The lyrics on the SOTS Album, and the title track in particular, is influenced by Luke Rhinehart's book "The Dice Man". This book is influenced by Zen Buddhism. The book is about a guy who throws dice about all decisions he make, in order to erase all patterns in himself, and thus becoming free of the limiting personality. The book is really dark and full of humor and critic against everything. It is a must read.
This song conveys the central message of the book, that of erasing the self as a way to gain freedom. However, it is written in a metal way, and is also highly misanthropic
@Philospher lol dude, this comment prompted me (in late 2017) to get the book off of amazon since it was cheap. I was curious to see whether there would be some deeper meaning unlocked, or at least an interesting read.
@Philospher lol dude, this comment prompted me (in late 2017) to get the book off of amazon since it was cheap. I was curious to see whether there would be some deeper meaning unlocked, or at least an interesting read.
The Dice Man really shows its age when reading it nowadays. It's super dated and just reads like a story about a hugely privileged white guy who gets bored so goes around abusing people and committing crimes because the dice say so. It's narcissistic to the extreme, has no valuable ethical message, and is little more than tawdry titillation because of...
The Dice Man really shows its age when reading it nowadays. It's super dated and just reads like a story about a hugely privileged white guy who gets bored so goes around abusing people and committing crimes because the dice say so. It's narcissistic to the extreme, has no valuable ethical message, and is little more than tawdry titillation because of the sex scenes.
I knew it was going to be a chore to get through after the first couple chapters, but I wanted to get through it for experiment's sake. I can't recommend it to anyone else.
The lyrics on the SOTS Album, and the title track in particular, is influenced by Luke Rhinehart's book "The Dice Man". This book is influenced by Zen Buddhism. The book is about a guy who throws dice about all decisions he make, in order to erase all patterns in himself, and thus becoming free of the limiting personality. The book is really dark and full of humor and critic against everything. It is a must read.
This song conveys the central message of the book, that of erasing the self as a way to gain freedom. However, it is written in a metal way, and is also highly misanthropic
@Philospher lol dude, this comment prompted me (in late 2017) to get the book off of amazon since it was cheap. I was curious to see whether there would be some deeper meaning unlocked, or at least an interesting read.
@Philospher lol dude, this comment prompted me (in late 2017) to get the book off of amazon since it was cheap. I was curious to see whether there would be some deeper meaning unlocked, or at least an interesting read.
The Dice Man really shows its age when reading it nowadays. It's super dated and just reads like a story about a hugely privileged white guy who gets bored so goes around abusing people and committing crimes because the dice say so. It's narcissistic to the extreme, has no valuable ethical message, and is little more than tawdry titillation because of...
The Dice Man really shows its age when reading it nowadays. It's super dated and just reads like a story about a hugely privileged white guy who gets bored so goes around abusing people and committing crimes because the dice say so. It's narcissistic to the extreme, has no valuable ethical message, and is little more than tawdry titillation because of the sex scenes.
I knew it was going to be a chore to get through after the first couple chapters, but I wanted to get through it for experiment's sake. I can't recommend it to anyone else.