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Literacy equates METAL

Post by jswift » Fri June 20th, 2008, 11:36 am

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I HATE stereotypes. The general perception of "metal fans" is that we, as a collective, are a bunch of caveman-haired dopers that cannot function in society. This, obviously, is true, so let's take step one towards improving the public image of the subsect, shall we?

Let us discuss what we are reading at the present. If you are not reading any material at the current juncture, I'd recommend you start practicing the "Wal-Mart wave" immediately, as your career options are surely limited to "department store greeter" and "traveling carnival roustabout".

Personally, I prefer to go over seemingly dualistic tomes simaltaneously. Per, at the present, I am reading Heidegger's "Being And Time" in conjunction with Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago". It's certainly an enlightening experience, to say the least; Heidegger, the high and mighty Nietzsche student rambling through his National Socialist humanistic rhetoric, diametrically opposed to the courageous, humanitarian political-struggle of Solzhenitsyn.

OK, board; what are you reading right now?

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Post by MikeLindgren » Fri June 20th, 2008, 12:02 pm

"World Made by Hand" by James Howard Kunstler

"Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence" by Robert Bryce

"Crashproof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse" by Peter Schiff

"Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil" by Michael Ruppert

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Re: Literacy equates METAL

Post by kfoll » Fri June 20th, 2008, 2:03 pm

jswift wrote:...

I HATE stereotypes. The general perception of "metal fans" is that we, as a collective, are a bunch of caveman-haired dopers that cannot function in society. This, obviously, is true, so let's take step one towards improving the public image of the subsect, shall we?

Let us discuss what we are reading at the present. If you are not reading any material at the current juncture, I'd recommend you start practicing the "Wal-Mart wave" immediately, as your career options are surely limited to "department store greeter" and "traveling carnival roustabout".

Personally, I prefer to go over seemingly dualistic tomes simaltaneously. Per, at the present, I am reading Heidegger's "Being And Time" in conjunction with Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago". It's certainly an enlightening experience, to say the least; Heidegger, the high and mighty Nietzsche student rambling through his National Socialist humanistic rhetoric, diametrically opposed to the courageous, humanitarian political-struggle of Solzhenitsyn.

OK, board; what are you reading right now?
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It's stereotypical to try to disprove stereotypes imo.
Personally I don't care if people make such an assumption about me; if they really know me they'd know that I defy most any stereotype or demographic profiles. It's kind of fun to see people's reactions when they find out I'm more multi-dimensional than they assumed.
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Post by DeathfareDevil » Fri June 20th, 2008, 2:14 pm

Civilization: A New History of the Western World -- Roger Osborne

Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter with the World Since 1776 -- Walter McDougall

The Castle -- Franz Kafka (which probably is a bit of a cliche, but this is actually my first exposure to Kafka; needless to say, he is excellent, and his senses of dread, paranoia, and powerlessness neatly mirror my own)


Speaking of dread, paranoia, and literacy, I have to take this opportunity (as I do on pretty much every board I've posted at) to recommend a writer named Thomas Ligotti. If you liked Poe and Lovecract, but were sometimes put off by their respective inconsistency and hokiness (that can't possibly be a word), Ligotti is for you. He posted an online manifesto entitled The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, and I'm betting Leviathan's Wrest was thinking of that title when he came up with Massive Conspiracy Against All Life.

Anyway, Ligotti writes dark fiction, of the kind where the world we know is a facade protecting us, not very well, from the terrible oblivion of our ultimate doom. Cheery stuff. And recommended more highly than I woud any other author.

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Post by Metalfreak » Fri June 20th, 2008, 3:21 pm

alot of scientific journal articles for my research at Ohio State. They're all about GPS Meteorology and precipitable water vapor. I'm learning all about the technicalities of GPS, zenith wet delays, zenith hydrostatic delays, and zenith neutral delays...and I am learning how to work Linux. Now that is a challenge but I'm getting it! So I'm not reading any one thing in particular, just alot of stuff to get a good background feel for the research.

Yeah I don't think I'm gonna wind up being a cashier...not that I haven't been one before! 8)
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Post by Knucklehead » Sat June 21st, 2008, 10:44 am

Courtroom 302 by Steve Bogira.

Bogira is a journalist who spent a year hanging out in one courtroom in Chicago's massive criminal court. This is the book that I have begun to recommend when people ask me what the criminal justice system is actually like. A lot of folks read Grisham and think that they have the flavor of what the practice of law is actually like. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth, as Grisham is in the business of writing best-selling fiction.

To be honest, I'm not sure why I am reading this book -- it's like being in the office.

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Post by ScreamBloodyGore » Sat June 21st, 2008, 12:45 pm

Treaty of Versailles and Mad Magazine.

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Post by slut rag » Sat June 21st, 2008, 7:12 pm

the headless ghost (goosebumps) by R.L. Stine

the cat in the hat by Dr.Seuss

wayside school is falling down by Louis Sachar

...how is that for intellectual reading?

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Post by Vhyle » Sat June 21st, 2008, 8:08 pm

Ok...

I'm not currently reading anything. I admit, I'm not a big reader.

So, I should automatically assume that I am illiterate.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I will go promptly fill out an application to Wal-Mart, since apparently that's all I'm good for.

Right?

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Post by KunikoS Rayne » Sat June 21st, 2008, 9:23 pm

Vhyle wrote:Ok...

I'm not currently reading anything. I admit, I'm not a big reader.

So, I should automatically assume that I am illiterate.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I will go promptly fill out an application to Wal-Mart, since apparently that's all I'm good for.

Right?

GIVE ME A GODDAMN SMILEY FACE STICKER MOTHER FUCKER!!!!

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Post by Vhyle » Sun June 22nd, 2008, 12:18 am

KunikoS Rayne wrote:GIVE ME A GODDAMN SMILEY FACE STICKER MOTHER FUCKER!!!!
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Post by ScreamBloodyGore » Sun June 22nd, 2008, 10:44 am

Vhyle wrote:Ok...

I'm not currently reading anything. I admit, I'm not a big reader.

So, I should automatically assume that I am illiterate.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I will go promptly fill out an application to Wal-Mart, since apparently that's all I'm good for.

Right?
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Post by BlazeTSU » Sun June 22nd, 2008, 11:13 am

House - Frank Perritti and Ted Dekker

Neon Techniques - Sam Miller, Wayne Strattman

How To Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie

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Post by necroodin » Sun June 22nd, 2008, 7:52 pm

Frank Perritti??

dude. he is the king of cheese.

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Post by MikeLindgren » Wed June 25th, 2008, 7:13 pm

Pearson, if I catch you reading Zig Ziglar next, I will hunt you down and pummel you with a wet noodle.

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