Posts by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
 (DIR) Post #ATEuOj3MLCBBwqpC4m by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-03T13:11:37.094426Z
       
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       @laurel @renai @FruitpilledPeachcel @shedinja Book 10"The alewife looked at him and locked her door,She locked her door, locked it with a bolt.Then he, Gilgamesh, noticed []Raised his chin and [ ]Gilgamesh spoke to her, to the alewife;'Alewife why did you look at me and lock your door,Lock your door, locked it with a bolt?I will smash the door, I will shatter the bolt!">This is how I met my wife, incidentally."Shamash the warrior is the only one who has crossed the sea: apart from Shamash, nobody has crossed the sea.">Perhaps they mean Shamash the literal embodiment of the sun is the only one who has crossed this ocean.  Because the sun naturally sets beyond the horizon every day.  Ancient tradition held that the sun would pass beyond the horizon and, sometimes being conceived as being submerged in the ocean, would descend into Hades and cast light on the dead.  This is like saying, "Ain't no-one crossed that ocean, not even birds, but the sun in the sky."  But she uses the term "Shamash the warrior."  How bizarre.  I don't know how to read it. "Why are your cheeks wasted, your face dejected,>I don't know if this implies that Gilgamesh is merely haggard or that he is literally dead or even a wandering spiritYour heart so wretched, your appearance worn out,And grief in your innermost being?Your face is like that of a long-distance traveller.Your face is weather by cold and heat []Clad only in a lionskin, you roam the open country.">I wonder what else we can take from the lion-skin repetitions.  I've mentioned before associations with Herakles.  But in consideration of his haggard appearance, I wonder if there's meant to be some lugubrious rather than glorious association with lions.  Perhaps something like become spoil for lions?"The fate of mortals conquered him!">What a succinct and condensed way of saying it."For six days and seven nights I wept over him; I did not allow him to be buried until a worm fell out of his nose>Gross.  Body was allowed to sit long enough for serious signs of decomposition to manifest.  Sign of outrageous and self-destructive grief and mourning.  Unwillingness to let go.  "If Enkidu should die [and be buried], then by necessity I too must one day die."  I can't help thinking that if he should die while traveling that he would be spared the grace of a proper burial, and if that's something he seeks.  Not merely as a form of repentance but also to avoid being in another way like Enkidu."My friend whom I love has been turned to clay">Clay again in reference to the body.I am entirely unclear what Gilgamesh is doing with the stripped poles he brought on the boat with him, if anyone wants to enlighten me.  There seems to be some failure with an absence of the "things of stone," and as a consequence the boatman appears to fail to take in whatever appears in the distance.  Implication that Gilgamesh is cursed?"Ut-napishtim spoke to him, to Gilgamesh,>Cross-reference with other ferryman of the afterlife.  I think very clearly with a figure like Charon who's willing to entertain Gilgamesh but fundamentally isn't willing to break divine taboos on his behalf.  How many conversations has Herakles had with Charon?'Why do you prolong grief, Gilgamesh?Since the gods made you from the flesh of gods and mankind,Since the gods made you life your father and mother,Death is inevitable at some point, both for Gilgamesh and for a fool,But a throne is set down for you in the assembly []To a fool is given dregs instead of butter,>Telling him to accept his lot favorably, especially in consideration of how favorably destiny has treated him, especially when contrasted to the general lot of mankind...You have made yourself weary for lack of sleep,You only fill your flesh with grief,You only bring the distant days of reckoning closerMankind's fame is cut down like reeds in a reed-bed.>Facts of life....Nobody sees death,Nobody sees the face of Death.Savage Death just cuts mankind down.>More facts of life....But then the river rises and brings flood-waterDragonflies drift on the river,Their faces look upon the face of the Sun,But then suddenly there is nothing.The sleeping and the dead are just like each other.>Lovely imagery.  All living things gaze upon the face of the sun.  And in the next instant they're gone.  Cross reference Bhagavad Gita: The Supreme Lord said: I am mighty Time, the source of destruction that comes forth to annihilate the worlds. Even without your participation, the warriors arrayed in the opposing army shall cease to exist....They appointed death and life.They did not mark out days for death,But they did so for life.">I'm not precisely certain what this means.gilgamesh-enkidu.jpg
       
 (DIR) Post #ATFKs0gST1s7pojmD2 by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-03T18:08:14.488018Z
       
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       @renai @FruitpilledPeachcel @laurel @shedinja >arrian: "[Alexander] flung himself on the body of his friend and lay there nearly all day long in tears, and refused to be parted from him until he was dragged away by force by his Companions", talking about hephaestion's death. i've thought a lot about these lately.Description also similar to the death of Cyrus the Younger, whose bodyguards threw themselves one after the other onto his wounded body to protect him from the Persian King, according to Xenophon.  Also I didn't know you read Arrian.  Never actually met anyone that did.  Arrian is a good read.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATH03yzire1zLiXHOK by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-04T13:24:31.315286Z
       
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       @Soy_Magnus @renai @FruitpilledPeachcel @laurel @shedinja "Man of Shuruppak, son of Ubara-Tutu,Dismantle your house, build a boat.Leave the possessions, search out living things.Reject chattels and save lives!Put aboard the seed of all living things, into the boat.">Ut-napishtim as Noah analog"The boat you are to buildShall have her dimensions in proportion,Her width and length shall be in harmony,Roof her like the Apsu.">Apsu appears to be a primeval sea below the void space of the both the earth and the underworld.  I'm getting reminiscences of references to the ark being an analog to the Church."And I cannot set foot on Ellil's land again.I must go down to the Apsu and stay with my master Ea.">Ea is the ritual god of purification.  Ea is also the parent to the Babylonian savior-deity Marduk.>Rather elaborate description of the construction of this ark."Shamash had fixed the hour.">Certainly the sun's place in the sky is the hour."The Anunnaki had to carry torches,">Appear to be referenced as a collection of sky gods.  Do they mean stars, here?"The calm before the Storm-god came over the sky,">Perhaps I was right."Even the gods were afraid of the flood-weapon.They withdrew; they went up to the heaven of Anu.The gods cowered, like dogs crouched by an outside wall.Ishtar screamed like a woman giving birth;The Mistress of the Gods, sweet of voice, was wailing,'Has that time really returned to clay,Because I spoke evil in the gods' assembly?">I'm not quite sure what to say about this.  Again reference to clay.  Again reference to the world returning to a primordial stage.  It looks like the general populace has been wiped out in the storm.  The gods themselves are terrified of their own sin, feeling such amount of complicity for the tragedy....I should have ordered a battle to destroy my people;I myself gave birth to them, they are my own people,Yet they fill the sea like fish spawn!>Intimation now of a new way in which heaven is going to order created reality.>7 days the boat held firm on a mountain.  Referenced again as the 7 day vigil Gilgamesh completely fails to undertake.>Releasing of birds."But let Ellil not come to the surqinnu-offering,Because he did not consult before imposing the flood,">Hmm"What sort of life survived?  No man should have lived through the destruction!"Ninurta made his voice heard and spoke,He said to the warrior Ellil."Who other than Ea would have done such a thing?For Ea can do everything.">Hmm.  Hmm.  I honestly don't want to give away what I'm thinking.  Ark.  Ea's specific association with purification.  Like we have the structure in place for a vision of salvation."So how, O how, could you fail to consult, and impose the flood?Punish the sinner for his sin, punish the criminal for his crime,But ease off, let work not cease; be patient, let not []Instead of imposing a flood, let a lion come up and diminish the people.Instead of imposing a flood, let a wolf come up and diminish the people.Instead of imposing a flood, let a famine be imposed and lessen the land.Instead of imposing a flood, let Erra rise up and savage the people.">In light of current events, I probably needed to see this.  If the gods themselves should be so terrified to witness an end of creation, I probably shouldn't wish for it either, even if the state of men is lamentable.>References back to what Ishtar said.  Indicating the way in which heaven should dispense corrections to creation."He touched our foreheads, stood between us, blessed us:'Until now, Ut-napishtim was mortal,But henceforth Ut-napishtim and his woman shall be as we gods are.>Salvation.  If you're not thinking "Noah" there's probably something wrong with you.  I'm also having reminiscences of Saint Paul talking about marriage.>Gilgamesh falls asleep for seven days rather than maintaining a seven day vigil.  Helpless sinfulness of man is indicated."For a start, bake a daily portion for him, put it each time by his head,">Give us this day our daily bread.>I said this story was pregnant with meaning."Take him, Ur-shanabi, bring him to a wash-bowl,And let him wash in water his filthy hair, as clean as possible.Let him throw away his skins, and let the sea carry them off.Let his body be soaked until it is fresh.">Cross reference Lethe, the waters of forgetfulness.  Cross-reference also baptism."A snake smelt the fragrance of the plant.As it toko it away, it shed its scaly skin.Thereupon Gilgamesh sat down and wept.His tears flowed over his cheeks.">A literal snake carries away the secret of eternal life, which is a plant.  Come on.  This is too easy.gilgamesh (1).jpggilgamesh2.jpgHérosmaîtrisantunlion.jpg
       
 (DIR) Post #ATZmrmWHyWZOui3hLM by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-13T14:56:09.961712Z
       
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       @MK2boogaloo @bonifartius @laurel @mikey @renai Longer section today, but a friend expressed some interest in it a while ago...Iliad 11.531-574Ajax.ὣς ἄρα φωνήσας ἵμασεν καλλίτριχας ἵππουςμάστιγι λιγυρῇ: τοὶ δὲ πληγῆς ἀΐοντεςῥίμφ᾽ ἔφερον θοὸν ἅρμα μετὰ Τρῶας καὶ Ἀχαιοὺςστείβοντες νέκυάς τε καὶ ἀσπίδας: αἵματι δ᾽ ἄξωννέρθεν ἅπας πεπάλακτο καὶ ἄντυγες αἳ περὶ δίφρον,ἃς ἄρ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ἱππείων ὁπλέων ῥαθάμιγγες ἔβαλλοναἵ τ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἐπισσώτρων. ὃ δὲ ἵετο δῦναι ὅμιλονἀνδρόμεον ῥῆξαί τε μετάλμενος: ἐν δὲ κυδοιμὸνἧκε κακὸν Δαναοῖσι, μίνυνθα δὲ χάζετο δουρός.αὐτὰρ ὃ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπεπωλεῖτο στίχας ἀνδρῶνἔγχεΐ τ᾽ ἄορί τε μεγάλοισί τε χερμαδίοισιν,Αἴαντος δ᾽ ἀλέεινε μάχην Τελαμωνιάδαο.So having spoken he (Hector) flogged the beautifully maned horseswith a shrill whip, and they having perceived the strikingeasily bore up the swift chariot after the Trojans and Achaianscrushing corpses and shields, and with blood the axlefrom above was all sprinkled and rims and the chariot-board,which the drops from the hooves of horses struck uponand from the tires.  And he leapt eagferlydesiring to shatter the human hoard; and in he borean evil din towards the Danaans, and for a short time they retired before his spear.But he ranged among the lines of other menwith his spear and his hanger and great stones,But he eschewed battle with Ajax son of Telamon.Ζεὺς δὲ πατὴρ Αἴανθ᾽ ὑψίζυγος ἐν φόβον ὦρσε:στῆ δὲ ταφών, ὄπιθεν δὲ σάκος βάλεν ἑπταβόειον,τρέσσε δὲ παπτήνας ἐφ᾽ ὁμίλου θηρὶ ἐοικὼςἐντροπαλιζόμενος ὀλίγον γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων.ὡς δ᾽ αἴθωνα λέοντα βοῶν ἀπὸ μεσσαύλοιοἐσσεύαντο κύνες τε καὶ ἀνέρες ἀγροιῶται,οἵ τέ μιν οὐκ εἰῶσι βοῶν ἐκ πῖαρ ἑλέσθαιπάννυχοι ἐγρήσσοντες: ὃ δὲ κρειῶν ἐρατίζωνἰθύει, ἀλλ᾽ οὔ τι πρήσσει: θαμέες γὰρ ἄκοντεςἀντίον ἀΐσσουσι θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶνκαιόμεναί τε δεταί, τάς τε τρεῖ ἐσσύμενός περ:ἠῶθεν δ᾽ ἀπὸ νόσφιν ἔβη τετιηότι θυμῷ:ὣς Αἴας τότ᾽ ἀπὸ Τρώων τετιημένος ἦτορἤϊε πόλλ᾽ ἀέκων: περὶ γὰρ δίε νηυσὶν Ἀχαιῶν.ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ὄνος παρ᾽ ἄρουραν ἰὼν ἐβιήσατο παῖδαςνωθής, ᾧ δὴ πολλὰ περὶ ῥόπαλ᾽ ἀμφὶς ἐάγῃ,κείρει τ᾽ εἰσελθὼν βαθὺ λήϊον: οἳ δέ τε παῖδεςτύπτουσιν ῥοπάλοισι: βίη δέ τε νηπίη αὐτῶν:σπουδῇ τ᾽ ἐξήλασσαν, ἐπεί τ᾽ ἐκορέσσατο φορβῆς:ὣς τότ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ Αἴαντα μέγαν Τελαμώνιον υἱὸνΤρῶες ὑπέρθυμοι πολυηγερέες τ᾽ ἐπίκουροινύσσοντες ξυστοῖσι μέσον σάκος αἰὲν ἕποντο.Αἴας δ᾽ ἄλλοτε μὲν μνησάσκετο θούριδος ἀλκῆςαὖτις ὑποστρεφθείς, καὶ ἐρητύσασκε φάλαγγαςΤρώων ἱπποδάμων: ὁτὲ δὲ τρωπάσκετο φεύγειν.πάντας δὲ προέεργε θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας ὁδεύειν,αὐτὸς δὲ Τρώων καὶ Ἀχαιῶν θῦνε μεσηγὺἱστάμενος: τὰ δὲ δοῦρα θρασειάων ἀπὸ χειρῶνἄλλα μὲν ἐν σάκεϊ μεγάλῳ πάγεν ὄρμενα πρόσσω,πολλὰ δὲ καὶ μεσσηγύ, πάρος χρόα λευκὸν ἐπαυρεῖν,ἐν γαίῃ ἵσταντο λιλαιόμενα χροὸς ἆσαι.And father Zeus sitting high on the benches roused Ajax in panic flightand he stood astonished, and upon his back he cast his seven-fold shieldAnd fled in fear, searching about this way and that through the throng, like to a beastoften turning around exchanging knee for knee.And as a fiery lion from outside the inner court of cattlethe hounds rush into motion and the country men,Who him do not suffer to take the fat of the cattleall night and wakened, and he greedy after the fleshrushes onwards, but not in any way does he pass through, for the spears are thickOpposite they dart from bold hands,burning torches, and although impetuous he flees theseand with the dawn far off he has gone with sorrowful heart;So Ajax then from the Trojans, sorrowful at heart,went much unwillingly; for he as at flight for the ships of the Achaians.And as when an ass goign through the field may force the children,although lazy, whom beating viciously they make to shiver with cudgels,He plunders having entered into the deep crop; and the boysstrike with cudgels, but the strength is infant-like of them;with haste they drive him out, and when he has had his fill of the pasture;so then therewith great Ajax the son of Telamonthe overweening Trojans numerously assembled and their alliesstrike with spears the middle of his shield and always follow.And Ajax at some other time would have remembered his raging stregnthBut having been turned about, he nevertheless restrained the phalanxesof horse-taming Trojans; even when he turned himself about to flee.And upon all the swift ships he stopped them from making way,And he himself rushed along in the middle of the Trojans and AchaiansHaving stopped; and these spears from bold handssome sprinkled, roused forward, upon the great shieldand many others between, which would have found his white flesh,in the ground were stuck, longing to satiate of his skin.It's your boy, Telamonian Ajax
       
 (DIR) Post #ATZrFlRO2RLeKkSONE by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-13T15:45:19.271357Z
       
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       Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Satanic Panic Baking Extravaganza, Shoesale, and Fast@renai @Yellow_Heart @laurel So Renai and I have promised each other we would read the famous retelling of the time that the devil came to the Soviet Union's Moscow to rent a moderately-sized flat and put on a magic show for the delight of the local residents.Anyone else interested in the reading is encouraged to participate.  I have included several different translations attached to the thread.  I'm going to be reading a hardcopy of the Burgin and O'Connor.This thread will serve as a sort of "Midnight Lamp" for any thoughts or questions you may have about the reading, but it is in no way mandatory to participate by posting.  Just a convenient space to share whatever thoughts we *do* have.I'm not certain how long it's going to take for us to get through it.  I'm a fairly slow reader, so I'll provide regular updates for much progress I've been making.  Maybe that can serve as a reference.Bulgakov, Mikhail - Master and Margarita (Ardis, 2011).jpgBulgakov, Mikhail - Master and Margarita (Ardis, 2011).epubBulgakov, Mikhail - Master and Margarita (Penguin, 2016).jpgBulgakov, Mikhail - Master and Margarita (Penguin, 2016).epubBulgakov, Mikhail - Master And Margarita (Penguin, 2007).jpgBulgakov, Mikhail - Master And Margarita (Penguin, 2007).epub
       
 (DIR) Post #ATZs3pyLSq3QrpkXgm by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-13T15:54:22.252339Z
       
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       @Yellow_Heart @laurel @renai I had a feeling looking at that cover that it's most of the way to being a memecat already.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATbr0u3i6Qoz2DDSXg by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-14T14:52:03.489105Z
       
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       @MK2boogaloo @bonifartius @laurel @mikey @renai Iliad 11.596-615The beginnings of tragic consequence.ὣς οἳ μὲν μάρναντο δέμας πυρὸς αἰθομένοιο:Νέστορα δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμοιο φέρον Νηλήϊαι ἵπποιἱδρῶσαι, ἦγον δὲ Μαχάονα ποιμένα λαῶν.τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ἐνόησε ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς:ἑστήκει γὰρ ἐπὶ πρυμνῇ μεγακήτεϊ νηῒεἰσορόων πόνον αἰπὺν ἰῶκά τε δακρυόεσσαν.αἶψα δ᾽ ἑταῖρον ἑὸν Πατροκλῆα προσέειπεφθεγξάμενος παρὰ νηός: ὃ δὲ κλισίηθεν ἀκούσαςἔκμολεν ἶσος Ἄρηϊ, κακοῦ δ᾽ ἄρα οἱ πέλεν ἀρχή.τὸν πρότερος προσέειπε Μενοιτίου ἄλκιμος υἱός:‘τίπτέ με κικλήσκεις Ἀχιλεῦ; τί δέ σε χρεὼ ἐμεῖο;’ τὸν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πόδας ὠκὺς Ἀχιλλεύς:‘δῖε Μενοιτιάδη τῷ ἐμῷ κεχαρισμένε θυμῷνῦν ὀΐω περὶ γούνατ᾽ ἐμὰ στήσεσθαι Ἀχαιοὺςλισσομένους: χρειὼ γὰρ ἱκάνεται οὐκέτ᾽ ἀνεκτός.ἀλλ᾽ ἴθι νῦν Πάτροκλε Διῒ φίλε Νέστορ᾽ ἔρειοὅν τινα τοῦτον ἄγει βεβλημένον ἐκ πολέμοιο:ἤτοι μὲν τά γ᾽ ὄπισθε Μαχάονι πάντα ἔοικετῷ Ἀσκληπιάδῃ, ἀτὰρ οὐκ ἴδον ὄμματα φωτός:ἵπποι γάρ με παρήϊξαν πρόσσω μεμαυῖαι.So they warred in form like to a burning fire;And Nestor from the way the horses of Neleus boreSweating, and they led also Machaon, shepherd of the people.And he recognized him, swift-footed Achilles;For he stood upon the prow of the yawning shipLooking upon the dreadful destruction and tearful pursuit.And straightway he addressed his companion Patroclussounding beside the ship; and he from the side of the camp having heardequal-to-Ares went forth, and this was the beginning of evil for him.First addressed him (Achilles) the strong son (Patroclus) of Menoitius:"Why me, did you call, Achilles?  What is the need of me?"And to him replying addressed swift-footed Achilles:"Heavenly son of Menoitius, delight of my heart,Now I think about my knees to clasp the Achaianspraying; for necessity has come no longer bearable.But come now Patroclus, ask beloved to Zeus--Nestor--whomever he leads wounded from war;For indeed back he in all ways seems like to Machaonthe son of Asklepius, but not do I see the the eyes of the man;For the horses have darted past me eagerly onward.Fl28nS2agAEnEer.jpeg
       
 (DIR) Post #ATcBQwOe23KOtghWs4 by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-14T18:40:51.854809Z
       
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       Miri it is while sumer ilast with fugheles song, oc nu neheth windes blast and weder strong. ei ei what this niht is long. and ich with wel michel wrong, soregh and murn and fast.Merry it is while summer lasts with the song of birds; but now draws near the wind's blast and harsh weather. Alas, Alas! How long this night is! And I, most unjustly, sorrow and mourn and fast.This would actually constitute just one verse of a much larger song.  Here it's just repeated severally.  Middle English.  You can tell.  A modern reader can sort of understand it.  Chaucer is just slightly more readable than this.Basically complaining about the weather.  The more things change...Medieval England - Anon. 1225： Miri it is while sumer ilast.mp4
       
 (DIR) Post #ATfeIrUukF7leR3Mqu by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-16T10:48:29.025870Z
       
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       @renai Hello again.  Interested in movies?Ghost in the Shell 2 - Batou wobble.mp4
       
 (DIR) Post #ATfk0UtSeBD83gA3ZA by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-16T11:52:23.696461Z
       
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       @renai I think I'd have to get a video editor and split movies up into constituent parts.  Host them piecemeal and play them in sequence.
       
 (DIR) Post #AU0ufoVyXofflD7wVU by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-26T17:00:50.978135Z
       
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       @scenesbycolleenpallas cubs
       
 (DIR) Post #AU72XvpFRanKhReavI by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-03-29T15:57:19.972809Z
       
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       @WashedOutGundamPilot Seriously good advice.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUNHwmaoXveVxCuaKu by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-04-06T12:05:16.818346Z
       
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       @grips @Komnene >could you recommend any good materials for a solid foundation? I'm not familiar with anyNo.  I guess you're out of luck.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUVQL6gnD4kPdnWF1M by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-04-10T10:17:00.440746Z
       
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       @renai @Yellow_Heart @clayvaulin But Ivan is still acting like he encountered a man, explaining his experiences in the parlance of international crime and intrigue.  It's funny, considering the period and the place.Not that he could so appropriately even conceive that the devil had done it.  Even so, the atheist guards himself with a depiction of a saint stolen from an apartment.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUnBPLVFCnlxE6Rj5E by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-04-18T23:54:30.101469Z
       
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       @renai @Yellow_Heart @clayvaulin Chapter 13 was a rough read for me.  Not that it was particularly difficult to read, but because of its poignancy.  It's let I set out after reading this when I was 17 just to make myself the titular hero, for better and for worse.I feel like there's some Soviet deep lore going on in chapter 15 that I'm not really going to be able to penetrate.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUnC0GP18DsK7e8Zfc by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-04-19T00:01:10.422808Z
       
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       @ai @hidden @BowsacNoodle @Leaflord @cinerion @parker @victoria I find that pants and long sleeves don't necessarily help.  Ticks just get a free ride into your house before nestling unnoticed in your armpit.  Whereas they can be easier to spot on bare skin while you're still outside.  If you're a hairy fellow, you can sometimes feel them walking between your leg hairs.  Goes for dog ticks and deer ticks.I just use deet.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUofncZIbFiIt2nIUy by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-04-19T17:09:45.029748Z
       
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       @DonFer1140 @Godcast I'm too fucking retarded to understand any of that.>perspective of spiritualism are homologatedI would never be able to tell you what that means.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUofqwY0m35LihmB5k by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-04-19T17:10:21.066516Z
       
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       @wizardyuuka @ThatWouldBeTelling Nasal sprays make me piss blood out my nose.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUohNe00rCvfhh1wKu by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-04-19T17:27:27.954278Z
       
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       @DonFer1140 @Godcast People should write so that others will understand them.  This writing here is all about the maintenance of a certain position of social and academic advantage.  It's deliberately obtuse.  It's arcane.  Sounds like something a wizard would say.  He needs to sound like an expert so that he can keep getting grants.  Devil alone knows what he's written actually means, if it means anything at all.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUvFQEwl1ME8GOg0aO by kakkerel@freespeechextremist.com
       2023-04-22T21:17:10.432860Z
       
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       @WashedOutGundamPilot There probably isn't enough to support a writer's snowballing drinking problem.