animedad posted:
i see houellebecq as a guy that creates a fictional world in which truthful action and finding one's own place is downright impossible. this premise is scary as fuck, and obviously resonates with a lot of the insecurities of young rhizzoners who, like me, have a grim view of the world and haven't yet found a way to make an impact aside from reading/writing. i mean, we're all posting on the internet a lot right? that's not exactly the mark of a well lived life. something's afoot, and i think houellebecq describes it well.
you can't figure out how to make an impact because you're cynical and you're self absorbed. go outside. join a marxist group. work with unions even though they're reactionary. agitate like fuck in your community. do something for other people you spoiled little shits.
don't go to a third world country and sleep with prostitutes that doesn't count as activism. good writing material though! mind you that's all you guys care about anyway
Meursault posted:
art can like..... do things, to the world
revolutionary art can, bourgeois art is only aesthetic
futurewidow posted:Meursault posted:
art can like..... do things, to the worldrevolutionary art can, bourgeois art is only aesthetic
it's cool to be able to worry about aesthetics
littlegreenpills posted:
is this cos of bhpn and his tacit admission of getting the clap off of a prostitute in indonesia? cos i dont think he wanted writing material
it's a much broader trend of a lot of dudes here going through their hemmingway phase
Groulxsmith posted:
it's a much broader trend of a lot of dudes here going through their hemmingway phase
it's cool when abusing women becomes a phase they're going thru. silly boys!
littlegreenpills posted:
is this cos of bhpn and his tacit admission of getting the clap off of a prostitute in indonesia? cos i dont think he wanted writing material
nah that was just pleasant bonus. he came in acting all high and mighty, much better than those liberals he was on the trip with then drops that little bomb lmao
futurewidow posted:
im sure
i thought that came across transparently sarcastic but such is the tenor of our forum times
Meursault posted:futurewidow posted:Meursault posted:
art can like..... do things, to the worldrevolutionary art can, bourgeois art is only aesthetic
it's cool to be able to worry about aesthetics
aesthetics without action is nothing!! it's as hollow and empty as men's hearts! it's vulgar! tawdry! it's nothing!!!!
Groulxsmith posted:futurewidow posted:
im surei thought that came across transparently sarcastic but such is the tenor of our forum times
mmm it sure did
Crow posted:
I haven't read houellebecq yet, but isn't his sex tourism novel about how godawful the people who engage in it are, how weak and cruel and pathetic they are?
not really imo
though even if you take that away from it, i think that makes it impossible to not see it as virulently islamophobic
discipline posted:
The Entitled, Shocking and Adventuring European White Male Journalist Philippe Servaty traveled to Morroco to rape, manipulate and blackmail around 80 Muslim women. He took photos of them naked and in degrading positions after promising them money and EU citizenship. Once back in Europe and in the safe loving arms of his wife he published the photos, claiming proudly that “there is no better drug than to ejaculate on the veiled face of a woman." He then wet himself and cried about censorship once people started sending him death threats. Wah wah why can't people take a joke about the human condition in this, my So PoMo World. Wah wah why can't people get art anymore
this Speaks to me
futurewidow posted:
aesthetics without action is nothing!! it's as hollow and empty as men's hearts! it's vulgar! tawdry! it's nothing!!!!
agreed 100%
babyfinland posted:
isnt it sad that there are 12 year olds in mauritania who have more dignity and masculinity in the positive sense of adulthood than 99% of western men
ya this is exactly what i'm saying?? we're all utterly infantilised, we post on internet forums ferchristsake
deadken posted:babyfinland posted:
isnt it sad that there are 12 year olds in mauritania who have more dignity and masculinity in the positive sense of adulthood than 99% of western menya this is exactly what i'm saying?? we're all utterly infantilised, we post on internet forums ferchristsake
*says things defensively in a question form for no reason, soils diapies*
Gain Strength and Direction. Do it now
deadken posted:babyfinland posted:
isnt it sad that there are 12 year olds in mauritania who have more dignity and masculinity in the positive sense of adulthood than 99% of western menya this is exactly what i'm saying?? we're all utterly infantilised, we post on internet forums ferchristsake
So are you gonna do something about or..?? Does mr. Stabby have to materrialize???