Rowan-Trees OP t1_iyf1q42 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:24 PM

I now must go write a hit Broadway musical about the untold Kierkegaard-HC Andersen rivalry. Starring John C. Reilly (Andersen) and Paul Giamatti (Kierkegaard).

The moral of the story: sexual repression makes you weird.

TheHeigendov t1_iyf3jms wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:37 PM

go with Timothee Chalamaladingdong for Kierkegaard

RudegarWithFunnyHat t1_iyf6kmu wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:59 PM

Andersen made a line in his dairy every time he mastubated

Rowan-Trees OP t1_iyf7h5c wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:05 PM

I read about that. Classy guy.

Rowan-Trees OP t1_iyf3dhf wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:36 PM

"The only human words that the parrot could say, and which at times sounded quite comical, were "Come now, let us be human. Let us be human..." All the rest of his chatter made as little sense as the twittering of the canary."

--The Galoshes of Fortune

nullcharstring t1_iyfdcz8 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:49 PM

"An annoying parrot who makes no sense"

I thought it was just me when I tried to read "Sickness onto Death"

Go_Ask_VALIS t1_iyf3w6v wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:40 PM

Thou fucketh around, thou findeth out.

Soren_Aabye t1_iyf1xad wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:26 PM

Lol "makes no sense" in this case is code for "too stupid to understand."

[deleted] t1_iyfe2g0 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:55 PM

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beeen_there t1_iyf9536 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:18 PM

Fairy tale culture wars. Yawn

They all ~~lived~~ died happily ever after

TIL Soren Kierkegaard's first publish work was a panned review of Hans Christian Andersen. It ignited a life-long feud between the two Danes. Andersen responded by caricaturing the existentialist in "The Galoshes of Fortune," where Kierkegaard is portrayed as an annoying parrot who makes no sense.

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