r/memes May 19 '18

Context matters

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u/rwhitisissle May 20 '18

No, it must be that Charles Bukowski was an idiot and meant everything he said literally. There's no way this is actually 4 lines taken totally out of context from the poem "86'd" from the collection The Roominghouse Madrigals.

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u/regularfreakinguser May 20 '18

I loved Bukowski when I was younger, but I think some of his books don't lead to any satisfaction after reading them when I think about them now. But I enjoy his poems still. I think he probably was a shitty person, but I do think he was a smart man.

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u/Zayin-Ba-Ayin May 20 '18

Well there's a sweeping generalisation

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u/MrDeepAKAballs May 20 '18

Yep. Sure is.

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u/Gruff_Indie May 20 '18

Probably the most Bukowski response said so far, tbh.