Books

[Hawk]

[CashmoneyDrew]

I actually bought this book as soon as it came out, but just finished reading it in August.

[Eaglez.Fan]

Originally Posted by yourfavestoner

Great book.

Right now I'm reading fight club.

[TitleTown088]

Originally Posted by VoodooMonkey

I actually bought this book as soon as it came out, but just finished reading it in August.

I loath Harry potter books with every fiber of my being.

[CashmoneyDrew]

Originally Posted by TitleTown088

I loath Harry potter books with every fiber of my being.

They are excellent and magical and take me to a world filled with unicorns that sometimes have two horns.

[Shahin]

[CashmoneyDrew]

Originally Posted by Shahin

Did you read this in between spanking your frat boy pledges and committing sexual acts with a goat?


:p

[Shahin]

haha, no. but that book is hilarious.

[Brent]

I read this when I was 14, and now I am re-reading it. I love this book.

[ElectricEye]

Originally Posted by Staubach12

I'm reading that right now, too. It's pretty good. Very funny.

Yeah, I'm digging it. I don't usually read books with a sense of humor or in that entire southern gothic(although not exactly) type setting, but it's a nice change of pace.

Something I finished earlier this week:


Really good read.

[Xonraider]

Originally Posted by Hawk

That book looks awesome, did you enjoy it? Would you recommend it?

[fischbowl]

[Hawk]

Originally Posted by Xonraider

That book looks awesome, did you enjoy it? Would you recommend it?

Oh yeah it was a great book. Really cool if you're into following recruiting and how everything goes down behind the scenes. They're are plenty of funny moments with Coach O.

[awfullyquiet]

Originally Posted by Shahin

haha, no. but that book is hilarious.

no its not. tucker max is exactly the misogynistic douchebag the world needs less of. not more of. don't listen to his lies and his drunken rambling of 'how to be like me'.

he has no conscious, he has no soul, and makes the world less safe for women who are prone to be taken advantage of by said douchebag and people who aspire to be him by reading his blatently sexist propaganda. tucker max did it, it's probably okay, he wrote in a book and he's not in jail. it's probably not that bad, no one really cares.

but they do, because men don't understand how to listen to a damn thing. no means no.

propagating the rape culture is awful. and i hope he is wiped clean off the face of the earth and his kind, the people who think he's so cool, so edgy, so awesome, along with him.

i'm sorry i had to bring this in here. i cannot let that pass though. tucker max is the complete opposite of awesome.

[swordman]

Originally Posted by Paranoidmoonduck

I figured it was time to replace the old Literature thread with something new and fresh. What's everyone reading these days?

Some recent additions to my bookshelf...


Good, but not great. Then again, I think most contemporary mystery/thriller stuff is crap, so perhaps this was great by comparison to its genre. Well written, but not well written enough to make me want to read the sequel.

That is excactly my opinion and it was also refreshing to read a book in sweden and not in the US as always I learned a few about swedish culture and that you don't mess with the dragon-tattoo girl

Originally Posted by aNYtitan

This was the last book I was able to read, and it was great. I just haven't had the time to, or just read the NY times instead.

That book is awesome the true story of michael Oher It is amazing!!

Originally Posted by OSUGiants17

That book was great. I just finished Michael Moore's new book "Fool", it was great.

you mean christopher moore right? I read few of his books they were alla awesome and two are shipping as we speak

For those who like noir books about a badass criminal with morals with back-alley ambiance i suppose the burke novels by andrew vachss there s 18 books (independent books you can read only one and have a full story) and they are awesome!!!

I also recommend a song of ice and fire by Gearoge RR Martin It's fantasy but kinda realistic with a few fantastic point and it is amazing!

the book I a currently reading (for the fourth time...)



It was the base of a schwarzie movie but the movie sucks and the only thing in common is the title and the name of the characters that's it.
The book is absolutely marvelous: in a dystopian future the hero is forced to "play" at a TV-show where he is hunted till death It is absolutely GREAT and the ending is awesome!

READ IT!

[yourfavestoner]

Originally Posted by awfullyquiet

no its not. tucker max is exactly the misogynistic douchebag the world needs less of. not more of. don't listen to his lies and his drunken rambling of 'how to be like me'.

he has no conscious, he has no soul, and makes the world less safe for women who are prone to be taken advantage of by said douchebag and people who aspire to be him by reading his blatently sexist propaganda. tucker max did it, it's probably okay, he wrote in a book and he's not in jail. it's probably not that bad, no one really cares.

but they do, because men don't understand how to listen to a damn thing. no means no.

propagating the rape culture is awful. and i hope he is wiped clean off the face of the earth and his kind, the people who think he's so cool, so edgy, so awesome, along with him.

i'm sorry i had to bring this in here. i cannot let that pass though. tucker max is the complete opposite of awesome.

Propagating the rape culture huh? Care to explain that one?

[swordman]

Originally Posted by awfullyquiet

no its not. tucker max is exactly the misogynistic douchebag the world needs less of. not more of. don't listen to his lies and his drunken rambling of 'how to be like me'.

he has no conscious, he has no soul, and makes the world less safe for women who are prone to be taken advantage of by said douchebag and people who aspire to be him by reading his blatently sexist propaganda. tucker max did it, it's probably okay, he wrote in a book and he's not in jail. it's probably not that bad, no one really cares.

but they do, because men don't understand how to listen to a damn thing. no means no.

propagating the rape culture is awful. and i hope he is wiped clean off the face of the earth and his kind, the people who think he's so cool, so edgy, so awesome, along with him.

i'm sorry i had to bring this in here. i cannot let that pass though. tucker max is the complete opposite of awesome.

It is funny to read but to think some things as things he actually done....The guy is definitely a douchebag...a big one...I would enjoy it more if I knew it was fiction...

[awfullyquiet]

Originally Posted by yourfavestoner

Propagating the rape culture huh? Care to explain that one?

that rape albeit wrong, isn't defensible because men don't trust women. 'she was asking for it' defense is used a lot.

it's the entire premise of Max Tucker. She was asking to get drunk, and ergo, asking for me to have non-consensual sex with him.

Its the presuppositions of blame. Victims of rape get blamed a lot, when, in reality, there is no necessity to do that once people take accountability for their actions.

There is no accountability in the case of Tucker Max, or many other men.

[Dr. Gonzo]

Originally Posted by awfullyquiet

that rape albeit wrong, isn't defensible because men don't trust women. 'she was asking for it' defense is used a lot.

it's the entire premise of Max Tucker. She was asking to get drunk, and ergo, asking for me to have non-consensual sex with him.

Its the presuppositions of blame. Victims of rape get blamed a lot, when, in reality, there is no necessity to do that once people take accountability for their actions.

There is no accountability in the case of Tucker Max, or many other men.

So it is his fault girls get drunk and he takes advantage of them? What he takes about doing certainly isn't very moral but at I don't think he has ever raped anyone. Of course he is only telling his side of the story but I haven't heard of him ever getting charged with rape at any point. What he does is very prickish but if I girl gets drunk and decides to have sex with him I would not call that him propagating the rape culture.

[Shahin]

Originally Posted by awfullyquiet

no its not. tucker max is exactly the misogynistic douchebag the world needs less of. not more of. don't listen to his lies and his drunken rambling of 'how to be like me'.

he has no conscious, he has no soul, and makes the world less safe for women who are prone to be taken advantage of by said douchebag and people who aspire to be him by reading his blatently sexist propaganda. tucker max did it, it's probably okay, he wrote in a book and he's not in jail. it's probably not that bad, no one really cares.

but they do, because men don't understand how to listen to a damn thing. no means no.

propagating the rape culture is awful. and i hope he is wiped clean off the face of the earth and his kind, the people who think he's so cool, so edgy, so awesome, along with him.

i'm sorry i had to bring this in here. i cannot let that pass though. tucker max is the complete opposite of awesome.

[P-L]

I still think a lot of Tucker Max's stories, although based on true events, are greatly exaggerated.

[awfullyquiet]

Originally Posted by Dr. Gonzo

So it is his fault girls get drunk and he takes advantage of them? What he takes about doing certainly isn't very moral but at I don't think he has ever raped anyone. Of course he is only telling his side of the story but I haven't heard of him ever getting charged with rape at any point. What he does is very prickish but if I girl gets drunk and decides to have sex with him I would not call that him propagating the rape culture.

Imbibing a girl until she's unable to actually consent.
Is that or is that not rape?

Is that what he does?
Yes.

http://messageboard.tuckermax.com/sh...&postcount=134

BUT WAIT! THERES MORE.

The entire concept of him trying to edge and skirt the line of 'what consent really is' is disgusting. He's a ******* lawyer. He's enjoying his time ******* people over for calling him what he really is. Some dude who inches closer and closer to what is really rape.

The objectification he makes of women not as people (*COUGH LIKE MYSELF*) but as just orifices regardless of consequence (and rules that he can bend), is sicking, revolting, and awful. his perception of women, i believe is shared, and enjoyed by many, many people. and i cannot stand by and say, i enjoy being called a *****, a ****, or a ***** by men. and yet, this is what he espouses. once you break it into mens mind that women 'are' said things, the next step is easy.

"88 percent of men who reported an assault that met the legal definition of rape were adamant that they had not raped." (some university of texas study)

The subconsciousness of what men perceive to be rape, and what it is legally, are two VERY separate instances.

Of course, anyone who speaks up is a dumb fat ******* feminist anyway to him as bad as rapists anyway for calling him one. The entire **** is just ridiculous. And this isn't really the proper forum. But if you for one second think that anything in that book is remotely close to 'man, that's totally cool'. you are so ******* full of fail. exaggerated or not, the line is there, and a bunch of ******** men are going to cross it, rape innocent women, and not go to jail.

I will cave and say, yeah, it's freedom of speech. Doesn't make him any less of a douchebag than white supremacist. Wait. His fans are racist too?

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/b...e-with-racism/

[awfullyquiet]

anyway. i'm supplementing my current reading with a dash of



because he's that awesome.

[ElectricEye]

Originally Posted by awfullyquiet

anyway. i'm supplementing my current reading with a dash of



because he's that awesome.

I'm considering picking up a copy of that.

[awfullyquiet]

i'd like to think, on my list of top mccarthy books, that'd be number two or three. (with one being all the pretty horses and two being suttree. this is right there with suttree imo)

Funny that most of his books get put into movies. Could just be the way he writes.