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Finished Bukowski's Ham on Rye (1982)

I finished Bukowski’s Ham on Rye (1982), which is appa...
mentally impaired white resort
  06/17/25
Nobody cares. Bukowski sucks and you’re a retarded fag...
filthy titillating lodge degenerate
  06/17/25
This is exactly what Bukowski would say.
bespoke poppy roast beef place of business
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mentally impaired white resort
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Onyx Goal In Life
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Opaque Histrionic Nursing Home
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motley mental disorder step-uncle's house
  06/17/25
This is just what we needed the boring thoughts of an idioti...
Big orchid gunner pervert
  06/17/25
whoa crr
Learning disabled excitant idea he suggested ratface
  06/17/25
MPA is highly supportive of this because he is low iq and je...
filthy titillating lodge degenerate
  06/17/25
The distinction between my response and his might be that he...
cerise box office sandwich
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mentally impaired white resort
  06/17/25
id like some elaboration here
Glittery dark brunch incel
  06/17/25
Mother was both nurturing but also extremely passive aggress...
mentally impaired white resort
  06/17/25
“I’m a kike!” How groundbreaking. You m...
filthy titillating lodge degenerate
  06/17/25
That’s a long time to eat a sandwich.
Green aphrodisiac dysfunction
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mentally impaired white resort
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Date: June 17th, 2025 6:21 AM
Author: mentally impaired white resort

I finished Bukowski’s Ham on Rye (1982), which is apparently his most famous novel along with his first, Post Office. It is a semi-autobiographical novel about his youth - born in Germany, raised in Los Angeles, always a poor outsider, wisecracking and fast talking, his loves were alcohol and writing. He developed terrible acne as a teenager which made his outsider status worse but even that was something he accepted and suffered through.

The book is lovely, an easy and flowing read. Bukowski discusses the difficulties of life and he does it in a wry, direct, honest and disarming style. One can’t help but love the guy - he’s got such a defined voice.

He states that he’s neither a misanthrope nor a misogynist in the book, and I think at least the second part is true for him - for the first, he uses alcohol to dull the pain of existence. However, Bukowski, for all his self-loathing and rawness, seemed to channel his suffering into a grudging acceptance of the human animal - ugly, dirty, and laughable, yes, but not necessarily evil. He’s disillusioned, yes, but rarely metaphysically embittered. The distinction between my response and his might be that he located suffering within fate—while I seem to locate it within betrayal, both relational and metaphysical.

I’ve read all of Bukowkski’s poetry online (https://www.best-poems.net/charles_bukowski/index.html) and will continue to read more of his works.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2:#49023314)



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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:17 AM
Author: filthy titillating lodge degenerate

Nobody cares. Bukowski sucks and you’re a retarded faggot.

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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:20 AM
Author: bespoke poppy roast beef place of business

This is exactly what Bukowski would say.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2:#49023370)



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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:28 AM
Author: mentally impaired white resort



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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:33 AM
Author: Glittery dark brunch incel



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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:37 AM
Author: Onyx Goal In Life



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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:38 AM
Author: Opaque Histrionic Nursing Home



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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:39 AM
Author: motley mental disorder step-uncle's house



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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:18 AM
Author: Big orchid gunner pervert

This is just what we needed the boring thoughts of an idiotic faggot. Kill yourself.

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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:18 AM
Author: Learning disabled excitant idea he suggested ratface

whoa crr

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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:19 AM
Author: filthy titillating lodge degenerate

MPA is highly supportive of this because he is low iq and jewish

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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:26 AM
Author: cerise box office sandwich

The distinction between my response and his might be that he located suffering within fate—while I seem to locate it within betrayal, both relational and metaphysical.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2:#49023382)



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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:28 AM
Author: mentally impaired white resort



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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:34 AM
Author: Glittery dark brunch incel

id like some elaboration here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2:#49023391)



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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:41 AM
Author: mentally impaired white resort

Mother was both nurturing but also extremely passive aggressive and never respected my emotional red lines, which felt on a subconscious level, to a young child, like deep betrayal and which has warped my relationship with all women thereafter.

My philosophical pessimism and gnosticism is well documented here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2:#49023397)



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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:40 AM
Author: filthy titillating lodge degenerate

“I’m a kike!”

How groundbreaking. You might be the next bukowski.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2:#49023457)



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Date: June 17th, 2025 10:18 AM
Author: Green aphrodisiac dysfunction

That’s a long time to eat a sandwich.

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Date: June 17th, 2025 11:14 AM
Author: frozen fragrant new version



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Date: June 17th, 2025 4:39 PM
Author: mentally impaired white resort



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