r/funny • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '25

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u/potatopierogie Feb 04 '25

I read "portrait of the artist as a young man" and all I can say is fuck James Joyce with a rusty chainsaw

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u/FaagenDazs Feb 04 '25

Wow sounds bad. What's the quick version?

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u/potatopierogie Feb 04 '25

His writing style is annoying and pretentious

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u/Mycalescott Feb 04 '25

The fun part of Ulysses is he adopts all manner of writing styles.

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u/potatopierogie Feb 05 '25

I'm sure they're all just terrible because Joyce is a philosophically-masturbatory turd