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deletedJan 25, 2022·edited Jan 25, 2022
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Thanks!

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I like how it specified that he got out in 2012. Hahahah it's so arbitrary

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Tyler in prison. The mind boggles.

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Plot line for Fight Club 4 revealed??

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Thinking.....

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it's a real commitment to fiction

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My guess is they also omit the flash of penis at the end. And that they pixelate the dildo in Marla's room. Crime does not pay!

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So, Marla was lying, he was a threat after all...

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In the pixelated versions I've seen, it's like a wavering pink ghost on her dresser.

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A laughed a little too much at this.

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Wild!

Love that Meat Loaf signed the book. Thanks for sharing.

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Maybe Kerri will share her wonderful meet-cute story here. It's very sweet.

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Jan 26, 2022Liked by Chuck Palahniuk

Awwwh!! 🥺🌸 thank you, Chuck for sharing the photo and giving Meat Loaf, “Bob” to bring to life! God’s speed, Meat Loaf!!♥️🦇🌸

Instead of flooding the feed with the story, here’s the link if anyone would like to read it: https://kerririckard.substack.com/p/in-death-a-member-of-project-mayhem?justPublished=true

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North Korean and Chinese censorship is jaw-dropping. North Koreans risk execution if they are caught watching anything remotely Western.

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Made me laugh.

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This is why I love reading your books and listening to everything you have to say. Sir :p

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Can’t be encouraging vigilantes! The state always wins!

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But what becomes of Marla? And the romance?

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She’s now making iPhones at Foxconn, trying to figure out if she can jump beyond the people catchers to end it all.

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I went through a phase where I thought Marla was another version of Tyler.

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It's almost like the book!

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Funny how that works...

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The strange flip-side is that in many foreign markets the publisher rewrote the novel so it would end like the film. Without permission, I might add.

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It's very common.

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Surely they're not allowed to do that? 🙁

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Ah, but who's to keep track? My Czech is nonexistent, and by the time someone tells me it's too late.

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Shall we take their balls? Sir?

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Hold off for the moment. I'll make a list of people.

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Ah! Yes! Destroying history.

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More like restoring it.

Say what you will about China, but props to them for at least respecting the source material. Usually it would be the opposite.

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The most shocking part is that there's a trial at all. A fair one, I'm sure. PS Ka-ching! The Chinese market is every film distributor's dream. All movies seem to be tailored to that audience these days.

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Yes! We need Aaron Sorkin to write a quick courtroom scene. Call Aaron's people!

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Call David Fincher, too. It's his film after all.

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Shhhhh. David must never know.

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“I haven’t been fucked like that since my state-sanctioned intercourse appointment.”

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(chuck chokes on his coffee, here)

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Alternate ending text:

Tyler, upon his release in 2012, as a re-educated citizen, was devoted in his love and admiration of the Chinese Communist party for helping him see the error of his ways. He spent the remaining years of his life as a productive citizen—working hard and having faith in the government that had his best interests at heart. Since his release, his social credit points haven’t once seen a decline!

THE END

(Spliced image of a sickle and hammer visible for a micro-second as the film cuts to credits)

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Needed this one. Yesterday a nearby house was being painted, and the overspray coated my car. A mess. So this laugh comes at the right time. BTW, my car is a ten-year-old Prius wagon.

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Jan 25, 2022Liked by Chuck Palahniuk

I feel your paint. Wishing your Prius a quick recovery.

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Chuck FYI to get the overspray off you can lightly use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. My car was tagged in college (by some no good kid!!) and the Magic Eraser took the paint right off. You have to do it ASAP though. Also, I promise I have no affiliation with the Mr. Clean brand.

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Thanks! I'll try it. Friends have recommended "red clay" to buff it off.

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🙈

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I'd love to say this bit of news was surprising... Alas... I chuckled, though.

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You should see what they did to American Psycho. Patrick Bateman adopts puppies and kitties and trick-or-treats for UNICEF.

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🙀 Dude. Spoilers. 😹😹

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Take that, transgressive fiction!

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Before they burnt books, now they do wtf with films?!?

Re-cuts, censorship and so on isn´t new. In the good, olde days they even made different versions of films for different parts of the world, but this is in a league of its own.

I recommend watching the documentary Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-qiang - it gives a good insight into how China functions, and how they treat culture. Or trash culture. Restart.

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This week my Sociology of the Media class happens to be discussing media censorship and the power it has to shape meaning. Going to have to talk about this.

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I hear they renamed it Crouching Tyler Hidden Durden

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