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[–]code8888 72ポイント73ポイント  (18子コメント)

Peasants. What book is this?

[–]Knaj910i5 4460, XFX R9 290, 8gb ram[S] 95ポイント96ポイント  (17子コメント)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, I have to read it for school. Now I have even more reason to hate this book.

[–]GameRender 22ポイント23ポイント  (7子コメント)

Wasn't that about the emo kid?

[–]Godoffail 78ポイント79ポイント  (5子コメント)

For some reason I thought the book would be about an IT guy in India that works part time. TIL I'm a bit racist.

[–]gradientByteYeah it can run Crysis... 800*600@20fps 13ポイント14ポイント  (2子コメント)

I can never tell when seeing "Indian" written whether it refers to a Native American or someone from India

[–]niteman555Niteman555 44ポイント45ポイント  (1子コメント)

just ask: "dot or feather?"

[–]Qazsdfi5 6500|16gb DDR4|GTX 1060|250GB SSD|1.5TB HDD 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's what I assumed automatically. Except the main character worked at a call centre. I feel like an ass but meh. It was funny.

[–]GameRender 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'd read that.

[–]JimBobJones234i5-6400 | msi Rx 480 8gb | 16g ram 12ポイント13ポイント  (0子コメント)

About a Native American kid in high school that has a shit ton of medical problems

[–]xLPGxXeon E5 2670, 280X Crossfire 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

we had to read it too, and not just once, twice in two seperate english classes x.x

[–]Yodi0074690k @ 4.4GHz, GTX 970 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I knew it

[–]Demilich1988 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Why do you have to read it for school ? Doesn't seem like anything special.

[–]ki11bunny3570K @ 4.4Ghz / SLI 780ti / 16GB DDR3 / Evo 850 250GB / AX860 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I would assume it's in the schools reading list and the teacher picked the book.

I'd assume that if this is a teacher that has been there a while, she knows the book, had all the handouts etc prepared already from previous years and is being lazy. I assume this because teachers do this all the time.

[–]cannedpeachesi5 4690K | GeForce GTX760 | 16GB DDR4 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sherman Alexie's a great author but I don't exactly credit him with being the most digital writer out there.

[–]ArszillaHP Pavillion G6 1246-ee | i5-2430M | AMD HD 6470M 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

God I hated it when I first tried reading it years ago. Shitty story, shitty author, now more shitty...

[–]chouetteonairPentium G3220 | Intel HD Graphics | 8GB RAM 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Wow, just picked up the same book for school last week. It was a hell of a ride, keep that "Absolutely True" part in the back of your mind when reading what pops up though.

[–]KITTYONFYREi5-4690k, r9 290 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That book is shit, read it last year. Fuck that book, it's a generic story that ends exactly as you'd expect.

It's also one of those "and I saw Bill Clinton and he gave me 100%$&¥!!!!" stories where it's obvious none of that shit would happen.

[–]brookstagtx1070/i5-6600k/h100i/16gb RAM/ -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

was supposed to read that one too. glad that i didnt

[–]HDSTi7 5820k, 980ti, X99 Deluxe 231ポイント232ポイント  (3子コメント)

Author confirmed Apple fanboy.

[–]gryffinpgryffinp =I= 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

I dunno, the narrator seems to be on the right page

Wow, and people thought I was a freak.

[–]soulruleri5 2500K 4GB GTX 960 8GB RAM SSD 23ポイント24ポイント  (0子コメント)

Or PC Master Race troll

[–]Undefined_user_ 90ポイント91ポイント  (0子コメント)

"The Lord of the Peasants"

[–]kuddlesworth9419 29ポイント30ポイント  (7子コメント)

"Poetic" what the fuck does that even mean.

[–]thewebsiteisdowni5 4690, 16GB, GTX970 51ポイント52ポイント  (1子コメント)

It takes courage to appreciate the poetry. You wouldn't get it. /s

[–]vhiteskico 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

Same as "cinematic", but applies to sub 1 FPS (the experience of flipping pages).

[–]PM_ME_PET_SNAILS 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

it's poeticpoeticpoeticpoeticpoetic*poetic*

[–]Trax2oooK1ng 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Its what apple users want from their products apparently

[–]leorolimi5-6600K GTX 1070 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Aluminium is so poetic. It just rolls out of the tongue.

I love my mac but poetic isn't something I'd use to describe it.

[–]Kibby45i5-4670 | GTX980 | 8GB 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

George Lucas would understand.

[–]Raz-Al-Ghul 18ポイント19ポイント  (1子コメント)

well fuck you too Mr. Gordy

[–]DerpyDaysi5 6600k 4.4 ghz | ASUS STRIX GTX 970 | 8 GB DDR4-3000 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah fuck you Gordy!

[–]BlindSp0t4690k@4.5GHz/1080/XB270HU/DasKeyboard/Zowie FK2 18ポイント19ポイント  (3子コメント)

As a French and PC enthusiast, I am T R I G G E R E D.

[–]leorolimi5-6600K GTX 1070 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I studied French for three years and I still don't remember the word for computer.

Why do you guys have to be so different?

[–]IKill4MySkillFX-8350/290X 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

For real though, that line is stupid but the metaphor made me laugh.

[–]EggheadDashAMD FX-8350, AMD R9 290, 16GB RAM, Arch Linux/Windows 7 13ポイント14ポイント  (5子コメント)

Who actually talks like that? Also I still get triggered by people who think Macs don't count as a PC.

[–]Hirumaru 16ポイント17ポイント  (0子コメント)

PC, personal computer, a computer for personal use. What is a Mac? It ain't a fucking mainframe, that's for sure.

[–]Alether 3ポイント4ポイント  (3子コメント)

In the 2010s, PCs run using an operating system (OS), such as Microsoft Windows, Linux (and the various operating systems based on it), or Macintosh (OS).

Right from Wikipedia. It puzzles me how some people seem to think Mac has its own hardware category that isn't a part of PC's.

[–]10ebbor10 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Pretty sure that's the result of those Mac vs PC adverts.

[–]Trax2oooK1ng 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

They are a "special" kind of PC for a "special" kind of person

[–]theg7214690k 4.3GHz/MSI R9 280 3G/CPU-Z: http://valid.x86.fr/h2a7q3 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's not what that says. To paraphrase:

PCs run using an operating system (OS), such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, or Macintosh.

Yes, it should probably say 'Mac OS X' rather than 'Macintosh (OS)', but it's still technically correct (the best kind thereof). It's almost literally outright stating that Macs are a subset of PCs, by saying OS X is a PC OS.

[–]DocNefarioi5-4690k | 16GB DDR3 RAM | EVGA GTX 960 4GB 9ポイント10ポイント  (10子コメント)

Not as bad as someone who used consoles as a server in another book. Also, it could "use all the consoles in the world" to compute stuff. Maybe that's why they're all so underpowered.

[–]JakeGreyCore i5, 480GTX, 8GB DDR3 5ポイント6ポイント  (6子コメント)

People have totally done that. "Running Linux on an XBox" was a popular meme on The Daily WTF forums for a while.

[–]ConspicuousPineapplei7 3770K / GTX1080 2ポイント3ポイント  (5子コメント)

Didn't people use to build GPU farms with PS2s or something?

[–]Kalc_DK 4ポイント5ポイント  (4子コメント)

PS3- specifically because of the cell processors compute bandwidth. Then Sony pushed out a firmware update that removed that feature and got sued.

[–]ConspicuousPineapplei7 3770K / GTX1080 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

What problem were they trying to fix by doing this? They didn't want people buying their consoles if it wasn't for gaming?

[–]TheZechArch Linux 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

It cost them more to build a console than what they were selling it for. They only made money on licensed games, which means every PS3 bought for something else than gaming, was a loss.

[–]KITTYONFYREi5-4690k, r9 290 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Nope, because they'd only buy the ps3, I assume. Ps3s were sold at a pretty big loss, so they'd want the consumer to keep buying stuff for it to give real profit.

[–]LutjaSuki2600k. 32gb, gtx1080,26tb disk, Potato Internet 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

they gained access to all of the machine's computing power when the linux version was supposed to be limited. People were homebrewing full 3d stuff and sony freaked out (for unfathomable if predictable reasons)

Shortly after they removed homebrewing support the PS3 was thoroughly jailbroken for piracy and everything by the newly motivated coders.

[–]LutjaSuki2600k. 32gb, gtx1080,26tb disk, Potato Internet 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

if you actually manage to do that with a console then you are bloody awesome. Consoles stop being peasant devices after they are jailbroken and you start writing homebrew.

[–]dragon-storytellerAthlon X4 860K | R7 360 | 8GB 1600MHz RAM 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Researchers were doing it all the time, actually. The last generation of consoles was pretty powerful, and really good at parallel computing. Some researchers opted to network them and use them for simulation.

Nobody did that with the underpowered current gen, of course.

[–]MrHaxx1i5-2500k, 6GB RAM, R9 290X ... also Macbook Air 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

You got downvoted, but that's very much what the military did with the PS3. Installed Yellow Dog Linux on them, put them in a cluster and used it as a server.

[–]Kamina_Craymani5-4590 | GTX 960 | 8GB RAM 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

"I Don't have time, I have to debug some PC's"

Is now going to be my default opening phrase when anyone asks me for anything.

[–]Lee1138i7 6700k|GTX1080|32GB DDR4|850 Evo|D2x|3xVG248QE 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I still have to return some videotapes.

[–]brookstagtx1070/i5-6600k/h100i/16gb RAM/ 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

he was refering to Mac n cheese. poetic af

[–]deathschemistEVGA GTX 960, AMD fx-6300, 16GB DDR3 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

i'm assuming Gordy is depicted as a super pretentious, annoying piece of shit who you're supposed to hate... right?

[–]RogueToadi5 4460 | Strix GTX 970 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

He's actually one of the mc's only friends - but he's super pretentious so I reckon it's alright. Many "smart" people think the same.

[–]deathschemistEVGA GTX 960, AMD fx-6300, 16GB DDR3 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

fair

[–]DIA13OLICALNosey little shit, aren't you? 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is what makes Apple so popular and powerful: people are willing to canvas for them and call them "poetic".

[–]-Tibeardius-6600K/H60|R9 290|1080p Ultrawide 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Holy hell

[–]sobson91Intel 8088 5Mhz | IBM MDA | 1 Mb SIPP RAM 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

plus it's overall terribly written

[–]dragon-storytellerAthlon X4 860K | R7 360 | 8GB 1600MHz RAM 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

I've never read this book, but this doesn't seem like peasantry to me. The protagonist thinks Gordy is a freak for saying this.

Correct me if I am wrong, though. There could absolutely be something right in the next paragraph that turns it on its head.

[–]AmorphousGamerGTX970/i5 4690k/2x4GB memory 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

I believe the "freak" part is more in the context of "wow this guy sure knows too much about computers!" rather than "wtf does this guy really think macs are better than other pcs?"

[–]dragon-storytellerAthlon X4 860K | R7 360 | 8GB 1600MHz RAM 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Haha, yeah, I don't think it was supposed to show the author being "PCMR before its time", the protagonist just seems to dismiss it as the pretentious boast it is. But by the way some people act here, you would think it was a quote from the author himself.

[–]v-_-v 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Is this what Little Timmy from Futurame read before he became crippled?

[–]mrstonerocket 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Reading this for school currently and this part made the pcmr insinde me cringe

[–]unixpoopMega bad specs. 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Poetic? Yay macs finally have enough power for gui.

/s

[–]AeliosZero 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Burn it.

[–]Iron_Knickersi7-6700K / MSI R9 390 / 16GB DDR4 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's a weird section to have in a book lol

[–]Kaarel314FX-8320, R9 280X, 16GB RAM 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Oh well. Better burn the book then.

[–]GamerOTYeari7-4790K | GTX 980 Ti | 16GB DDR3 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian.

[–]giantJimi7-3610QM 2.3Ghz | GTX 660M | 8GB DDR3 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

My ancestors are french and I am PCMR and I am offensed. Kinding, that's a funny fantasie bit.

[–]PowerWisdomCourage 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Although I'm sure you're joking, the opinion of a character doesn't necessarily reflect the opinion of the author. In fact, due to the ridiculous wording, I'd almost think he was making fun of Mac fanatics.

[–]standardprocdure[Rev]Deadbaby 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Fifty Shades of shit.

[–]simielblack 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Who publishes this book? If this shit can get published they should have no problem publishing my book.

[–]pawlik23i5 4690k/16GB 1866/MSI R9 390 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

This gave me cancer.

[–]Darkstrategy 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's just bad writing in general, to be honest.

[–]Pfheonixi5 4440, 16GB DDR3, EVGA GTX 1070SC 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That is a truly terrible way of writing...

[–]Computeria 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Macs are actually pretty good for a lot of things, other than gaming. I like both Mac and PC, I'm not a fanboy either way

[–]Reygle 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

If the author wanted that character to be a complete scum lord idiot, I'd say he did a great job.

[–]Trax2oooK1ng 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

In what context do they "debug the PCs"? if you still have to debug it it's not a PC it's an early access piece of shit

[–]Broseph_McTatertotsPC Master Race 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Poetic and courageous.

[–]thenewitguyS340 Master Race | i54690K | 780 GTX SC 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

50 Shades of Peasants

[–]PebblesPotatoesTo be honest i can't be bothered to list specs. 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Apple paid them to write that

[–]2034d9 -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

Windows 7 in my opinion is still the best os, still running Windows 7 professional on my new build

[–]Kenblu24Videblu on Steam. http://imgur.com/a/kJgFk -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't remember reading that part of the book before.

[–]GeekyBit -3ポイント-2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Well at lest he got one fact right macs do get less viruses.

[–]AmorphousGamerGTX970/i5 4690k/2x4GB memory 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

only if the pc you're comparing it to has an inept user