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[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Look son, you don't gotta be a master of English to be able to be part of a labor union.

I know Ogres struggle to get work outside of factories, but that doesn't mean the labor you do is low-value or unskilled.

Ogres together strong.

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago

Worker exploitation?

It's all Ogre now.

[–] sarsaparilyptus@discuss.online 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most tragically of all, Ogre doesn't know that this matches, or even eclipses, Joyce's own understanding.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ogre should have started with a book with much simpler themes and aimed at children... like Atlas Shrugged.

[–] LucyLastic@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Just what we need, libertarian ogres ...

[–] imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, he's doing alright by my standards. I gave it a solid try but couldn't keep myself awake through it no matter how I tried. Beautiful prose - pick a single random page out of that book and you can get a message in it's own microcosm. Trying to synthesize it all made my head want to explode and my brain chose sleep instead of computation.

[–] Fungah@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Finnegan's wake is a far easier read. Pick a random page anywhere and it makes no fucking sense at all.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago

Oger did like the jerking off on the beach scene though.

[–] OctopusKurwa@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Ogre should read Joyce's letters to Nora.

[–] Depress_Mode@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Me reading Moby Dick a few months ago

[–] complacent_jerboa@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

On the bright side Ogre not have $40k in student debt to be a bartender.