Is there any literary way to say "flip the bird"? Because

>>9852219
The guy in the pci must feel so pompous right now. Herp derp look at me I sure showed Bukowski by taking a metaphor about life literally haha I am a greater man than him.

>>9852234
Bukowski was a hack

>>9852248
Nah he was ok.

>>9852250
Nah he was a hack

>>9852253
No man he was actually ok, not a hack.

>>9852234
>this random asshole on 4chan must feel so pompous right now. Herp derp look at me I sure showed the guy in the pci how much smarter I am than him by pointing out how pointless his criticism of bukowski is.

>>9852256
Bukowski wasn't a hack.

>>9852256
Wanna fight about it? His criticism was retarded, flawed, and certainly was written only to enforce the author's beliefs of his own greatness. pmw.

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>>9852254

>>9852266
Wanna fight about it? Bukowski's "metaphor" was retarded, flawed, and certainly was written only to enforce the author's beliefs of his own greatness.

>>9852219
Upturneth the middlemost digit

Bukowski, if anything, was an incredibly disciplined writer; writing, reading, editing and rewriting on a daily basis in workmanlike fashion. This is all the more remarkable given his dissolute lifestyle. Whatever one thinks of the man or his work, credit must be given to his writerly dedication and workmanship.

Great literature? I wouldn't say so, but certainly up there, damned with the faint praise of minor masterpieces.

>>9852301
huh, that's actually pretty good. might find a way for a sarcastic smartass character to say it,

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>>9852279
You start.

People run from guns but my wife sat there as I shot her in the face

>>9852338
Mr Burroughs you are under arrest.

>>9852338
she was hungry

>>9852234
It's an inadequate metaphor about life at best

>>9852219
It depends on the role and point of view of your narrator. If your narrator is a function of the time and place, you can use appropriate terminology.

>Franky flipped the bird to the lippy cunt across the road.

If your narrator is detached and purely an objective observer, you must simply narrate the action and perhaps the intent (although that'd be redundant).

>Franky extended his middle finger on outstretched hand to the man across the road, who was still berating him.

>>9852353
Why is it inadequate to you, and what do you consider an adequate metaphor.
Keep in mind I somewhat agree with you but I wanna see your reasoning.

>>9852359
>Franky extended his middle finger
Yeah, that's what I usually end up using, but it still makes it sound like the narrator has never swore once in their life. It's just very hamfisted.

>>9852367
It is what it is. As long as your narrator is playing by their own rules, you're all good.

>>9852219

wtf I love artfucker1996 now

>>9852360
I don't know the context of this wisdom but he seems to try to suggest that humans are stupid or hypocritical as an attempt to be funny despite the fact that the two situations he is comparing clearly don't relate in that way.
What is offensive here is not that his observation is primitive but that he is trying to be a lol-so-randumb-and-original while being cynical just because it is fashionable.

>>9852469
Bukowski was trying to be fashionable?

>>9852474
I have no reason to think he is actually cynical, nor do I think that an actually cynical person would make such a pointless observation.
He was just trying to be a smartass.

>>9852234
it's not hard to show bukowski, he's mentally lazy bullshitter who mainly appeals to equally lazy artsy hipsters

>>9852484
>He was just trying to be a smartass.
I would have argued with you, if not for that delicious ham on rye chapter, where he shouts nazi stuff at university just for attention.

>>9852497
>he's mentally lazy bullshitter who mainly appeals to equally lazy artsy hipsters
yet you couldn't even put an "a" before mentally!

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hey guys i have an urgent question, what's the phenomenon called when a community has an ironic subculture but then people join the community who aren't being ironic and take the members at face value?

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>>9852527
It's a quote misattributed to Descartes. No specific word for it.

i actually gave the finger to a couple of hobos in the dream i had last night, then they broke my window and i got scared and woke up.

>>9852545

but that's voltaire