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   lilli (lilli@social.xenofem.me)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 15:15:01 JST lilli
   faustbros... we're so back
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     MondoBizarrro (mondobizarrro@social.xenofem.me)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 15:15:05 JST MondoBizarrro

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     @lilli how to become faustbro? i know nothing
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     lilli (lilli@social.xenofem.me)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 15:17:43 JST lilli

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     @Mondobizarrro you have to read and post about adaptations of the Faust legend. any version will do: Goethe's, Marlowe's, Gounod's, Stein's, and Berlioz's are the ones we've talked about on here, but we accept all Faust and Faust-adjacent material
     
     the Faust legend is the story of an erudite man who sells his soul to a demon named Mephistopheles in order to appreciate the more carnal pleasures of life. the rest is very variable depending on what adaptation you read
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     MondoBizarrro (mondobizarrro@social.xenofem.me)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 15:18:24 JST MondoBizarrro

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     @lilli i thought it wasnt for cranal pleasure but for the quest of knowledge? either way its been on my to read list for some time
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     lilli (lilli@social.xenofem.me)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 15:22:03 JST lilli

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     @Mondobizarrro i was using the term "carnal" in a bit of a broad sense, not just sexual. "carnal" can just sort of mean like, earthly, sensual pleasures: when faust searches for knowledge, it's not divine or sacred knowledge, it's always profane and, well, carnal
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     MondoBizarrro (mondobizarrro@social.xenofem.me)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 15:23:18 JST MondoBizarrro

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     @lilli i cannot fucking read and i said cranal instead of carnal. but either way could it be written as a "primal desire of knowledge" then or am i still misunderstanding this?
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     lilli (lilli@social.xenofem.me)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 15:51:15 JST lilli

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     @Mondobizarrro "primal desire of knowledge" is fair, and points out that Faust seeks not the knowledge he needs but the knowledge he desires, but also, not all Fausts are knowledge-focused; sometimes they desire quite different things
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