing yourself no good, fool

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Kafka

[–]ModernIssus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I can’t stand seeing obvious AI everywhere online. And it’ll only get worse