Dumb Questions thread

>>9523643
LOL FUNNY MEME SPELLING WRONG

I'm trying to remember the name of a book I read for school. its main character is a young man who starts working in manufacturing. pretty sure he operates a crane. at the start of the book he gets hazed by the older workers there, they smear tar all over his balls after work and make him walk home like that

>>9523735
Have you been reading my diary desu?

>>9523753
no desu, but it sounds pretty hot

>>9523643
They're on a boat. Nobody ever does anything on a boat.

>>9523643
Because they don't fucking matter. Let me guess, you like reading million-word "fantasy" "epics".

>>9523753
>>9523735
it's called Tyro :)

>>9524325
tylo be chillin

why is the shadow of the torturer such a poor novel

>>9523643
The do boat work. It's intentionally left out because it would add nothing to the story.

Write you own 10K word essay on life on a boat, and read HoD on the side, then your imagination will fill in the blanks.

You try navigating a boat through Africa with only two people.

>>9526426
>>9526419
I assume op means the boat in London, not Africa

Does the narrator even say anything out loud?

Is there a term for ideological worlds that encompass a lot of beliefs in one? Words like fascism, socialism, liberalism, etc. Basically words that encompass a lot of concepts and are wrapped up by a single word. Is there a term for these types of words?

>>9527975
Yes he's telling the story to the other shipmates

>>9527985
Movements

>>9527985

concept?

i don't really understand what "epistemology" means. I mean I get that it's the study, and theory, of knowledge and belief. But in a sentence such as "we developed an epistemological model for this", it just seems meaningless. What exactly is the intent there?

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>>9523643
They matter. Take the black dude who is now a deck hand, it's uncanny to see them operate 'white' technology. Here this guy is with his filed down teeth steering and you're trusting your life to him, it further demonstrates the nature of the (frail) divide between civilization and barbarity.

How hard would it be to read The Canterbury Tales in original middle English? Should I get a translation first?

>>9528333

Reading Canterbury Tales in anything other than middle English is a huge mistake. They are perfectly readable, and enjoyably so. Remember to read them aloud.