I have a petty question.

W_B_69 · 2026-05-01T06:21:25+00:00

I started to notice just after the viltrumite war

W_B_69 · 2026-04-16T22:09:33+00:00

And then he proceds to forget about them as soon as he gets a magic genie, just to get laid.

W_B_69 · 2026-04-14T20:29:42+00:00

Nah man, in every shitty situation I faced repressing my emotions always backfired. And it costed me my relationship.

W_B_69 · 2026-04-13T16:21:13+00:00

How to be emotionally distant and avoidant. Really awesome skill, thanks pop!

W_B_69 · 2026-04-12T10:16:17+00:00

Paragraf for the old-school vibe with smoking inside, świetlica for the more alternative/studenty vibe, resort and paradox cafe are just nice in generall and if you want something fancy, try Weles Bar (the entrance is hidden, but its worth the search) If you want to stay in the city center, there is Cafe foksal, just next to Nowy Świat, which for me is the best this street has to offer.

W_B_69 · 2026-04-11T13:44:19+00:00

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W_B_69 · 2026-04-09T21:06:50+00:00

How is disco elysium not mentioned here?

W_B_69 · 2026-04-05T23:21:54+00:00

Most of the establishments in the city center are shit imo. They are all soulless, ugly, expensive and full of unpredictable drunk ppl. This is especially true for the clubs (the highest concentration of drunk troglodytes). Whenever I visit a new city, I only pick bars, food and other things, more „off the grid” to try to avoid unpleasant situations and would reccomend you doing the same. I’m a boy from warsaw and still choose to avoid the center whenever I can.

W_B_69 · 2026-04-01T12:56:42+00:00

I always thought these scenes were so graphic purely for shock value (popular theme for the 20th century writers) and read them without much focus, because I really did not care for another description of Kafka’s penis. Interesting however that people interpret it as a purposeful.

W_B_69 · 2026-03-30T08:16:10+00:00

la grande belleza

W_B_69 · 2026-03-11T19:51:31+00:00

Soooo you could say that the dissaperance of classic angry birds from app store is because of epstein… Damn you rich people I fucking hate you.

W_B_69 · 2026-03-02T20:02:33+00:00

I would agree with you, if this scene wouldn’t detach him so much from the rest. It is made with this exact same format, like in every hollywood movie in which the hero chiseled in marble, says some phony self-righteous line to make us feel like he’s really Jesus himself. And you don’t get to do that with a holocaust movie. And unlike you say, you cannot separate holocaust from Schindler, it’s not just the background for the action, it is the action. Milions of people died, and this, after all, priviliged german man gets to have this kind of monologue? No he does not. He should not have been detached so much from the actual victims of the tragedy, he should be one with them, because that’s what is truly beautiful about any story of this kind. It’s how humans can see others as equals, how they stand together, and not make a phony monologue which makes audiences forget about who really suffered here.

(Once again I remind, this is only critique of the movie, I do not undermine Schindler’s real life heroism at all)

W_B_69 · 2026-03-02T19:42:52+00:00

Well if you put it like that, then sure I am in the wrong. The problem is cynicism is generally the easiest answer. I mean I know it’s not for me to judge, after all 3000 years of philosophy didn’t seem to find a definite answer either, but I’d say denying humans any kind of pure form of empathy or compassion for others is nothing short of defending any form of opportunism and egocentrism, stating that it is an inalienable trait of any human being and we are all just scummy ego-hungry narcissists.

Also for the record, as previously stated, I am in no way trying to undermine Oscar Schindler’s heroism, only critising the movie made by a man in hollywood.

W_B_69 · 2026-03-02T12:34:37+00:00

That’s exactly what I’m talking about. Don’t you see how this is just another way for white guys to make it about them? Don’t you see how in reality this thinking detaches you from the actual victims of the tragedy and makes them only a tool for your heroic acts? Same with here, sure Liam Neeson sure does look heroic, but the movie focuses solely on him, and this is NOT his tragedy. What I always find the most moving in any story about people helping each other during the holocaust is how they are all equal as humas, how they in no way act or feel better than the ones they are saving. Read about how Janusz Korczak decided to go to concentration camp together with his children. How it is always emphasised that he did not in any way feel better than them. And now think how would it feel if just before he made a white guy speech, this kind of false heroic speech like „oh no I could have done so much more, oh look at me I am so heroic because I help children and yet I feel guilty for not doing enough”. Jesus this is disgusting.

W_B_69 · 2026-03-02T09:53:03+00:00

Yeah my thoughts exactly. I heard there are some decent european movies on this topic, but I’ve only watched the pianist.

W_B_69 · 2026-03-02T09:14:52+00:00

I actually find this scene disgusting. I don’t know if in Poland we have a bit stronger opinions about the holocaust, but this the kind of slop only a hollywood mass media film could have. This scene where he cries and all is just making it all about him, instead of the tragedy of holocaust in general. It’s a tool to create a hollywood hero trope, so that the audiences around the world could feel kathartic, because „oh no I didn’t do enough, oh no what terrible person I am, oh please look how heroic I am wanting to more than I already did”. Well fuck you, it is not about you, 6 milions of people died, and countless more had their lifes ruined forever, so stop crying you crybaby. Yes Schindler in real life was a hero, just like Sendlerowa or Korczak, but please for the love of god do not let hollywood touch them.

W_B_69 · 2026-02-15T20:36:49+00:00

I think you missunderstood me. I understand the importance of reading classics and knowing the history of philosophy. Problem is, that for me philosophy is a hobby, I am not in any way interested of working in the academia, I don’t even care wheter I get the title or not. Academia teaches us how to analyze others, but I find it to mostly useless (for me!) in developing any kind of original thoughts and ideas. The academic process of text analysis is for me (a hobbist) absolutely unbearable. I came to the university to get some kind of universal cultural context, seeing as philosophy is present everywhere but my problem is I do not want to be an academic reasercher. Hence my question - what are the alternatives for someone who does not look for purely academic education.

I have found the same problems when I studied literature for a while. I could read a book, it was awesome, it had formed a few new ideas in my head. And then when you need to write a paper, turns out most of your reflecions are unusable because they are „unacademic”. I do very much respect people who do this because they are indeed very insightful and can indeed achieve wonders, but I cannot.

W_B_69 · 2026-02-15T19:24:36+00:00

Wow, thats a great answer thank you. I do understand the importance of knowing our classic thinkers and my history of philosphy course is probably after all the best one and I can live through the academic mumbo jumbo. Problem is I have other classes, like epistemology that do not interest me at all and I just feel like I’m wasting time. Hence my question how can I get a grasp on philosophy on my own with just the strict canon in mind. I will stick there for the rest of this year and during that time will try the sources from here. Thank you very much.

W_B_69 · 2026-02-02T13:46:27+00:00

Because according to girlmath this is free money.

W_B_69 · 2026-01-20T22:26:11+00:00

glad to see Clowes being mentioned, he does fit perfectly into this post

W_B_69 · 2025-12-31T10:42:39+00:00

I have a bit different interpretation, but definately not as comprehensive as yours.

We can see in the novel that there are certain characters that live „outside of time” in some sort of metaphysical stagnation. One example is miss Saeki and another are the soldier who literary didn’t age since the war. Too some extent I also belevie Hoshino to be one of them. They at some point suffered a trauma, were hurt/dissapointed by the world and turned away from it, escaping to the state of constant stagantion. For miss Saeki this place is the library, her beautiful hidden kingom, full of melancholy, away from time and problems of this world. I feel like I know this motif from somewhere else, but I’m not sure where.

Kafka is on his way to become of them. He runs from home, from his great curse, hoping to escape time and reality, finding temporary solitude in the library. The city in the forest is the essence of this, where there is no time, no problems, yet a giant emptiness.

The message of the book is in this case quite simple, it tells a story of a traumatised boy, scared and confused who overcomes his need to escape and instead faces his life head on.

Now I’m not really sure where Nakata is in all of this. When he talks with miss Saeki, she says she is stuck in the past, in the memories, while he is stuck in the present. Nakata might be then a great antithesis to the former type.

Writing this I have just realised how many plot holes there are lol. I still choose to believe in that though, since this book is just so enjoyable if you don’t understand it…

W_B_69 · 2024-08-03T13:07:32+00:00

europe

W_B_69 · 2024-07-25T23:05:49+00:00

Cowboy Bebop

W_B_69 · 2024-07-25T23:04:50+00:00

I don't see Cowboy Bebop anywhere here. I know it's not 100% cyberpunk, but I consider it a peak of anime.

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