Fight Club Author Chuck Palahniuk Tells Three True Stories
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2016
- Chuck Palahniuk is a prolific author who explores, in outrageous and comic fashion, America's apparent love of violence. No writer divides critics more sharply. While some view him as a literary nihilist- a man hell-bent on killing the novel as a reputable art form- others view him as a brilliant social satirist and the most important literary innovator of his generation.
Palahniuk achieved broad recognition with the publication of Fight Club (1996), a novel about a secret organization of men who engage in bloody fistfights for enjoyment, catharsis and personal salvation. The cult bestseller was made into a 1999 film starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. His novel Diary (2003), is a twisted fable about "tortured artists" and the meaning of art.
Palahniuk's other novels include Lullaby (2002), Choke (2001), Survivor (1999), and Invisible Monsters (1999). Palahniuk's book is Stranger Than Fiction (2004), his first collection of nonfiction. The book features 23 pieces in which he explores such topics as a demolition derby, rock star Marilyn Manson, Olympic wrestling, life aboard a submarine, and his father's murder.
About 70% of the reason he writes this stuff is the joy he gets out of reading it in public.
He's an exhibitionist lol
I have to thank Chuck. I no longer fear dementia's sweet erasure.
😂
What??? Is that happening?? No no no no
🐰
This is like a half-hour greentext
That sounds glorious
I swear to god i read this on /b/ circa 2012 the wax one is so familiar
@@joshuabrant3487 I also remember these same stories on /b/ around that time
That's kind of how all Palahniuks books are, come to think of it hahaha
I paused around 22 minutes and just audibly said "holy fuck, holy shit" in my room alone for a minute. Never has an author made me so invested into something I want nothing to do with. God tier
Exactly where I stopped, exaclty what I said.
hes infectious :)
its 2 am, gotta go to sleep and I wanted to stop at 11 min so I can continue tomorrow. thank you
TWU
Yo reading all those comments I'm pretty scared of what I'm going to witness in the next 30 minutes
Baron Dragonfruit Not even kidding. I’m terrified
I went into this blind and holy fuck I wish I was prepared
I'm still clenching!
Me too man
I’m so glad I didn’t discover this story in high school. My sadistic edgy ass would’ve been trying to make people faint at school by reciting it
In middleschool my englisch wouldn't have been good enuff.
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Lol whoops, I was that teen... 🤣
@@ModernMedusa me too 😭
I wondered how people could have fainted while listening to a story. I wondered why it was called Guts. Both, questions were answered.
HAHAHAAH this is a masterpiece
Nathan Walters Yeah I’ve seen and heard some fucked shit, the pool bit ranks really high
Retards holden there breath..
I still don't understand how people can faint just from listening to that story or reading it.
@@hopeackley9489 Probably trying to imagine themselves in the same situation, and then proceeding to not be able to handle it
"It was hard to say what my parents were more disgusted by- how I got into trouble, or how I got myself out of it."
Holy fuck.......
Today I learned that Chuck and I read his novels in a very different cadence.
It's easy to hear him read it than read it myself
So sweet of you!
That's a great way to put it.
Yeah, a "friend" linked me to Guts years ago, saying see if you can make it through this story. I didn't. Queasiness was building up during the first two sections, and the third proved too much for me. I broke out in a sweat and felt dizzy. I later realized I had had a panic attack. But I was so fascinated by the fact that a story could provoke that sort of reaction from me that I began reading Chuck's other work. I fell in love with his writing. Later on, when Guts was included in Haunted, I thought, OK, let's try to get through this again. These are just words. At approximately the same point, though not the point when Chuck says people attending readings usually drop, I had another panic attack. Worse, prolonged. It probably (no, it definitely) didn't help that I was reading it on the toilet.
On the printed page, it is just white and black areas. How could one pattern of black dots make such a difference?
I don't judge you, but I found the story kind fun. I visualize it and feel the pain through my imagination too. the experience is fun because I have to overcome the feeling. That's sort of fun. when you take repulsive thoughts and put them into a narrative that has a sense of beauty, it turns into a joke, which is the key to getting past terrible moments. It's good that you keep trying to get past it. Fears should be conquered.
@@ericjacobsen6901 Computer stuff is made by 1's and 0's, but look at what they can come up to...
Words open doors in our minds, that can, sometimes unwillingly, open doors in our body and emotions.
Haunted is such a great read, no matter how many times I read it, I'm still horrified and intrigued x
Yeah my stomach started hurting a bit i swear
Sitting here, at work, on my lunch break. Just checked like 5 times to make sure my headphones are still working, damnmmmmmmmnnnn Chuck.
Haha, the pauses are on point, and the silence is deafening
I know this isn't supposed to be stand-up comedy, but I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.
His comic timing is priceless. If he wasn't a writer he could be an extraordinary actor.
Ha ha ha ha 😂
I haven't laughed like that since grade school.
I was just thinking that the way he recites these stories are very Bateman esque
@@jason4real252 I see what you did there you clever slumped sad feller
Fun fact: The carrot friend is standing across that huge room full of people. This was the last time Chuck saw his friend last.
I know everyone's talking about the third story from the reading, but man, the story about the brownie troops was a trip. I feel so bad for that woman.
It was even worse when he told it on Rogan. Left me speechless for a moment.
When is he telling that brownie story?
@@memy4460 ua-cam.com/video/Yw9vgyl15tE/v-deo.html
Here's the video when he told it to Joe Rogan. The story starts at 9:50
Sadly because of what her mother did to her she was never able to orgasm again.
Yeah this crowd wasn’t properly prepped to realize that he wasn’t telling a joke about the young girl. It’s actually way sad, but the crowd was on a different wavelength. Maybe that’s the reason that actual jokes can sound like torturous bigotry to certain people; people who aren’t properly prepped or in the right mindset.
I think 'Guts' is a true story.
I have a small apartment building with a pool, and about 15 years ago I had to have the pool pump reworked because of new regulations put in place because so many children (and maybe adults too, I don't remember) were being drowned from getting stuck to the pump at the bottom of the pool or getting all their guts pulled out. The literature listed statistics that were alarming! This happened a lot!
And I couldn’t figure out how such a thing could possibly happen. But they are always passing new regulations, and it was make the changes or fill the pool in. (If I hadn’t had the pool replastered just a few years before, I might have just had it filled in.)
Now is the first time I ever understood how those horrible ‘accidents’ happened.
Bloody hell
I know this is a pretty late reply so you probs don't care anymore but the stories in this are based on true stories from his friends and people in a sec addict support group he attended when researching for choke
The swimming pool story...good Lord that was hilariously horrifying.
You can see why he's a literary superstar, if he's surprised how few people passed out after his story. Love you, Chuck!
@Jim Blogs not a bad assessment honestly. Same with Hemingway.
Even though I was already familiar with those stories this was the perfect time to hear the intestine story guts because I was feeling so depressed and sorry for myself and I think that snap me out of it
And the reason I’m listening to you now is because of the brownie heating pad story you told Joe Rogan and I find that so tragic and God bless you for retelling the story
Wow thanks 🤩
same i kinda regret it not gonna lie
The first two weren't that bad, I was honestly disappointed at first... then the pool story... goddamn that was tough to listen too.
Yeah the climax of the pool bit made me feel a tad nauseous
@Sammy R. you're the first one who said they could handle the pool story
Ya know, it didn’t effect me like apparently some are effected, but then I’ve never done anything so embarrassing or stupid or dangerous.
I only listened out of curiosity (the hype) but I got disgusted early in and… well, this was just disgusting. Definitely not funny, definitely not entertaining. I was so empathetically troubled at the description of the accidental teen hanging. Definitely did not add any quality or value to my life.
The first two stories were lube for the carrot that was the third.
Dude is such an engaging speaker, and he is so cool to his fans. Really admire the guy.
I saw this at the University of Pittsburgh and after the story, 3 folks fainted. I'll never forget it. #Legend
I love being stunned by his writing. It feels so close to Real Life.
Who’s life!?
@@ixlifeg596 well if they are true stories his or someone's
This literally made me feel sick
He told you he was going to tell you the truth. LOL I'm just 13 minutes in still listening.
Laugh 😂 out loud!!!!
Just finished reading 3 books from Palahniuk. I love his tongue-in-cheek, cynicism. He's a master of his craft.
In every prison there will be this character who is serving a long time,and he looks wise, spitting out truth. I feel Chuck palahniuk In that dress looks like a wise prisoner telling stories to new inmates.
It was a mistake, hearing this while in the toilet...
Well what the hell were you doing while you were on the toilet, sounding?
@@Odd_Combo Brushing my teeth.
@@AlphsGaming I thought maybe you were messing with a carrot or wax or maybe the flush suction on your butt, hence realizing you were currently making some mistakes being in the toilet.
@@Odd_Combo Nope, just cleaning my teeth and taking a shit.
@@AlphsGaming Sounds yucky! Poop particles in the teeth
i listened to this video in bed, i forced myself to stay awake till the end and fell asleep right when it finished! what an amazing story, this is talent!
I read this story recently out of Haunted- there are “worse” stories in it, but this one made me almost throw up. Never had that experience before- symptoms of panic attack and had my thermos in front of me on the bus in case I hurled. Marvelous- one of my favorite authors :)
Read haunted recently and had to put the book down and take a breather. The content definitely isn't as bad as a few of the others but guts is truly unique in how casually graphic it is
I think one book that would be impossible to make into a movie would be Haunted. The visuals you get from the book are absolutely insane
Holy crap, chuck is like a powerlifter of the invisible weight his words hold.
I first read guts while I was sitting on the toilet. Instant regret. Shit hit different... so to speak.
I'm at the wax bit and I'm struggling. Pretty terrified for the last story
haha, how did you like it?
It's been 8 months since i watched this and I'd almost forgotten it. Almost. Thanks for the reminder that exists lol.
Oh my god lol
I hope you forgot the story
it gets much worse
That pool story made me so uncomfortable
Fairly sure the pool story was told to Chuck by a man in a sex addict support group. Chuck was there for research for Choke.
I hope so!
My ex-wife was a nurse practitioner. She used to bring home X-rays of things people would stuff into their rear ends. It is amaxzing! One was a bottle of A1 steak sauce, all the way in.
damn
This was great. Thank you for the upload
he published this novel ages ago i was 20 and got utterly shocked but this text is a foundation in my understanding of literature
this man is both a psycho and a genius the way you dont mention the increasing level of horror where you cannot really feel the moment where it fall from funny embarrassing into pure horror until it s too late .. masterpiece !!
and if you still laughing at one point you probably dont have any Visual imagination i saw all the details !!
I was listening with my mouth wide open in awe during that gut story... Amazing
I just kept imagining Morty Smith for the last story
Oh geez Rick, is my colon gonna be ok?
Season 5 with the horse jerk off machine?
After reading Fight Club Author in the title, I did not expect this, but I still kept watching till the end
That was awesome!
Brilliant! True! So many hugs to you!
Classic "friend of mine." We know who's carrot that was.
Has anyone else read Haunted? The first story is Saint Gutfrees, and every other character has their own breakaway back story. The sexual abuse doll, the rich homeless, omg it gets SO dark. Highly recommend x
I haven't but I will based off that description, cheers!
My copy glows in the dark and I had no idea until I walked into my dark room and it was there laying on the my bed scared the sh*t out of me 😂
I read it once, and had no problem with the subject matter, but the fractured narrative; trying to figure out whose story was whose and what was going on in the framing story, broke my cranium. I should try to read it again.
@@AlexReynard I did find the content shocking but not unbearable. I have to agree, it's hard going, I don't think I really enjoyed it as a whole til the second time around x
my brother was a tour guide at sea world. he said people would always get kicked out for trying to molest dolphins. no lie
Mr. Paliniuk, Thank you and very brave of you to share this cautionary tale with us. Through your pain, misfortune and generousity you have saved many oo us from similar injuries.
The world is a better place with Chuck in it.
Oh shit. I ended up having to get out of my chair and lay face down on the ground and hug the base of it to make it through this. I'm exceptionally squeamish. Can't believe I made it through. At least there were brief moments of jokes interspersed. I had to convince myself that it wasn't a true story. I hope it isn't
I think 'Guts' is a true story.
I have a small apartment building with a pool and about 15 years ago I had to have the pool pump reworked because of new regulations put in place because so many children (and maybe adults too, I don't remember) were being drowned from getting stuck to the pump at the bottom of the pool or getting all their guts pulled out. The literature listed statistics that were alarming! This happened a lot!
And I couldn’t figure out how such a thing could possibly happen. But they are always passing new regulations, and it was make the changes or fill the pool in. (If I hadn’t had the pool replastered just a few years before, I might have just had it filled in.)
Now is the first time I ever understood how those horrible ‘accidents’ happened.
I respect your perseverance
2 girls 1 cup has nothing on this
This ones sumn
Me visualizing everything he is saying and being like.... WHAAAT!
Absolutely amazing!
Chuck Palahniuk is brilliant, imaginative and yes, brave.
That was funny! I loved the way he delivered that reading. And the pacing too.
So many funny bits.. and the audience laugh as if made to sparingly?? This is so good feel like there was too many awkward quiet spaces..!
He really has had a hard life, but I would like to think that he is happy now. He is so loved! Chuck Palahniuk is one of my favorite human beings, let alone authors.
Haha, judging by the comments, I must be jaded. I love him though, one of the greatest writers of our time.
Glad I'm not the only one. Hahaha
You guys are some fuckin liars lol, doesnt imagining your intestines pulled out of you while youre concious make you feel weird
@@jorgeo1492 I can only write for myself but no. The thought intrigues me but nothing more. Its best to keep thought and emotion separate.
I’m an ER nurse. I’ve seen worse.
r/jesuschristreddit changes your perspective a little
you learn something new every day
I remember reading this in my freshman art class one day...felt a little sick myself haha
bro... respect to you for being able to tell that. insane confidence
I really thought I could handle this. I'm still gonna watch till the end but Jesus.
What amazes me is the laughter! I'm pretty sure I won't be attending any of his live readings. 🐰
Dear God. Why in the world did I listen to this?
My mind keeps wandering back to this the last story freaks me out every time. Only 6 in of colon left.
The stuff of nightmares.
the fact that is probably most likely true is the scary part. makes you wonder if certain parts were added for effect (like his sis and her missed period, etc). that seems like a stretch, pun not intended.
There are many copies of this story on UA-cam, but this is by far the best one
He told 3 stories. Not 1.
I enjoyed these stories but for the life of me, I can't think of any of my friends that would feel the same.
When someone asks for a book suggestion from him i have to think about it. Some wouldn't be able to handle it.
Great art causes chill bumps.
This caused chill bumps.
Fun fact...
A certain portion of the population actually faint when the final version of this piece is read aloud. That's why Chuck no longer does live readings of this piece.
I sometimes forget how desensitized I have become when all I do is laugh hysterically at this amazing story. A regular person faints.
also, his story about the grand daughter, the grandfather and the bird is a horrifying story that I believe was based on a real story from a writer in his writers group.
@@robosing225 it was censored from an "Oprah" book because it was too provocative.
It was too fucked up because that shit happens, and it was too well told.
TRUTH hits you in the face like a fist, cold and warm at the same time. Truth is your closest friend, and your worst enemy.
@@uadimwit One of the main reasons why so many people lie to themselves. They invariably create a personal ideology that they believe as "superior" truth to sequester or "force down" actual truth from being known.
Fat people telling themselves they are pretty. Seeking others like them, creating an echo chamber of "support" which instead of addressing the actual problem, only covers it with a veil of this false truth. The sayings, "I am beautiful no matter what." or "If they cant accept me for who I am, then they dont deserve me." completely missing the mark of what it means to have actual support and friends who aren't afraid to hurt their feelings with helpful honesty. Instead of realizing that they are fat, they lie so they never seek actual help to mitigate the looming issue of heart disease and other obese complications.
So it all depends. To me, there should never be an excuse were lies should be used to tell "truths". Convincing women to wear so much make up you cannot tell the same person apart. Obfuscating Covid data to confuse the masses, created internal contention between people for and against vaccinations. Black on black crimes being fundamentally higher than white on black crimes. Statistical data for how many abortions occur annually without the help of medical intervention. The list goes on and on, and media outlets that perpetuate the false truth to assuage the masses is doing the most harm.
Oddly , I have a bad headache after hearing the pool bit . That was a shocker
I just got this book and these were some of the hardest pages I’ve ever had to get through lmao
By contrast, I'm watching him read this, and it was 24 minutes in when I realized, 'I have been eating a big plate of nachos this whole time without feeling a twinge.' Not saying I'm super cool or anything, just that I don't think I have any kind of a food-disgust-reflex. The part where he mentions calamari made me kind hungry for it. I think I could eat ravioli while watching an abortion.
Name of this book ?
@@redyoutubeshahtdm730 haunted
I felt just a little bit of queasiness in my stomach. I would have liked to have heard this live.
I didn't think this would hurt me as much as it did
I don't think I've said "Omygod" so many times in one breath...
I was listening to this while showering, laughing and yelling "Stop! Stoooooppppp!" Best story I've heard in a long time
Story 1: 🥕
Story 2: 🕯
Story number 3: Delta P
The way he nods his head while reading is great.
I like his books, and the 3rd story explains a lot.
Thank God it's over. Guts, I had no idea any of these would turn out that way
this makes me want to cry
I read Haunted many years ago and having just discovered this live reading, Chuck makes it more hilarious but it does not dampen the grisly details at all. I still squirmed and fidgeted uncomfortably by the time he got to the sea creature bit.
*Is "Guts" a true story? I don't think so, but just thinking it up is amazing.*
Definitely based on events that could happen, I watched a documentary once where it happened to a little girl and had to have multiple surgeries to try and fix it, she survived but was messed up
I graduated from Burbank high school! This dude is the most famous guy from our town!
I've never shitted the same since I heard that pool story.
this video has immortalized these stories. God will now strike you down!!!
Hmm, eating while listening to this was... interesting.
I had to pause am come back to finish this, I thought I was gonna pass out..
Everyone in the comments saying this is gross... clearly haven't read his books. And should, they're great
Right! I don't understand.
True!
I nearly threw-up and passed out at work listening to this.
Holy shit I have seen and heard some deplorable shit but not one thing I’ve seen has ever made me want to faint or feel squeamish like these stories do.
I don't think I've met a single woman with a masturbation story like this. I feel enlightened? I appreciate the frankness with which Chuck writes about men's inner lives, few people actually do.
I guess we have too much shame just from imagining having something fished out of us in the emergency room lmao. Compared to this story, that kinda sounds like a walk in the park though lol
I was recommended this video, and listened to the whole thing first time. Fuck.
Probably shouldn't have been eating my lunch while listening to that. 😂😂😂
Were you having pot roast with carrots?
@@dyslexicboogaloo I don't remember, that was 6 months ago 😂😂
You don't want to hear it, but you don't stop.
Are the people queasy by guts elderly or exceptionally young?
No lie: I watched this whole video while eating a big plate of nachos. And it only occurred to me how jaded I am at 24 minutes in.
Yes, past the part with the vitamin pill.
I must be a tough nut if I am surprised people faint or get upset by this, well, gory and explicit story
I watched this the entire time with my mouth open
Visceral. That’s the word of the day.
28.38 something I’ve never thought about and now don’t want to think about ever again.
Story 3 was bad, but story 2 I can never listen to again. This was my second time going through this, still a pain.
And that's storytime for today kids
I saw the title guts and heard swimming pool and immediately knew.
why i like this kind of humor just god knows
The dude is a genius
I never had anything or anyone to compare my writing style to until I came across your stuff Chuck.. On one hand, of course it's good to be different, but it's also great to know that someone else was able to make it work with this twisted frame of mind