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Jan 29, 2018 9:20 PM
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MG4evz
No time will be gibbon to discussing the orangutan.
WellAckchually
Yeah, that first person has definitely never spent any time with academics.
SmilinDoggo
What is this? War of the apes?
FrankiesGirl
Just because a subject might seem dry to others doesn't mean it can't inspire great passion in those that find it fascinating.
Byrhtnoth
I'm a folklorist, which means we basically get into drinking contests. Whoever folds first is wrong, and buys first round the next night.
EffeminateGuysTurnMeOn
This is why I will pursue a PhD in Literature.
MadDocOc
So what was Terry Pratchett playing at, I wonder?
vorodar
Clearly racist. He just perpetuates the stereotype that orangutans are big fans of books. In reality, a lot like movies and music, too.
Chickenbuttholeremover
Favoriting. Love this kind of shit.
FlatPlutoSociety
...ook.
insecureturdcaptain
My jimmies. They’ve been rustled.
BeyondDimensions
You deserve more points than this.
DiracsDelta
We do not talk about the orangutan.
SearchingForAProperCupOfTea
Oook!!
thegoddamn18thavenger
Language!
emmalilly
I had a prof who used to say, “Why are academic arguments so vicious? Because there’s so little at stake”
TheFabulousFuehrer
That person is a literary talent. Seriously that was some great writing.
BilldeTurlock
"like"
TheFabulousFuehrer
"wat?"
JizzlamicState
I like how this is about English literature yet the punctuation and grammar are non-existent
BilldeTurlock
I like how this is about English literature yet the punctuation and grammar are like non-existent
alsowhatsaderp
As far as tumblr posts go, I’d say it’s pretty impressive.
lizthestarfish
But can't or just be a stupid orangutan that killed someone? (Never read the story.)
Irreal
Never, everything must have a meaning. Even if the author said otherwise.
Ajax002
ESPECIALLY if the author said otherwise.
mojo69
*heavy metal guitars play* Murders in the Rue Mourge
SheenaIsAPunk
I can only think of Creature Feature.
Blrp0
Damn near murders at the Poe conference too
cattywumpus
I believe it. I've gotten into heated arguments over whether or not cats fart. Intelligence was questioned. Mothers were insulted.
cattywumpus
BTW, cats absolutely do fart.
Strixursus
Oh gods, and when they do it's horrific. Obligate carnivore means while it doesn't happen as often, it's fuckin DEADLY when it does due 1/2
Strixursus
to the far greater proportion of sulfur-based digestive and bacterial byproducts, as opposed the the more methane-based results of 2/3
Strixursus
a vegetation-rich diet.
Irreal
Why should they not
PersonaAuGratin
Academics argued over the deep symbolism and even the intended genre of Julio Cortazar's short story Casa Tomada. (1/2)
PersonaAuGratin
(2/2) When asked, the author shrugged and explained that he just wrote down a dream he had.
vorodar
Well...dreams are still steeped in symbolism. Granted, a lot of it is quite stupid, but it's not meaningless. I love deciphering my dreams/1
vorodar
because it's just really funny to get to the root of them. Once I dreamt I was a secret agent trying to sneak into the bad guy's lair. The/2
vorodar
reality was that earlier that day I had gone to the basement moving some stuff and had to walk around in the dark because the light was /3
vorodar
out. That was the "lair" and the "traps" represented me trying to not bump or trip over something. Dreams are fun. 4/4
CaffeineManic
I googled this & it's true, many learned essays discuss the orangutan in Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".
EnigmaV8
“I googled this and it’s true”. This is perhaps a better quote than any comment here or the actual post itself! Lol
CaffeineManic
My God, you're absolutely right! Can't believe I actually proposed that Google = truth.
EnigmaV8
I think sometimes the reality of things just strikes us funny... cuz you know we all do the same thing. lol
ItchyBrain
Is that a mfing jojo reference?
YourWaifuIsTrash
Might be
SomeOneHasBeenLookingForYou
First rule of the Poe Club
MostlySunnyInMyWorld
This really should be the top comment.
Heavenissize17socks
Second being: For god sakes don't refer to them as a monkeys!
NZSheeps
Oook!
EmporerDragon
Ook.
thegoddamn18thavenger
Well spoke.
CziltangBrony
I saw one made completely of whipped egg whites once
whywritemythesiswhenihaveinternet
scav hunt?
CziltangBrony
No, it was a meringue-utan
SevenLeagueBoots
http://memecrunch.com/meme/1AO4G/listen-here-you-little-shit/image.png
whywritemythesiswhenihaveinternet
I made a meringue-utan for an item at last year's University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt. I made mine with Tang, so it was a meringue-utang
CziltangBrony
whywritemythesiswhenihaveinternet
item 43, here: http://scavhunt.uchicago.edu/lists/list2017.pdf I'll have to see if I can find a picture, I had to leave while it was baking
ldstrike
This is why we pay academics so much, because every once in a while they give us a real humdinger (paraphrased Sir Terry Pratchett).
Muffyns
Mayer humdinger?
squade
Paw patrol!
spiffymarker
"Pay academics so much" lol
Adthay
I'm amazed to see a Sir Terry Pratchett quote in this thread that isn't, "Ook"
OhPotatoOne
Good monkey
Greymalum
We do not talk about the orangutan.
HsuDoNihm
And yet we ARE... surely it will come to blows.
copingcabana
First rule of primate club
HsuDoNihm
"Find a bigger stick." That's it, right? That's the first rule?
SpecialGuest
His name was Robert Paulson
Mirilali
The-ape-who-must-not-be-named?
Taliska
OOK?
ThisCleverUsername
WE DO NOT
TheseArentTheDroidsImLookingFor
TALK ABOUT
KIthas
THE ORANGUTAN FIGHT CLUB
RydWolf
chromed
That's bloody amazing. Keeping it.
BiteyMcNomNoms
FIrst rule of Popo's training
DanDix
ALL THESE SQUARES MAKE A CIRCLE.
BiteyMcNomNoms
Kami i need you to tell me that i can leave the lookout if i want to! Mr Popo you can le... BITCH DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!
Arkvoodle
What's the first rule of the orangutan?
ChickenFingerFingers
Eat all the bananas in the Bahamas while big bama mama jama goes into acoma.
DrButterscotch
Never leave it alone with the white woman in the story?
IamJacksBrokenHeart
we DO NOT talk about the orangutan
GingerGoddess357
Don't ever call him a monkey
Gawaiin
ook
arbsbuhpuh
What orangutan?
flashmozzg
orange
MemeSnatcher
Exactly
surfdad67
This site is retarded, and I love it
SideEffectsOfJuice
valen00
The librarian is going to be angry, you wouldn't like him when he's angry
YourWaifuIsTrash
Oh god, did someone say the "M" word around him again?
valen00
twisted it clean off he did.
PleaseNotTheFace
To shreds, you say?
ArthurPhillipDent
Ook
valen00
scoobar
Oook?
ArthurPhillipDent
Ooooook
thepurpletwitch
Ooooh I’m gonna use this in my lit class. Favoriting for actual academic use. Legitimately going to ask my teacher about orangutans
BaconAndBoobsAndBackflips
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aFreeUsername
Sooo how did it go?! ?
Katusa
Look... I know it's been awhile.... maybe too long. Heck you were last seen 4 years ago. BUT I HAVE TO KNOW. What about the orangutan? Please good sir come back to us with news.
Isgrimnur
Still waiting?l
jlky
.
ElbowDeepInMythicalCreatures
.
Allanonshea1
Tell us
yoghrut
Do tell about your adventures!
balover1996
.
oPhoenixo
This! Part 2
connorcat
This!
TheMossWillInheritTheEarth
Agreed! @thepurpletwitch could you do a post about your findings? I'm really curious to see how they react!
thepurpletwitch
Oh sure! I don’t have that class until Wednesday but I’ll be sure to be diligently taking notes in my mind
TheMossWillInheritTheEarth
Sure! If you want, you can just PM me the results if it's really quick and not much to report on :D
IDontKnowWhyIFeelTheNeedToMakeAnAccoutToCommentThis
This! the third: electric boogaloo
causality
This shit is why I'm glad LotR starts out with a whole page about how the story means nothing and is just an exercise in storytelling.
VeryPeeved
reminds me of the website Genius, and how a single line reference to Lord of the Flies led to people trying to read symbolism in every line.
o4kill
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished;
o4kill
persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. - Mark Twain, *Huckleberry Finn*
causality
Tolkien really lays into people who over-analyze, and says how much he fucking hates allegory in literature.
Frogapus
"I hate allegory" says the WWI veteran who wrote a three-book War epic about defeating an expansionist empire to the east.
KlatnYelox
AndFramesItLikeAHugeThreatToTheEntireWorldWhileAlsoTeasingEntireCulturesElsewhereThatAreSoUnbotheredThatTheBBEGPaysThemForMercsAndElephants.
Shohanna
I hate it too, I doubt any of the "authors" who are in "controversy" ever thought their stories would be analyzed like this. It's arrogant.
Cthulhuonabike
I loved the lord of the flies, until we talked about it in class
TastyBrainMeats
Best thing is, I'm reading an Emberverse novel right now. Where a bunch of crazy teenagers restarted the Dúnedain, and it took. (1/2)
CarpeNates
Bearkillers 4 Lyfe
TastyBrainMeats
Think you'd have what it takes to join the A-List?
CarpeNates
I'd die in the first 24 hours of the Change lol
TastyBrainMeats
And now it's 40ish years later, there are Rangers who argue in dead seriousness that Tolkien was nonfiction, and they might be right. (2/2)
TastyBrainMeats
(It's a weird but really neat setting. The weirdness creeps in around the edges.) (3/2)
MrMemethief
BearicusMaximus
JizzlamicState
That’s a gorilla mate
TheDivineUsersub
Nah, OP's mom.
iwinyoulosebutkeepchecking
AoKToday
That gorilla is a bit too shifty looking to be anyone's mate.
Jvenanzi
Harambe says "ITS YOUR TURN NOW KING LOUIE!!!!"
NapoleonDynOmite
It's already fucking starting...
Beepity
MrMemethief
I know, I didn’t have an orangutan one
sumfing
Well worked out
TheVampireDante
https://i.giphy.com/media/av2zWGcqACA6I/200.gif
alsowhatsaderp
ChuckWeiss
That's a... well, I don't know what it is, but it has a shattered pelvis.
zackofspades
I've been made so Internet-cynical that I believe none of these posts...and yet...and yet...please let this be fucking real.
pandro
at the first Science Fiction Worldcon, 1939, a guy barred several others (who became major authors.) It is now called The Exclusion Act. 1/
pandro
nerds will be nerds, whether it's about art or fandom, lol. Real Life is petty, too! 2/2
spookyjeff
I don't know about literary folks, but this kind of insanity wouldn't be terribly surprising at a materials science conference.
nezdower
High 5, fellow mat sci-er! :D
YourWaifuIsTrash
Well, apparently Poe was big into cryptography, and was known for hiding messages in his works, so that part holds up
zackofspades
I just desperately want to imagine a roomful of middle aged men shocked into silence at the mere mention of...The Orangutan.
BatLadyRielle
I have been to a similar convention for lovecraft and let me tell you it is worse than this. The drama re racism is insane
WherePoetryComesToDie
I'm surprised that's a topic of contention, since there is inarguable evidence that Lovecraft was racist, written by the man himself.
BatLadyRielle
In 2015, one of the panelists made some very crude racist jokes. He was not allowed to speak in 2017. This upset another dude who lost his
BatLadyRielle
Mind and went on a rant that literally included the phrase "honorary white male" when referring to how he, an Indian man, felt personally
BatLadyRielle
Attacked by people's desire to discuss lovecraft and racism. Dude was also pissed about an African woman who wrote some solid horror being
BatLadyRielle
Featured as an honored guest. IMO he expected the whole thing to crumble when he boycotted it, but we had fun without him.
WherePoetryComesToDie
It probably is real. The Poe story is fairly tame compared to some of the outbursts I've seen at various academic conferences.
zackofspades
Almost makes me mournful I was such a sorry excuse for a student.
zackofalltrades
ay we've got similar names! that is all; carry on.
zackofspades
mikalove
Just today my professor was talking about how he and his fellow botanists get into heated discussions - fists pounding on tables, 1/
allaeblafuebtehabiaunchorrito
We were once having beers and a fist fight broke out due to the creation of the universe... Fun night it was
eagle193
that does sound like a fun night...
Jvenanzi
its a generally held belief that the creation of the universe pissed off a LOT of people....
mikalove
shouting over each other - about the fact the they are "LYING TO THE STUDENTS" in that there aren't really 'male' or 'female' 2/
mikalove
plants/plant parts because those are entirely human/animal concepts. Broken friendships over stuff like that in the plant science world 3/3
Flyndaran
Like using the word rape to describe anything but human on human crime. It's forced copulation.
Flyndaran
Do NOT ever use the term parasite to refer to a baby even in jest to a parasitologist. He will bite your entire head off.
asquiiiiiiisha
Lol but I am a parasitologist and I totally do that, even though my fetus will need another host to reproduce, making me a secondary host.
Flyndaran
To be fully honest the parasitologist I knew was an aggressive douche.
asquiiiiiiisha
“Male” and “female” are really just “who has the little gametes and who has the big gametes”, which is why some fungi are +/- and shit
mikalove
Some are "well that looks like a sperm" and "that looks like an egg" too. Fun shit, plant genetics/biology
astamurti
I mean, at what point are the male seahorses the female seahorses?
asquiiiiiiisha
Male seahorses produce sperm (smaller, flagellated), their behavior doesn’t alter their gametes. Sex distinctions are weird and dumb.
BM0noire
Some fungi species have thousands of mating types. Fungi are next level reproducers
OAFandOTIS
But that's mycology and not botany...
DeadlyFood
Yeah I think I saw a hentai of that
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AlwaysandEventuallyHannah
Physics, alongside all science, develops. Space flight becomes cheaper and easier. Space colonisation happens. Eventually humans 1/
AlwaysandEventuallyHannah
encounter alien species. Relations are rocky at first but peace is found. Technology, culture, and society in general continue to 2/
astamurti
And then some experimentalists make a bunch of anti-hydrogen to check.
Flyndaran
But they proved that antimatter responds to fundamental forces just as matter, last I heard. Required quite a bit to do the tests.
SideEffectsOfJuice
Okay so which way does it fall then? Up, because it's ANTImatter? Down, because it's antimatter and doesn't give a shit?