What are you reading right now?

[Susanna]

having to get a circumcision to join the Marines in early 1942. That he had to pay for, in order to volunteer. Apparently that was a thing in WW2

I'm sure it was a thing for much longer than that. Yanks have this weird idea that circumcision is a prerequisite to good hygiene and that men will invariably get a fungal infection if they don't have one, so there are just millions of gentile boys getting circumcised over there for no reason, it's hilarious.

 

[AnOminous]

I'm sure it was a thing for much longer than that. Yanks have this weird idea that circumcision is a prerequisite to good hygiene and that men will invariably get a fungal infection if they don't have one, so there are just millions of gentile boys getting circumcised over there for no reason, it's hilarious.

That's not actually true. At the risk of starting another circumcision autism war, most people just sign off on this because it's a big source of basically free money for any obgyn ward, they just hand a stack of papers to sign to expectant mothers, often on a bunch of painkillers, and since the parents have put no thought into the issue, they just sign.

A fairly common practice is to have some checkbox on the form to "donate" the foreskin. You know, for "research." Then they usually sell those for profit. Cosmetics is one use, like some fucked-up cosmetic that fat whore Oprah Winfrey shilled for.

Most parents quite simply don't even think about this before it's an issue and don't know just to say no to it.

 

[Susanna]

A fairly common practice is to have some checkbox on the form to "donate" the foreskin. You know, for "research." Then they usually sell those for profit. Cosmetics is one use, like some fucked-up cosmetic that fat whore Oprah Winfrey shilled for.

Take your pills.

 

[Powerhouse of the Cell]

That's not actually true. At the risk of starting another circumcision autism war, most people just sign off on this because it's a big source of basically free money for any obgyn ward, they just hand a stack of papers to sign to expectant mothers, often on a bunch of painkillers, and since the parents have put no thought into the issue, they just sign.

A fairly common practice is to have some checkbox on the form to "donate" the foreskin. You know, for "research." Then they usually sell those for profit. Cosmetics is one use, like some fucked-up cosmetic that fat whore Oprah Winfrey shilled for.

Most parents quite simply don't even think about this before it's an issue and don't know just to say no to it.

Don't they put foreskins in moisturizers and shit?

It's like some rich pedos started doing this just to get off on it.

 

[Glyphs0997]

I read 2120 by George Wylesol, a choose-your-own-adventure / point-and-click escape room graphic novel about a repairman going to fix a computer at this shabby little office building:
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Oddly, there's no one there to greet you and the door locks behind you so you're stuck exploring the place and wandering the halls, picking up clues to the codes for locked doors and such on the way:
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As you progress you start finding more weird and disturbing stuff because this is actually a existential sci-fi horror story. It creeped me a out. And it has some good page-turn startles and eerie double-page spreads. I liked it.
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Beautiful song. The other one I read was Against the Day, and I found that one much more challenging. It just has so many more strands to keep track of. I'll probably go for Vineland (with the loose film adaptation coming out soon) or The Crying of Lot 49 next.

this is awesome. I found a copy and have been trying to work through it. Im honestly very impressed with how well he manages to mesh the narrative and like the actual escape room puzzle elements

 

[AnOminous]

Don't they put foreskins in moisturizers and shit?

Yes, one of the more notable ones is SkinMedica TNS Recovery Complex, which Oprah shills for.

 

[vern]

Couple series
Re-reading Sharpe: I kinda of have a love hate relation with this series, I'm still fond of most of the books, I just don't think anything published after waterloo (including riffles) is worth it.

Augustus by John Williams: As cliche as it sounds the first emperor is my favorite one but one nitpick I've always had is people like to treat Octavian as seen in stuff in anything to do with Cleopatra, Mark Anthony, and the whole 2nd Triumphant, as a completely different person as the Augustus depicted in things like I Claudius and I think this is one of the few books both fiction and non fiction that tries to covers both. It is interesting how the story is told through letters of historical figures discussing Octavian/Augustus and how their POV can wildly vary on him (reminded me of a little tidbit from the writings of Julian the Apostate that described him as a chameleon that is always shifting apparencies), but you don't really get to see his POV until the very end and didn't quite scratch the itch I was hoping for.

Ranger's Apprentice: This is my childhood series, I can't remember how many times I read the early books as a kid and surprisingly it still kinda holds up. Although I might not even bother with book 12 because of what happens in it. TLDR from what I remember (and this is me trying to recall a book I read as a pre-teen 12 years ago) it does something like TLJ 4 years before that pissed of everyone. Kid me didn't really care since I didn't care about the romance subplot or drastic character shifts that may of happened, I just wanted more ranger stuff. Me today might fucking despise it.