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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (9 children)

That's some Kafka-tier bullshit, wtf.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    I only know him from literature and trivia questions poised in the U.S.

    Care to explain what that means to me? If you don't want to say so here you can dm me. Truth is often hard to find these days. (AI responses, monetary/ad responses / keyword manipulation)

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Kafka wrote stories about confusing, impersonal bureaucracies. So people will describe something as Kafkaesque to convey that sense of being lost in a system.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Specifically in The Trial dude was judged and persecuted by the state without anyone even explaining to him what he did.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Because he didn't cry at his mother's funeral, right?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Isn't that the plot of that book? Maybe I'm thinking of another one.

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