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Finished Bukowski's Ham on Rye (1982)
| geriatric mexican | 06/17/25 |
| Seedy public bath haunted graveyard | 06/17/25 |
| floppy base french chef | 06/17/25 |
| geriatric mexican | 06/17/25 |
| Translucent mewling old irish cottage | 06/17/25 |
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| Pink tripping corner boltzmann | 06/17/25 |
| Walnut famous landscape painting | 06/17/25 |
| Seedy public bath haunted graveyard | 06/17/25 |
| odious ratface | 06/17/25 |
| geriatric mexican | 06/17/25 |
| Translucent mewling old irish cottage | 06/17/25 |
| geriatric mexican | 06/17/25 |
| Seedy public bath haunted graveyard | 06/17/25 |
| Umber very tactful theater stage | 06/17/25 |
| Garnet passionate codepig | 06/17/25 |
| geriatric mexican | 06/17/25 |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 6:21 AM Author: geriatric mexican I finished Bukowski’s Ham on Rye (1982), which is apparently his most famous novel along with his first, Post Office. It is a semi-autobiographical novel about his youth - born in Germany, raised in Los Angeles, always a poor outsider, wisecracking and fast talking, his loves were alcohol and writing. He developed terrible acne as a teenager which made his outsider status worse but even that was something he accepted and suffered through.
The book is lovely, an easy and flowing read. Bukowski discusses the difficulties of life and he does it in a wry, direct, honest and disarming style. One can’t help but love the guy - he’s got such a defined voice.
He states that he’s neither a misanthrope nor a misogynist in the book, and I think at least the second part is true for him - for the first, he uses alcohol to dull the pain of existence. However, Bukowski, for all his self-loathing and rawness, seemed to channel his suffering into a grudging acceptance of the human animal - ugly, dirty, and laughable, yes, but not necessarily evil. He’s disillusioned, yes, but rarely metaphysically embittered. The distinction between my response and his might be that he located suffering within fate—while I seem to locate it within betrayal, both relational and metaphysical.
I’ve read all of Bukowkski’s poetry online (https://www.best-poems.net/charles_bukowski/index.html) and will continue to read more of his works. |
Date: June 17th, 2025 7:17 AM Author: Seedy public bath haunted graveyard Nobody cares. Bukowski sucks and you’re a retarded faggot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023358) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:20 AM Author: floppy base french chef This is exactly what Bukowski would say. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023370) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:28 AM Author: geriatric mexican (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023387) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:33 AM Author: Translucent mewling old irish cottage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023390) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:37 AM Author: Magenta coffee pot karate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023451) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:38 AM Author: laughsome cruise ship (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023454) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:39 AM Author: magical sanctuary (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023456) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:18 AM Author: Pink tripping corner boltzmann This is just what we needed the boring thoughts of an idiotic faggot. Kill yourself. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023361) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:18 AM Author: Walnut famous landscape painting whoa crr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023362) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:19 AM Author: Seedy public bath haunted graveyard MPA is highly supportive of this because he is low iq and jewish (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023364) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:26 AM Author: odious ratface The distinction between my response and his might be that he located suffering within fate—while I seem to locate it within betrayal, both relational and metaphysical. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023382) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:28 AM Author: geriatric mexican (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023386) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:34 AM Author: Translucent mewling old irish cottage id like some elaboration here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023391) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:41 AM Author: geriatric mexican Mother was both nurturing but also extremely passive aggressive and never respected my emotional red lines, which felt on a subconscious level, to a young child, like deep betrayal and which has warped my relationship with all women thereafter.
My philosophical pessimism and gnosticism is well documented here. |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:40 AM Author: Seedy public bath haunted graveyard “I’m a kike!”
How groundbreaking. You might be the next bukowski. |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 10:18 AM Author: Umber very tactful theater stage That’s a long time to eat a sandwich. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023700) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 11:14 AM Author: Garnet passionate codepig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49023917) |
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Date: June 17th, 2025 4:39 PM Author: geriatric mexican (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2)#49025197) |