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Who's the smartest person you know?
>>7806156
know of or know
>>7806158
Know of. Sorry i'm German.
>>7806163
That's OK. You can be German.
Well /lit/, do you pull the lever or not?
You call that a moral quandary?
>>7807659
Who designed this trolley
>>7807669
Satan
Why isn't gooder a word?
Because we don't speak Newspeak.
>>7794952
Gooder is gooder compared to words like greater and better. Please start using gooder so it can catch on.
>>7794949
>Why isn't Nigger a word?
Thoughts on this book and other Tim & Eric related literature?
I'm thinking of buying it from Amazon out of interest.
>>7794941
I didn't even know this was a thing.
>be actor
>have your most notable role be a minute long tim and eric skit
>write an entire book about it
people are strange
>>7794968
Isn't that the most Tim and Eric thing possible though
How much does the Oatmeal trigger you?
>>7794898
It's wrong, but I wouldn't say I'm triggered.
>>7794898
>not knowing that metaphysics, theology, and science are all branches of philosophy
Very.
I think it must be really sad to think you know what the hallmark of humanity is and not have any serious interest or capability in it. Pop science depresses me more than it triggers me.
Also,
>Metaphysics and theologyand science
>Not subsumed under Philosophy
Anyone read this? What did you think?
Bamp
>>7794886
I liked American Rust more.
>>7797042
I'll check it out. Might go for another western first, Butcher's Crossing has caught my eye.
From what I remember, /lit/ tends to hate self-inserts.
Is this true?
If so, why? Why is it you hate self-inserts?
If you discovered that the MC in a novel you enjoyed was a self-insert, would it change your opinion on either the work or on the idea of self-inserts in general?
I'm aware that a lot of teenagers are all Ayy Lmao about it and think they're special so they use a SI and it makes the story boring as fuck.
But honestly, this is like saying all books are bad because Twilight was published.
Some enlightenment?
Do you mean self-insert or author-insert?
>>7794885
The author making the Main Character himself, writing himself into the story. I'm not sure of the nuance between the two things you said.
>>7794897
Ok. When I hear self-insert, I think reader insert, which is sure to be pandering wish-fulfillment escapist trash.
Author insert can be that too but if you refused to reading anything semi-autobiographical you'd be missing out on a shit ton of great novels.
Anybody here who has actually read this meme author ? If so is he any good and wich book do you recommend ?
>>7794879
I've read him and incorporated his ideas in a lot of my literary analyses.
Read Men Among the Ruins if you want a good grasp of his general ideas.
>>7794890
Thanks for answering , i'll add it to my list if i can find a decent translation since i don't speak italian .
Ride the Tiger is interesting.
I've only read a translation, however.
Thoughts on this? wiki claims it's autobiographical but I remember one of the stories was proven false. Is this worth reading for comedy?
read it awhile ago when it came out, thought it was funny at the time but I remember maybe two scenes from the whole book, I remember fairly large typefont and spacing, nothing else.
I'm considering picking it up again if anything to philosophize about the empty musings of a drunken brodude, but is the book authentically debauched or is it all a guise for shills?
Kill yourself.
>>7794854
Kill yourself ..painfully
>>7794854
Anyone read this horror anthology?
http://setvasai.deviantart.com/art/Tales-From-The-Gnyar-Giants-Pen-595307136
Pretty decent imo
>>7794813
>>>r/incest
Once I got past the reddit factor. There was a few good stories.
'Mr Grabs' was good
I'm finding that I've started to refrain from having opinions or confidence in my knowledge because I'm now used to having my conceptions destroyed since I began reading regularly.
I dont have any convictions because I know there are books out there that will convince me otherwise. I feel prepared to let go of anything I believe at a moments notice.
Is this just a phase? I look back on how dumb I was a few years ago compared to now, and I imagine it will be the same in the future so I get instantly discouraged and constantly worry that I am unaware...
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>>7794769
No, because I've thought of things in this way since I was like, 14. You should get used to deriving confidence from your willingness to adapt and see things from as many perspective as you can, rather than from the idea of cocksure certainty. That way you will actually be stronger than the ignorant, and this is a good thing.
Its better to keep your knowledge fluid, people who /think/ they know everything are the ones that easily trap themselves in bullshit.
/lit/
What are the impacts of science on the social order in never let me go
>>7794746
h-huh?
>>7794746
>>/mu/ ?
>>7794746
> never let me go
VIP
hey /lit I have an essay due tomorrow that I don't want to write. Know any good sites that will write it for me?
>>7794739
Suck a dick
>>7794739
Fiverr. Be prepared to cough up some coin, you'll have bad luck finding someone to do it on such short notice.
post topic. I'll do it right now. Dead serious
>author is ugly
>author appears happy
Dropped like a cold fish.
>author is female
>>7794722
>author is a genetically-gifted handsome genius
is this any good?
(i generally like King style - i read & liked 11.22.63, The Stand, Green Mile, It, Eyes of the Dragon)
>>7794677
please leave and never come back
