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  • #61
    Originally posted by MrFun
    And thus, Rah mistakenly reveals his secret plans for world domination so that he can level all cities into extravagant golf courses.
    Oppppppppppppps.
    It's almost as if all his overconfident, absolutist assertions were spoonfed to him by a trusted website or subreddit. Sheeple
    RIP Tony Bogey & Baron O

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    • #62
      Diplomacy, by Dr. Henry Kissinger.

      It opened my eyes to the truths of international relations.
      No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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      • #63
        Valuation by Copeland et al. and Principles of Corporate Finance by Brealey & Myers.
        Originally posted by Serb:Please, remind me, how exactly and when exactly, Russia bullied its neighbors?
        Originally posted by Ted Striker:Go Serb !
        Originally posted by Pekka:If it was possible to capture the essentials of Sepultura in a dildo, I'd attach it to a bicycle and ride it up your azzes.

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        • #64
          The books by Colin Wilson often pose interesting questions ( if you have some ability to think out of the box).
          Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
          Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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          • #65
            Originally posted by Oncle Boris

            Being an autodidact has its advantages, once you reach the point you can draw a basic picture of the human adventure.
            Yeah, and there's always more than one reason to visit the library.

            Er, La Nausée, by Jean-Paul Sartre, if only to understand the above joke.

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            • #66
              I would suggest instead of arbitrarily reading books that might interest you, do the following.

              Ask yourself questions, or write down the questions that you want to know the answer to. Not like "what is the meaning of life" or something you think you're supposed to be answering, but things that honestly and genuinely fascinate you, and then look it up and go from there.

              Follow your passion and you will go far...

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              • #67
                Originally posted by alva
                The books by Colin Wilson often pose interesting questions ( if you have some ability to think out of the box).
                I thought I was the only one who read his books, although I haven't read one for a while.

                Ritual in the Dark is one of my favourite novels.

                I guess I like him because he likes a lot of stuff I do: music, philosophy, crime, Jack the Ripper, Britain in the 50s, occultism, etc.
                Only feebs vote.

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                • #68
                  Stryer, Biochemistry (4th ed.)
                  Speaking of Erith:

                  "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                  • #69
                    Originally posted by Provost Harrison
                    Stryer, Biochemistry (4th ed.)
                    No wonder you never get laid.
                    Only feebs vote.

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                    • #70
                      I thought sex was all about biochemistry.
                      Världsstad - Dom lokala genrenas vän
                      Mick102, 102,3 Umeå, Måndagar 20-21

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                      • #71
                        Cheeky git
                        Speaking of Erith:

                        "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                        • #72
                          It is when it is me
                          Speaking of Erith:

                          "It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda Smith

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                          • #73
                            Originally posted by Provost Harrison
                            Cheeky git
                            Only feebs vote.

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                            • #74
                              Originally posted by Agathon

                              No wonder you never get laid.
                              Exactly! Lehninger - "Principles of Biochemistry" gives you a much stronger erotic aura
                              The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand.

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                              • #75
                                -Joseph Heller's Catch-22 was really mind-boggling, but I don't know if it'll make you smarter!

                                -I'm currently reading Machavelli's Discorsi, and I have to say it's pretty enlightening, but again I'm not sure if it actually makes you smarter
                                "An archaeologist is the best husband a women can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie
                                "Non mortem timemus, sed cogitationem mortis." - Seneca

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