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Title: Zen and the Art of Jumping Snake River Canyon
Post by: Wheezer on April 25, 2017, 01:00:23 AM
Robert Pirsig (http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/books/robert-pirsig-dead-wrote-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.html), 88.
Title: Re: Zen and the Art of Jumping Snake River Canyon
Post by: Tonker on April 25, 2017, 08:48:09 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on April 25, 2017, 01:00:23 AM
Robert Pirsig (http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/books/robert-pirsig-dead-wrote-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.html), 88.

I tried to read ZATAOMM once.  Admittedly, I was very young, but I distinctly remember it being a massive bunch of arse.
Title: Re: Zen and the Art of Jumping Snake River Canyon
Post by: SKO on April 25, 2017, 09:16:52 AM
Quote from: Tonker on April 25, 2017, 08:48:09 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on April 25, 2017, 01:00:23 AM
Robert Pirsig (http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/books/robert-pirsig-dead-wrote-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.html), 88.

I tried to read ZATAOMM once.  Admittedly, I was very young, but I distinctly remember it being a massive bunch of arse.

I had it assigned to me as a college sophomore and while maybe it was just young, good College Republican SKO's disdain for hippies that led me to this conclusion I can't remember it as anything other than pretentious gobbledygook.
Title: Re: Zen and the Art of Jumping Snake River Canyon
Post by: Oleg on May 02, 2017, 08:08:39 AM
Quote from: SKO on April 25, 2017, 09:16:52 AM
Quote from: Tonker on April 25, 2017, 08:48:09 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on April 25, 2017, 01:00:23 AM
Robert Pirsig (http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/books/robert-pirsig-dead-wrote-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.html), 88.

I tried to read ZATAOMM once.  Admittedly, I was very young, but I distinctly remember it being a massive bunch of arse.

I had it assigned to me as a college sophomore and while maybe it was just young, good College Republican SKO's disdain for hippies that led me to this conclusion I can't remember it as anything other than pretentious gobbledygook.


All we need is TJ and Morph calling this book socialist bullshit and everyone will be completely living up to their Desipio stereotypes (archetypes?).

By the way, 20-something hippie/socialist Oleg loved every word of this book and had read it multiple times.
Title: Re: Zen and the Art of Jumping Snake River Canyon
Post by: SKO on May 02, 2017, 09:18:04 AM
Quote from: Oleg on May 02, 2017, 08:08:39 AM
Quote from: SKO on April 25, 2017, 09:16:52 AM
Quote from: Tonker on April 25, 2017, 08:48:09 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on April 25, 2017, 01:00:23 AM
Robert Pirsig (http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/books/robert-pirsig-dead-wrote-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.html), 88.

I tried to read ZATAOMM once.  Admittedly, I was very young, but I distinctly remember it being a massive bunch of arse.

I had it assigned to me as a college sophomore and while maybe it was just young, good College Republican SKO's disdain for hippies that led me to this conclusion I can't remember it as anything other than pretentious gobbledygook.


All we need is TJ and Morph calling this book socialist bullshit and everyone will be completely living up to their Desipio stereotypes (archetypes?).

By the way, 20-something hippie/socialist Oleg loved every word of this book and had read it multiple times.

I would have to read it again now that I'm basically a radical leftist by Iowa standards but I feel like my hatred for it would still stand up.
Title: Re: Zen and the Art of Jumping Snake River Canyon
Post by: ChuckD on May 02, 2017, 01:01:09 PM
Quote from: SKO on May 02, 2017, 09:18:04 AM
Quote from: Oleg on May 02, 2017, 08:08:39 AM
Quote from: SKO on April 25, 2017, 09:16:52 AM
Quote from: Tonker on April 25, 2017, 08:48:09 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on April 25, 2017, 01:00:23 AM
Robert Pirsig (http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/books/robert-pirsig-dead-wrote-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.html), 88.

I tried to read ZATAOMM once.  Admittedly, I was very young, but I distinctly remember it being a massive bunch of arse.

I had it assigned to me as a college sophomore and while maybe it was just young, good College Republican SKO's disdain for hippies that led me to this conclusion I can't remember it as anything other than pretentious gobbledygook.


All we need is TJ and Morph calling this book socialist bullshit and everyone will be completely living up to their Desipio stereotypes (archetypes?).

By the way, 20-something hippie/socialist Oleg loved every word of this book and had read it multiple times.

I would have to read it again now that I'm basically a radical leftist by Iowa standards but I feel like my hatred for it would still stand up.

Save yourself the trouble. I was "basically a radical leftist by Iowa standards" at the time of reading. It was pretentious gobbledygook.
Title: Re: Zen and the Art of Jumping Snake River Canyon
Post by: flannj on May 02, 2017, 01:05:05 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on May 02, 2017, 01:01:09 PM
Quote from: SKO on May 02, 2017, 09:18:04 AM
Quote from: Oleg on May 02, 2017, 08:08:39 AM
Quote from: SKO on April 25, 2017, 09:16:52 AM
Quote from: Tonker on April 25, 2017, 08:48:09 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on April 25, 2017, 01:00:23 AM
Robert Pirsig (http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/books/robert-pirsig-dead-wrote-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.html), 88.

I tried to read ZATAOMM once.  Admittedly, I was very young, but I distinctly remember it being a massive bunch of arse.

I had it assigned to me as a college sophomore and while maybe it was just young, good College Republican SKO's disdain for hippies that led me to this conclusion I can't remember it as anything other than pretentious gobbledygook.


All we need is TJ and Morph calling this book socialist bullshit and everyone will be completely living up to their Desipio stereotypes (archetypes?).

By the way, 20-something hippie/socialist Oleg loved every word of this book and had read it multiple times.

I would have to read it again now that I'm basically a radical leftist by Iowa standards but I feel like my hatred for it would still stand up.

Save yourself the trouble. I was "basically a radical leftist by Iowa standards" at the time of reading. It was pretentious gobbledygook.

It's navel staring gibberish.
Although I included it on my college applications.
Title: Re: Zen and the Art of Jumping Snake River Canyon
Post by: PenFoe on May 04, 2017, 01:31:09 PM
Quote from: flannj on May 02, 2017, 01:05:05 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on May 02, 2017, 01:01:09 PM
Quote from: SKO on May 02, 2017, 09:18:04 AM
Quote from: Oleg on May 02, 2017, 08:08:39 AM
Quote from: SKO on April 25, 2017, 09:16:52 AM
Quote from: Tonker on April 25, 2017, 08:48:09 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on April 25, 2017, 01:00:23 AM
Robert Pirsig (http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/books/robert-pirsig-dead-wrote-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance.html), 88.

I tried to read ZATAOMM once.  Admittedly, I was very young, but I distinctly remember it being a massive bunch of arse.

I had it assigned to me as a college sophomore and while maybe it was just young, good College Republican SKO's disdain for hippies that led me to this conclusion I can't remember it as anything other than pretentious gobbledygook.


All we need is TJ and Morph calling this book socialist bullshit and everyone will be completely living up to their Desipio stereotypes (archetypes?).

By the way, 20-something hippie/socialist Oleg loved every word of this book and had read it multiple times.

I would have to read it again now that I'm basically a radical leftist by Iowa standards but I feel like my hatred for it would still stand up.

Save yourself the trouble. I was "basically a radical leftist by Iowa standards" at the time of reading. It was pretentious gobbledygook.

It's navel staring gibberish.
Although I included it on my college applications.

I thought I was exactly the type of person who was going to like this book.

I didn't.

For all the reasons stated above.