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Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 10 months ago

A great book.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

It's a really interesting idea. It's going to be fascinating to see how it plays out with the constant expansion of the internet.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Terrific album.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

David Crystal is an English linguist that has written both popular and academic texts on the subject. I thank him for making more people aware of how language ACTUALLY works without being too aggressive as many academics are when it comes to linguistics. That's mostly because most of the popular conceptions about language are at least 70% false.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Because it's fun to speak, the learning curve isn't too steep, it has great literature, and because it's really fun to say eichhoernchen.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

I like German literature because it can be philosophical without being dry, it can be poetic without being air-headed, and it can be completely enjoyable without being a waste of time.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Empiricism's natural enemy=empiricism.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Not really the easiest language to speak or write, but it's actually quite fun to learn. Just make sure you learn simplified characters at first, because you'll want to die if you don't.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Taken purely as an ethical philosophy, I find Taoism to be extremely fulfilling and comforting. What's more, I think that it's the natural response to problems of many people in contemporary society. Some of the mysticism is a bit odd, though.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Not really all that it's hyped up to be.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

I honestly never thought Boris would make pop music... if you can call it that. But even less likely, I never expected that I would like this kind of music.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Total garbage. Just a rip-off of psychosis.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

The only thing better than Oreo cookies is more Oreo cookies.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Because you understand a language if you're reading this. If you can understand a language, why not try to understand language?

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

I don't have to say anything about how this is the greatest game ever. But it's the greatest album ever.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

With this book, Nietzsche can simultaneously make people who search for scientific certitude and those who look for revealed truths to look like total buffoons.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

While Sleep may be a band that is quite esoteric and drug-ridden, there's a heavy atmosphere on this album that's undeniable. I love to turn this on while I'm surfing the internet, reading for school, or writing out homework. It requires patience. Many people won't appreciate one song that's over an hour long. That's unfortunate for them.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Boris seems to have a paradigm shift with every album. While there are elements that they have hinted on previously on this record, I can say that they have achieved their goal again. I feel that this album drags at times, not in that it's boring, but in that some of the songs are really less than enjoyable. Aileron and Riot Sugar are among their best, though.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Goethe was a genius, but what's inspiring is that he lived his life as a person, not as an intellect or a common-senseless brain in a vat.

Johann-Kirby recommended this 1 year, 11 months ago

Kafka's work is a masterful balance of the strong will to face the absurdity of life and the lack of understanding that one truly has of their own human drama.