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would you use an apostrophe in the sentence "it's history" or would you not.
I mean, the history is possessed by the object, no?
it's = it is
>>7326082
This is an exception in which _its_ is possessive (belonging to it) and _it's_ is a contraction of _it is_.
Where does philosophy currently stand? What "age" are we in?
>>7326065
At least we're over determinism.
platonism
>>7326065
postmodernism
rec anti-consumerist reads lads and ladies
Live off the Land in the City and Country by Benson
>>7325991
>Live off the Land in the City
Is this a freegan thing or an urban agriculture thing?
adbusters. blew 15 year old me away
>write microfiction
>insert line breaks
>now it's a poem
why is this lauded
>>7325925
billy collins deserves to be beaten
>>7325932
Why?
>>7325925
It was the year 2015 the year of our lord John Oliver. It's been 2015 for a dozen or so years now. I was waiting on the elevator. Elevators make you think, what goes up doesn't necessarily have to come down, it could just go up and stay there.
Ding.
The doors open and I am instantly doubled over wanting to vomit. The smell is horrendous and overpowering. I manage to look up and see the outline of a fat obese man but I cannot make him out for my eyes water.
I look down and hear
gag
gag
the...
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Book that surprised: The Epic of Gilgamesh.
Favourite book: The Old Testament.
Bump. I know you guys have had some surprises.
>>7325876
Gilgamesh rules. Check out the Enuma Elish too, if you haven't already.
>>7326046
That looks really interesting, thanks for the rec Anon.
It's called "Understanding the Anti-Christ". Super short (icycalm is most likely dead or in jail) but an interesting read.
http://culture.vg/selected-essays/alex-kierkegaard/understanding-the-anti-christ.html
>>7325806
Stop spamming this hack here
>>7325806
Complete with a photo of a fucking leopard.
Jesus Christ man. Stop shilling so hard. I am legitimately amazed at the amount of reverence sociopaths with blogs can gain. It's not an uncommon phenomenon, and it boggles my mind.
>>7325806
>"Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood: and you will discover that blood is spirit."
The image of blood recalls bleeding, which in turn recalls a sharp object, probably a weapon of some kind, a katana unsheated. which recall a cutting edge, which recalls the expert, one of whose qualities is that he is at the cutting edge of his field of expertise filled with euphoria. The metaphor is intended to emphasize the value of being extreme:...
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Who is your favorite writer?
Pynchon. Are you Simpsonbro from the critique threads?
>>7325645
I am nothing—which happens to be everything. Why do you like Pynchon so much?
>>7325634
I like Robert Anton Wilson, VERY similar to Pynchon tho
Has anyone else noticed the meme so prevalent in all of culture? The one where the protagonist likes his fucking coffee very sweet, using an excessive amount of sugar?
Any other weird, overused, tropes?
>Female protag has a cat named after a historical figure
Makes me cringe desu
>The one where the protagonist likes his fucking coffee very sweet, using an excessive amount of sugar?
Why no... never have
I like my coffee like I like my cock, black and in my butt.
What are some of the best critiques of post-modernism?
Is it just me or does all the stupid "ironic" shit always just become the culture (or in service of it) they're supposedly making fun of? If Pomo is a reaction/expression of the ridiculousness of living in our modern capitalist society, when then does it always get co-opted? Where's the real critique and attempt at intellectual understanding?
Does this even make sense?
IT'S HARD MAN because most of the critiques are cogent
It's not so much the critiques as the behaviour of the people who identify with them that is most annoying. If you learn to ignore those people, you can pretty much just keep writing history, and every time the Hayden White Fairy buzzes by your window and tells you that you're a spooky nerd who just writes novels, you can throw pencils at the glass and he'll fuck off to another apartment.
>>7325549
>because most of the critiques are cogent
like which?
>>7325544
You're living in late post-modernism, which essentially knows that it is itself bankrupt and has truly come to believe its own lies. Therefore none of its proponents or users or believers have any problem with "selling out" because as they see it you cannot really sell out as you were never representing anything true in the first place.
The correct criticism of postmodernism stems from the scientific method. Statistical repeatability utterly shatters the postmodern conceit that there is no objective...
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What are some Great Books by SJW authors?
What books should I read If i want to understand SJW ideology? Who invented SJW?
If Plato/Nietzsche/Pynchon were alive today would they have become SJW?
SJWism is just Plato's Republic, but instead of philosopher kings, it's led by the oppressed
Pynchon still is alive, you idiot
>>7325342
>tfw Pynchon will die someday and we might not know for months
Why isn't he more memey, /lit?
>tfw Tlön, Ubqar, Orbis Tertius is the greatest short story in history
>and in "history"
Define memey? He's memed plenty here, and everywhere else really.
What are you, blind? Menard already made that thread the other day.
>>7325223
He's overrated
Shit /lit/ tricked you to read.
>>7325062
the grapes of wrath
the bible
the quran
ALL SHIT
senpai
>>7325062
listening to everybody poops on audiobook desu
>>7325088
I love that new desu feature DESU
is this heidegger in a nutshell?
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EE13Aa01.html
>The use of dialect would make Heidegger's meaning far clearer than in the available English translations:
>"What be 'Be'? You cain't say that 'Be' be, cause you saying 'be' to talk about 'Be', and it don't mean nothing to say that 'Be' be dis or 'Be' be dat. 'Be' be 'Be' to begin wit'. So don't you be saying 'Be'...
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>>7325009
incredibly better
being cryptic in matters of knowledge is for faggots, it serves no purpose
>>7325009
>>"What be 'Be'? You cain't say that 'Be' be, cause you saying 'be' to talk about 'Be', and it don't mean nothing to say that 'Be' be dis or 'Be' be dat. 'Be' be 'Be' to begin wit'. So don't you be saying 'Be' be 'Be'. You wanna talk about 'Be', you gotta talk about what ain't be nothin' at all. You gotta say 'Be' be what ain't 'ain't-Be'....
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>>7325085
They're only being "cryptic" because language makes the matter difficult to communicate effectively, they in doing so are actually only trying to make their point as clear as possible, ironic in a way.
someone fuck me up with good samurai novels
Rashomon and Seventeen Other Stories
>>7324948
what film is that, OP ? sorry if not /lit/
>>7325025
Kurosawa did a good rashomon. Giving it a read would be pretty cool.
The best author you've never heard of.
>don't even start it with your "how do you not know [insert_author]? you barbarous cunt" shit
Only post authors completely overlooked or forgotten whom you serendipitously know.
Also, provide info as to why your author is worth an effort.
Andrei Bely. He wrote Petersburg, one of the best pieces of Russian literature.
>>7325034
>Implying that everybody on this board doesn't know about him because they're Nabokov fanboys who've memorized this: http://wmjas.wikidot.com/nabokov-s-recommendations.
>>7325052
In addition: it's on multiple charts
