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Submarine Sandpaper
May 27, 2007


Aves Maria! posted:

"genre fiction" is usually reserved for pop novels/stories that adhere pretty faithfully to genre conventions

it's possible for a science fiction/fantasy novel to have a lot of depth beyond pure entertainment which I'd say usually would preclude it from just being genre fiction

Uhhh

Why would that preclude it.

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mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012

stone cold posted:

here let me give you a balm

if transformers was really secret communist propaganda, then would the director of their movies have made benjamin ghazi & kkkillary the movie

no but it doesn't stop CD from buying into it

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

Submarine Sandpaper posted:

Uhhh

Why would that preclude it.

the genre/literary fiction divide usually amounts to a question of "is there an overarching thematic/moral focus that could exist outside of the confines of the genre being used?"

it's the difference between, idk, katy perry and solange.

Lurdiak
Feb 26, 2006

I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.


mandatory lesbian posted:

no but it doesn't stop CD from buying into it

CD is fukken bad at understanding movies.

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown
on that note, it might have been unfair to slap that label on Simmons when I was really thinking of people like Salvatore

sudo rm -rf
Aug 2, 2011


$ mv fullcommunism.sh
/america
$ cd /america
$ ./fullcommunism.sh


stone cold posted:

what in the heck is a libertarian communist



:confused:

it's the correct answer

stone cold
Feb 15, 2014

sudo rm -rf posted:

it's the correct answer



:hf:

mandatory lesbian posted:

no but it doesn't stop CD from buying into it

ok here is another solution, thank god for my flowchart

never.....go.....to......c......d......

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012
i'll go anywhere i want, i'm a strong independent...man, sorry i guess i can't be perfect

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012
i don't actually read c/d anymore, i just remember that thread in particular cause it made me sad when people came in and interpreted the OP's readings as the actual factual what explosion shooty director man believed

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown
smg is a national treasure. he's either trolling or a headcase on the level of cool bear

stone cold
Feb 15, 2014

mandatory lesbian posted:

i'll go anywhere i want, i'm a strong independent...man, sorry i guess i can't be perfect

keep on keeping on

stone cold
Feb 15, 2014

im just readin the flowchart

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012

Aves Maria! posted:

smg is a national treasure. he's either trolling or a headcase on the level of cool bear

weird thing about smg to me is that i think he was right about Jurassic Park having a feminist overtone

stone cold
Feb 15, 2014

mandatory lesbian posted:

weird thing about smg to me is that i think he was right about Jurassic Park having a feminist overtone

💯



Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown
I never read that thread but I could see it

sudo rm -rf
Aug 2, 2011


$ mv fullcommunism.sh
/america
$ cd /america
$ ./fullcommunism.sh


Aves Maria! posted:

no genre fiction is "awesome"

lol shut up nerd

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012

Aves Maria! posted:

I never read that thread but I could see it

idk if he ever made a thread about it or what but i def have seen him write about it before, and then after re-watching JP i was like, "huh, that's not really far-fetched"

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012

wish the gif didn't cut out before Ian does his double-take

stone cold
Feb 15, 2014

mandatory lesbian posted:

wish the gif didn't cut out before Ian does his double-take

nothing is perfect, friend

treasured8elief
Jul 25, 2011

Salad Prong

You Mean A Great Deal To A Lot Of People posted:

You're the kind of person that people feel invested in. They worry about you when you're down and love to celebrate when you succeed. On bad days it can be hard to find worth in yourself, but know that others find it in you.

sudo rm -rf posted:

it's the correct answer


Libertarian is just an american word for anarchy anyway

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown

sudo rm -rf posted:

lol shut up nerd

never, you're going to take my bad opinions and like it

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Aves Maria! posted:

on that note, it might have been unfair to slap that label on Simmons when I was really thinking of people like Salvatore

I accept your apology.

Just to be clear, I'm not afraid to openly enjoy facile entertaining trash - I did read and enjoy the first 10 Sookie Stackhouse novels., after all.

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown
lol i don't know why or how but I got through, what, 4 or 5 seasons of True Blood?

the misadventures of the eternal hymen should've been my cue to stop watching but alas

Shbobdb
Dec 16, 2010

by Reene
Libertarian socialist. I've grown so moderate in my comfortable middle age.

stone cold
Feb 15, 2014

Shbobdb posted:

Libertarian socialist. I've grown so moderate in my comfortable middle age.

:rip: :corsair:

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Aves Maria! posted:

lol i don't know why or how but I got through, what, 4 or 5 seasons of True Blood?

the misadventures of the eternal hymen should've been my cue to stop watching but alas

I watched it all the way through.

Honestly, the books are better.

The Muppets On PCP
Nov 13, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

sudo rm -rf posted:

it's the correct answer



:wrong:

esto es malo
Aug 3, 2006

Don't want to end up a cartoon

In a cartoon graveyard

dont remind me about dan simmons please

Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown
glad to know i made the wrong choice

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

esto es malo posted:

dont remind me about dan simmons please

Porque, mi amigo?

Shbobdb
Dec 16, 2010

by Reene
While Stalin was fairly conservative on social issues, Mao was a huge reformer. Radical new architecture, women's lib, women's rights, etc.

Booourns
Jan 20, 2004
Please send a report when you see me complain about other posters and threads outside of QCS

~thanks!

Hey Fans, you realize that by giving out that 3 day probation for advocating presidential assassination, you cancelled out the week probation avs already had, basically punishing them less for it?

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Booourns posted:

Hey Fans, you realize that by giving out that 3 day probation for advocating presidential assassination, you cancelled out the week probation avs already had, basically punishing them less for it?

Just LOL if you think Fans reads this thread.

mandatory lesbian
Dec 18, 2012

Booourns posted:

Hey Fans, you realize that by giving out that 3 day probation for advocating presidential assassination, you cancelled out the week probation avs already had, basically punishing them less for it?

good, free avs

The Muppets On PCP
Nov 13, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

Shbobdb posted:

While Stalin was fairly conservative on social issues, Mao was a huge reformer. Radical new architecture, women's lib, women's rights, etc.

the way the test questions are written you can't game it just going by actual historical figures' ideology and there's too many questions to make it worth going through multiple times to max out each score

Horseshoe theory
Mar 7, 2005

Booourns posted:

Hey Fans, you realize that by giving out that 3 day probation for advocating presidential assassination, you cancelled out the week probation avs already had, basically punishing them less for it?

Mazel tov.

stone cold
Feb 15, 2014

Booourns posted:

Hey Fans, you realize that by giving out that 3 day probation for advocating presidential assassination, you cancelled out the week probation avs already had, basically punishing them less for it?

disliking avs, how dire

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

stone cold posted:

disliking avs, how dire

I love Avshalom, but she earns every probation. You can't take that away from her.

esto es malo
Aug 3, 2006

Don't want to end up a cartoon

In a cartoon graveyard

Absurd Alhazred posted:

Porque, mi amigo?

dan simmons has some very strong feelings about islam, friend.

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Aves Maria!
Jul 26, 2008

Maybe I'll drown
avs workmanlike dedication to her posting craft is admirable

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