Red Mosquito

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:It's a story about a father and son in extremely dangerous circumstances. Of course fathers will feel a connection. No one is saying non fathers can't associate.

the only ones who can't relate are those deadbeat mothers amirite

McParadigm wrote:Call me Chewbacca when you back that ass up

durdencommatyler wrote:I fully acknowledge that parenthood is something that cannot be totally understood until lived/experienced. I don't pretend otherwise. I'm happy with my life choices and I celebrate those of others. I can't imagine how differently I would view things (if at all) if I had kids. That's just, selfishly, one of the reasons I'm thrilled that I don't have them.

And, yeah, I think The Road exists and persists precisely because it affects fathers and non-fathers alike. It's a beautiful story, haunting and awful at turns, but so is life. And the book made me cry -- as a non-parent -- and I think there is tremendous love and hope at the end of the book.

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Except, you'd never understand.

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LetMeSleep wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:I fully acknowledge that parenthood is something that cannot be totally understood until lived/experienced. I don't pretend otherwise. I'm happy with my life choices and I celebrate those of others. I can't imagine how differently I would view things (if at all) if I had kids. That's just, selfishly, one of the reasons I'm thrilled that I don't have them.

And, yeah, I think The Road exists and persists precisely because it affects fathers and non-fathers alike. It's a beautiful story, haunting and awful at turns, but so is life. And the book made me cry -- as a non-parent -- and I think there is tremendous love and hope at the end of the book.

Exactly.

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tragabigzanda wrote:

bada wrote:Reading a hopeless, (I'm assuming) realistic take on the end of the world involving a father/son in which they suffer a series of horrible degrading experiences doesn't sound like something I could 'enjoy' post fatherhood. I go out of my way to avoid all stories real or imagined involving the suffering of children. I just can't handle it anymore. It would have bothered me before but I could put those feeling in box where as now I can't. I worry enough about the million ways things could go wrong for my kids I don't need extra material.

Your hunch is right. Don't read this book.

Blood Meridian, The Border Trilogy, and No Country would all be fine way to experience McCarthy and still sleep soundly at night.

durdencommatyler wrote:
Jan 1, I begin Ulysses by James Joyce. Finally.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

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durdencommatyler wrote:
Jan 1, I begin Ulysses by James Joyce. Finally.

I read the first 400 pages and it was pretty good but school got in the way. It's basically an art-house book. Be prepared..

Dev wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:
Jan 1, I begin Ulysses by James Joyce. Finally.

I read the first 400 pages and it was pretty good but school got in the way. It's basically an art-house book. Be prepared..

durdencommatyler wrote:Man, if having kids keeps you from reading books, I'm glad I'm not having kids.

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Man, if having kids keeps you from reading books, I'm glad I'm not having kids.

I bet you'd be an awesome dad.

durdencommatyler wrote:Look, should I read Outer Dark or not?

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I have a digital version if you want me to send it to you