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Finished Bukowski's Ham on Rye (1982)

I finished Bukowski’s Ham on Rye (1982), which is appa...
carnelian theatre crotch
  06/17/25
Nobody cares. Bukowski sucks and you’re a retarded fag...
cobalt dopamine cuckoldry
  06/17/25
This is exactly what Bukowski would say.
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Charismatic soggy step-uncle's house striped hyena
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This is just what we needed the boring thoughts of an idioti...
angry dysfunction feces
  06/17/25
whoa crr
Kink-friendly base
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MPA is highly supportive of this because he is low iq and je...
cobalt dopamine cuckoldry
  06/17/25
The distinction between my response and his might be that he...
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carnelian theatre crotch
  06/17/25
id like some elaboration here
Coral alcoholic stock car double fault
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Mother was both nurturing but also extremely passive aggress...
carnelian theatre crotch
  06/17/25
“I’m a kike!” How groundbreaking. You m...
cobalt dopamine cuckoldry
  06/17/25
That’s a long time to eat a sandwich.
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Date: June 17th, 2025 6:21 AM
Author: carnelian theatre crotch

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: cobalt dopamine cuckoldry

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

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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:20 AM
Author: vigorous cruise ship

This is exactly what Bukowski would say.

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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:28 AM
Author: carnelian theatre crotch



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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:33 AM
Author: Coral alcoholic stock car double fault



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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:37 AM
Author: cruel-hearted walnut pocket flask



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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:38 AM
Author: laughsome spot



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Date: June 17th, 2025 8:39 AM
Author: Charismatic soggy step-uncle's house striped hyena



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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:18 AM
Author: angry dysfunction feces

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: Kink-friendly base

whoa crr

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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:19 AM
Author: cobalt dopamine cuckoldry

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: marvelous brindle ticket booth background story

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: carnelian theatre crotch



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Date: June 17th, 2025 7:34 AM
Author: Coral alcoholic stock car double fault

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: carnelian theatre crotch

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: cobalt dopamine cuckoldry

“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: aquamarine nubile menage corn cake

That’s a long time to eat a sandwich.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5739087&forum_id=2#49023700)



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Date: June 17th, 2025 11:14 AM
Author: ebony meetinghouse brethren



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Date: June 17th, 2025 4:39 PM
Author: carnelian theatre crotch



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