August 10, 2019

A theory...

So much better from r/PhilosophyMemes

72 comments:

traditionalguy said...

Sorcery is one of the white privileges, bigger than sex.

Churchy LaFemme: said...


Harry Potter and Althouse. Who is Ann Althouse?

Churchy LaFemme: said...

I still like the fortune cookie "in bed" postscript thing better.

Fen said...

"Harry Potter and the Preteen Girl"

You know it's coming. Rowling has to edgey out the next perversion.

I'm surprised they didn't kill off Luke Skywalker this way.

Rory said...

"Harry Potter and Althouse."

Try "Abbott and Costello Meet..."

readering said...

I believe he is popular in the East too. Harry Potter and the Analects.

policraticus said...

A Song of Ice and Fire and Harry Potter.

Coming, May 2020.

Maybe.

Quaestor said...

Rawls' book was the subject of my first-ever elective of my first semester freshman year.

I don't recall the implications of the use of magic as part of his theory.

Rob said...

"Harry Potter and Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Professionals"

Phil 314 said...

Uhh..no.

Narr said...

Harry Potter and Cults: What Every Parent Should Know, available at Amazon.

Harry Potter and The Face of Battle, ditto.

Narr
Gave up on HP when I realized Hermione wasn't going to git nekkid

Birkel said...

John Rawls' book cannot be made good.
Possible his writing could be made not dreadful.

Mid-Life Lawyer said...

That's amusing. I guess I'm going to have to get on Reddit so I can keep up.

Matt Sablan said...

#ReadAnotherBook

traditionalguy said...

Harry Potter and Marianne Williamson Sounds right..harmony in the kingdom.

Matt Sablan said...

Seriously though, this is the G-rated version of the Fortune Cookie "adding 'in bed' to any fortune makes it better."

Lurker21 said...

Harry Potter and the Russian Collusion.

Harry Potter and the Gaffes of Biden.

Harry Potter and the Island of Pedophiles.

Harry Potter and the Special Housing Unit of the Manhattan Correctional Center.

traditionalguy said...

Harry Potter and the switch out of Epstein.

Fernandinande said...

The only one I've read was "Harriet Pottery and the Half-Assed Prince".

Openidname said...

"Harry Potter and SM 101: A Realistic Introduction."

P.S. It won't make sense unless you're up on your Epstein news.

Darrell said...

Harry Potter and the Clinton Murder Machine.
Harry Potter and the Hairy Otter.

bwebster said...

"Harry Potter and the Art of War"

Yep.

narciso said...

apropos of nothing:

https://unherd.com/2019/08/meghan-and-harry-are-playing-a-dangerous-game/

RMc said...

I'll try it with the books on my desk right now:

"Harry Potter and the Parables of Peanuts"
"Harry Potter and the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings"
"Harry Potter and Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955-2016"

Nuh-uh.

Left Bank of the Charles said...

Harry Potter and the Art of the Deal

rcocean said...

Harry Potter and the Theory of Relativity

Harry Potter and Mien Kampf

Harry Potter and Refrigeration System Repair.

Yes, it works!

gilbar said...

Harry Potter and the Art of the Deal

Harry Potter and The Audacity of Hope

Harry Potter and The Navel War of 1812
Harry Potter and Hunting Trips of a Ranchman
Harry Potter and Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail
Harry Potter and The Strenuous Life
Harry Potter and The Rough Riders
Harry Potter and The Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood

gilbar said...

Damn you Left Bank! Curse you for typing so fast!

readering said...

Harry Potter and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Maybe leave out the Zen?

Yancey Ward said...

Harry Potter and the Communist Manifesto.

Yancey Ward said...

Harry Potter and What Happened.

Yancey Ward said...

Harry Potter and the Mueller Report.

tim maguire said...

Harry Potter and the Lost Art of Finding Our Way
Harty Potter and Embracing the Ordinary

Some work better than others.

Mark O said...

Harry Potter and Lolita. I'd buy it.

Bob Boyd said...

Harry Potter and the Art of the Deal

Bob Boyd said...

Oh darn. Left Bank beat me to it.

tim maguire said...

Harry Potter and the Quintessential Dictionary

Bob Boyd said...

Harry Potter and the Fifty Shades of Gray.

JMW Turner said...

Harry Potter and National Lampoon's Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead.

Bob Boyd said...

Harry Potter and the Heart of Darkness

Yancey Ward said...

Harry Potter and the Happy Hooker.

Yancey Ward said...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Zenda

Bob Boyd said...

Harry Potter and What Happened

Bob Boyd said...

Harry Potter and the Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Nichevo said...

Harry Potter and Cryptonomicon? Meh. Needs an article.

alanc709 said...

Harry Potter and the Decline of Western Civilization

Lincolntf said...

Harry Potter and The Winds of War.

rcocean said...

Harry Potter and Being and Time

Bob Boyd said...

Harry Potter and the Handbook For Small Scale Poultry Producer/Processors

ALP said...

Ann: you appear to visit reddit from time to time. Have you ever wandered into r/TwoXChromosomes? A "female" subreddit. Its an interesting window into the minds of pre-teen/teenage/twenty-something modern females. Simply reviewing post titles is intriguing although I can't decide if I should laugh cry in despair at some of them. If you are casting about for a post subject, check it out.

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...

Harry Potter and the Sabers of Paradise.

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...

Drops mic.

Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCD said...

Harry Potter and Freedom to Choose (Milton Friedman)

Harry Potter and The Road to Serfdom (Friedrich Hayek)

Harry Potter and the Gulag Archipelago (Alexandr Solzhenitsyn)

And other titles to combat the Dark Arts!

Laslo Spatula said...

You can also combine Harry Potter with PornHub descriptions for merriment.

No, I will not provide examples.

I am Laslo.

Narr said...

Harry Potter and How to Win Friends and Influence People.

Harry Potter and The Pity of War.

Harry Potter and Why Orwell Matters.

Harry Potter and The Joy of Sex.

Narr
OK the last one should go in the Epstein thread

Roughcoat said...

Harry Potter and the Sabers of Paradise.

That's Sabres, not Sabers. Lesley Blanch spelled it the English way.

Hee hee.

Fandor said...

Harry Potter and The Federalist Papers.

Ken B said...

Harry Potter and the Murder of Jeffrey Epstein

Sounds much less conspiratorial

Rockeye said...

Here is my slightly-off topic Harry Potter theory, for those of you who are familiar with the story. Harry Potter at the beginning of the tale, starts out living under the stairs at his abusive aunt and uncle's house. He is starving, unkempt, and wearing rags.
My theory is that he never really does get out from beneath the stairs. The whole series of books and films are really just his ever-increasingly delusional mind building a mental escape hatch for him. He's suddenly rich, has loving parents, the greatest of friends, gets to eat as much as he likes, is a hero, a star athlete, and famous. As he gets closer to actually starving to death his fantasies become ever more fanciful and outlandish. He saves his fantasy world as he dies. Uplifting.

Lurker21 said...

It doesn't work so well with politicians' books:

Harry Potter and Dreams From My Father

Harry Potter and the Audacity of Hope

Harry Potter and a Charge to Keep

Harry Potter and Profiles in Courage

Harry Potter and Hard Choices

Harry Potter and Madam Secretary

Harry Potter and My Beloved World

You probably need the "the" in there, and - to kill the joke through analysis - something abstract to make concrete or something mundane to make magical.

readering said...

Philosophy. Sexing up philosophy.

Freeman Hunt said...

Sure, if you're ten.

Unknown said...

Harry Potter and How to Avoid Large Ships.

Comes with a free banana slicer and damaged screw extractor.

CWJ said...

Rockeye,

I haven't and don't intend to read the books so I don't know whether or not your premise is accurate, but if so that's a damn fine theory. OTOH, it's fairly obvious. Who else has suggested same, or do you believe your theory is original?

GingerBeer said...

Harry Potter and The Feminine Mystique

Unknown said...

Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King - now that's something I would read!

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...

"You can also combine Harry Potter with PornHub descriptions for merriment."

Harry Potter and the Humiliatrix of Ghent?

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...

Harry Potter and the Girls of Kent State?

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of New York said...

I understand Laslo’s reticence though. The really funny ones you can’t write out of respect for the blog.

Rockeye said...

CWJ my theory is just an intentional misunderstanding, to troll my excessively fannish Harry Potter friends. It fits the observations well but is clearly incorrect. Not wholly original, either.

Van Wallach said...

Harry Potter and the Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

American Liberal Elite said...

Works with "Indiana Jones and . . . ," too.