False Dmytro

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  1. Life

    I refer you to this ARG and to read some more about me.
  2. Books, books, books...

    Frost's Fire and Ice is great, but I fail to see how this is more meaningless than philosophy or in this case, any other existential and (heh) eschatological art? It's the same thought put in different words. For example Eliot's The Hollow Men; Lawrence's Women in Love and certain fin-de-siècle thinkers all examines the effects of modernity on life but all in different words. I disagree with you and I think you are wrong, but respect your wish not argue this further. Just think about this in the future if you ever find reading any poetry.
  3. Life

    I'm sorry if that is the case, but I searched first for the Grand Old Party and after your post for politics but I can't find anything!
  4. Life

    I'm curious to what you Amerikans* think of the GOP and Obama, as an outsider not well versed in the politics of your nation learning about your views would be valuable. I respect that you might not want to discuss politics here but for me it would be interesting to hear some opinions formed from the reality of life in USA. __________________________________________________ * I jest, in a very subtle and ingenious way, I believe. Five points for whoever figures this vague and ill-founded✝ joke out. ✝ Well, "ill-founded" in regards to the material I provided in my post.
  5. Books, books, books...

    How is poetry more pointless than any other artform, how do you measure "point" in art? While I don't have any problem with you personally not liking poetry, this remains an odious and uninformed statement. I'm sorry for your grandfather, I hope he is well. I'm curious to what kind of poetry he reads? Tell him to check out Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of our beloved (well…) Charles Darwin. He wrote poetry about evolution and earth with a ®evolutionary bent. I came to think of him when you mentioned that your grandfather used to be a teacher of biology.
  6. New people: Read this, say hi.

    Well some knowledge of the Cryllic alphabet and the history of the misty Central Asian tundras would help… Whoopsie, I might have given away too much.
  7. New people: Read this, say hi.

    So tell me, what does my name mean?
  8. New people: Read this, say hi.

    Think of my name as an ARG, a rather simple one but still…
  9. This video game makes me regret not playing video games… One detail I like is how physical everything feels, from opening doors to driving and combat. Question to anyone playing this on the PC: Is "analog" fighting an even an option?
  10. Obligatory comical YouTube thread

    This is more in the vein of horrible, phantasmagoric nightmare: FBJ9ue6GKek I've been hearing that torn loudspeaker-voice in my dreams, it's horrible.
  11. New people: Read this, say hi.

    Clever apocrypha is what it is!
  12. New people: Read this, say hi.

    After reading some of your posts here; I'm sure I'll like you too.
  13. Books, books, books...

    I understand your problem but for me it's integral to the enjoyment of poetry: putting together the pieces of music that makes a poem enjoyable in your head to create your own meaning (naturally, the meaning you create are inferred by the circumstances of the poem but also your personal perspective). Take, for example, Sylvia Plath's Daddy, one of my favourite poems: Now several things makes this poem supreme: (I) Mere aesthetics like for example the childlike rhyme and the beautiful & haunting images (II) With some familiarity of Sylvia Plath's history (Electra complex; "daddy issues" & latent feelings of anger at her husband Ted Hughes) and the confessional nature of her work this poem becomes emotionally devastating. Also, when I first read the poem I was paralyzed by a fascination of the atrocities of WW2 (triggered by W. G. Sebald and Bruno Schulz) and it loomed like a dark monolith on my horizon. Thus the Nazi references became even more affecting to me. I share this to show how the individual context, i.e. where you're at, affects your reading of poetry. I sincerely hope that this changes your mind and perhaps give poetry another shot. I realize that I've been rambling, and that I haven't had my morning coffee yet so this might be a bit incoherent so don't hesitate to interrogate me. Given that you are impressed with language and wordplay you should perhaps check out T. S. Eliot if you haven't already, he can come across as a bit high-brow (and arguably he is) but still writes some powerful words. The Hollow Men and The Waste Land are both great! More questions: What genre or writers are most inspiring to you? Are there certain conditions that writing ("books" too weird a word to use) have to fulfill before you become interested? How do you decide what to read?
  14. Books, books, books...

    I've been working my through V. but it is hard. While I love some of the characters and mythology (crazy Rat-preacher, burly British acrobat/spies, the Siege Party etc) it's sometimes too slow in pace which makes me lose interest. I'm about halfway through right now, does it pick up or should I stop? Edit: Oh never mind, someone just made a serenade out of Wittgenstein's Tractatus… On another note, what is the consensus on poetry around here?
  15. New people: Read this, say hi.

    A list of my opinions for you to form opinions about me: Venus Patrol is the most interesting development on this side of video games business right now. That most video games that receive media attention are DUMB and that so much more could be done. Ice-Pick Lodge, thechineseroom and Frictional Games and few other developers are moving in the right direction by avoiding "fun" as ideal. That the lack of a common language in which to discuss game design and mechanics limits meaningful discussion, still plenty of interesting thoughts are articulated. The the player isn't an artist but a rather integral part of the medium. That Idle Thumbs is the right community for me, even though I don't play very much, because of the cultural exchange going on. Some other interests: Culture in the most broad sense; academic disciplines such as anthropology, history, psychology, languages; education from both practical and theoretical standpoints; design (form and function of everyday items); interdisciplinary science (SFI is interesting) ad ∞ Cheers