• gi1242@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    i wonder if he survived, would he have changed his position on guns?

    if the shooting left him in pain for life, would he still be pushing 2A as hard…

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    12 hours ago

    I believe the actual Oscar Wilde quote is:

    “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”

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      11 hours ago

      For people who haven’t read Oscar Wilde, if you like witty dialogue in your stories, Wilde is top tier, and I think that’s underselling him.

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          I am admittedly mostly gushing over The Picture of Dorian Gray, which is absolutely a must read, but the other one that comes to mind is his play, The Importance of Being Earnest.

          Edit: Oh, somebody else replied with it first. Well, I’m honestly stymied. I guess I haven’t read as much Wilde as I thought I had, because I’m looking at his Wikipedia page and not seeing a lot of things I know. But it turns out according to Wikipedia that Earnest is his fourth “drawing-room play”, “following Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893) and An Ideal Husband (1895)”. So, I think I’ll check those out pretty soon. I can’t imagine they would disappoint, but I guess I’ll find out.

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    12 hours ago

    I may not celebrate deaths, but I do watch some obituaries with glee.

    This is definitely one of them. Real “reap what you sow” vibes.

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      5 hours ago

      Honestly, fuck no. Great, Kirk is dead now. He will be replaced by 10 new sycophants and will become a martyr in no time.

      What has this accomplished?