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Tofu Man wrote: Wait, what? Ain't that the fella who rides on in every now and then, proclaiming FNV to be shit and the lot of us to be philistines before getting back on his white horse and fucking off in fits of rage, to the joy of many? That guy?
The guy you're thinking of is Popscythe.
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Username wrote:Sounds like a match made in heaven between the two.
You're probably the only person in history who gets stupider every time you attempt to think.
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I don't read books.
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Retlaw83 wrote:
Username wrote:Sounds like a match made in heaven between the two.
You're probably the only person in history who gets stupider every time you attempt to think.
It's your brain that degenerates a little every day.
You're like history of TV-animated sitcoms. Starting out good with The Simpsons, South Park and so forth but tragically ending up in a ditch with shit like Family Guy full of random, bold dashes that never lead anywhere except up your own ass.
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Username is proving my point one post at a time. Given your legacy of failure, are you sure you're not just an alt of MR Snake?
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Username is a dumb cunt but he's got a point about the TV series.
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Animated sitcoms history started long before the Simpsons, but whatever. Yabba-dabba doo?
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You might want to try his "Ijon Tichy" series
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There are some peculiarities of Lem's work that make it a hard reading in some respects. His language is quite important. The Polish language he uses is a marvel. Also, he continuously plays with words, especially when inventing countless new words. Each of those bears various hints about their meaning. On top of that, some words and situations have further meaning in the context of Polish culture. Being a linguist I can tell you that this makes it extremely hard, if not impossible, to translate or to understand once translated.

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Thanks, brah. I don't doubt what you say, the english translation of Solaris is from a French translation, so I'm sure a lot of nuance got lost along the way. (I rewatched the Tarkovsky flick and that subtitled translation from Russian to English varied too, to fuck things up worse). That in itself is a pretty good indicator of how rare his books are in english.
Sucks too, because can never find him at libraries or used stores. I'm not a big fan of buying new books retail.


Trying to read Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, always heard this one mentioned in the same breath as Neuromancer, but it's way too cute, and *wink wink nudge nudge* for me. I much prefer Gibson's strung-out, hard boiled, noir-y low-life goodness.
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Retlaw83 wrote:The guy you're thinking of is Popscythe.
Oh right, ol' popshite. Fair to say tho, the mistake only made this
Sounds like a match made in heaven between the two.
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lol. Yeah I was just going by the description anyway.

Good that we have ol'retlaw whos life revolves around these boards to correct us.
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Cimmerian Nights wrote:Animated sitcoms history started long before the Simpsons, but whatever. Yabba-dabba doo?
Which would be the first cartoon sitcom though? The Flinstones/Jetsons?
A bit OT but just curious. I wouldn't really consider them in the same shelf like the Simpsons or South Park.

I wanted to mention Beawis and Butthead but most folk think they are shit. I quite enjoy them though.
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Username wrote:Good that we have ol'retlaw whos life revolves around these boards to correct us.
I didn't correct anyone but anything - I stopped Mismatch's good name from being sullied by a comparison to a douchebag.

Have you gone full retard?
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Anybody reading any good books?
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Confederacy of Dunces was awesomely hilarious. I recommend it to every DACer on the face of the earth.
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I've recently read Saburō Sakai - Samurai! (exclamation mark is in the book's title...).
Really good autobiography about Japanese WWII pilot ace. If you can find a copy, I definately suggest reading it.
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I bet the first question asked was why the Japanese thought flying matchboxes were militarily advantageous.
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Nope, it is "Why was this stupid war started in the first place?".

It's quite an educational book, and Japanese didn't have flying matchboxes, at least not when the war wast started.
Infact, at the beginning of the China-Japan conflict, Japanese air force was in advantage with their Mitshubishi Zeros, during which, some American aircraft models were used - and most of them were wiped clean. Zeros were pretty badass, not to mention them later being used in (desperate) kamikaze attacks.
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Anything in the jap book about why China was invaded? "pure impieralism"? Or was there some deeper "united Asia" sort of thing.

What was the imperial reasoning for the invasion before the US embargo?
At least the pilots feelings about the war and how he related to it when it started.
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The Japanese have a pretty good victim complex when it comes to World War II.
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All a victim complex requires is being kicked with sufficient frequency. Or to imagine it. Ehue. :drunk:
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