I always see book suggestion threads, but what about essays? What are your favorite or thought-provoking essays?

Lycur

It's almost hard to believe that this wasn't a fully premeditated piece of writing.

Lycur

George Orwell's Some Thoughts on the Common Toad

It's beautifully written and singularly uplifting.

Lycur

Nice weather and a looming weekend can make it tough to be properly outraged ;-)

Lycur

This is a form of feminism only in the same sense that taxation is a form of socialism. It's technically true, but using feminism as a descriptor for this tripe violates both the spirit of feminism in a modern understanding and the colloquial use of the word in a way which amounts to nothing more than an ad absurdum attack.

Lycur

Sixth Sense.

Lycur

This is probably the single most poignant criticism of this woman that's appeared in this comment thread.

Lycur

I have a PRS-600. I still prefer paper, but the device makes for a damn close second.

Lycur

I am very much interested in the answers to these questions.

Lycur

He comes off as a slightly more impatient version of Spock, that's nuts. I still highly recommend going through the first few books though.

Lycur

I thought they were all pretty solid. Not the best novels ever perhaps, but definitely not 'pretty bad'.

Lycur

I visited there when I was ~14, well below the drugs and hookers age. The city oozes an amazing amount of history; it was a wonderful experience. The legal drugs aspect is probably overblown, but it's a worthwhile visit even without that.

Lycur

A Song of Ice and Fire is the best epic fantasy series I've perused. Steven Erikson and Glen Cook are also both very good.

Asimov, and in particular the Foundation series, is really good sci-fi. I also just finished A Memory of Whiteness, which I absolutely loved.

Lycur

You could also boycott America.

Lycur

Yes, which is a legitimate point to criticize. What's disturbing is the apparently common belief (on reddit) that Israeli soldiers just went aboard and massacred protesters for the fun of it. The willful suspension of cynicism when it comes to pretty much anything alleged against Israel would be comedic if it didn't have such vitriolic overtones.

Lycur

Thank you so much.

Lycur

I originally read your name as pepisisthebest, and I agreed fully. Soda I have less stringent views on.

Lycur

Upvoted for what the hell.

Lycur

But one thing is certain: This reddit headline is, in one short sentence, misleading in at least two ways.

Seriously, it's really not clear to me what the agenda of the people posting this tripe is. They can't possibly fail to realize that they're being deliberately misleading, but it's not the least be clear to me how they could possibly profit from this shit.

Lycur

Speaking as a physics major, I lack sympathy.

Lycur

I'm almost certain that this is not an xkcd comic.

Lycur

I'll make the obligatory remark about how a) it's a relatively small amount of money and b) why are you singling out Isreal as a recipient of funding? yadda yadda yadda, get your head out of your ass.

Lycur

Have some liquid beforehand, needing to pee a little bit helps alot.

Lycur

Both are (at least by political standards) accurate enough descriptors, in that the ministry is both homophobic and endorses, at least in part, traditional family roles. However, the article made it sound like the ad was a straight out pro life schill, which is still pretty clearly pushing an agenda.

Lycur

Could we please stop caring about this woman now? Thanks.

Lycur

If you're in a reasonably large city there may well be a bicycle recycling non-profit in town. If there is, you can get quite good bikes for as little as $20-30.

Lycur

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