Xurnami, Hyena-dragonJul 5, 2018
josef
unlike many 16 year olds in 2009, i was reading Godel Escher Bach and not Homestuck, but it doesnt matter! because the two works are actually IDENTICAL in purpose, scope, and quality, both having exactly the same universal acclaim that derives from the effort-justification of having to finish chapter upon chapter of poorly-executed cultural references, interspersed with silly pictures and endless-but-ultimately-pointless dialogues between four characters
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Show threaderin ｡:ﾟ૮ ˶ˆ ﻌ ˆ˶ ა ﾟ:｡Jul 5, 2018
@jk JESUS CHRIST JOSEF
Show threadMercedes-NutzJul 5, 2018
@jk *wipes brow*
Show threadSydney Falk, An Oversensitive SJW TypeJul 5, 2018

@jk

I know nothing about Homestuck and I'm trying to keep it that

I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY COME ON NOW DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT JOSEF

Show thread➡ @[email protected]Jul 5, 2018
@jk I'm feeling deeply called out
Show threadBálint SzilaksziJul 5, 2018
@jk "There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs." -- John Rogers
Show threadAllusionJul 5, 2018
@jk I read GEB:EGB around 2000 as an around 20-year-old, and this makes me feel better about only making it part way through Homestuck as a thirtysomething.
Show threadconnorJul 8, 2018
@jk *introspection intensifies*
Show threadMara, Technopact WarlockJul 8, 2018

@jk yeah, but Homestuck has more than four perspectives and some of its characters are neither naive nor assholes

I couldn't finish GEB because the turtle was such a jerk

then again, I appreciate the similar approaches that the Dreambubble Void and the Eternal Golden Braid take toward nontraditional narrative structure

except that in EGB the nested stories are a trap, whereas in Homestuck they represent the ultimate freedom

Honestly, Homestuck says more in fewer pages

Show threadNate Cull (.social)Jul 8, 2018

@jk but does Homestuck have a sentient anthill named Aunt Hillary

(I assume it does, because it must surely contain several times the mass of the observable universe now)