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- Ianbolton7
- I'd read thisIanbolton
- that's got to be a parody... right?shapesalad
- Obvious, but hilarious fake. "Hollywood Star Lanes" is the name of the bowling alley in The Big Lebowski.garbage
- haha lolmilfhunter
- he would never say 40oz. no one from the uk would have a fucking clue what that istrooperbill
- is it a bag of weed?Gardener
- What do you mean no one in the uk would have a clue? It's called fucking Olde English! https://i.imgur.com/…Nairn
- No way he'd be drinking 'Olde English'. Tennents Super all the way for Harry.microkorg
- 40oz? Fuck is that. It's a little over a 1L beer bottle? First time I read it, thought it was a coffee size.shapesalad
- you've never heard of a 40oz?monospaced
- https://www.vice.com…monospaced
- Da fugg is a 40 Oz? 40 Australians?sab
- *Laughs in American*palimpsest
- This dude lives in Santa Barbara.monospaced
- Yes 40 Australianspango
- 40 Australians is one bottle? Flip the numbers, perhaps.MrT
- palimpsest12
Modernism in the UK is a new collection of over 1,000 British trademarks and symbols which date from the post-war pre-internet era (1946-1991).
https://www.counter-print.co.uk/…
- Salarrue8
Lie Machines
How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/…
- pablo283
- https://books.google…pablo28
- oh that looks interesting ty.sted
- "Neagu Bunea Djuvara was a Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat." One of our best!grafician
- CheersGnash
- @pablo lol glad I'm not the only Romanian around here!
@Gnash Cheers my man!grafician - I have this on my book shelf. I’ve been meaning to read it for ages. Thanks for the reminder :)Gnash
- Romanians be lurkin these parts since forever ;)urbanturban
- @urbanturban Ha! Adnanee! Salutare!grafician
- :)pablo28
- imbecile4
- American Kompromat
How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treacheryimbecile - so sick of this guy, this can fuck offStoicLevels
- does information hurt your wittle head, Bindegal?imbecile
- Im not Bindegal but im mentally rejecting all trump shit except Chomsky's book until 2022 at the earliest. Mental fatigue. And youre a cunt.StoicLevels
- Okay, Bindegal.imbecile
- True to the name I see.StoicLevels
- wow, that was a great insult. the way you used my name against me like that. totally original. i hope to one day recover from... wait, no. go fuck yourself. :Dimbecile
- youre the one that picked your own demise, imbecileStoicLevels
- Oh you are definitely one of the old morons under a new name. One of you always used to use that name "zinger" like it was an actual insult.garbage
- My feelings were always smashed when you called me garbage. Brutal stuff.garbage
- American Kompromat
- maquito4
Santa left this gem:
Jaime Roos is the Uruguayan folk / candombe-beat / muega-song Master.Very intense and deep biography.
This is Uruguay in a nutshell. As Uruguayan as it gets.
Goosebumps in Charrua.
- Gardener4
Douglas Adams
- neverscared3
https://www.goodreads.com/book/s…
the Aesthetic Brain takes readers on an exciting journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Using the latest advances in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Anjan Chatterjee investigates how an aesthetic sense is etched into our minds, and explains why artistic concerns feature centrally in our lives. Along the way, Chatterjee addresses such fundamental questions as: What is beauty? Is it universal? How is beauty related to pleasure? What is art? Should art be beautiful? Do we have an instinct for art?
- Umberto eco gets into the topic pretty deep as well if you’re interestedscarabin
- oi, thanksneverscared
- maquito2
“A History of Heavy Metal”, by Andrew Oneill.
I was hesitant before starting this book cause I didn’t know the writer. Watched a couple of stand-up monologues and decided to give it a try.Really fun read. Addictive. Hilarious stories and a nice hook all along. Not to be taken very seriously, but definitely worth many good laughs. Reading time: 1 week.
- https://youtu.be/-6M…maquito
- Design question ...
When centering a type block on a cover like this, do you centre on total width, or visual centre to spine fold line?Gnash - I would’ve centered to fold line. That “margin” between fold line and spine is neutral imo. Thanks, now I hate it.maquito
- HahaGnash
- Fold line unless nobody is going to bring it up.garbage
- Bluejam3
"It’s too late for this year’s Booker shortlist but Pat Sharp has written a book in which he inserts himself into history, Forrest Gump-style"
Pat Sharp and Oasis v Blur ...
- via https://twitter.com/…Bluejam
- Ha! That's awesome. Just as real as anything these days.toemaas
- Salarrue5
The Power of Lo—TEK
A global exploration of nature-based technologyby Julia Watson
- grafician2
The Culture series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cu…
(really hope we will get this into a film/series in the future, as this universe is fascinating - Star Trek comes close, but not close enough)
- Selfish cunt died too soon.
I think Amazon have the rights and are making a series, no?Nairn - Altho when I read the Hydrogen Sonata last year (after having been an IMB fan for decades) I felt I'd read much of it before. Not bad, just more of the sameNairn
- I'm now wondering whether Bezos got the rights to make a TV series on the Culture as a billionnaire fuck you to Musk.Nairn
- For others, more info on the Culture itself as an advanced SF society: https://en.wikipedia…grafician
- I'd love to see the culture on the screen.thumb_screws
- Selfish cunt died too soon.
- Gardener4
found some nice old 70's paperbacks today for 50p a pop
- Gardener1
- I hate it when that happensGardener
- birds need love toojaylarson
- What does skullfuck even mean and who has time to think of such expletives? Maybe I'm getting old, too many expletives around these daysshapesalad
- best keep away from birds thenGardener
- skullfuck has been around since at least the
90's. Damn man, how old are you?Al_dizzle
- uan2
found the making of the nasa and the american revolution bicentennial administration standards manual random browsing the internet archives:
Design standards manuals : their meaning and use for federal designers by Bruce Blackburn
Now I know where Apple got inspired for their Garamond logo.
Still reading it, it's about the problem-solving process they went through designing the identities, explains all the steps and decisions in detail: logos, naming, fonts, costs... .
- cannonball19780
- Guy becomes student to an intelligent gorillacannonball1978
- Really enjoyed this book.
sleepyfatso - A book for your early 20s.wagshaft
- ^^ I still think about this book though. I've read the entire trilogy. Some of the concepts still come to mind from time to time.jtb26
- Although I agree, some books are best read in your youth, this one is borderline. It certainly isn't The Alchemist by a far cry.canoe
