(Part 3) Best adult funny books according to redditors
We found 9,419 Reddit comments discussing the best adult funny books. We ranked the 2,908 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 41-60. You can also go back to the previous section.
Our Dumb Century
Buy this book, it is amazing from start to finish, especially if you know a bit of 20th century history (or know someone who does). The Onion upped their game for this book.
This image is one of the pages.
Jennifer Government is a short satirical novel that deals with this.
> Taxation has been abolished, the government has been privatized, and employees take the surname of the company they work for. It's a brave new corporate world, but you don't want to be caught without a platinum credit card--as lowly Merchandising Officer Hack Nike is about to find out. Trapped into building street cred for a new line of $2500 sneakers by shooting customers, Hack attracts the barcode-tattooed eye of the legendary Jennifer Government. A stressed-out single mom, corporate watchdog, and government agent who has to rustle up funding before she's allowed to fight crime, Jennifer Government is holding a closing down sale--and everything must go.
And here's his book!
Credit to /u/yanray for making these:
>I made these crayons / took this photo... never expected to see it pop up here on Reddit. It was for a contest to win the crayons, the deadline (in a weird coincidence) is tomorrow. Proof: http://coloringforgrownups.com/post/34581772735/crayons-for-grown-ups
I'm glad Reddit likes them. I also directed the "K is for Knifeball" video that took off here not too long ago... Long story short, the crayons are a real-life version of one page from a book I co-wrote & illustrated called "Coloring for Grown-ups" - Available right now wherever fine books are sold (and also at Urban Outfitters)! This: http://www.amazon.com/Coloring-Grown-Ups-Adult-Activity-Book/dp/0452298253
You can always go for the miniature version: https://www.amazon.com/Wacky-Waving-Inflatable-Miniature-Editions/dp/0762462876
according to http://www.amazon.com/Stuff-White-People-Like-Definitive/dp/0812979915/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373682094&sr=8-1&keywords=thing%27s+white+people+like every white guy needs a black friend
Listen, /u/Warlizard... you and I have been through a fair amount over the years. We've had some compelling conversations, shared some secrets, and even discussed a collaboration which both of us failed to give any serious consideration. In a very real way, I think of us as the Jennifer Garner and Jessica Biel of the site, and not just because of that one time when some guy wrote a weird novella about the two of us tangoing with /u/vargas.
The thing is, despite all we've been through, you've been more than a little bit cold when it comes to one particular topic... and so here, on the anniversary of your most notorious claim to fame – more well-known even than your oeuvre of excellent literature, your many creative accomplishments, or your utterly unflappable sense of ironic wit – I've decided to publicly clear the air as I ask you the same question that I've been approaching you with for the better part of four years:
Can I have some of your french fries?
A whole book was written on this premise. Jennifer Government by Max Berry, the creator of NationStates, which was kind of a thing in 2004 or so. The book is excellent. You should read it.
1976: "Cambodia to Switch to Skull-Based Economy."
Amazon!
The Michael Knowles thing is sort of an inside joke for people who listen to his podcast. Knowles published a completely blank book called "Reasons to Vote for Democrats," and it became a bestseller. Shapiro jokes constantly on his show about how he and Klavan feel like fools for actually writing words for their books all this time after seeing his success.
http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/0393339912/ref=asap_bc
This has a chapter on such studies. Remember that this means you don't sit up, you don't change clothes, you don't wash, you poop in a bowl, etc. Sounds awful to me.
Here are some links for the product in the above comment for different countries:
Link: Stuff White People Like
This bot is currently in testing so let me know what you think by voting (or commenting).
> Thump the First Bundred Days
It's real and costs $12.
Edit: The creator's twitter and the book's twitter shudder
Back the fuck up.
Just so I'm clear, if I post something with an affiliate link, I get shadow-banned for spamming Reddit but when you do it, it's a new revenue model?
Am I missing something here? Is this new? Are you officially saying that Reddit users may now add an affiliate code to anything they link?
In the 5 years since my book came out, it has been linked countless times on Reddit. I can only imagine how much affiliate money I would have made by putting a little code after that and raking in the phat dough.
BRB, adding affiliate links to ALL THE THINGS!
EDIT:
Just to be clear, if I link my book like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Warlizard-Chronicles-Adventures-Vodka-Women/dp/0615461875?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=0615461875&linkCode=w00&linkId=a17fd354f33b5cbdd0411289137ec0ab&ref_=as_sl_pc_tf_til&tag=warlizard-20
then nothing will be changed but if I just link it like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Warlizard-Chronicles-Adventures-Vodka-Women/dp/0615461875
Then your software will add in a Reddit affiliate link to it and you guys will get the revenue?
Just trying to clarify. I can't see any way this could be abused at all.
Oh, and here's my book, one more time, with affiliate link added, just so people can see an example of how this works:
http://www.amazon.com/Warlizard-Chronicles-Adventures-Vodka-Women/dp/0615461875?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=0615461875&linkCode=w00&linkId=a17fd354f33b5cbdd0411289137ec0ab&ref_=as_sl_pc_tf_til&tag=warlizard-20
Conservatives don't really have much sense of humour. Perusing though my local bookstore selection only reveals scant titles with even a conservative bent, and even then the joke tends to just be "look at this strawman, isn't this ridiculous!" like the Social Justice Warriors handbook or my personal favorite Reasons to vote for democrats which is just an empty book similar to a journal, and that's almost like a joke right -the democrats have no plans, see? But then you realise that someone sold an empty book at full price and the joke is you just wasted your time and money.
No wading needed, there are automated tools to search your comment history.
I now know you live in Scottsdale, AZ, you have a wife and at least one son. (It also says you have a mother, but I could have guessed that. Chances are you have a father, too.)
You are a writer, here is your web page, and your rather amusing looking book on Amazon.
Also, you are a personal fan of lots of eyeliner. (seeing it, not wearing it)
You’re welcome
Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Guy (Miniature Editions) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762462876/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_y0QkDb2H47W4H
Nice! One of my old roommates is black and he bought me the book Stuff White People Like. Sometimes me and my friends will play a drinking game where we flip to a page and if we like the things listed we drink. That is a hard game to stay sober in
Searched google for a paragraph, since the vibe I got from the end of the story was that it was an excerpt.
http://smile.amazon.com/Warlizard-Chronicles-Adventures-Vodka-Women/dp/0615461875?ie=UTF8&keywords=warlizard%20chronicles&qid=1463552710&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
SO fucking proud!
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5y774p/best_timeline_folks_reasons_to_vote_democrat_a
For anyone who hasn't seen, the Product Reviews are off the roof: https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
>I'm gay and wasn't triggered once in the reading of this work. Because I am gay, and have suffered more stuff than you, my opinion is worth 1.53x more. My review should be 7.65 stars and not the cisgendered patriarchal 5 star system...shame Amazon, for shame.
Right-wingers seem to protest in the dumbest ways.
Destroying already paid for items, or buying a book with blank pages.
Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Guy https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0762462876/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_F0y7CbYWGGPFF
I like the one that tells you what your poop means. Its accurate and god damn hilarious.
Edit: here's the link. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0811857824?pc_redir=1406027754&robot_redir=1
Some of my own favourites: "an unkindness of ravens" and "a parliament of owls"
If you're way into this kind of thing, James Lipton (of Actor's Studio fame) wrote a whole book of them, An Exaltation of Larks.
There's that book with a century of Onion headlines.
Pssshh. 12 reasons in a short article? There's a whole book with reasons to vote Democrat linked below. It's a great read and has a 5 star rating on Amazon!
https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1501180126/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=reasons+to+vote+democrat&qid=1562554428&s=gateway&sr=8-1
https://www.amazon.com/Coloring-Grown-Ups-Adult-Activity-Book/dp/0452298253
On an unrelated note, I just discovered this guy has a book! Totally buying that with my next paycheck. You're one of my favorite redditors, extremely longstanding running joke aside.
As /u/dnew just stated:
>http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/0393339912/ref=asap_bc
>This has a chapter on such studies. Remember that this means you don't sit up, you don't change clothes, you don't wash, you poop in a bowl, etc. Sounds awful to me.
It's not going to be a fun study.
Perhaps I can interest you in Reasons to Vote Democrat: A Comprehensive Guide.
These are not the first bunny-themed books about the current US presidential administration, either.
You can follow him here on Twitter
https://twitter.com/POTUSThump
Pick up his book on Amazon.
Thump: The First Bundred Days
Book and Poster combo over at InfoWars.com
Cellular growth and development in microgravity is very interesting. Given how much the human body changes and/or deteriorates without constant force being applied, one can hazard a guess at how differently a human being might develop if conception and their entire growth cycle occurred sans gravity.
For example, Astronaut Cady Coleman has mentioned that as a white, petite 50 year old woman, she was quite concerned about bone loss during her ISS mission (Expedition 27). Appreciable bone density loss is experienced by most astronauts, and has largely been proven to be in direct relation to impact related exercise. Dr. Coleman followed a strict dietary supplement, exercise and osteoporotic drug treatment regimen partially described in this NIH paper. As a result, she experienced zero bone density loss. However, her bone density distribution changed significantly, creating an architecture that was thicker on the edges and more porous in the interior. I mention race, as African American women experience 16-28% less bone density loss in comparable duration spaceflights.
Vestibular and circulatory systems change, as well, and most long-duration spaceflight astronauts experience significant periods of re-adaptation when returning to Earth.
As far as life-cycle development:
Fluid dynamics is one of most complicated and highly studied aspects of spaceflight. Human bodies are one giant fluid dynamics problem, from intercellular transport to circulatory issues to urinary tract issues. (Fat, red faces on astronauts aren't necessarily because there's no gravity pushing urine to the bottom of the bladder, so they have no idea when they really gotta go, it's also because blood and body fluids require cardiovascular exertion to drive movement).
Red blood cells also become more spherical, and your spine decompresses, painfully forcing you to "grow" up to two inches. Embryos experience some degree of gravitropism, for example, certain amphibians orient themselves to gravity within seconds of fertilization.
Then we get into Seasonal Affective Disorder, and implications of living in a tin-can with zero exposure to natural seasonal changes, and we can move on quickly from there to radiation exposure. For example, rumor has it a female astronaut has exceeded her exposure allowance, 400REM and can no longer fly in space. No recorded increase in cancer incidence, but we have to be careful, just the same.
Honestly, I could happily write about this for the next three days straight and not even begin to address all the issues with human growth, development, and functions in microgravity, but I think you'd get a better read out of the following:
I highly suggest reading The Fundamentals of Space Medicine by Gilles Clement and Packing for Mars by Mary Roach, if you have further interest.
Cheaper in the US! U-S-A! U-S-A!
Though you should really go big or go home.
What's the link to it? You're definitely funny, and I'd love to read more.
Also, the "crazy letters" idea reminds me of the book Letters from a Nut. I recommend it.
You could change the title of this book by replacing "Democrats" with "Hillary" and no doubt sell more books.
https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
The reviews still make me laugh!
Letters from a Nut?
Amazon link for the book
Or to search nearby libraries.
It's totally blank! Total MOAB dropped on dems! https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
According to the fine publication of The Onion titled Our Dumb Century, it is indeed much older than that. This fine newspaper is descended from a newspaper titled The Mercantile-Onion, founded in 1765. It took on its current form in 1896, when T. Herman Zweibel took over, and renamed it The Onion. He would remain publisher until his court-ordered retirement in 1958.
You might like this book if you haven't already read it.
Me too. I found this on amazon: Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Guy (Miniature Editions) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762462876/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_nlHQCbVJFPED9
I think this book can really help liberals in your situation decide how to vote. Really exhaustively researched, it just lays the full case out for you and yet you can easily finish it in one sitting.
Hope that helps.
It's actually an unkindness of ravens. You can have a parliament of owls.
In case you are looking for more. Or just want to know why I know this.
Reminds me of Ted L. Nancy's Letters from a Nut
Sounds like Ted Nancy's Letters From a Nut. He sends letters to real people and places and publishes the letter and response. They are laugh out loud funny.
Everyone needs to read the book which started funny crank letters in the late 20th century: Letters from a Nut https://www.amazon.com/dp/0380973545/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ZQdJDbCMGE2GF
Completely and horrifically unrealistic. This book actually has a chapter on this very topic, discussed on the concept of people bailing out of a crashing plane. Basically, without specialized gear and specialized training, you'd die.
At the altitude and speeds airplanes are flying, it is far too easy for a person to get caught in a spin, spinning you to death before you can properly deploy a chute. The air is thin enough that it can be hard to correct yourself. Also, at the speeds we are dealing with, opening up your mouth could cause your gut to literally rupture. Look at what jets with ejection seats do- they launch you, in a whole, padded, stabilized seat, in the direction of your motion to minimize the acceleration on you, and it is still incredibly dangerous with people frequently breaking bones or not surviving.
Buy his book. It's cheap and amazing. Like "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell" but better.
http://www.amazon.com/Warlizard-Chronicles-Adventures-Vodka-Women/dp/0615461875
Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Guy
Pretty sure this is the same one... I think I’m about to spend $12
He didn't. He did send me Reasons To Vote For Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide yesterday, which made him a target.
I don't know why my link isn't working....
Edit: Ohh, right, reddit is stuck in the 70s when all URLs were required to start with "www", I guess. Added "http://"
just some of my standard answers.
The Disappearing Spoon- yes, it's chemistry but I found it very interesting.
Abraham Lincoln's DNA- if you have a good background in genetics you might already know many of these stories. Read the table of contents first.
New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers- disease based biology. There is a follow up book if it turns out you like it.
Stiff- more than you wanted to know about dead bodies.
And by the same author but space based... Packing for Mars.
I hope these help... Cheers.
Context for those who don't know the Onion or the book
Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source https://www.amazon.com/dp/0609804618/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_L7iOyb1W57QH4
all events for the past 5 years were written by markov bots based on history books, except someone slipped a copy of Our Dumb Century into the library.
Just some linkage for the lazy: "The Warlizard Chronicles: Adventures with Vodka, Women, & War" ... since he was "nice enough" to not include it (ie. self-promote), here.
Edit: Looks like a good book (and I nearly died laughing at Tucker Max's first novel, to which this is compared) ... so (Warlizard's book is) now on my own wish list.
Edit: clarified indefinite article in the previous stealth edit
I made a list based on where you can purchase them if you want to edit it onto your post:
This Month's Book
January:
by Iain Banks]
(https://www.amazon.com/Consider-Phlebas-Culture-Iain-Banks/dp/031600538X)
by Aldous Huxley]
(https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-World-Aldous-Huxley/dp/0060850523)
by Ray Bradbury
by Oscar Wilde
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
by Jordan B. Peterson]
(https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/B0797Y87JC)
February:
by Richard Matheson
by Frank Herbert
by Haruki Murakami
by Bret Easton Ellis
by Max Tegmark
by Friedrich Nietzsche
March:
by Ernest Hemingway
by Herman Melville
April:
(https://www.amazon.com/Dice-Man-Luke-Rhinehart/dp/0879518642)
https://www.amazon.com/Stoner-York-Review-Books-Classics/dp/1590171993)
(https://www.amazon.com/Crime-Punishment-Fyodor-Dostoyevsky/dp/0486415872)
https://www.amazon.com/No-Longer-Human-Osamu-Dazai/dp/0811204812)
May:
https://www.amazon.com/Spring-Snow-Sea-Fertility-1/dp/0679722416)
(https://www.amazon.com/Runaway-Horses-Sea-Fertility-2/dp/0679722408)
November
Books Pewds suggested but hasn't talked about in any of the episodes yet:
linking pewds to see this u/pewpewpewPEWdie
The long awaited sequel to Reasons to Vote for Democrats?
Because Shapiro spends months/years writing books. Knowles wrote a best seller that had no words in it
link
Here, you'll need this!
If you're interested, James Lipton (yes, the same James Lipton) wrote a book called "An Exaltation of Larks" that researched all the terms of venery and created some new ones.
http://www.amazon.com/An-Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-Edition/dp/0140170960
I'm assuming so. Once again, innocent from the kids perspective. You might've been a little hurt (depending how sensitive you were), but I guarantee the mom felt super bad.
My favourite one was being in a book store when my oldest (and only at the time) was like one and a half. I was looking at something, and she was looking at some books like 5 feet away from me, and walked over holding up some book called "What White People Like" (she obviously had no idea), and there was a black person right beside us.
Edit: "Stuff" White People Like (https://www.amazon.ca/Stuff-White-People-Like-Definitive/dp/0812979915)
read this book Jennifer Government over a decade ago that fictionally covers this scenario. very good read and would recommend.
Jennifer Government by Max Barry
I see she has been studying Democrat policy
Seria se não tivessem copiado a ideia https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1501180126
if you liked the op, you'll like these:
http://www.amazon.com/Lazlo-Letters-Don-Novello/dp/1563052857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254661089&sr=8-1
Here, you'll need this: https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762
This book, "Plato and a Platypus walk into a bar" is very helpful for understanding basic philosophy concepts through jokes. I read it when I was younger and it was very entertaining to read, not overwhelming or intimidating, and pretty funny also.
https://www.amazon.com/Plato-Platypus-Walk-into-Understanding/dp/0143113879
>That suffering is pointless is a pagan and atheist notion, not a Christian one.
I wholeheartedly disagree. Christ ended physical suffering for a lot of people. He healed people so they wouldn't suffer. The whole point of Christ's existence was to end the suffering of people separated from God.
And, this just gets under my skin, someone saying they're "suffering for Jesus" is a pharisee. They're spitting in the face of the gifts of modern medicine - a gift from God to ease the suffering of a host of people.
I really and truly hope you never have to endure, or worse yet, see a loved on endure, true medical suffering. When you see what it does to a person, how it breaks them, there's nothing at all redemptive about that. It is painful, it is heartbreaking, it is the last thing that you think God wants his children to go through. And, believe me, you would want to do anything in your power to stop it through any means necessary.
Acts 5:41 is aimed at being a social outcast and a political refugee, not someone who is going through Chemo or someone who is battling MS.
And, we need to talk about Paul. Paul, formerly Saul, one, didn't know Jesus, never followed Jesus and really didn't have any first-hand knowledge of Christ at all. So there's that. And, when we read anything written by Paul, we're reading someone else's 1800 year old mail. It's like Letters From A Nut, except we don't have the letter he is replying it. We are missing basically all of the context.
Now, Luke is a little more reliable. And again, we see Christ talking in parable. He didn't mean to literally pick up a cross, obviously. So how do you jump to the conclusion that physical suffering is what he meant?
>"Should we stop palliative care of cancer patients and the elderly?"
But why not? If suffering is some wonderful gift, why not give everyone a good healthy dose of pain? Perhaps because it is cruel? On their way out of this world shouldn't folks get the "character building" experience of excruciating pain? Meet Jesus in the throes of agony? I mean, that's what The Saints ^^TM did...
Or perhaps your humanity kicks in and you realize that suffering is, really, rather pointless in our modern society.
Reminds me of the books by Ted L. Nancy. "Letters from a Nut" is the first one.
Here, I think I found it
Hey everyone here is the link for it https://www.amazon.com/Wacky-Waving-Inflatable-Miniature-Editions/dp/0762462876
When I read Jennifer Government in the part about where you have to give your payment information before an ambulance is dispatched, I thought, "Wow, that would never happen here." Seems to be getting there.
https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
One of Shapiro's employees wrote a book called "Reasons to Vote for Democrats". The joke is that the book is entirely blank. Despite that, it rocketed to the top of amazon and gained a presidential endorsement.
Since no one has said so yet, look up a book called An Exaltation of Larks for more classic and a lot of nouveau ones.
So you say:
> If I think that I'm a competent and nice person, and I have a roommate or coworker that treats me like a fool and a jerk, that's going to create some cognitive dissonance, for sure. But I don't have the right to control what he mirrors back to me.
But then you say:
> The problem is that others feel cowed by them and afraid to discuss things.
How is it the fault of "PC types" how others respond to them? They don't have the right to control what people mirror back to them, after all.
> But at the same time we have to also recognize that being part of a society necessarily involves repressing some aspects of ourselves in order to interact with others. Animals don't do this - they do not empathize, they do not conceive that other animals have rights, so they rape and assault and steal.
Acting as though humans, because we are animals, are all prone to the same impulses and desires as animals is rather fallacious. And as it happens, many animals can and do empathize. Bonobos do not rape or assault, for example; they're a pacifistic species that uses sexuality to form bonds, reconcile differences, and keep the peace. Animal psychology isn't my specialty, but you're talking veneer theory here, which is not really a current part of the field. Check out Frans de Waal's primatology research - it's not as simple as "animals are brutal and society represses that in humans." Learning to exist in an interdependent society, and so learning to practice altruism and to set aside violent tendencies, is not remotely the same thing as attempting to pretend to be something that you are not in order to protect yourself from bigots.
You're still talking about identity in a broad sense strictly from your perspective on/understanding of the term. That doesn't mean that it's everyone's experience. You're not Schroedinger's human, both extant and not until observed. Identity may be refined through interaction but it is potentially defined in many different ways. In the case of pronoun choice, that's not about asking people to mirror back your identity to you, that's about asking people to not forcibly impose their own reality onto you. There is a distinction. Your framing makes it sound more like "speshul snowflakes need everyone to validate them" - that's not the point, at all.
And you mentioned that you were thinking of reading Heidegger this summer? If you have time to reddit you have time to read. Pick up an actual book, it'll do you good. You don't seem to have much of a sense of humor, maybe try this.
Letters From A Nut is full of great stuff too.
Found on amazon
Michael Knowles is one of the DailyWire podcasters. He wrote a best selling book called " Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide " where he has an entire book of blank pages except for some chapter openings like "economy" "foreign policy" and of course the bibliography.
He's picked on by Ben Shapiro and Andrew Klavan where they tease him constantly and make fun of him, but it's all in good fun. Typical guy stuff.
But because of the teasing, Michael Knowles is sort of a discount Ben Shapiro and Ben would probably add "a heavy discount me. So heavy it's basically free".
I came here to point that out too. Don Novello, 1977
https://www.amazon.com/Living-Japanese-Diversity-Lifestyles-Conversations/dp/030010958X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1469162331&sr=8-2&keywords=living+japanese
I think that is an amazing recourse. Natural, REAL conversations with people of all ages and topics. Its really good for getting exposure you can learn from easily to native speaking that isn't "dramatized" or too over the top like most anime and Japanese TV acting in general.
LingQ.com (is also a great recourse. and its free if you don't use the in site word marking tools)
https://www.amazon.com/Read-Real-Japanese-Fiction-Contemporary/dp/1568365292/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469162459&sr=8-1&keywords=read+real+japanese
https://www.amazon.com/Read-Real-Japanese-Essays-Contemporary/dp/1568364148/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1469162459&sr=8-2&keywords=read+real+japanese
https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-into-Japanese-Literature-Classics/dp/1568364156/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1469162459&sr=8-3&keywords=read+real+japanese
the last three are good for written japanese, which is more polished and different than real "spoken" japanese (like any language). But they all 3 come with audio, grammar and vocab explanations and are an amazing recourse IMO.
> Since you are learning you may also want to check out Read Real Japanese
Also Exploring Japanese Literature and Breaking Into Japanese Literature
My personal favorite. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1682610284/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_-V-mxb6SYK70F
Bunny.
James Lipton (yes, that James Lipton, from Inside the Actor's Studio) wrote a book about terms like these, called An Exaltation of Larks.
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar - amazon
Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy - wiki
And even though it is pretty heavy philosophy, I can't leave out David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature - wiki
One of my all time favorites is Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air, about a climbing season on Mount Everest where a lot of things went wrong.
I also enjoy Mary Roach - she has a great gift of being able to convey information while being really entertaining in the process. Stiff is my favorite of hers, but I also really enjoyed Packing For Mars.
My first exposure to The Onion was actually through that book. Hard to believe there was a time when I could have found it in a bookstore before finding it online.
LOL, get any surprising colors? Also, I'd just like to drop a link to a good bathroom read (seemed apropos).
Well, to be fair, some do - it's their specialty.
http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/
of course, he's white. didn't you get the memo to read the guide?
Only if you read this one... It might take you a while but I'm certain you can get through it with a thesaurus.
The Comments Tho' https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/product-reviews/1543024971/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_hist_5?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&sortBy=recent&filterByStar=five_star&pageNumber=1
In my post about reading strategies I suggested starting with translations of books you are familiar with, particularly those aimed at children and adolescents (primarily for the extensive furigana).
While I agree that good translation requires you to understand all the nuances of the text, translation is a completely different skill from comprehension. I also wonder if too much translation actually hinders the second language acquisition process. Isn't the goal to understand it in the target language, as is, rather than making sure you understand it in a language you already know?
Some suggestions for authors and books:
乙一（おついち）: He writes horror and light novels and was first published at age 16. It's not classic literature my any means but it's easy and most of the stories are short. I particularly liked "Seven Rooms" which was in one of the Zoo collections.
EDIT: Apparently there is a 30min short film adaptation of "Seven Rooms".
奥田英朗（おくたひでお）: His Irabu-sensei series of short stories is fun and fairly accessible. Although they are all connected through the eponymous doctor, the main character(s) of each vignette are different and the language varies accordingly.
夏目漱石（なつめそうせき）: While most of his work is incredibly difficult, 夢十夜 is an excellent collection of short stories made better by the free audio released by the publishers of Breaking into Japanese Literature.
I also studied Japanese in college. I had a lacuna of about 10 years before restarting my Japanese studies. After about two or so years of study, I now have my N1. Here are some things I did:
Start with something basic, then try to work your way up any way you can.
I wouldn't go for something like Murakami to practice translation because, as atgm points out, the translators wouldn't be translating 1:1.
Why not try one of the "Breaking into Japanese Literature" or "Read Real Japanese" books (any kind of reader really)? They usually come with a direct translation and a more artistic translation. The texts are shorter which should keep your interest up for longer but there's still enough stories for you to have enough to do.
There's plenty of others but a few examples would be:
Breaking into Japanese Literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text
Exploring Japanese Literature: Read Mishima, Tanizaki, and Kawabata in the Original
Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers
Read Real Japanese: All You Need to Enjoy Eight Contemporary Writers
Read Real Japanese Essays: Contemporary Writings by Popular Authors
I think all of those had the "look inside" enabled so you can decide which style of translation you prefer.
If translation is something that interests you, I recommend heading over to /r/translationstudies to get a few tips on good books on translation studies.
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For you sir
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There's always TONS of tat produced whenever there's a US election- lots of dolls, masks, bobbleheads, all kinds of weird novelty gifts intended to be comedic. I remember years ago when Howard Dean was running for election and became notorious because of that 'scream' he made, someone ended up producing a Howard Dean Screaming Action Figure which reproduced that weird noise of elation of his when you pushed a button. I guess all this stuff is targeted at the people who fall into that overlap between politics junkies & people who find silly novelty items amusing. There's lots of weird Trump junk out there, too. I mean, look at this shit:
The Trump Talking Toilet Roll Holder!
The Donald Trump Colouring Book! I actually kind of want this, even if the way Trump is drawn inside is kind of odd. I'd LOVE for someone to produce a Trump/Pepe meme colouring book, that'd make my year.
Other freaks try to cash in with their own hand-made Ebay-shilled junk, like... whatever the fuck this crocheted Trump penis thing is supposed to be.
And this one I think is genuinely funny; I lost my shit when I saw it. I mean, just LOOK at this ad! Meme magic is REAL~
Thump
Here's the book he wrote about it:
http://www.amazon.com/An-Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-Edition/dp/0140170960
> An "exaltation of larks"? Yes! And a "leap of leopards," a "parliament of owls," an "ostentation of peacocks," a "smack of jellyfish," and a "murder of crows"! For those who have ever wondered if the familiar "pride of lions" and "gaggle of geese" were only the tip of a linguistic iceberg, James Lipton has provided the definitive answer: here are hundreds of equally pithy, and often poetic, terms unearthed by Mr. Lipton in the Books of Venery that were the constant study of anyone who aspired to the title of gentleman in the fifteenth century.
Yes, these were the result of a language game that was common a few centuries ago.
http://www.amazon.com/Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-James-Lipton/dp/0140170960?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0
If you like that, check out the book An Exaltation of Larks by James Lipton (yes, the "Inside the Actor's Studio" guy.) that is mentioned on the Wikipedia page. It has a great introduction about these "terms of venery" and some of their origins, a really comprehensive list with illustrations, and Lipton himself even gets into creating new ones. Very cool book.
> collective nouns
They are also referred to as Terms of Venery or "Company terms" and some of the earliest can be found in the Book of Saint Albans, pub. 1486. A good contemporary compendium of terms of Venery is an Exaltation of Larks pub. 1993.
I have a book that names different groups. It's called An Exaltation of Larks . Apparently a group of cockroaches is an "intrusion of cockroaches." "disagreement of statesmen." "explosion of italians."
An unofficial source has told me: "a carton of retards" .. unsure of veracity
Hi, I have a degree in Philosophy and teach Philosophy/English to high schooler. The following advice and recommendations are what I give my students who are interested in philosophy. I would not recommend Kant as an introduction (not that he's bad, but he is difficult to understand). Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar is a book that explains philosophical topics and questions through humor and uses jokes to illustrate the concepts. It is accessible and thought provoking. If you are interested in logic you might enjoy Logicomix. It is a graphic novel that gives a biographical narrative of Bertrand Russell, an English philosopher whose work is the basis of all modern logic. It is not a book about logic per se, but it does give a good introduction to what logic is and how it can be used. Also, Russell's book A History of Western Philosophy is a good place to start your education in philosophy. If you are interested in atheism, read Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion. This book goes through the most common arguments for the existence of God, and debunks them using logic and reasoning. Good luck and read on!
http://www.amazon.com/The-Simpsons-Philosophy-Popular-Culture/dp/0812694333
http://www.amazon.com/Plato-Platypus-Walk-into-Understanding/dp/0143113879/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343839215&sr=1-1&keywords=plato+and+a+platypus+walk+into+a+bar
These aren't really comic books, but they might be what you are looking for.
Thanks for mentioning you're seventeen; it does make a difference (to my mind!). M'colleagues below have recommended some pretty heavy reading, which I don't think is what you're really looking for on the face of it. If I were to recommend a book about philosophy to a seventeen-year-old, I wouldn't recommend a textbook, I'd recommend the following:
Plato and a Platypus walk into a bar. This is a book of jokes about philosophy. They're not very funny, but it's a good way to learn some ideas. Doesn't talk about people (old dead white men, for the most part); focuses on ideas.
The Pig that Wants to be Eaten. This is a little less frivolous; it's 100 little thought experiments. I'd say this is a bite-at-a-time book; read one, put the book down and think about it for a bit, then read another. I really enjoyed this.
Philosophy 101. This little volume is a pretty decent intro to some of the key ideas and thinkers of philosophy. No, it's not a textbook and it's not written by a professional philosopher, which is why I've recommended it. Its mistakes are small enough that if you get interested and start reading some more about the topic you'll pick up where the author went wrong pretty quickly. Again, this is a bite-at-a-time book.
Hope that helps, and of course if you find an idea and you have questions about it: ask away. :)
Is anyone else noticing the parallel with these longer exchanges and the Letters From a Nut books? http://www.amazon.com/Letters-Nut-Ted-L-Nancy/dp/0380973545
A guy did a whole book of stuff like this about 13 or 14 years ago through snail mail. Some of them are a hoot.
http://www.amazon.com/Letters-Nut-Ted-L-Nancy/dp/0380973545
Mary Roach! Mary Roach Mary Roach!
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Packing of Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
I can't recommend these highly enough. Mary Roach is the most engaging, funny science writer I've read.
Also [A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman]http://www.amazon.com/Natural-History-Senses-Diane-Ackerman/dp/0679735666/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323874194&sr=1-1
This is from Our Dumb Century, a brilliant book by Theonion.com
It's from their book Our Dumb Century from 1999, with faux front pages from every year of the 20th century.
They've made some good books (and some not-so-good ones), but this is by far the best IMO. And the design is great, it really really looks vintage. That makes the jokes work on a whole new level for me.
Pretty much anything by Chuck Palahniuk.
edit: Also, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis, Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. And The Road by Cormac McCarthy, but only for one scene around the middle... anyone who's read it knows what I mean. Other than that, I found it to be a very emotion-provoking novel, but not "disturbing" in the sense that I think you mean.
American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis
I have a few awesome teen gift ideas, I will post some links to for you. Im sort of know as giver of random awesome things to my neice and nephews. If you can give me some ideas of what he likes I can try to track down more specific things.
These will all be through amazon because its easiest but they can be found elsewhere.
Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Guy (RP Minis) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762462876/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_T6EXDbE0R87ZK
Ravensburger Disney Villainous Strategy Board Game for Age 10 & Up - 2019 Toty Game of The Year Award Winner https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DLGD9K6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_x7EXDb180973A
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Also, if this is rather common for you, or you're interested in learning more about different poo's, may I recommend What's Your Poo Telling You?
Relevant
Stuff White People Like.
Its funny enough to read about stuff like white people like that someone made a book about it (there's a second one too). Source: am white, think its funny, and fit a lot of them
It's good, quality food with a relaxed atmosphere. Also, we brought Stuff White People Like and checked off like half of the things in the book during brunch one day (one of them is brunch, if I'm not mistaken).
It's pricey, but the food is generally pretty good. (Service failed me once, but hey, that happens everywhere.) Get the Devilish Eggs - deviled eggs with crab, smoked salmon, and lobster (separately).
Jennifer Government would probably work for you.
Pretty close: https://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Government-Max-Barry/dp/1400030927/
May I recommend Reasons to vote for Democrats.
It's gotten great reviews and would look good on your bedside table.
Don't forget Reasons to Vote for Democrats
https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1501180126/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495478114&sr=8-1&keywords=reasons+to+vote+for+democrats+a+comprehensive+guide
They already did
Novello also wrote a few books in which he would compile some very strange letters to customer service departments of various companies, presidents, universities, etc. all as a character named Lazlo Toth, then print their responses; they're hilarious and worth picking up.
The Lazlo Letters
Citizen Lazlo!
From Bush to Bush
I've been a fan of Novello for a long time. When I first heard Andrei Codrescu on NPR, I sincerely thought it was one of Novello's characters.
If this tickled your funny bone, you'd love The Lazlo Letters. Maybe not as funny if you are under 30, though. You can find some of them as PDFs on the web, and try them out.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1563052857/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_awdm_D0NXtb13R62HG
And same post in /r/Pittsburgh, different user
http://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/2iuqm7/pittsburgh_i_have_a_confession_to_make/?sort=new
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Looks like we have a modern Lazlo Toth.
If you like these you really need to get "The Lazlo Letters" by Don Novello (the guy who did Father Guido Sarducci.)
He sent letters to companies as a conservative reactionary, but wrote them so they really sounded authentic, and got some awesome responses.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Lazlo-Letters-Don-Novello/dp/1563052857
I own a few beginner books like this. If you like folk tales, this is exactly what you're asking for: Treasury of Japanese Folk Tales - the stories are in English on the first half of the page, and on the bottom half in mostly kana with furigana over any kanji. It's a nice hardcover book with color illustrations on each page, so I think it's worth the price.
Clay and Yumi Boutwell have written Japanese readers that are very similar- furigana and kana text with definitions for each kanji/vocabulary on the bottom half of the page, followed by a full English summary afterwards. I own Hikoichi, Momotaro, and Inch High Samurai. I think the Boutwells' readers are good learning material but way overpriced considering how small each reader is. Since the Treasury of Japanese Folk Tales also contains many of the stories covered by each of the Boutwells' readers, it's a better bang for the buck (though missing the 1-1 definitions for each kanji/vocabulary).
I also own the red Giles Murray Breaking into Japanese Literature, but it's a bit above my current skill level since many of the kanji don't have furigana.
I have also looked into Kodansha's bilingual series, but since it's aimed at Japanese readers trying to learn English- manga have speech bubbles in English with no furigana kanji on the sides, but regular Japanese manga + English translated counterpart is more helpful since regular Japanese manga aimed for children have furigana.
There's three great books out there that I can think of off the top of my head.
[Read Real Japanese: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers] (http://www.amazon.co.jp/Read-Real-Japanese-Fiction-Contemporary/dp/1568365292)
and
[Read Real Japanese Essays: Contemporary Writings by Popular Authors] (http://www.amazon.co.jp/Read-Real-Japanese-Essays-Contemporary/dp/1568364148)
and
[Breaking into Japanese literature: Seven Modern Classics in Parallel Text] (http://www.amazon.co.jp/Breaking-into-Japanese-Literature-Classics/dp/1568364156)
PS: if you are "fresh out of Genki 2" level, I'd say these books may be fairly advanced for you, but to each their own. Some people don't mind. There are english translations after all.
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Check out Penis Fairies and Queef Storms or 404 Not Found (alt link, has excerpts), a couple of colouring books written (drawn?) by The Oatmeal. I personally thought they both had great pictures, though in different ways—404 is intended as a family friendly book, after all, while Penis Fairies needs no explanation.
Another funny, though markedly controversial, book would be the Trump Colouring Book, featuring such pages as 'Trump playing chess with Putin', 'Trump crossing the Delaware', 'Trump adorning the $1,000,000 bill', 'Trump bulling past Clinton and Sanders in the American Football Republicans vs Democrats match', and many, many more.
if you thought that was bad.
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Coloring-Book-M-Anthony/dp/1682610284
I actually own a Trump coloring book. It became much less hilarious when he actually won.
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There's an entire book detailing these.
It's probably more common than the fact that a group of ravens is called an "unkindness."
Source (scanned from my copy of An Exaltation of Larks)
Book recommendation: An Exaltation of Larks, by James Lipton. Yes, THE James Lipton. https://www.amazon.com/Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-James-Lipton/dp/0140170960
It is the book version of this reddit post with a history of terms.
Fun fact -- we know a lot of these terms because some guy researched them and published a book. That guy was James Lipton (yes, that one from Inside the Actors Studio), and here's the book.
Note: Lipton found some of the terms and made others up, and the two have become permanently intertwined -- so "pandemonium of parrots" was probably made up by Lipton, while "a murder of crows" was not.
An Exaltation of Larks is a particularly fun book about the subject.
For those new to philosophy, I'd recommend The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: 100 Experiments for the Armchair Philosopher, as well as Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. I'm not all the way through the second one but it seems interesting. These are fairly simple but interesting introductory books that teach you some of the issues philosophers deal with.
Hope this helps!
I'm 16 and this book helped me get a handle on the basics
It's a bit corny, but it's understandable and goes through ethics, logic, metaphysics, etc, as well as some of the well known philosophers.
You can flip through the first few pages to get a feel for it.
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I got hit with a pretty nasty respiratory bug which put me down for awhile.
Anyway, on to talking about a general plan for this project. I think that the best thing to do would be to start with a light touch, and see how well she takes to it.
With that in mind, I might recommend starting with 'Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar'. Plato and a Platypus is a cheap, and reasonably instructive (though superficial) introduction to a range of philosophical questions through jokes. It is a strange approach, but one I think works quite well as a something like a philosophical appetizer that introduces lots of interesting topics. It has a sequel focused on politics ("Aristotle and an Aardvark") which is also quite good. I will warn that not all of the jokes are appropriate for all audiences, so whether you like this book might depend on how liberal you feel like being regarding jokes featuring explicit language, adult themes, etc.
I also definitely recommend anything from the Oxford Very Short Introduction series, particularly (given your interests) the Very Short Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics. In my experience, the entire VSI series is excellent, and I've used some of them to teach philosophy at the community college level. They are extremely brief (they can fit into my pockets) and accessible, and also quite cheap (usually about 10 bucks a piece). They are written by leading experts on each given topic, and there is an enormous selection if you decide that you want to explore particular topics (Ancient Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Theology, etc). They will be a bit tougher than Plato and a Platypus in that they don't typically have much fluff, but should still be generally relatively accessible. The Ethics volume is pretty solid, built around a series of major questions that ethics needs to respond to. I will offer two warnings about the VSI series:
(1) VSI formatting is largely left up to the author, so the approach varies considerably from text to text. This allows authors to structure the material however they feel is best, which usually turns out great. Just be ready for some jumps in how they deal with things (e.g., the Ethics volume is divided into sections which each review some set of related questions and possible answers, while the Logic volume is problem centered and features new tools of formal logic to address various problems presented in each chapter)
(2) Authors of VSI are almost always working scholars with particular philosophical viewpoints - and this will come across in their texts. Expect some axes to be ground, and presuppositions assumed. That said, of the one's I've read (maybe 5 or so at this point), they still presented a rather fair overview of the field.
I think for books, you will be hard pressed to do better than Plato and a Platypus/Aristotle and an Aardvark to provoke the feeling that philosophy is worthwhile, and the Very Short Introduction series to provide an actual introduction into the field.
There are also some great philosophy podcasts. The best for a non-philosopher is likely "Philosophize This", which is a largely chronological review of a fair chunk of the most significant philosophers in history (even including some non-Western thinkers). Again, the material isn't explicitly aimed at younger folk, so there may be some touchy content, but it is generally an exceptional program. They have quite a backlog now (something like 90 episodes), so there is plenty of material there.
Also, I've found a couple of course plans for philosophy in middle school. The strongest looking one to me is this one from UNC. Definitely worth looking at as a way to structure your thoughts, but I would augment it with some of the resources covered above.
I think this would yield a pretty low cost way to test if this approach will work. Assuming you were to buy all four books I've mentioned, I think it would run a total of about $40 per person, which should make this a pretty light investment in terms of money. Likewise, the books are all relatively short, so you might make it through them in as little as a month (if you were really motivated).
I think the real trick will be in deciding where to go after the initial introduction has been made and more serious texts are being considered, but this will depend a lot on how this project develops. I think the best thing to do with that is to wait and see how things turn out, then plan the next leg of the introduction. I'll be around for the foreseeable future, and would be happy to help you figure that out when the time comes.
Let me know what you think, and keep me in the loop as the project unfolds. I am very interested in this project and would be happy to lend a hand when possible.
I would also recommend Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar. I found the book extremely entertaining because of the corny jokes (and some of them are god awful), and it made some schools of philosophy easier to understand for me.
There is also a new blog someone from Reddit started yesterday, and it is highly entertaining.
i laugh every single time I read the Letters from a Nut series by Ted L. Nancy. it depends on how you define clean humor though, these books are probably around pg-13 level (at worst).
If you want more craziness like this I'd suggest reading Letters from a nut
Letters from a Nut
Ted L Nancy is a genius.
I would start off with Stiff and then Bonk. I liked Spook but on amazon it doesn't have as good of reviews as the others so I'd read that one later if you aren't as interested in it. I've yet to read packing for mars but if it's anything like her other books, it's wonderful.
You're doing this wrong. If you approach books as a task for self-edification that you view as a duty, you're going to hate it. Read whatever you want, for entertainment. Read funnystuff. Read thrillers. Read fantasy. Read weird science fiction. Heck, read history, economics, and science.
TL;DR: Read whatever the hell you feel like, and I guarantee you you will feel better about yourself than you would have by forcing yourself through Ulysses or War and Peace.
[Packing for Mars] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0393339912/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497231768&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=packing+for+mars) is a great accessible read on a lot of the practical challenges of getting humans to Mars. I really enjoyed it.
This coloring book is pretty awesome!
I'm finally about to start a new job, and will be able to pay my bills off way faster than planned. By doing this, I will be able to have a better life WAY sooner than expected!
I'm totally buying this one.
[Coloring for Grown-Ups: The Adult Activity Book] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0452298253/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_6Vxvub0ZR1011)
I love my inner child!
I second the prismacolors, I swear by them as an artist and an art teacher. I also suggest a battery-operated electric eraser, they are a game changer in prismacolor drawing. Here's a cheap one:
Depending on your mom's taste and sense of humor, here are 3 of my favorite off-beat coloring books (way better than just mandalas and stuff):
This crass one is my favorite
Unicorns are Jerks - funny but not offensive
[Thrill Murray, the Bill MUrray coloring book (weird but fun, lots of Wes Anderson film stuff) ] (https://www.amazon.com/Thrill-Murray-coloring-book-Coley/dp/0957490909/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482086999&sr=1-1)
You could also consider making her your very own coloring book. One of my art students made me one that was all pictures of dinosaurs and cats riding on bicycles (my 3 favorite things). If you can't draw, it's super easy to turn photographs into drawing pages with Adobe Illustrator or similar.
You could also get her some frames so she can display her favorite completed pages.
Got her this one and this one
I love my inner child!!
Either:
Coloring for Grown-Ups: The Adult Activity Book
Or
Unicorns Are Jerks: a coloring book exposing the cold, hard, sparkly truth
Thanks for the contest!! It reminded me how much I LOVE to color! It's therapeutic for me.
Edit: I also have Between the Lines: An Expert Level Coloring Book == and == Outside the Lines: An Artists' Coloring Book for Giant Imaginations (totally stole that one from /u/chickenfriedsoup so if you pick this particular book, give it to them)
Years ago, The Onion published Our Dumb Century, a book of (intentionally) fake news about the twentieth century. This GIF couldn't help but remind me of one of its parody headlines: "Whites Eagerly Await Release of Windows 95".
I bought their book back in 99:
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Dumb-Century-Presents-Headlines/dp/0609804618
> and so it's fun to see people's reactions when they hear about it. Besides, this is not NEARLY the weirdest thing about me.
Well, you almost had me think you're /u/Warlizard. If you want to suddenly seem perfectly normal, I recommend you to buy his book. GF got me one as a gift. It's... well, it's quite something. I recommend it.
You can find stories from the book in comments he left in various askreddit threads and such.
Every time I see you, I just kind of want to post this. More people need to read that.
He wrote a book. And another one.
Alright, you win.
I would give you gold, but instead im gonna buy your book.
At least it is shows as available on amazon.de where it also offers the audible version vor 0€.
Edit: Also the whole book is readable through Google Books
Granted these are humor books so its going to be more entertaining than helpful.
I'd say American Psycho This book is absolutely amazing, and one of the best I've read. I've always been intrigued by the human mind. What makes people the way they are, and do the things the do. Love the true crime genre, etc etc. I think that Bret Easton Ellis did an amazing job of putting you in the mind of one of the most depraved, narcissistic, terrible (yet somehow almost likeable) fictional characters you could imagine. All I can say is, if you want to read something much different, then read this. (if you haven't already). Also, it's VERY graphic, so be warned. :)
2.10/10
I haven't read any of these, but I'm fairly certain they would interest you:
American Psycho
Lucky
The Lovely Bones
The first one I am sure would be what you're looking for, the other two maybe not so much--not to mention I think they focus more on the emotion and psychological aspects--but they came to mind.
He wasn't. Source. Sorry to spoil it for you.
Some movies are based off of books
I think this is it
You should get the greatest bathroom book of all time, "What is your poo telling you?"
http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824
I owned it once, but then slipped it into some chicks purse during a party at my house. Otherwise, I would look it up for you.
http://www.amazon.ca/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824
Goes great with [this book] (http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343889726&sr=8-1&keywords=what%27s+your+poo+telling+you)
Also noticed the 'Whats Your Poo Telling You' in the bottom left. They seem like wonderful people.
I have both Everyone Poops and this as light bathroom reading.
It's also a book;
http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824
I think I speak for everyone when I say this
I think I found the bait
They're the same people that bought this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Stuff-White-People-Like-Definitive/dp/0812979915/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335564082&sr=8-1
Companion Book
You've already got the answer, but I liked the following two books as touching on some similar kind of dystopian themes:
David Suski, The Wired Man. Life is dominated by your social media score.
https://www.amazon.com/Wired-Man-David-Adam-Suski/dp/0615964788
Max Barry. Jennifer Government. People and countries are owned by corporations.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1400030927/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485760706&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=jennifer+government&dpPl=1&dpID=41QC2KGBDVL&ref=plSrch
Here's a fantastic book that covers this situation.
https://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Government-Max-Barry/dp/1400030927
so basically the plot to this
A good book to read afterwards is 'Jennifer Government', which takes the opposing POV - the hero is living in a Anarcho-Capitalist dystopia, and works for the government.
http://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Government-Max-Barry/dp/1400030927
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1250
A book on Amazon covers the subject very simply....
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1501180126/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498079785&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=reasons+to+vote+for+democrats&dpPl=1&dpID=51dQDytrRNL&ref=plSrch
I loved The Lazlo Letters when I was a teenager. I don't know how it holds up, but it has good reviews on amazon.
Ted L. Nancy stole that shtick from Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci) The Lazlo Letters
Not like this, no. Still, you can put in the work, build your own, and share it with others if you're feeling generous.
The closest example would be to get some of the Japanese readers out there like "Read Real Japanese", "Breaking Into Japanese Literature", and "Exploring Japanese Literature". These are aimed at people still learning so they're chosen to be notable, but still easy to read. More relevantly they typically have vocabulary at the bottom of each page to help you. Admittedly, there are other features present (full parallel text in English, Japanese audio for each, etc.), but that's why they're specifically sold as teaching tools.
I found this some time ago and it looked like a great idea so I bought it (or actually, I bought this one, not really sure what's different). I haven't actually looked closer at it since I bought it though, so I can't say how good it actually is.
It has short Japanese stories with the Japanese text on the left and English translation on the right, with vocabulary at the bottom. I'm not sure the content is as simple as you want though, it seems like there's only furigana for harder words, but they seem to have translation and reading at the bottom for all words.
Also, I don't think they have translation for the same word more than once - so if a word appears with translation on the first page, there won't be a translation for the word if it appears on later pages (though you still have the full English translation that includes the word).
The amazon link for the red book lets you look at the first few pages so you can see what it looks like.
Iam not manga fan, so i try this book https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-into-Japanese-Literature-Classics/dp/1568364156 and iam happy with it :)
One tactic I'll suggest from my personal experience: comparative reading.
It's no replacement or shortcut for the tried-and-true method of studying grammar and basic alphabet, but it accelerated my learning by leaps and bounds. Grab one volume of a manga you like (English and Japanese) and that'll be a good start. Alternatively, a Kodansha bilingual comic (which exists for Chihayafuru, for instance) or parallel text volumes for classic Japanese short stories (example) are also great resources.
I studied for 3 years, then stopped for the last 4...I can happily say that I've started practicing again.
I highly recommend purchasing books like these: Book 1 Book 2
You'll learn history/culture, familiarize yourself with relevant authors, be able to analyze how sentences generally translate, as well as learn words and practice reading! They give you kanji furigana, definitions, everything.
Edit: also, start learning your joyo kanji whenever you want to go above and beyond. It's from the Japanese department of education, the most commonly used/found japanese words. Often japanese newspapers are restricted to these, ~ 2150 kanji
No I'm not pretending to discuss it. Like I said I don't indulge conspiracy theories.
http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762
https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762
no, it's the United States. it's ALWAYS the United States, right?
https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762
How about we send em this?
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Coloring-Book-M-Anthony/dp/1682610284
http://www.amazon.com/Trump-Coloring-Book-M-Anthony/dp/1682610284
What else are you supposed to use to color this book in?
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Coloring-Book-M-Anthony/dp/1682610284/
Holy shit. If anyone else needs a last minute gift...it's available through Amazon Prime.
Edit: Oh no...sold out :(
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1682610284/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1459210536&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=trump+coloring+book&dpPl=1&dpID=511mtdBJAiL&ref=plSrch
I got it on Amazon as an impulse purchase since an item I wanted was an add-on item. Best thing I've bought in a while. Trump playing Battleship against Kim Jong Un, Trump in Mount Rushmore as a 5th president, famous scenes recreated with Trump. Trump on the Iron throne.
One of my favorite pictures: http://i.imgur.com/jRKHr2n.jpg
>This is something I was wondering about that. What's the deal with people who are like 'I'm sick of heavy handed, <current year> political crap in my comics' getting into bed with the guy who made Trump the Rabbit and Trump in Space, or whatever they were called?
I would say there is a slight misconstruing of things, at least with regards to Lim (open to correction /u/AnarcrotheAlchemist or anyone else that knows better);
Lim's first book (Thump: The First Bundred Days) and his Trump-themed parody of My Hero Academia (My Hero Magedemia, natch) are stand-alone, boutique publications. More than novelty gifts (I have Thump, which is delightful, and Just Some Guy reviewed Magedemia rather glowingly), but they aren't ongoing comics or soft relaunches or things of that nature.
Are they political? Oh yeah! But they're not meant to be anything but political, and they are up-front about that.
Obviously I can't speak for Lim, but certainly my objection is not that things like these (or the analogous Obama/Reagan hero worship stuff) exist, but the infiltration of hard-left politics into places that weren't just previously politically 'neutral', but places where it is detrimental to the story.
Where they intersect with CG is (again guessing) because Lim was attacked by The Mary Sue (the OG Asian White Nationalist) and clearly ostracized from mainstream comics even before EVS started getting hit.
I would slightly differ from Anarcro in that I think CG (much like GG) is really more a movement of people that have been ostracized from the mainstream combined with a consumer revolt than a coherent movement with a unifying message.
Did you buy a copy of Thump: The first bundred days?
We must bring our brethren and sisteren up to speed. (I know that that is not a word, but it is very cromulent to the point at hand.)
https://www.amazon.com/Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-James-Lipton/dp/0140170960
An "exaltation of larks"? Yes! And a "leap of leopards," a "parliament of owls," an "ostentation of peacocks," a "smack of jellyfish," and a "murder of crows"! For those who have ever wondered if the familiar "pride of lions" and "gaggle of geese" were only the tip of a linguistic iceberg, James Lipton has provided the definitive answer: here are hundreds of equally pithy, and often poetic, terms unearthed by Mr. Lipton in the Books of Venery that were the constant study of anyone who aspired to the title of gentleman in the fifteenth century. When Mr. Lipton's painstaking research revealed that five hundred years ago the terms of venery had already been turned into the Game of Venery, he embarked on an odyssey that has given us a "slouch of models," a "shrivel of critics," an "unction of undertakers," a "blur of Impressionists," a "score of bachelors," and a "pocket of quarterbacks." This ultimate edition of An Exaltation of Larks is Mr. Lipton's brilliant answer to the assault on language and literacy in the last decades of the twentieth century. In it you will find more than 1,100 resurrected or newly minted contributions to that most endangered of all species, our language, in a setting of 250 witty, beautiful, and remarkably apt engravings.
Actually, an exaltation of larks
One of the seminal works in the field of collective nouns was written by James Lipton from Inside The Actors Studio.
This book represents the largest collection in print for these terms:
https://www.amazon.com/Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-James-Lipton/dp/0140170960/ref=sr_1_28?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1493395628&amp;sr=1-28&amp;keywords=Of+larks
I believe Mr. James Lipton is the authority here...
I hope you're referring to this book by James Lipton. I've always wanted a copy myself.
I see someone else has read Plato and a Platypus...
Plato and the platypus might be pretty good for you. It goes over the basics. Not sure how it stands up to other books.
http://www.amazon.com/Plato-Platypus-Walk-into-Understanding/dp/0143113879/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1317963654&amp;sr=1-1
I honestly didn't know or see, I'm not usually a reader of r/funny or r/jokes. I read it in a very clever philosophy overview like 48 hours ago. Judging by the karma you got for your attempt, it would have been foolish on my part to steal from you. I thought it might be amusing to some, as I laughed out loud a little at the Starbucks I was reading it in.
Please tell me you're not picking fights over a meaningless and imaginary currency on a website that is designed for the discussion, not for the points. That'd be quite low and worthless.
I have a few suggestions.
The Philosophy Gym has 25 short philosophy things, with pictures and dialogues. Stephen Law also has a lot of other books of similar style that might be worth looking into.
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar is a philosophy joke book, which might be a fun coffee table book.
The Philosophy Bites book has 25 interviews with leading contemporary philosophers.
The Stone Reader has articles by leading contemporary philosophers that were published in the New York Times philosophy column, The Stone.
Hope that helps!
http://www.amazon.com/Plato-Platypus-Walk-into-Understanding/dp/0143113879
This is a great light start into philosophy! http://www.amazon.com/Plato-Platypus-Walk-into-Understanding/dp/0143113879
If you like these sorts of philosophical books, I can also recommend What's Wrong With Eating People? and Plato and A Platypus Walk into A Bar.
This reference is also available in a wonderful book called Plato and a Platypus Walk Into A Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
http://www.amazon.com/Plato-Platypus-Walk-into-Understanding/dp/0143113879
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143113879/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Va7gybENNW9CQ
I thumbed through the one on Aristotle. I thought it was entertaining, though not entirely accurate. Symposia, for example, would probably be better understood as "drinking parties," rather than "dinner parties."
I appreciate the joke-approach, e.g. Plato and a Platypus, though I suspect that these sorts of books are more entertaining for philosophers than they are to the general public.
Truly one of the best philosophy jokes... This is a fun book
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0143113879
Can I recommend "Letters from a nut" if you enjoy these letters. It's a great toilet book.
You should read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Nut-Ted-L-Nancy/dp/0380973545
Reminds me of Letters From A Nut by Ted L. Nancy
Reminds me a lot of this
If want authenticity, you can check out The Lazlo Letters or Letters from a Nut
Be sure to read Packing for Mars.
You might like Mary Roach's book - Packing for Mars. She'll give you some great tidbits about the problems in travelling to Mars.
In terms of the furtherst a man made object has travelled, Voyager 2 has a twitter stream that tells you it's current distance in lightyears, along with what system checks it's doing.
Right, I know about terminal velocity, but I don't mean the downward vector. I mean one's lateral speed. Issues of oxygen aside, a jumbo jet moves pretty fast, like close to 500mph, right? So, when you jump out, you're not only going down, but you're also going forwards, very very fast. And, according to this book:
> At 350 mph, the cartilage of the nose deforms and the skin of the face starts to flutter... At faster speeds, this Q force causes deformations that can, as the Aviation Medicine paper gingerly phrases it, 'exceed the strength of tissue.'
Furthermore,
> Cruising speed for a transcontinental jet is between 500 and 600mph. Do not bail out. 'Fatality,' to quote Dan Fulgham, 'is pretty much indicated.' At 400mph, windblast will remove your helmet... At 500 mph, 'ram air' blasts down your windpipe with enough force to rupture various elements of your pulmonary system.
If you pick up that book, it's chapter 13, in case you were wondering.
edit: some formatting
Mary Roach spends a whole chapter talking about astronaut sexual activity in Packing for Mars
Vaguely-related anecdote incoming!
In Packing For Mars, the author notes that only two sizes of urine tube (basically a condom-like device for in-suit urine collection) were made for the Apollo program, 'large' and 'extra large'. one of each was sent with Apollo 13, though it is unknown which crewmember wore which.
If you're interested there is a great book called Packing for Mars, that goes through the history of space travel and includes a good section on astronaut diets and excrement amongst many other things.
http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/0393339912/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1342447493&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=packing+for+mars
http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-Curious-Science-Life/dp/0393339912
There's always the original:
http://www.amazon.com/Coloring-Grown-Ups-Adult-Activity-Book/dp/0452298253
[this] (http://www.amazon.com/Coloring-Grown-Ups-Adult-Activity-Book/dp/0452298253/ref=wl_it_dp_v_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&amp;colid=33149OJUGGDGU&amp;coliid=I3UBEOU979GME) is 10 or under , actually under 10 & hilariously fun!
credit to: coloringforgrownups.com
This book is available on Amazon.
Depends on what she likes. I bought a "Coloring for grown-ups" for my friend. She likes coloring and mean jokes.
DaddysLittkeTink & MaryRoseXOXO LOOOOOKIE!!! It's only $8.31 on Amazon!!
Coloring for Grown-Ups: The Adult Activity Book https://www.amazon.com/dp/0452298253/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_4aS1wbJYK2K0J
Adult Coloring Books are where it's at, Got My Mom this for Xmas, recommend it for a laugh
https://www.amazon.com/Coloring-Grown-Ups-Adult-Activity-Book/dp/0452298253
This [Adult Activity Book](http://www.amazon.com/Coloring-Grown-Ups-Adult-Activity-Book/dp/0452298253/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&amp;colid=OWMC4I9GOHMY&amp;coliid=I1UWBSCM62JO07/ "Adult Activity Book") would be cool for me & my boyfriend to do together. Today is our 1 year anniversary :)
Thank you for your contest shabby_paynes!
this
Whatcha think?
This coloring book. My mom will be visiting me next week and we still love to color. (I know, corny.) I would love to surprise her with this one, should be different from our normal fare. :D
Thanks for the contest, X-Ray and Vav!
The first link has the front page. The "coverage" is labeled as "Holy Fucking Shit: Attack on America."
This is not to be confused with the Onion's fake front page from the moon landing, which was in the amazing book Our Dumb Century.
Corpse-eating rats now largest military force in Europe.
It's pretty amazing. It's even sharper and funnier (and so densely-layered and historically accurate, right down to the hyphened compound words and ridiculous ads) that I have to recommend it.
This is from The Onion, the famous satirical newspaper and website. Specifically their book Our Dumb Century. Other headlines include a series on Nixon escaping from Washington, leading authorities on a nationwide chase before being gunned down outside a hotel in Arizona, and President Hoover attempting to shore up consumer confidence in banks by giving away a free toaster with each new account.
"Yellow Submarine' introduces generation of children to the wonders of LSD hallucinations."
It's in The Onion's "Our Dumb Century" book, which is pretty hilarious/awesome.
It's from "The Onion: Our Dumb Century.". A collection of (obviously fictitious) headlines throughout the 1900s.
Support your local bookstore. But if all else fails, try Amazon.
Oh shit, you're missing out. The Onion was excellent back then. They had stuff like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Our-Dumb-Century-Presents-Headlines/dp/0609804618
Their articles during the gore/bush court battle, on 9/11, and leading up to the Iraq war were epic.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/this-war-will-destabilize-the-entire-mideast-regio,11534/
http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-angrily-clarifies-dont-kill-rule,222/
http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation-plunges-into-chaos,187/
I actually thought of that exact Onion page when I saw the photo.
This book has been sitting on my coffee table for many years and it never gets old:
https://www.amazon.com/Our-Dumb-Century-Presents-Headlines/dp/0609804618
That is true, they did surrender. Or rather, Petain did. De Gaulle did not. But I contest your claim that it was because of their getting steam rolled. The idea of French soldiers surrendering a lot seems to have been a recent invention, following first the Onion using the title a lot in their headlines in Our Dumb Century (1990), then Fark, and The Simpsons (1995), and finally being propagated, according to Quora, as a stab at the French as 'revenge' for the French refusal to help the USA invade Iraq in 2003.
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Back in my junior high days the most influential book for me was a toss up between Run, boy, Run and SoldierX.
In highschool, I found No Country for Old Men, The Road, and Fast Food Nation extremely moving. Brave new world is up there as well.
Right now, I'm reading this and it's actually really great.
The Warlizard Chronicles
Anyone who hasn't read it, do so. Dude's fucking crazy.
Pretty damn close.
or read it...
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.
A copy of American Psycho
I've been loaning it from the library for quite a while and I want my own copy. It's a pretty creepy book....I guess.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Psycho-Bret-Easton-Ellis/dp/0679735771/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1501875923&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=american+psycho+book
It seems [American Psycho](
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679735771/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_js1Dwb3Z7VTMD) would be a good choice for you.
Amazon description: "In American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis imaginatively explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. Patrick Bateman moves among the young and trendy in 1980s Manhattan. Young, handsome, and well educated, Bateman earns his fortune on Wall Street by day while spending his nights in ways we cannot begin to fathom. Expressing his true self through torture and murder, Bateman prefigures an apocalyptic horror that no society could bear to confront."
I'd suggest any Bret Easton Ellis books, especially American Psycho. I would describe it exactly as a psychological thriller. And if you haven't read them, the Kingkiller Chronicles is a fantastic fantasy trilogy. The first book is The Name of the Wind
Technology related would for sure be The Cuckoo's Egg, and Ghost in the Wires
Not tech related, Junky, American Psycho, and Kitchen Confidential
http://www.amzn.com/0679735771
https://www.amazon.com/Wacky-Waving-Inflatable-Miniature-Editions/dp/0762462876/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=mini+wacky+waving+inflatable+tube+man&amp;qid=1566518556&amp;s=gateway&amp;sprefix=mini+waky+&amp;sr=8-1
Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Guy... https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762462876?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Haven’t splurged yet but I intend to buy a mini wacky wavy inflatable tube guy from my campus bookstore sometime this semester.
I believe it is this toy if you are jealous like me...
Mini wacky waving inflatable tube guy. Enough said
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762462876/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ClcPCbJ3VT6VK
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
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It is with great honor and duty that I hereby present your royal highness Sir ARMStrong: The Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Guy
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With Sir ARMStrong at your side on your desk, you'll always have someone close by that would not hesitate to make you smile and start your day(or end it) on the most glorious of highest notes.
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And as if that's not enough. Sir ARMStrong would remind you of everyone on RAOA that is always there to help anyone in their time of need.
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Viva La Vida
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Viva la ARMStrong!
http://www.amazon.ca/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1322786838&amp;sr=8-1
Poop analysis book?
/u/EdgHG asking the real questions...
I found us some books that might be able to help us find out what we are doing wrong:
For [You] (http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Poo-Telling-You/dp/0811857824/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1405709811&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=What%27s+Your+Poo+Telling+You%3F) and [Me] (http://www.amazon.com/Whats-My-Pee-Telling-Me/dp/081186877X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1405709816&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=What%27s+My+Pee+Telling+Me%3F)
I poop... about once a day. The thing is (T.M.I. WARNING) They used to be... substantial.... much more of a long softserve icecream (sorry for that) sort of thing. Now they are much smaller and firm. I think this is how they are supposed to be, once nice solid lump that comes out cleanly (which is a nice change) but the "urge" to go is much less strong now and the sense of satisfaction I get (poophoria as it is reffered to in "what your poo is telling you") is no where near the same. I'm pretty sure all is well... it's just very different from what I'm used to.
My sister got me and my cousin books for christmas. i got "What my pee is telling me" and he got "What your poo is telling you"
One of the pages of my poo book, "What's Your Poo Telling You?" talked about these poop transplants. Interesting to see it work in the real world.
Reddit needs to send this book to Glenn so he doesn't get tripped up like this again!
My go-to gift for all occasions is a humor or recipe/how-to book from Half Price Books and a couple small, related, items.
Examples (not necessarily for a book club, but things I've done/seen/thought of):
Jello-shot recipe book with shot glasses from goodwill and a box of jello
Cupcake recipe book with cupcake liners and sprinkles
A coffee book with a mug and some coffee
Stuff White People Like with coffee, a Wes Anderson dvd, and a Buddah figurine
The Field Guide to North American Males and binoculars
The Book of Awesome
A book on how to survive a zombie apocalypse and I think I gave her a zombie doll or something
A book on knife fighting and a couple fake knives (my father gave this to my brother)
A container gardening book with a flower pot and gardening gloves
Well studied, good sir. I appreciate that you at show us a bit more sensitivity than others.
Others: Things White People Like
I didn't really know what was wrong with Starbucks until I read "Stuff White People Like". It's the perfect mockery of "petite bourgeois" culture in America. Starbucks plays to its every delusion masterfully.
Comments in this thread reminded me about this game. I played it a while ago, after reading Jennifer Government, which I thought was a fun little capitalist dystopia. In this game, you are presented with scenarios where you get to describe what you'd like to sign into law, based on scenarios that your legislature has presented. You can interact with other "governments" if you like, or just see what kind of world your views would land you in.
It's not a game for those who want speedy answers. It'll pose situations over time.
Ever read Jennifer Government?
I don't believe this is in the same style, but it fits up with a lot of those on your to-read list.
Jennifer Government by Max Barry - It's dystopian future but feels a little bit lighter than something like 1984, Fight Club or Fahrenheit 451. It's also a more recently published book.
I guess when I say 'lighter' its hard to explain but it felt a little like when I read Catcher in the Rye in terms of gravity.
You might want to try Jennifer Government by Max Barry. It deals with some of these themes and has a few well-done action sequences.
This game was originally designed by author Max Barry as a sort of promotional website for his novel Jennifer Government, which is a satire of corporate oligopoly where everything (including government) has been privatized.
Take this book and change the title to "Reasons to root for the Jets" and we have our thesis.
Book Link (It's Blank)
All discussion is welcomed.
Thats almost a one for one knock off of this.
If you liked the joke, you'll love the one-star reviews by humorless Dems. A sampling:
> What a scam; Amazing that Amazon sells this book. Total rip off!!! Don't buy book with blank pages.
> Misleading, supposedly a joke but just stupid. Blank pages so you are essentially writing your own book.I expected witty, humorous comments. A total copout.
> I am concerned because the joke perpetuates a myth which I believe is very damaging to our democracy. It is the myth that it doesn't matter which party is in office, so why bother to vote. The events of the last two months make it abundantly clear that elections have consequences and it makes a world of difference which party is in power.
> Stupid empty book
You should read this book, http://www.amazon.com/Lazlo-Letters-Don-Novello/dp/1563052857/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1. It was written by Don Novello, who played Father Guido Sarducci on SNL in the 70's
There's also The Lazlo Letters by Don Novello (aka Lazlo Toth, aka Fr. Guido Sarducci)
and Project Garth.
Were you inspired by The Lazlo Letters? http://www.amazon.com/Lazlo-Letters-Don-Novello/dp/1563052857
Pretty funny stuff. Reminded me of an old favorite I had forgotten about, the Lazlo Toth letters, from Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci). He wrote letters to stores, famous people, etc, and published a book of them - Book linkon Amazon
relevant Keep your correspondence and write a book with it.
Laslo Toth Letters by Don Novelllo is also recommended
See also: http://www.amazon.com/The-Lazlo-Letters-Don-Novello/dp/1563052857
I love stories like this. One time I came out of the bathroom at about a [7], and my dad gives me this book. I found a quiet place and proceeded to laugh my ass off reading.
Discipline is a tough thing, indeed.
Kanji/vocab are something you learn over time, not at once. If I were you, given the problems you mention with "sticking to it", I'd do the following.
Once you get confident with working your way through sentences, find yourself a copy of Read Real Japanese: Contemporary Fiction and [Read Real Japanese: Comtemporary Writings). The book is natural Japanese -- as would appear in a normal Japanese rendition -- on the right side, then the left side is a gloss translation into English. In the back is a running grammar dictionary that gives good quality of literally every grammar point that doesn't appear until towards the end of Genki II or isn't in Genki (around that difficulty). This is gold to me because (a) you're reading real Japanese, and (b) 100% of what you learn while reading these books is in context and will be directly useful for understanding the story you're reading, and the slightly more difficult ones that come in succession. Expect to need to read these more than once; I read the fiction one 3 times before I read a normal book, and I want to read them again even though I've now read several books in Japanese .
Once you get confident with these books, you have two options.
Good luck!
On the internet no one knows I'm a bird.
I made a new post if you're interested. I already gave up here. You with 3 - 4 other people are getting the wrong idea.
edit: THIS is what I wanted thanks to someone on /r/japaneseresources .
This little book has side by side translations of classic Japanese literature. It orders them easiest to hardest.
I bought this book and really found it readable, but be warned that the stories are incredibly dark.
There's also this if you believe the power of bots is that significant.
So... your argument is entirely based around a slippery slope from taxation to gulag?
You're attempting to absurdum, while completely ignoring every facet of the word 'democracy'. There are shitty parts of it, but for the majority there is a great deal of protection provided simply by that factor.
http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762
>mainly people who used B-17's as their main)etc...What you guys think?
This probably works
Lag/Connection issues cause crashes.
Sometimes you leave your craft at 10º wep and alt+tab, only to hear it randomly crash.
Too many Topgun-like movies, where people pull 30+º at 180kmh IAS takeoffs stalling and crash.
But yeah, dunno how you equate flying a b17 with being unable to throttle up and go afk.
http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762
They are pretty cheap. Better grab some now before the NSA hikes the prices up on tinfoil. I trust something that gives me the option a lot more than something that doesn't even really mention what it might or might not do much less offer me a choice. Which is most other browsers especially on mobile.
https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762
Lol.
Here is the mobile version of your link
Here is the link btw
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Coloring-Book-M-Anthony/dp/1682610284/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1468682422&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=trump+coloring+book
No! But you can buy them here:
http://www.amazon.com/Trump-Coloring-Book-M-Anthony/dp/1682610284
Apparently the dude loves Trump.
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Coloring-Book-M-Anthony/dp/1682610284
From the Trump coloring book out there:
http://www.amazon.com/Trump-Coloring-Book-M-Anthony/dp/1682610284/
I found it:
Walmart
BAM
Amazon
I think there are some centipedes boycotting Amazon so I put some other links.
https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Coloring-Book-M-Anthony/dp/1682610284
And here is a link to buy it! Would make a great Christmas present for any sad relatives.
This is from the new book Thump: The First Bundred Days by Timothy Lim, Mark Pellegrini, and Brett R. Smith.
well, we know now that they read this book
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https://www.amazon.com/Thump-First-Bundred-Timothy-Lim/dp/1682615227/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1505267569&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=thump+the+first+bundred+days
Nooooooooooo i actually like that anime
>Lim, Pellegrini, Smith
Wait a moment, those are the same guys that wrote Thump!
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Books you might also like: THUMP: The First Bundred Days
Actually published back in October of last year...
I hope bunny themed political commentary becomes the dominant form of political commentary... like real bad.
This is his book, yeah?
Thump: The First Bundred Days https://www.amazon.com/dp/1682615227/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_JxXUzbC7JTYY8
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This would be the perfect gift.
If you're putting that on your birthday/Christmas list, you may want to ask for an 'advanced' coloring book, or you may end up with something like this.
The Warlizard Chronicles
Haha, I have a few of those stories in my collection, but too much of it is stuff I would never publish. lol Good for you.
Hello, yes, I am! Have you ordered my book yet?
would trade American Psycho, this edition for Hot Water Music if you are interested
> "Hey, Harry Potter/A Game of Thrones/Northern Lights/American Psycho were written 20+ years ago! I shouldn't have to pay 11.99 for copies! They should be 3.99 at most they're so old! Only new stuff should be expensive!"
Ummm....yes, actually. Would you pay $10,000 for a 1992 Ford Taurus, even if it still "runs well"? Would you pay $25 a The Dark Knight Blu-ray, even though it was one of the best movies of the 2000s and, arguably, the best movie of 2008? Would you pay $40 for A Link to the Past, a game considered the greatest of all time? No, you wouldn't. Despite those items still holding up and being great, you would not pay that expensive price for them, precisely because they were old.
There's such a thing as depreciation, and the market determines that (go to any used game store and CoD4 will be $5-7, whereas a black label copy of, say, Marvel vs Capcom 2 will be like $50, due to rarity). They're keeping the price artificially high to make it seem like a "premium" product that's still "in demand". If that were truly the case and people were still gobbling this game up (I'm not saying the community isn't still there, I'm talking about new consumers. That's what 'demand' addresses), they would continuously be bragging about the sales and that would justify its price point. You wanna know why GTAV is still $60? Because millions of people are still buying the game, to this day, and some milestone achievement is announced every 6 months or so. That obviously isn't true for CoD4, despite how good the game is.
Oh, and btw, I really don't know what point you were trying to make mentioning any of those books, considering:
Harry Potter
A Game of Thrones
Northern Lights
American Psycho (This one appears to hold up, but apparently it's a rare book)
I intentionally sorted by new, because if I picked used, the price would literally be a penny for 3 of those books, and $0.74 for the last.
Your post reminds me of a book I saw last time I was in Borders. Ah, here it is:
Poo Log
Also, be sure to check out the seminal companion guide What's Your Poo Telling You?. I'm sure you'll be enlightened.
You've got to be kidding. If you are offended by this... you need to go encounter some real adversity in life.
For reference, [THIS BOOK] (https://www.amazon.com/Stuff-White-People-Like-Definitive/dp/0812979915/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1527642636&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=stuff+white+people+like) inspired me to make this starterpack. I see you're trying to make the subreddit better, but come on man... this is just overkill.
It's only the begining.
He probably thinks Jennifer Government sounds like a utopia.
Amazon sells a book called “Reasons to Vote for Democrats” and it’s just blank. Here the book is
Ever heard of The Lazlo Letters by Don Novella- its hilarious, basically same thing as this but on a much more epic scale.
https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1502246563&amp;sr=8-9&amp;keywords=tin+foil+hat
I should be pretty schooled on white people. I read this book after all, http://www.amazon.com/Stuff-White-People-Like-Definitive/dp/0812979915/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1371538679&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=things+white+people+like
Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide
https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762
https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1501180126
Reasons To Vote For Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide
Lol, you should really invest in one of these
And here's one for you...
https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
pathetic spin.
the book is called "Reasons To Vote For Democrats" by Michael J. Knowles.
Here you go: https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501180126/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ItgUDb911XZWG