America is Fucked
America is Fucked
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- whatthefunk23
- Leading is a little too tight.
I don't like the F's ascender of "confidence" being too close to the p's descender of "stupid".
But I like that quote!nbq - the spacing between words is also a bit wonky and all over the place.utopian
- This was typeset by an animalGnash
- It was probably typeset by Bukowski himself. Don't you guys love the f/p/i ligature?ben_
- Who cares? Charles is a drunk monkey ; pOBBTKN
- The Dunning-Kruger effectBaskerviIle
- Yup baskerville_niko
- He's also ripping off Yeats, who said it better:garbage
- "The best lack all conviction, while the worst
are full of passionate intensity."garbage - eh, 'ripping off' is a bit much.
Both quotes are great.Nairn - AmenSimonFFM
- fuck bukowskijaylarson
- amen jaygarbage
- Charles triggers lots of peepsGnash
- "Triggers" is so cheap. It's legit criticism that his only appeal is that he was lowbrow and raw. Dude was a POS, but he was also a terrible writer.garbage
- He was a masterful writer. Trigger is the perfect wordGnash
- Low brow. ‘Nuff saidGnash
- Crackin' my fingers and going full db mode, mostly because I wasted several years of my life studying literature.garbage
- I question your grasp on the word "triggered", because you seem to imply that Bukowski's spotted past is coloring any negative commentary of his work.garbage
- You're using "triggered" in a way that honestly makes you seem old and out of touch. And if Buk is all about being edgy, he'd probably hate that.garbage
- But also he had no control of his prose, there are probably thousands of other drunk saddos that had diaries that mimic his own.garbage
- He made his fame through being a raucous mess of a human being, and making sure everyone fucking knew it. Look at America, it works here.garbage
- I agree, you clearly did waste those yearsGnash
- Care to give a counter? Why is Buk significant, and not a mere echo of every wartime kid from that era that accidentally ended up with a copy of Calligrames?garbage
- Or you can say " 'Nuff Said " again. Look I used unorthodox punctuation, I must be a poet. Buk isn't rustling jimmies, he's just boring and overrated.garbage
- Go pet your Fight Club poster.garbage
- I'm team Bukowski. Anyone else? Upvote if agree. Downvote if disagree. Let's get a poll up in here.Khurram
- lol I love the idea of poetry squads. While poetry gets a glint of traffic, I highly recommend Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky. Shattering.garbage
- https://www.graywolf…garbage
- Great quote specially with the stupid ones, the problem of this world.i_was
- Shattering. ;)Gnash
- Makes sense, nowGnash
- What are you even talking about?garbage
- 'Bukowski is boring'. Jesus fucking Christ. If you were any more arch you'd have a railway track on you.face_melter
- He actually boring though. They're just drunk diaries. They are the poetic equivalent of an Escher poster on a frat boy's wall.garbage
- Leading is a little too tight.