The rise of tankies and Islamic extremism apologists, especially among young people, is deeply concerning.

I have never heard of Nerd Porn Auteur ,and I think I would love this thing :-)

I included one of the funniest (and best) parts, but there are some darker parts where he essentially makes fun of women who have had cosmetic surgery or who star in “traditional” pornographic content. I don’t think many women would appreciate that part, as in general few women I’ve known appreciate making fun of sex workers, even those women who have a very low opinion of pornography.

He wrote the poem while he was in college, though, so I wouldn’t take it too seriously as being something representing his beliefs now, decades later. It could also be read as him being generally frustrated with the pornographic industry in general.

As for being attracted to people based on their intelligence, a lot of studies suggest that many women tend to find intelligence to be a very attractive trait.

I personally consider intelligence to be a very important factor in any person I’d date.

I mean, as long as he doesn’t assign The Library Policeman…

“Understanding Your Spouse’s Sex Addiction”

Perfect twist would be if the husband bought this.

Thankfully my father had purchased the entire series before I was born

You’re too young to be on reddit if this is true.

‘TIL the author of Mein Kampf is a Nazi’

Man someone would really have to be r/ootl

Yeah, it sounds hilariously ridiculous:

"Former Army Ranger Jake Rivers is not your typical Kelton College student. He is not spoiled, coddled, or ultra-lib like his classmates who sneer at the “soldier boy.” But regardless of his differences with the rest of the student body, he needs an education. And when terror strikes, the school needs Jake.

Without warning, the sounds of gunfire plunge the campus into a battle zone. A violent gang of marauders invade the main hall, taking students hostage for ransom. As a veteran and patriot, Jake won’t give in to their demands. But to fight back, he needs to enlist his fellow classmates and school them in the not-so-liberal art of war. This time, the aggression isn’t “micro.” It’s life or death. And only the strong survive."

Actually, now that I think about it, I frequently see a story criticized on the basis that the main character is flawed and does the wrong thing sometimes, or hurts someone, as though no protagonist can suck sometimes.

Because most people have such poor reading comprehension that they can’t understand why an author would have a main character with flaws when you are supposed to identify with the main character.

Having said that, I think most women would have a problem with the guy who wrote Nerd Porn Auteur.

Here’s a quote from Ernest Cline’s poem, just for reference:

"In my kind of porno movies the girls wouldn’t even have to get naked.

They’d just take the guys down to the rec room and

beat them repeatedly at chess

and then talk to them for hours about Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle

or the underlying social metaphors in the Aliens movies."

Remember, the people behind all this want libraries gone. They hate the whole idea of public libraries. Publicly funded services that aren’t there to nickel and dime a profit out of you are anathema to their very being.

Weird to conflate a bunch of trad Catholics with an caps.

There’s plenty of real criticism without making stuff up.