• Elise@beehaw.org
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        10 months ago

        Why sarcasm? It’s a good read and it occasionally comes to mind.

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          10 months ago

          I’ve read it too (a long time ago, in a galaxy far… ehm, you know what I mean). I remember it was pretty good and interesting read. This sarcasm is more like a joke - when OP asks why superpowers can’t get along, just recommend book about warfare and getting upper hand on your enemy.

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          10 months ago

          “Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer” is often misattributed to Sun Tzu, but it’s still a good joke in context lol.

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      10 months ago

      I enjoyed Romance of the Three Kingdoms quite a bit. It was legitimately entertaining! I would recommend an abridged translation.

      I’ve studied some Analects / Dialects / Neoconfucianism in school, Tao Te Ching, and Art of War. Those had some useful ideas in them, but were not exactly a laugh a minute (although Tao Te Ching has some funny bits). Those last two are very short texts as well.

      Still on my list: Bandits of the Marsh, Journey to the West, and one other I can’t remember the title of right now.