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In McCarthy that struggle is usually inextricably tied up in the relationship between sons and fathers, or father figures, as the Judge is a father figure to the Kid, but also the Judge either literally or as an embodiment of his philosophy in rebellion against God, the ultimate father-son...

I think it makes sense to view that figure in the epilogue in that same context, a lone figure doing the hard work of carrying the fire It reminds of Se7en - another high art/pulp crossover - the ultimate question of whether or not the world is worth fighting for. Morgan Freeman decides it is...

one point - the Captain leading the expedition is a much more specific of avatar of the west etc via American exceptionalism, esp in context of Mexican-American War, Manifest Destiny and the pro-slavery filibuster expeditions of the 1850s, i.e. William Walker - than the Judge, who I would argue...

I don't really care what Harold Bloom did or didn't think, I mean whatever he's welcome to his opinions his praise probably hurts a book's reputation if anything since he's so inextricable from a narrow dead white guy kind of canon

it's pretty easy, obvious (and again not untrue) to compare McCarthy and BM specifically to Melville, Faulkner, and Conrad but the single work of art I'd actually compare Blood Meridian to is Elem Klimov's film Come and See another bildungsroman about a youth trying to navigate and survive a...

you could accuse pretty much any "high art" literature of pretentiousness, it's almost a pointless charge pessimism, certainly. wilful idk, that really depends on your view of the world, human nature, etc more than the book. humorlessness I would disagree with tho. there's a fair bit of...

I do think the adjective "biblical" is overused. not misused, just overused. obv there is a strong biblical, supernatural element in the Judge but he's also writing about a time when religion was hugely more prominent and much closer to the surface of day to day life and also a time when...

btw luka disliking McCarthy is the most boring and predictable take of all time he is the ne plus ultra of anti-snob snobbery in all things art, except poetry where his tastes are exactly the opposite (high art modernism etc)

I saw The Lighthouse in a theater and the person I went with gave the following review: "it was boring but also a lot happened" I loved it, as I have every Robert Eggers film, but I also didn't disagree with that review Blood Meridian is I think in a similar space

both, neither, all one of very, very, very few books I've ever read where entire passages stick with me and I think will until I die

This is 435 Well tried to attach a video but idk if worked Actually does anyone know how to upload a video from my phone?

The weight doesn't really matter anyway tbh The only thing that truly matters is quality of movement If you're moving well with good form, the weight will come as long as you lift consistently and eat enough

Yeah well ofc like anything it's got its own culture and lingo Like when I ask you about some financial thing and you have to break it down in layman's terms. I just know the lifting lingo. Also machines are mostly useless. Or like they're good for very specific things but in general for ROI...

Hope yr posture issue gets sorted out ASAP And don't worry about PR #s I mean it's fucking cool to get them, don't get me wrong, to see all of the hard work and consistency producing results, but yeah it takes a long time

And yeah in re weightlifting (i.e. Oly) it's a loooot of mobility work, warmup, partial movements to break down technique, etc. I only recently decided to try to get actually good at it. As w anything these days there is a huge wealth of free instructional content on YT/IG etc. To me it is...

Thanks. I've always gotten stuck around 405 and as I said I've finally just committed to getting stronger. 445 was pretty close, got it moving but I felt my back rounding so I let it go, no reason to grind it out. But yeah I feel like 500 is definitely within reach as long as I'm consistent and...

Grip it and rip it bro

also leo jesus christ this is the hardest I've ever seen you condemn anything by far I know I just came down hard on baseball but you're so more genial than I am athleisure of all things it's no offense pretty silly too. like what do you care? why the hell should anyone have to wear a...

I myself have always been too concerned with being shredded (i.e. super lean) this last time I got back in the gym after an injury hiatus I decided I was just going to eat enough to really get stronger bit less lean than normal but I deadlifted 435 today - that's 197kg for you Europeans, at a...

sorry I'm pretty blazed and I'm kind of rambling just to say I think about this A LOT - appearance vs performance like for the vast majority of people they just want to look good and could give zero fucks about much they can lift or how fast they can do something, or in a more general sense...