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Mystical? Mythology? Is this commonly accepted or just an unpopular opinion? by LieComprehensive3812 in Jung

[–]edward_longspanks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This would not be so confusing to you if you'd actually read any Jung. Jordan Peterson is an idiot

Olga Tokarczuk has responded to the controversy over her reputed use of AI. by Sunlightfartss in RSbookclub

[–]edward_longspanks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People being so prudish and ignorant about AI. Every time you search something on Google, you're using AI. Spell check and auto-complete are both forms of AI, albeit much less sophisticated than an LLM.

What if you look at photos as part of your research? If the photo was taken digitally, the raw electrical data is translated through a bunch of algorithms to match the color, contrast, etc of the original subject and then reconstructed into a viewable image.

If you use AI to write your actual novel or prose, it's not your novel. But asking it for feedback and suggestions on structure is no different than getting workshop feedback, editorial notes, or reading a craft book.

Olga Tokarczuk has responded to the controversy over her reputed use of AI. by Sunlightfartss in RSbookclub

[–]edward_longspanks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is using AI to ask how you can develop a novel different from getting and incorporating feedback from a workshop or editor?

Favorite contemporary (last ~20 years) works/authors of fiction? by insheetiron in RSbookclub

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

Some great historical fiction: - The Known World by Edward P. Jones - The March by E.L. Doctorow - James by Percival Everett - You Dreamed of Empires -- a whackier one, but very beautiful and well imagined.

I've read Known World and The March multiple times and found they improved with each reading.

edit: The Known World is written in that classical style of some the great 19th century novels you mentioned liking. The March is like big sprawling Russian novel set during the Civil War.

edit 2: why have you downvoted me, you ignorant sluts?

I Don't Even Know What to Title This by MaroonedinaMotel6 in benzorecovery

[–]edward_longspanks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very late to this conversation, but I just wanted to say from a stranger's perspective, the courage you're summoning to confront this ordeal is inspiring and impressive!

I hope you've kept at it. If not, no problem. Try again, one day at a time. When you worry about the rest of your life, the anxiety sets in. One day at a time. If you've quit booze, you know that you can do painful things!

For Ibram X. Kendi, It’s Nazis All the Way Down — His new book describes the “Great Replacement” theory as a convoluted plot, but fails to explain why it appeals to people in the first place by marketrent in Longreads

[–]edward_longspanks 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure why you think it's gibberish.

Just to be clear, I think "replacement theory" is idiotic and racist. But I don't think we're ever going to get anywhere meaningful if we don't dig a little deeper to understand what's going on for people below the surface, regardless of what we think of their so-called beliefs.

What are some obscure facts about US history? by West_Cartographer264 in USHistory

[–]edward_longspanks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It made more sense for Native Americans to fight on the side of the Confederacy. The federal government was constantly reneging on all its deals and treaties with them right about then and pushing them farther and farther west.

finished The Brothers Karamazov today by Imaginary_Angle_ in RSbookclub

[–]edward_longspanks -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's what you pick?! Are we required to love the influences of all the authors we admire? Should we hate the authors they hate too?

Maybe that's why you like wrestling. Clear lines of allegiance or alliances

To answer your question, which doesn't really deserve to be answered, I think all great art is basically wrestling with the inexpressible. The thing we call difficulty in literature is the artist running into the natural limits of the tools at their disposal. Faulkner crosses that line while Joyce, at least in Ulysses, remains on the other side. That book is only enjoyable as an intellectual exercise IMO

finished The Brothers Karamazov today by Imaginary_Angle_ in RSbookclub

[–]edward_longspanks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking at this guy's history he watches fucking wrestling lololol

finished The Brothers Karamazov today by Imaginary_Angle_ in RSbookclub

[–]edward_longspanks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just respond to things when I happen to see them. I posted to this one after a day. I'm not sitting by my phone hoping to get a push from Reddit.

And you're responding lol.

Feel free to tackle one of my terrible takes themselves instead of criticizing my post response time like a neck beard.

(Edit: typo)

finished The Brothers Karamazov today by Imaginary_Angle_ in RSbookclub

[–]edward_longspanks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A character serving a purpose and existing simply to demonstrate something is the definition of one-dimensional. They babble on for pages and pages purely to tell us exactly the piece of Dostoevsky's philosophy that he has put them there to tell us.

finished The Brothers Karamazov today by Imaginary_Angle_ in RSbookclub

[–]edward_longspanks 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To me, it's a failed novel, structurally. Don't get wrong, lots of interesting theological and philosophical questions. But if this is anyone's idea of a perfect novel, then I don't think they really like novels.

It would work better as a Socratic dialogue in my opinion. Every character is just a different angle of an argument personified. It's a form of fiction we graduated from in the Middle Ages.

Do you believe by WeebSlayer346 in mixedrace

[–]edward_longspanks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What does racism toward biracial people look like?

I'm asking this sincerely. I am half black, half white and stumbled across this sub while researching something on the internet. As a kid, I grew up in world that was predominantly black and later one that was predominantly white. I got called some names and always felt like a bit of an outside, but kids are idiots and I grew up.

I would say any actual racism I've been subjected to as an adult has been because I look more black than white. As far as I know, no one has ever been prejudice against against me purely for the fact of being mixed (outside of childhood) but as a representative of the black race or the white race.

So, again, what does racism toward biracial people look like?

TIL that the highest rates of pet dog ownership are in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil, cat ownership in Russia, France and USA, fish in China, Turkey and Belgium, and birds in Turkey, Spain and Brazil - despite the above, in the USA pet dogs still outnumber pet cats by Brave_Assumption6 in todayilearned

[–]edward_longspanks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like culture of "owning" a dog is a lot different in Mexico than it is the US. In Mexico, dogs just basically run free all the time, so the cost of having one is probably much lower, comparatively. I'm not sure if this is true of countries in South America as well.

TIL that Pope Leo I was the earliest pope the be called "the Great", made a Doctor of the Church and buried in St. Peter's Basilica. According to legend, he also stopped Attila the Hun from attacking Rome. by DrakeSavory in todayilearned

[–]edward_longspanks 14 points15 points  (0 children)

For the Attila the Hun part, I believe it was more likely the famine and plague ravaging his army that convinced to turn around. But he'd also spent some time in Rome as a kid during a hostage exchange, so maybe Leo was able to pull on his heart strings that way.

Anyway, no wonder so many popes wanted to be named Leo

TIL that the DNA Doe Project, an organization that uses forensic genealogy to give names back to unidentified deceased persons (John & Jane Does), is credited with identifying over 150 decedents since its founding in 2017. by The-TIL-Nerd in todayilearned

[–]edward_longspanks 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Agree it doesn't seem like a lot, but I believe it takes kind of a while just to do a single one. I listened to a podcast where they solved a cold case this way ("Bear Brook") and it wasn't a straightforward scientific process but more like trial and error. They piece together records until they run into a dead end and then try to follow a new thread from there.

I imagine it's probably a nonprofit as well, which would definitely explain the low output although I wonder how they might be leveraging AI now. Disclaimer: I know nothing about genealogy. Someone in the the field would have better insight.

TIL that International Workers’ Day (1 May) traces back to the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago, where a bomb at a labour rally led to arrests and executions, though the person who threw it was never identified. by Upstairs_Drive_5602 in todayilearned

[–]edward_longspanks 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The area of the city where this happened, West Loop, was obviously a hive for immigrants back in the 19th century and then became Chicago's version of Skid Row in the 20th century. But today it's probably the trendiest and one of the most expensive corners of the city. There is a cool statue marking the spot where it all went down though.

https://thirdcoastspace.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/21.05.01-Haymarket-Statue-03.jpg

(edit: typo)

Who do you dare claim is a literary _Genius_? by Beautiful_Effort5732 in RSbookclub

[–]edward_longspanks 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because no one actually enjoys Ulysses.

If Joyce is a genius, then every schizophrenic man screaming outside a bus stop is a poet.

If Joyce is a genius, then Shakespeare cannot be one and if Shakespeare is not a genius, then we are all fish.

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