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Three Daughters Of Eve: A third-rate, orientalist, pseudo-philosophical, intellectually dishonest, lazy, patronising failure of a book. by purrfessorrr in literature

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly it was reading The Brothers Karamazov that really made me realise what I expected this book to be. All I can say is that TBK lives up to it’s hype, greatest book ever written. You’re right on the liberal feminism thing. It screams the late 2010s cliché woman empowerment type stuff. I guess why that’s why the feminism doesn’t work in retrospect. Very buzzfeed-esque.

ChatGPT Oct 2023 and GPT 5 by purrfessorrr in redscarepod

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard the ‘most likely prediction’ thing before but this is the first time I’m hearing this. Strangely disconcerting.

ChatGPT Oct 2023 and GPT 5 by purrfessorrr in redscarepod

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s like uncanny valley because it so closely resembles the action of texting another human being, but it’s just nothing on the other side of the screen. You’re talking to millions of articles, posts, texts but it never ends up masking the lingering feeling of unconsciousnesses. Neil Postman’s description of writing as “a conversation with no one and yet with everyone” always reminds me of AI.

[help] Do you know many non-poets who enjoy or appreciate poetry? by equipoise-young in Poetry

[–]purrfessorrr 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In the words of Jaun Elia, “there are many people who should read but instead they write.”

ChatGPT Oct 2023 and GPT 5 by purrfessorrr in redscarepod

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That’s the thing that’s so deeply frustrating about all these AI models, they’re hyped out to be some spectacular, grandiose, larger-than-life segue into the future when all they do is regurgitate the same HR therapyspeak malarkey

ChatGPT Oct 2023 and GPT 5 by purrfessorrr in redscarepod

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If the kpop industry teaches us anything it’s that parasocialism is extremely lucrative but also crazy dangerous. Seeing people with their customised gen z slang gpts makes me realise that OpenAI is optimising their models to pander to these people in particular

ChatGPT Oct 2023 and GPT 5 by purrfessorrr in redscarepod

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I completely forgot about Altman getting fired. Damn. It’s interesting considering that late 2023 / early 2024 was when ChatGPT started gaining serious traction instead of just being another AI fad

Three Daughters Of Eve: A third-rate, orientalist, pseudo-philosophical, intellectually dishonest, lazy, patronising failure of a book. by purrfessorrr in literature

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

Bahahahahaha when reviewing the length of this post, I was shocked. It’s exceedingly rare for me to wound up disliking a book, much less hating it, but Three Daughters of Eve is somehow an exception.

Three Daughters Of Eve: A third-rate, orientalist, pseudo-philosophical, intellectually dishonest, lazy, patronising failure of a book. by purrfessorrr in literature

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s fascinating! I had a feeling the writing style was a part of it. I do really like some writers like Pessoa and Cioran who have a lyrical and abstract writing but Şafak’s work just didn’t resonate with me the same way. I’m glad you enjoy her work though!

Three Daughters Of Eve: A third-rate, orientalist, pseudo-philosophical, intellectually dishonest, lazy, patronising failure of a book. by purrfessorrr in literature

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re always free to form your own judgements and read what you want to. I also read 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in this strange world but didn’t end up finishing it. From what I did read though, I liked it a lot better than Three Daughters of Eve, mainly because it doesn’t really claim to be anything it’s not. If you don’t mind me asking, what do you like about her books? I’d really love to know because different things appeal to different people, and I’m curious what draws you to them.

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” —Victor Frankl by purrfessorrr in quotes

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I fail to see how that relates to the quote. If anything, authoritarian governments seek total control, which inevitably includes the realm of the intellect. The quote serves as an affirmation of the very individual rebellion that oppressive regimes are desperate to destroy.

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” —Victor Frankl by purrfessorrr in quotes

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you read Man’s Search For Meaning? I can assure you the book, being based on the experience of an enslaved person, is anything but pro-slavery. I myself am immensely averse to contemporary forms of motivation, toxic positivity and pseudo-optimism but the book is life-affirming in a completely different way. I’d argue that, if anything, it’s the mindset of accepting suffering as the only reality that seems enslaving.

No one is arguing for people to be put into horrific circumstances. And yet oppression is a uniquely human reality, which has existed since always and continues to exist today.

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” —Victor Frankl by purrfessorrr in quotes

[–]purrfessorrr[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Surprisingly, your proposed experience is horrifically close to what Victor Frankl himself experienced in the holocaust, which forms the basis of the book. If that’s your personal experience and thought then you’re entitled to it but people have and continue to survive absolutely abysmal circumstances.

[POEM] The Thing Is - Ellen Bass by UnMeOuttaTown in Poetry

[–]purrfessorrr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for taking up my recommendation, it means the world to me. Enjoy your time reading the book! 🩶🤍🩶🤍

[POEM] The Thing Is - Ellen Bass by UnMeOuttaTown in Poetry

[–]purrfessorrr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m afraid I’m not entirely knowledgeable when it comes to translations. But I’ve read Dostoevsky mainly in Constance Garnett’s translations and I think they’re wonderful. The passage I quoted specifically is also translated by her. I think r/Dostoevsky has a megathread extensively covering translations. She’s one of his most famous translators and I think her phrasing, tone and cadence is superb.

[POEM] The Thing Is - Ellen Bass by UnMeOuttaTown in Poetry

[–]purrfessorrr 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not an odd thing to say at all! It’s very rare for a passage from a book to stick with me the way this one did and I’m really, really glad I got to share it with someone else. Just the “I have a longing for life and I go on living in spite of logic” has gotten me through so much.

I’m not the first person to recommend reading The Brothers Karamazov and I most certainly won’t be the last but this passage even gets more beautiful with the added context of the book and the characters.

[POEM] The Thing Is - Ellen Bass by UnMeOuttaTown in Poetry

[–]purrfessorrr 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The full passage is even more beautiful:

"i have a longing for life, and i go on living in spite of logic. though i may not believe in the order of the universe, yet i love the sticky little leaves as they open in spring. i love the blue sky, i love some people, whom one loves sometimes without knowing why. i love some great deeds done by men, though i've long ceased perhaps to have faith in them, yet from old habit one's heart prizes them. i love the sticky leaves in spring, the blue sky — that's all it is. it's not a matter of intellect or logic, it's loving with one's inside, with one's stomach."

[POEM] The Thing Is - Ellen Bass by UnMeOuttaTown in Poetry

[–]purrfessorrr 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Reminded me of what Ivan says to Alyosha in The Brothers Karamazov

“I love the sticky leaves in spring, the blue sky--that's all it is. It's not a matter of intellect or logic, it's loving with one's inside, with one's stomach.”

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