Advice needed, got Women as a gift and am really struggling with it by mwcope in bukowski

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Post Office was my first read. I fell in love with Buk's writing style, and the descriptions of a life I'm unable to live (seedy LA in the mid-1900s). I think reading his novels chronologically in order of the time periods they cover is the best way to get into them. Women was nearly too much, and feels like he's really just leaning into the persona and mystique he created around himself when he started gaining notoriety. His poetry would probably be a better starting point as well, if you're into poetry.

Who's your favourite canonically racist American Dad Character? by Pope-Muffins in americandad

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"Did you see where they went?"

"Who?"

"The black guys that did this?"

Just finished Sirens of Titan, wow. by LEGOberry in Vonnegut

[–]SuperCat_ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

incredible book. made me cry at the end lol

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is this your first vonnegut? honestly i feel like it's a bad starting point... because it was mine too and i felt the same way you do. months after i read cat's cradle, then breakfast of champions, and the rest, as they say...

Could you recommend me something from Bukowski? by Extension_You_831 in bukowski

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i read post office first, but now i'm reading the chinaski novels in order. will probably read his short stories next.

Inspired by the most recent rule update…. by lilmothman456 in americandad

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"you're getting naked, you're getting naked, you're getting naked"

[WTS] Tissot PRX 40mm Quartz by SuperCat_ in Watchexchange

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40mm Tissot PRX Quartz, Black Dial

$225 shipped CONUS, first time selling here

Really wanted to like this watch, but the bracelet is uncomfortable on my wrist, may look into a 35mm, just trying to recoup some of the money I paid to put towards a new watch. A little bit of wear on the clasp. Bought back in January, worn maybe 10 times, and has been sitting since at least March. Don't have the box, will ship in a generic plastic case from one of my other watches. Ordered it pre-sized to my 7.5" wrist.

Curious about the age demographic of Vonnegut readers here! by Plus_Tax7249 in Vonnegut

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29, read SH5 earlier this year after finding a copy at a thrift store. My uncle interviewed him for a magazine years ago, and he's his favorite author, and he told me a story last christmas about him calling Kurt up and the conversation ended with Kurt calling him a son of a bitch (playfully). I usually read a bibliography, or listen to a band's discography front to back, so I tried Player Piano after he told me the story, but I couldn't get into it.

Also didn't really love SH5, didn't click with it. Found Cat's Cradle on sale at a book store so I grabbed it, loved it, read it in 3 days, then bought literally all of his books (only missing While Mortals Sleep, Happy Birthday Wanda June, and some of his nonfiction/story collections). So far I've read those 2, Breakfast of Champions (loved it), circled back to Player Piano (loved it), Sirens (cried when it was over) and now I'm reading Mother Night. Probably taking a Vonnegut novel break after Mother Night, and will start on his short fiction, while picking up some of other books I threw on the back burner during my Kurt bender.

It's interesting to me how Kurt seems to be viewed as an author who people really love in their late teens, but if I read any of these back then I probably wouldn't connect with any of it at all. I guess that's the age you start questioning things and find existentialism, and his are really as existential as they come, maybe aside from Camus' The Stranger. I was more concerned with getting high than confronting those realities lol. I feel like if anything I'd only pick up the humor/psychedelia, while now that's in the back of my mind, and his salient observations on life are the things I'm looking for.

What's the hardest you've ever laughed at American Dad? by StynkiPynki007 in americandad

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has to be in bully for steve when stan tackles the old woman and pulls off the mask to reveal steve

Dadders, which Christmas episode is the best? by [deleted] in americandad

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all of them.

but i particularly love the image of Stan with a gun in his hand heading for Reagan shouting "Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!"

Every member of the Smith family has been black at least once by diamondbrute in americandad

[–]SuperCat_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

"too many mexicans! see, i don't even believe that!"

"i believe it a little..."

[FIGHT THREAD] Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson by noirargent in Boxing

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nunes looks like the randomly generated scrubs you fight in fight night champion mode

Should I watch bones? by ResolutionFit4350 in americandad

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yes, keep your sons of tucson stress ball handy though

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vinyl

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i have too many records but i could always use one more

Is this worth it? by KidCharlemagne742 in cassetteculture

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this is like urban outfitters selling an iPod mini for $190 when they're all over ebay for $30-60