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Hello /lit/, please help me with this thought experiment:
A guardian angel has been assigned to you from heaven,
she won't tell you why she's there but she's there to remind you something every 5 minutes. Every fifth minute the angel will tap your shoulder and won't say anything, and she will do this until you die.
What do you do given this "opportunity"?
What would you remind yourself every fifth minute?
remember to check that thought experiment thread for good ideas of things to be reminded about
>>8045803
Clever but the thread does not exist in the thought experiment world.
I don't understand. I'm just choosing something to remind myself? Why don't I just get it tattooed on my forearm
Can /lit/ recommend me some more books like this? With a cynical and misanthropic main character who you can sorta sympathize with?
>>8045068
bump
OP here, I'd like to add that these characters should be funny, nihilistic with a wicked sense of humour.
>>8045068
Journey to the End of the Night
Hello lit/,
Write about your sadness.
I'm so sad whaaaaaa ;__;
I killed my muse.
It doesn't have an object to blame for.
It doesn't have a desire to strife for.
It's not a lover, nor a god.
Will stay with me
in days to come.
How can one country be so devoid of talent?
>>8044851
Because its stock is mainly derived from criminal, and therefore low IQ and impulsive bog niggers.
Their flag looks stupid, too.
>>8044851
Miss Alice though
who has the best work ethic? how do I get a better work ethic?
Kafka - look it up
>>8044336
Noticed what they all have in common?
A lack of "Wasting time on 4chan"
So there you go, you're most welcome.
>>8045145
I think that goes under "Other Work"
Can /lit/ explain to me what exactly Marxism and the Marxist literary criticism lens is and how exactly it works? I'm really confused about it. Tell me everything you know about Marxism /lit/.
https
www
com
add dots and slashes
>>8044290
You see, I did research on it myself and still don't get it. Go to the pepe thread if you don't want to talk about literature.
Marxism was a mistake
https://iwl.me/
>I write like a woman.
this can only mean i will be successful when i finally write my breakout novel right?
>>8044269
only if you use a female pen name and send the publisher your photo in a dress
i get somewhere between steven king and margaret mitchell for my fiction, go figure
>>8044269
Edgar Allan Poe. I don't know how I feel about that. I don't think it's a good feeling, whatever it is.
Books that leave you empty and make you think a lot about how existence is fucked up
Gravity's Rainbow
my diary tbqh
>>8044222
American Psycho for sure
best book I never want to read again
Goodreads Thread!
Post your accounts and what boards you browse.
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2408134-sebastian
I browse /pol/ and /lit/
>>8044140
https://www.goodreads.com/victoriayork
Hello, boys and girls!
>>8044179
Hola ;^)
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/51635060-niko
I browse /lit/, sometimes /b/ when I'm drunk.
Any books about suicide? or loneliness and failure?
is Die Leiden des jungen Werther any good?
poo by pooer poo is good
>>8044066
i know of a book by a professional suicide bomber but i cant remember the author's name
Jack of Spades
i want to get RFAD but i dont like the movie cover regularly available throughout the US so im considering importing the Penguin Modern Classic edition from the UK. Also so it would match with the rest of Selby's books if i do get into those
but is it worth it?
life is short
let these things go
I bought a copy of the idiot from B&N, and I didin't like the cover/backcover, so I tore it off the back and front and just wrote, "IDIOT," on the spine.
life's short
let these things go
>>8043276
Did you make this thread because of the thread making fun of bad covers?
Which psychology/philosophy book will help me best understand why I drink gallons of caffeinated drinks and masturbate for 6-9 hours a day even though i'd rather do something else and it's destroying me mentally and physically
talk to a professional about your problems
you're probably autistic
Alcoholics Anonymous, replace "alcohol" with your vice of choice
>>8042653
socially anxious perhaps, not autistic. 4chan tends to use autism as a blanket term for anyone without perfect social skills
What does /lit/ think of Franzen? Is he the bastion of New Sincerity?
>>8042379
Never fuckin' heard of him.
Or of you. Now scram
is it worth it to buy The Corrections? how close is it to making the top 100 meme chart?
>>8042406
I loved the corrections. It was a social realist novel (honestly, reminded me of Austen and Eliot more anyone else) with enough postmodern fireworks to make it interesting and challenging. Better than IJ in my opinion
How does /lit/ feel about Eragon?
>>8042031
Fucking journey that ended too soon.
I wish I could reread it without already knowing what happens.
>>8042037
There's a new one coming out soon, right?
>>8042047
Series ended bro
Become enlightened! Read the beautiful words of the incredible writer Oscar Wilde. Slavoj Zizek talks a lot about this essay, and it is indeed fascinating. Thoughts? :
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/wilde-oscar/soul-man/
Bumping, because it's pretty good so far.
>>8042332
Stirner is the pill to end all pills.
Oscar Wilde renounced all his earlier beliefs while in prison and converted to Catholicism on his deathbed.
