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I keep forgetting to ask, but how'd you like the Malcolm X autobiography? I remember seeing it on your reading list a month or two ago when I was stalking you.

I read the book myself a few years ago. It was before I took serious notes on the books I read "for fun," so I don't have much written down about it, but I remember it being pretty interesting. Particularly the part where he was in jail, as well as his time in Mecca. The dude definitely seems super smart and dope.

Honestly, I'm glad to have helped out even if in a small way like that. I am a firm believer in fiction being a good way to spark philosophical and educational discussion so I am glad that I was able to get those gears turning on analyzing these elements and how they relate to real life.

What the heck, are you getting infected by Commit_Crime?😆 But putting incest aside, the boy in that show is so freaking unattractive it's not even funny (then again maybe I'm just too used to all the bishonen in shoujo).

Well, this comment is sudden and unexpected. But right-wing or not, the USA always has been more inclined towards laissez-faire capitalism (as they don't do much to address inequalities so long as wealth is created; it's profit over social welfare) and clearly let laws and policies get twisted to accommodate the rich rather than protect the poor. But I don't know if we can really say that big corporations are really libertarian in nature. Yes, they wouldn't want any intervention that would reduce their profits, which include exploitation. But I'm sure they wouldn't mind any kind of intervention that would benefit them (such as a bailout to survive an economic crisis). The end goal is money after all, and whatever mean to obtain it will be acceptable for them if you give them the right to do it, like literally using inmates as slaves.

Lol, you didn't have to, but thank you. I found the freakiness impressive actually, but spoilering the thing has its own charm as well.

As you likely saw, I like to do this silly thing where I set my Goodreads reading goal to one book a year (primarily because this is part of how I extract amusement out of social media). The thing is, though, I don't count audiobooks towards my "read" count, so I end up going through many more books than I read.

Man, that Judge Holden picture is freaky. I've not read any Cormac McCarthy, and currently don't plan to given everything I do plan on reading.

Oh god, I didn't notice the second page of that cool MAL user thread until just now. Thank you for the defense, and—poor kamikaze-san. Have you heard of instrumental reason? It is one of the primary enemies the critical theorists endeavor to defeat; it basically means using knowledge in naive, performative ways towards selfish ends. One of the main evils of our time is evil epistemology, knowledge used only for power over others. And capitalism teaches everyone how to use knowledge thus at every level, so we end up with little, petty oppressors at every level of society. What kamikaze-san does is thus one of my primary enemies; unfortunately people so deep into this kind of Ben Shapiro faux-intellectual smugness are rather difficult to save.

Don't worry, I still love my Onii-chan:



It's just, with Eiko in Dark Gathering and Akira in Train to the End of the World, anime has piqued my interest in sadism, and—you did suggest I need to pursue more routes. (That post was hilarious, by the way.)

A little more seriously, after that kamikaze fellow attacked both your anime persona and that I tolerate it, it occurred to me actually to analyze this dynamic. It's true it does go a little overboard sometimes, but the context is

• an internet where things far more ridiculous and disturbing occur, and
  
• an anime culture where what you're doing functions as both tribute and parody.
  

And I'm not even your only imouto; you've got a whole harem. So please continue.

Well I'm a year older than you so you're the one that should call me Onee-chan.😉 I just looked up that novel online and from the synopsis alone I've got a hunch that this one doesn't have a good ending.😅

Happy New Year, PV! (I've yet to find you a better nickname)

Oh I'm barely sane, you're just too used to dealing with cases even worse than mine.😄

You already admitted you don't even read (let alone drool over) every word I write around here, so it's not surprising you'd offer to turn into a cat when I specifically mentioned that cat ownership is correlated with schizophrenia. Or, like, maybe you did read that one and said this on purpose.

This is a fun route; clearly I need to try more variations given how much content I haven't seen.

But I don't think I'm going to be looking at MAL for the next week; it's still Christmas after all! (I am practically contractually obligated by the laws of meme culture to mention that Christmas goes on for twelve days.)

I came across this hilarious video making fun of Chris Langan and thought you'd appreciate it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57IN9sBhYyg

I am okay, though I never really know what my dad is thinking.

I don't know if you saw—I'm not entirely sure if MAL notifies users who get quoted, or only users one replies to, but I answered your question about string theory over on that science thread.

Ted never needed to be a profound political thinker. Meusnier gets too caught up in books and credentials, and loses sight of why someone like him would becomes an icon in the first place; and as you've said, he appeals to a sort of detachment from society, on which many who reject the establishment resonate with. While I think his ideal world is entirely apocolyptuc, I can at least understand why he's so popular.



I would like to ask if you would extend the same sympathies towards the manosphere, incels, or other individuals that feel disenfranchised with society?



Why do you thank me for condemning it, if you do not share the same sentiment? If the murder was just, then would I not be morally reprehensible for condemning it?

The reason I condemn it is not just because "murder is bad" (I notice you omit this word when speaking about Thompson), but also, it's particularly egregious, because it sets a precedent that makes the world objectively a far worse place. When being productive, and providing valuable services is marked as being evil, worthy of contempt or death, because one feels as though they have a moral claim to the labor and property of others (Luigi was never insured by United), is an utterly abhorrent, Marxian ethic that leads to nothing but conflict and aggression.