this is my favorite tweet of all time
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As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard, as it were armor-plated, back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his dome-like brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pitifully thin compared to the rest of his bulk, waved helplessly before his eyes.
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Closest match: Rangifer tarandus platyrhyncus genome assembly, chromosome: 28
Common name: Svalbard Reindeer
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DO YOU KNOW THIS CHARACTER?
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― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (translated by Joyce Crick)
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my pitch: kafka’s metamorphosis but it’s a slice of life high school monster romance manga.
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I genuinely want to know how one reads Kafka and then comes to the conclusion that the man was a “happy and well adjusted guy.” No hate to the og poster, I just think it’s kind of funny.
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"I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself."
-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
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We bring up “totally Kafkaesque” as a meme all the time and rightfully so bc it was a classic Jesse-ism but also like?? The thematic implications of bringing up Franz Kafka in the context of Jesse’s characterization? Franz Kafka, whose most famous work was about a man who turned into a beetle, and was abused and denied his humanity by everyone he tried to maintain a human connection with because they perceived him as monstrous and burdensome despite his pure intentions? A book that was written as a projection of Franz Kafka’s difficult relationship with his father, a book in which the father character is the protagonist’s primary abuser? A book about someone with a highly stigmatized condition who is made to feel as though they are undeserving of love??
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Happy Halloween, an oldie.
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