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The only thing surprising is he used 2 words. I knew exactly what it was going to be. (He named a cat in The Rats in the Walls after it...or possibly vice versa...don't know whether the real or fictional cat came first.) And, I mean...this is Lovecraft. Dude was racist as hell, man.
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I've never read Lovecraft. I've never been fond of horror which is what I hear the dude specialized in (or what was horror for his time anyway). So this was a surprise to me. The first link in the Google search was about the book and how he owned a cat by the same name until 1901. I did not click it.
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Kamino Neko wrote:
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The only thing surprising is he used 2 words. I knew exactly what it was going to be. (He named a cat in The Rats in the Walls after it...or possibly vice versa...don't know whether the real or fictional cat came first.) And, I mean...this is Lovecraft. Dude was racist as hell, man.
He would often make anti-semitic remarks and his wife would have to remind him she fell under that category.
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yiraheerai wrote:
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I've never been fond of horror which is what I hear the dude specialized in (or what was horror for his time anyway).
Not just for his age, it's horror for all ages, especially the end of ages...

There are some Lovecraft stories like The Street where his racism shimmers through, yes, but luckily, most of his writings (that was my impression, at least) is free of it.
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I've had Zoot Suit Riot stuck in my head for the last two days. The thing is, since I know Grapefruit Diet's lyrics better, the two bleed into each other. It's not even witty, just a bleed of the two songs together.

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Merry Christmas everyone. But only christmas /suddenexclusionarybigot
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May 2019 be better for everyone than 2018.

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Happeh new year!
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Happy New Year.

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May 2019 be better for everyone than 2018.

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