Miscellaneous Musings (Limited Edition)

[sawyer]

does everyone live happily ever after at the end of the tale or is it more like a shakespeare tragedy?

what ho! fetch me my rapier, boy

[Spastic_Koala]

whoa whoa, why are you guys talking about politics??

BANHAMMER

i was just talking about a.. fairy tale.

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seriously though, US politics are so much more absorbing, and hilarious, than ours.

Crud, forgot about the politics rule. If my post breaks that, please feel free to delete it.

[rgray]

people idolize bateman?

I think I will pick up the book because I thought the movie was done well and I want to start reading more fiction. The mind of a sociopath/psychopath (whatever is the correct term) is obviously a very interesting area but I wonder how accurate an (assumingly) non-socio/psychopath can truly capture the inner workings of the mind.

[sawyer]

The mind of a sociopath/psychopath (whatever is the correct term) is obviously a very interesting area but I wonder how accurate an (assumingly) non-socio/psychopath can truly capture the inner workings of the mind.

The book has a completely different tone to the movie as well. All the people who 'idolise' Bateman are obviously ones who've only seen the movie.

American Psycho the book is fucking great. I was not expecting it to be that good, but I seriously enjoyed it.

question for people who have read American Psycho and seen the movie.

In the movie when bateman doesn't kill his secretary he shows what seems to be a legit sense of sympathy or self doubt. Something as though he doesn't want to kill her. I don't know if that makes any sense, but he just acts with more emotion or at least Bale portrays it that way. Anyways, how is this conveyed in the book? Is it worth reading the book? Does it convey much more than the movie?

for those that haven't seen this quote from Ellis:

"[bateman] was crazy the same way [i was]. He did not come out of me sitting down and wanting to write a grand sweeping indictment of yuppie culture. It initiated because my own isolation and alienation at a point in my life. I was living like Patrick Bateman. I was slipping into a consumerist kind of void that was supposed to give me confidence and make me feel good about myself but just made me feel worse and worse and worse about myself. That is where the tension of "American Psycho" came from. It wasn't that I was going to make up this serial killer on Wall Street. High Concept. Fantastic. It came from a much more personal place, and that's something that I've only been admitting in the last year or so. I was so on the defensive because of the reaction to that book that I wasn't able to talk about it on that level."

i also thought this was a great discussion about the book:

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/3750

[po_boy_fuuma_hatesbargerz]

As (time(vacation)) --> 0

laziness(time) ;ashf;askhf3lekhalskhf ---> INFINITYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

nom nom.

[TTM]

did you know, that if you skip breakfast, you can justify eating larger meals throughout the day? this is a new revelation to me. i dont think i've missed breakfast since the 2nd grade.

[i wear shooes]

did you know, that if you skip breakfast, you can justify eating larger meals throughout the day? this is a new revelation to me. i dont think i've missed breakfast since the 2nd grade.

During the weekdays (always wake up around 12 on the weekends).. I've had the same breakfast for about 3 years now.

One Double Stuf Oreo and a glass of milk.

I am satisfied till lunch.

[Denton]

I was always told it's healthier to eat smaller amounts more frequently rather than one or two big meals

[okonomi]

people idolize bateman?

The italics were my lazy way of saying that I can't work out a more accurate word. A lot of people seem to see him as a loveable villain, which makes me think they must be missing the point to some extent.

On an unrelated note:

[ke1]

Never a straight answer with these guys...

[DJ_Flame]

In the movie when bateman doesn't kill his secretary he shows what seems to be a legit sense of sympathy or self doubt. Something as though he doesn't want to kill her. I don't know if that makes any sense, but he just acts with more emotion or at least Bale portrays it that way. Anyways, how is this conveyed in the book? Is it worth reading the book? Does it convey much more than the movie?

Please read the book. It's wayyyy better than the movie.

Also,

it's hinted that Batman actually likes his secretary. I think in one of Ellis' later books they got married or something.

[TTM]

I was always told it's healthier to eat smaller amounts more frequently rather than one or two big meals

this is an ongoing debate in the world of fitness. I can't say what is right or wrong, however some academic research suggest intermittent fasting (IF) may have merit. Coming from months of personal experience, many small meals a day can promote fat loss, however it can drive you crazy through depriving you of regular and truly filling meals (not to mention stress caused by timing & social restriction).

Based on the great deal of anecdotes ive read, those who adopt a fasted eating routine (15-19 hours fasting, 2 or 3 meals split over the remaining time) say the diet is more sustainable in the long run, as in months to years. Its probably a combination of psychological and hormonal reasons.

[Lozinski]

If you eat only when you're hungry, you're doing it wrong.

On a side note, Modern Family is the best show ever. It's so heartwarming!

[i wear shooes]

[OCEANSECT]

so i guess i might be going back to college after like a six month absence...

really have no desire to hang out with my old friends or whatever

idk i only have like 2 friends and they both go to school in my hometown

ok whatever it will work out

just need to find housing sign up for classes recover from surgery pack up and move back pick a major whatever no big deal

wtfamidoingwithmylifeconcept

[Magsåvningsreserven]

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matt facking damon

[Spastic_Koala]

[broneck]

there's an article on a page of the financial post I haven't bothered to read until just now. I just noticed that there's a little picture of Mr. Burns hazily printed in the background (topic of article: blood sucking corporate types).

[sistersuzie]

young boys is the new real men

[LandoCal126]

http://www.styleforum.net/forum/thread/259298/can-men-pull-off-pearls

[on-display]

This debt compromise just fucked America even more.

[Denton]

i keep seeing the dude tantum's t-shirts all over the interwebs

guess he's too busy for waywts now

[16steps]

selective thread vs. tantum

gogogo

[jizzimmy]

Maggi Chilli sauce is the truth. it's like ketchup... from the future. anything remotely chicken or fried, no matter how peasant, is brought to a whole new level of flavor.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

I like maggi sometimes, but it's a bit too masala-y, no?

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this reminds me, where's haploid's nemesis gone? the one who kissed an olsen twin or something

[doctor_doom]

this reminds me, where's haploids nemesis gone? the one who kissed an olsen twin or something

RandR? last I knew he was posting in the deep web thread

[Gatefold]

it's always weird when you're used to the album version of a song then you watch the video and half the words are changed

[rapdancin]

it's always weird when you're used to the album version of a song then you watch the video and half the words are changed

THAT'S HOW ALL MY PARTNAS ROLL

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[amardeep]

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Edited May 24, 2020 by amardeep

[i wear shooes]

amardeep - I have always wondered.. are you Indian?