The Unique Philosophy of Thomas Carlyle: With his book Sartor Resartus Thomas Carlyle was ahead of his time in a philosophical sense. With his unique philosophy Thomas Carlyle was a pioneer of existentialist philosophy, in the way that he recognized the problems and insecurities created by an... walden43200.com/in-depth-…
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Sartor resartus, or some thoughts on the origin of the word β€œcloth” and the history of clothes - See more at: http://blog.oup.com/2016/08/origin-word-cloth-history-clothes/#sthash.UyGYDqzB.dpuf blog.oup.com/2016/08/orig…
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Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus johnpistelli.wordpress.co…
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David Foster Wallace is unreadable

Went to my library, brought home The Pale King (I couldn't find Infinite Jest). The first 50 pages or so were quite enticing and clear, I like his style but somewhere along the way the chapters become so dense with acronyms, trademarks and cultural references that I simply don't understand what's going on without googling them. (And I've completed books such as Joyce's Ulysses. I've completed Sartor Resartus.) Being non-american, I simply don't have time to google for everything. Is there a way to enjoy DFW without having to use google?

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Are there textbooks describing how Victorian British people verbally enforced their social hierarchies?

Human social hierarchies are complex, multidimensional, and often ambiguous. Various social interactions can use particular styles of speech (including challenges, scolding, insults, formal accusations, pointed jokes, banter, etc.) to enforce social hierarchy. I am mostly familiar with modern American English; modern and Victorian versions of British English appear to have numerous subtle subtexts related to class hostility.

Social classes in Victorian Britain were clearly complex. Social dominance might be enforced within a class differently than outside a class. For example, an earl might bully a baron using upper-class, aristocratic scolding, that that same earl might bully a Cockney chimney-sweep with very different language and behavior. (Perhaps the earl might be obligated to speak directly to the baron, but might use his entourage or retinue of servants to push the chimney-sweep out of the way so that the earl would not even need to notice the chimney-sweep.)

Conversely, that same chimney-sweep might have specific insults for keeping his male apprentices in line, but those would be different from the verbal scolding he might use to keep his wife in line. Conversely, the chimney-sweep's wife might use particular gendered language to scold the chimney-sweep.

It is possible to read fiction of that era to get a rough idea for what was going on. (The stories of Charles Dickens and A. C. Doyle seem very accessible to me; something like Carlyle's Sartor Resartus seems much more opaque to me.) I can always interpret the fiction to mean something. However, I get the sense that my interpretation of the fiction is not reliable. (For example, if a character says "Heigh-ho" I interpret that to mean he is signaling that his previous speech was a joke. I have no idea whether my interpretation is accurate.) I feel that I would need a textbook to understand how this language was really used. Furthermore, I fear that every fiction writer has a very narrow view of his era. A. C. Doye and Jane Austen were both writing about Britain, but they seem to have been living in different worlds, and I find it hard to synthesize a coherent picture of British verbal dominance from fiction.

I have found few resources. This seems like a problem that is difficult enough to warrant specialized textbooks, but it is probably not a pressing concern, and thus perhaps no one has ever bothered to write a textbook about it. Various experts on the Victorian Era appear to have s

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Blind Girl Here. Give Me Your Best Blind Jokes!

Do your worst!

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Reddit is the only place where absolutely everybody is sarcastic and nobody understands sarcasm, all at the same time.
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Dropped my best ever dad joke & no one was around to hear it

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies πŸ˜‚

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What starts with a W and ends with a T

It really does, I swear!

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This subreddit is 10 years old now.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

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What is a a bisexual person doing when they’re not dating anybody?

They’re on standbi

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What do you call quesadillas you eat in the morning?

Buenosdillas

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Geddit? No? Only me?
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I wanna hear your best airplane puns.

Pilot on me!!

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E or ß?
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i Karenough to
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No spoilers
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Covid problems
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These aren't dad jokes...

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

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I had a vasectomy because I didn’t want any kids.

When I got home, they were still there.

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Spi__
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What did 0 say to 8 ?

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

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I dislike karma whores who make posts that imply it's their cake day, simply for upvotes.

I won't be doing that today!

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The Ancient Romans II
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How do you stop Canadian bacon from curling in your frying pan?

You take away their little brooms

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I did it, I finally did it. After 4 years and 92 days I went from being a father, to a dad.

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

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It this sub dead?

There hasn't been a post all year!

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I'd like to dedicate this joke to my wisdom teeth.

[Removed]

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Letting loose with these puns
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Couch potato
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Baka!
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concrete πŸ—Ώ
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All dad jokes are bad and here’s why

Why

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My name is ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

It’s pronounced β€œNoel.”

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Why are people so surprised and angry about Djokovic being an anti-vaxxer?

After all his first name is No-vac

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If Korean pop is shortened to Kpop and Korean Drama is Kdrama...

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

  • Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

  • French/Finnish art

  • Country/Canadian rap

  • Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

  • Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

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That’s Michelle
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Is this sub still active?

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

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What did the ocean say to the beach?

Nothing, it just waved

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[crossposted from AskHistorians] Are there textbooks describing how Victorian British people verbally enforced their social hierarchies?

Human social hierarchies are complex, multidimensional, and often ambiguous. Various social interactions can use particular styles of speech (including challenges, scolding, insults, formal accusations, pointed jokes, banter, etc.) to enforce social hierarchy. I am mostly familiar with modern American English; modern and Victorian versions of British English appear to have numerous subtle subtexts related to class hostility.

Social classes in Victorian Britain were clearly complex. Social dominance might be enforced within a class differently than outside a class. For example, an earl might bully a baron using upper-class, aristocratic scolding, that that same earl might bully a Cockney chimney-sweep with very different language and behavior. (Perhaps the earl might be obligated to speak directly to the baron, but might use his entourage or retinue of servants to push the chimney-sweep out of the way so that the earl would not even need to notice the chimney-sweep.)

Conversely, that same chimney-sweep might have specific insults for keeping his male apprentices in line, but those would be different from the verbal scolding he might use to keep his wife in line. Conversely, the chimney-sweep's wife might use particular gendered language to scold the chimney-sweep.

It is possible to read fiction of that era to get a rough idea for what was going on. (The stories of Charles Dickens and A. C. Doyle seem very accessible to me; something like Carlyle's Sartor Resartus seems much more opaque to me.) I can always interpret the fiction to mean something. However, I get the sense that my interpretation of the fiction is unreliable. (For example, if a character says "Heigh-ho" I interpret that to mean he is signaling that his previous speech was a joke. I have no idea whether my interpretation is accurate; maybe his meaning was "Ah, well, everything is futile.") I feel that I would need a textbook to understand how this language was really used. Furthermore, I fear that every fiction writer has a very narrow view of his era. A. C. Doye and Jane Austen were both writing about Britain, but they seem to have been living in different worlds, and I find it hard to synthesize a coherent picture of British verbal dominance from fiction.

I have found few resources. This seems like a problem that is difficult enough to warrant specialized textbooks, but it is probably not a pressing concern, and thus perhaps no one has ever bothered to write a textbook about it. V

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