Fahrenheit 451

Smit · April 03, 2023, 07:15 PM

Quote from: neurosis on April 03, 2023, 10:33 AM

Actually the more I think about it the less funny that is.

mkd · April 03, 2023, 08:57 PM

Quote from: mowens on April 03, 2023, 08:40 AMI don't believe it's just liberals.

No, I don't believe any side can take the moral high ground.

Agreeing there are sides means you've already lost.
Binary political parties is where they get you.

mowens · April 03, 2023, 10:02 PM

Quote from: Incogneeto on April 03, 2023, 02:15 PMFahrenheit 451, Animal Farm , 1984

7th grade required reading. (I'm not being insulting)

Perfect time for a young mind to absorb it.

And The Classics.

Outside the comfort zone??

The Turner Diaries.

Actually, I never read it. Somehow, I missed most of the classics. Either that or I don't remember. Their was a lot of that in high school.

Incogneeto · April 04, 2023, 03:31 AM

Quote from: mowens on April 03, 2023, 10:02 PMActually, I never read it. Somehow, I missed most of the classics. Either that or I don't remember. Their was a lot of that in HIGH !! school.

fixed.

Jim at Gentex · April 04, 2023, 04:25 AM

No doubt authors like Bradbury, Rand, and Orwell were way ahead of their time.
All had an almost uncanny sense of the future that turns out to be eerily similar to where society is today.

Shazam/TPP · April 04, 2023, 04:51 AM

^^^ time travel? Aliens!!

mowens · April 04, 2023, 05:50 AM

Quote from: Incogneeto on April 04, 2023, 03:31 AMfixed.

Thanks!

thad · April 04, 2023, 08:25 AM

Quote from: mowens on April 04, 2023, 05:50 AMThanks! I was gonna fix it....but I forgot.

Fissed fiss.

Dan_AKA_ROY23 · April 04, 2023, 01:36 PM

Quote from: mowens on April 03, 2023, 08:07 AMit also brings to mind all of the people today walking around wearing earbuds, including me.

Off topic:

Those ear buds like ipads (or whatever you call them) are bad for your hearing. The high decibels damage the ears range of frequency (hearing loss with higher frequencies).

Apple won't tell us that (of course). Research this...

Incogneeto · April 04, 2023, 02:55 PM

Quote from: mowens on April 04, 2023, 05:50 AMThanks!

That is why I recommended 7th grade.

Right before the girls and the pot and the music.

I took a speed reading class in summer school. It wasn't so much about reading fast but Retention.
I learned to enjoy and retain a great deal of what I read and growing up in the space age.

it sent me to a lot of places.

Lovecraft ,Asimov, Bradbury, King and Poe.

I'm glad you found the time to read. It is a gift.

We should start a Book Thread??

Rstewart · April 04, 2023, 08:33 PM

Quote from: Jim at Gentex on April 04, 2023, 04:25 AMNo doubt authors like Bradbury, Rand, and Orwell were way ahead of their time.
All had an almost uncanny sense of the future that turns out to be eerily similar to where society is today.

Mike Judge had it right with idioracy

CNCAppsJames · April 04, 2023, 10:45 PM

Quote from: Incogneeto on April 04, 2023, 02:55 PMWe should start a Book Thread??

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