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zoux posted:There's a reason this stuff is quarantined to separate hell threads in both political forums my dude All expression is inherently political.
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zoux posted:Oh sorry I was focusing on the part where you said that everyone in the thread was a gross misogynist because they didn't like YA, and then I was pointing out that's the exact same "lovely" thing all those popular authors did. That's pretty much the only thing you see social justice critique used for anymore, since it turned out to be completely impotent against anyone with actual power, and its contradictions mean you can pretty much cancel anyone for anything if you get your narrative in place before they do. You don't hear 'privilege' much anymore once people started actually bringing class into the equation. Parakeet vs. Phone posted:
As in many things, I think Japan was just ahead of the curve here.
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Similar to how so many Japanese games and shows are based on high school, because that was the last time they felt truly free with options ahead of them.
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That ain’t it ch- uh, sir.
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there wolf posted:A lot of it is Goodreads which has become the worst synthesis of terrible online people and publishing companies trying to pander to them. But where else can you have authors who can barely string two words together beg you to "honestly review" their self-published books and then publicly explode in impotent rage when you do? Goodreads is the best.
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Tiggum posted:But where else can you have authors who can barely string two words together beg you to "honestly review" their self-published books and then publicly explode in impotent rage when you do? Goodreads is the best. I haven't done anything with Goodreads in years, but it seemed like it was becoming one of those places that had just enough moderation to deter overt trolling and poo poo, but not enough to run off the toxic fragile types who will gaslight about how they don't like drama and mean people then blowup over anything negative or critical. Reasonable people either get run off for antagonizing them, stop showing up because only talking about how great something is is boring, or get brainwashed into the hivemind.
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This guy I used to work with self-published his horror book on Amazon and asked me to read it. It's free, so I figured why not. It's about a secret military experiment that created a skeleton that is jet black and rips out people's skeletons. It fuckin sucked. The book says that it just rips their skeletons out of their mouth. How? I think that's what I hated the most.
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Untrustable posted:This guy I used to work with self-published his horror book on Amazon and asked me to read it. It's free, so I figured why not. That at least sounds hilarious.
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Nov 16, 2019 13:40
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What are you talking about, that sounds fuckin RAD
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Nov 16, 2019 13:41
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Like if a terminator knew mortal kombat fatalities
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Nov 16, 2019 13:46
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Untrustable posted:This guy I used to work with self-published his horror book on Amazon and asked me to read it. It's free, so I figured why not. I heard that this the real reason why the military buried Bin Laden at sea. He got skelly-snatched.
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Nov 16, 2019 13:56
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It's on Amazon. Pretty sure it's still free. It's called Stravlin Black. Try to ignore the typos. Also is there a word for when you use the completely wrong word thinking it means something different? Because that happens a fair bit in the book.
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“posting”
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Is there a place where I can make a thread to just dunk on this book? It's very not good. Amazon's Excerpt posted:The strange sensation of being watched comes over Emma as she unlocks the front door to her house. Slowly, she turns to see a woman standing near the snow-covered sidewalk. The woman’s face is emotionless, eyes haunted-looking, and her mouth is hanging agape. No clouds of breath leave her open mouth and she shows no notice to the cold even though she is wearing a white T-shirt with blue sweatpants. It’s in this moment Emma notices she is barefoot in the snow and her instincts shriek about the danger they sense. Emma cautiously offers, ”Hello?”
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Untrustable posted:It's on Amazon. Pretty sure it's still free. It's called Stravlin Black. Try to ignore the typos. Also is there a word for when you use the completely wrong word thinking it means something different? Because that happens a fair bit in the book. Hahaha, I read a bit and he goes right away in to black skeleton ripping people's skeletons, no mystery, no thrill, just THERE, black skeleton out of the blue killing a lady without explanation. Edit: And oof, that wasn't a very good writing.
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You could do a let's read in the Book Barn.
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Theres always the PYF terrible book thread in this very forum; https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3728926
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Untrustable posted:Also is there a word for when you use the completely wrong word thinking it means something different? Because that happens a fair bit in the book. Whatever the word is, it should invoke The Eye of Argon somehow, with its crimson emeralds and lithe, opaque noses
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Desperado Bones posted:Hahaha, I read a bit and he goes right away in to black skeleton ripping people's skeletons, no mystery, no thrill, just THERE, black skeleton out of the blue killing a lady without explanation. Just reaches in her mouth and removes her skeleton. Read on for the part where the military guy is kinda creepy about the now-orphaned daughter. It's...weird. I might do a let's read. It's not a very long book.
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BioEnchanted posted:You could do a let's read in the Book Barn. Ya do a let's read and post the link here so I don't have to go searching for it 
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Phy posted:Whatever the word is, it should invoke The Eye of Argon somehow, with its crimson emeralds and lithe, opaque noses I've been listening to the podcast of My Dad Wrote a Porno and oh my god it's like a classic Eye of Argon reading. Really helps that the hosts are very funny and witty "breasts hanging like pomegranates"
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Untrustable posted:Also is there a word for when you use the completely wrong word thinking it means something different? Because that happens a fair bit in the book. Catachresis, maybe? If he's using a similar-sounding word (as in "Jesus healed the leopards" instead of "lepers,") it's a malapropism.
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Untrustable posted:Is there a place where I can make a thread to just dunk on this book? It's very not good. BioEnchanted posted:You could do a let's read in the Book Barn. sick of Applebees posted:Ya do a let's read and post the link here so I don't have to go searching for it This must happen. Scratch Monkey posted:Is the entire book written in present tense like that? Yeah, this seems like a bold choice. Wait, I'm getting a vision... I... I... think tense will change without warning multiple times throughout. Maybe even within the same paragraph.
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https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/1195533985847357445?s=20 Didn’t Mr. Verrit here have lead roles in the campaigns of these same people?
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Scratch Monkey posted:https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/1195533985847357445?s=20 Yes, he used to be terminally embarrassing, possibly even transcendentally. Then he unbroke his brain and he's been on a steady leftward turn since then. It's the Peter Daou Redemption Arc and I continue to be flabbergasted.
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Scratch Monkey posted:https://twitter.com/peterdaou/status/1195533985847357445?s=20 don't you dare come at comrade daou like that (he has since repented)
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Redemption or has he just decided to change course and hedge bets? In this Age of Grift it's so hard to tell.
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Scratch Monkey posted:Redemption or has he just decided to change course and hedge bets? In this Age of Grift it's so hard to tell. there's not really any institutional griftbux to be had on the left
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Peanut Butler posted:there's not really any institutional griftbux to be had on the left He could start a YouTube channel and get those patreon pennies
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Scratch Monkey posted:Redemption or has he just decided to change course and hedge bets? In this Age of Grift it's so hard to tell. There was a lot of skepticism for a long time but he's been so consistently good that most folks are convinced he's genuine, so yeah if you're seeing that tweet out of nowhere after just knowing him as his 2016 self it'll look like a grift But its the 2020 primaries and it's time for Jack to let er rip!
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Peanut Butler posted:don't you dare come at comrade daou like that That’s pretty impressive, he used to get dunked on so hard and you usually don’t see people turn around from that, just dig their heels in deeper. Good on him.
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Untrustable posted:Just reaches in her mouth and removes her skeleton. Read on for the part where the military guy is kinda creepy about the now-orphaned daughter. It's...weird. I might do a let's read. It's not a very long book. Yes, someone please do it. I would myself but I have two threads already going on.
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This is 80s synth wizard and pop music superstar Peter Daou y'all are talking about?
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zoux posted:This is 80s synth wizard and pop music superstar Peter Daou y'all are talking about? Yes, known Bjork collaborator and former militia member Peter Daou himself.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Yes, known Bjork collaborator and former militia member Peter Daou himself. A conscripted child soldier I understand It was fun when he had that come to Jesus on Twitter with Neera Tanden
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This post is correct, I mean it assumes Warren plans on ever actually following through which is kind of dumb but still
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mal·a·prop /ˈmaləˌpräp/ Learn to pronounce noun noun: malapropism the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco ). How did you live through the Bush administration and not learn this word?
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