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[Exeres]

Out of curiosity, what happens when you put the PC together? I've watched a few tutorials on Youtube, but they mostly seem to end at the part where an OS needs to be installed. Boot up, black screen, success? What do you do after that?

[Brekkjern]

You install the OS and you have a fresh new computer without all the crap you get with premade machines.

[Syobon]

Put in the OS installation disk/usb, follow the install steps that show up on screen.

[Toddv1997]

My mom once broke her foot and didn't even know, she went for a checkup to see why her foot was hurting and was told it was broken.

Same happen to one of my IRL friends, but with grandma she knew it was broken the day after, which was 2 weeks ago. We found out on facebook from the neighbor lady.

[Kamak]

Out of curiosity, what happens when you put the PC together? I've watched a few tutorials on Youtube, but they mostly seem to end at the part where an OS needs to be installed. Boot up, black screen, success? What do you do after that?

Satanic ritual to imbue your machinery with a soul of man.

Same thing they do with the prebuilt computers for a fraction of the spirit energy.

[TheStranger]

Why do people insist on using Shelley's "Ozymandias" poem for political statements? That is NOT what the fucking poem is about, its a commentary on the hubris of Man in the face of the abyss of time, not on leadership skills or destructive greed. Ramses II's reign was possibly one of the greatest ones in Egypt's history and he died a 90 year old man with a massive legacy. It all turned to dust anyway, thats the moral of the poem. Its not so you can feel superior because you dont like Obamacare!

[AquaBat]

Not like they'd ever admit they're interpreting it wrong

Did you know that Ray Bradbury was invited to a discussion of Fahrenheit 451 and mentioned that they were interpreting it incorrectly and the people that were there told him that the message he specifically made up for the story was wrong?

The story isn't focused on censorship, it's focused on the degeneration of literacy due to mass media and the danger that such a future poses for books, he said. Censorship is a side effect. But no, it is only about how censorship is bad, nothing else, I am right and the author is wrong.

[Chloemew]

I have my driving test in two weeks time and I am SHITTING MYSELF

[[Citation Needed]]

I have my driving test in two weeks time and I am SHITTING MYSELF

GOOD LUCK WITH THE SHITTING


hey guys i have a request

What movies would you say are VERY IMPORTANT to pop culture of the last 10-15 years?
I've got the Batman movies down, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World, and the entirety of the the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
I'll probably pop James Bond (Casino Royale to Spectre) onto the list, too. Harry Potter maybe? Halp

[Toddv1997]

Twilight was a big deal, while not many will admit it. Paranormal activity was one the best horror sagas in a while, and then there is all the reboots.

[TheStranger]

Not like they'd ever admit they're interpreting it wrong

Did you know that Ray Bradbury was invited to a discussion of Fahrenheit 451 and mentioned that they were interpreting it incorrectly and the people that were there told him that the message he specifically made up for the story was wrong?

The story isn't focused on censorship, it's focused on the degeneration of literacy due to mass media and the danger that such a future poses for books, he said. Censorship is a side effect. But no, it is only about how censorship is bad, nothing else, I am right and the author is wrong.

Its this whole thing called Death of The Author, the idea that only analysis can discern a works TRUE message that the author put in subconsciously. Usually by academics who couldnt make anything creative if their life depended on it and just leech off the works of others.

[Cori]

It doesn't matter what an artist's intentional message was. It's the message that people get from the work that matters.

[YCobb]

But it does matter when academics push their specific interpretation, because that can prevent other readers from forming their own interpretations of the work.

I don't mean to undermine the fact that critics are often reasonable and intelligent in their analysis, but that doesn't make them experts. If anybody deserves to have their interpretation of the work taught as dogma, it's the author, and dissent should stem from that.

[TheStranger]

The audience's view doesnt matter shit, its the artists intent that matters. If the audience doesnt pick that up, either the audience failed or the artist did.

[Alkarii]

I'm reminded of that book Next by Michael Crichton. At the end of the book, he put in one of those author's notes, and spelled out the message of the book in black and white. The part I remember most of that was that he was saying the practice of patenting genes is wrong.