Blackberries and blueberries if I’m eating them straight-up. If its berry-flavor, like in a syrup or something, its boysenberry 100%

Hey, I respect it. Glad to hear they are in solidarity

I have never been ashamed in just straight up throwing a book down if I’m not in pretty quickly. Not everything is going to be everyone’s taste, and classics of all genres can be dull if you don’t find the premise interesting. Too many books out there to slog through anything lol

I used to think Static-X was the heaviest, most badass band out there. I loved all of their stuff and bumped it daily up through high school. It’s funny, because there was like a ten year gap where they were very un-cool to everyone after that, but now they seem to be having a kind of resurgence with a new front man. Saw them live a few months ago and the venue was packed with a 50/50 split of zoomers and old farts

Chat Pile has been my newest obsession! Hope to catch their show sometime soon

Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. The whole movie is a trip, but specifically the Large Marge scene freaked me out for a long time growing up.

https://youtu.be/lPMSGTfK4Aw

We did it, human race

Whenever I introduce people to the concepts of Marxism, fascism, capitalism, etc., I start by recommending two books:

Wages of Rebellion by Chris Hedges

and

Blackshirts and Reds by Michael Parenti

Both are written in very accessible language and both do a great job at not just explaining these economic/political theories, but also adding historical context to ground the theories in real-world actions.

Sitting in the upper part of the shopping buggy being pushed around Wal-Mart. Must have been 2 or 3.

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Here at OceanGate, we’re more like a family than a company.

I would go with a summer Shandy or something fruity, like cider. I used to drink Leinenkugel Berryweiss on ice and it was lovely in the heat.

This post is too complex for a simple minded lemming such as myself

At least in the circles I’m in most of the criticism comes from the fact that the media campaign was largely funded by the Hobby Lobby founder, who is notoriously anti-science/queer/abortion/etc.

Cat thread? Cat thread.

If I see someone wearing reddit gear in public I’m giving them a wedgie

Classic strikebusting. “Oh you won’t work for an increasingly bad shake? Guess I’ll put these scabs in place instead.”

The actions of the library are cowardly and the justifications of the residents in the area are abhorrent. God forbid we do something to help those in need, let’s just push them out of sight instead.

The Road was definitely an outlier of his, but one that I still think is a good book. You’re right though, I feel like it got overhyped a bit, but I hope that doesn’t shadow his other work for you. No Country and Blood Meridian are both juggernauts and incredible pieces of fiction. If you haven’t seen the movie adaptation of No Country either I highly recommend it.

I had read The Road in high school and it did a number on me. It was so bleak and unforgiving, but also full of heart and was written in a way I had never experienced before. Honestly, most of it probably went way over my head. Years later I read Blood Meridian and Child of God and realized that I was reading what I still consider to be masterpieces of English writing.

If you haven’t given McCarthy a shot yet, I implore you to check his work out. He may genuinely have been the greatest American author of all time.