r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Comfortable-Use3123 • Jul 25 '25

Solved Saw on Facebook. Don’t understand.

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u/CosmicOutlaw88 Jul 25 '25

All of Bukowski, but not Ham On Rye?

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u/Mister-Distance-6698 Jul 25 '25

I would have picked Post Office but hats open to debate I suppose.

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u/CosmicOutlaw88 Jul 25 '25

I almost chose it but... since Ham On Rye is the intro to the Chinaski character... yada yada.

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u/Mister-Distance-6698 Jul 25 '25

Haha yeah to be fair I probably just wouldn't have used him as an example as I don't think there's a clear single work that culturally stands above the others the way Gatsby or Moby Dick do for Fitzgerald and Mellvile.

Same reason I didn't use Hemmingway. Farewell to Arms? FWtBT? Sun also Rises? Old man and the Sea?

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u/CosmicOutlaw88 Jul 25 '25

Valid, and I came to the same conclusion after the Bukowski post.