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>This is what western society is turning into
Wake me up /lit/
IM ETHAN BRADBERRY
>>7880242
Okay.
>>7880242
Duck off back to YouTube cancer man
>implying western society isnt an amalgam of BNW, 1984 and Fahrenheit 451
>>7880211
Where are they burning books? Or do you mean metaphorically? Lol im not very smart at this stuff so your sincere response is much appreciated!
>>7880211
There is no 'western society'.
>>7880384
This but marked with the Google © stamp of approval.
Don't forget to #LiveInBliss, buy a Starbucks© Frappachino to get that Facebook© wall kickin!
"Imagine a Reebok air pump™ stomping on a human face forever."
>>7880425
Not OP, but the portrayal of media and it's being tailored to the viewer specifically is very prevalent especially on the internet. It filling our lives and becoming more and more visceral everyday.
CAN'T WAKE UP
>>7880464
Is 4chan a part of the problem, or part of the solution?
>>7880462
>"Imagine a Reebok air pump™ stomping on a human face forever."
Nice
>>7880472
4chan will be (if not already) the last pillar of internet freedom
>>7880211
>>7880462
fuck you
>>7880211
How does one deal with the hopelessness of swimming against the unstoppable current of a failing society?
>ITT: edgy undergrads
there's no time like the present you bumblefucks
>>7880425
The fire chief says that they got to where they are by banning books that offend minorities and moving on to banning books that offend anyone in general until they figured they'd just burn everything so no one has to be offended ever again.
Also, reality TV.
>>7880903
Society's always been kinda fucked. There's never really been a state of harmony and bliss, at least in America. Britain strategically put us against each other with their colonization and deportation of persons from their area to the colonies. Proceeding that America has generally been heavily individualistic save for certain movements that faded out in the face of systematic conditions.
Regardless, your only option is to befriend those who are collectively similar to you.
>>7880211
nope
the central premise of fahrenheit 451 is that the ruling class will decide that opposing ideas and information is dangerous, so the containers of that knowledge must be destroyed
meanwhile, what is actually happening to us is that information is being produced at such pace and quantity that identifying useful, "powerful" information from the flood of signal is becoming harder and harder
fahrenheit is about ruling class creating infromation scarcity, what we have is information overload created by ourselves.
>>7880211
>when people on lit try understanding the types world as analogues to books
>top kek
>if english majors had a brain
>so much freedom, information and abundance right no
>neckbeards will still cry about it
Aspie
but the world has never been more literate, and it has never been easier to purchase books
time to start hoarding
>x is written to criticise or highlight specific elements of the society of its author
>omg we are so much like x
>>7881601
I thought that sorta was the point of Fahrenheit 451.
>>7881729
>there is actually a resemblance of x's elements in contemporary society
>omfg guys mentioning x is stupid, it's just a highlight of something, no point!!
>>7881708
then explain memes
>>7881601
this
>>7881757
How does the existence of internet memes contradict high literacy and book availability?
Who /Randlet/ here
>>7881791
> actually thinks there is high literacy
>>7881801
good luck with high school
>>7881803
You don't believe that more people than ever before are able to read and write?
>>7881842
if your definition of literacy is reading traffic signs, utility bills, and nutrition labels then yeah, sure.
>>7881847
People not reading books is a reflection of their own choices, not their reading ability.
>>7881862
wrong
>>7881868
How?
>>7881752
Anon never said it was stupid, just that the whole point is that they are commentaries on society so pointing it out is pretty unnessecary. And he's right that they are pretty limited in scope. As much as western society is like the societies in BNW,1984,F451, it's much more not like them.
>>7881862
>the continued growth of a skill does not require gradually increasing the demandingness of the skill-related stimuli.
>lift 1 feather >repeat to infinity
>????
>Sburdo big even if he not weight lifter :DDDDDDD
>>7881803
in 500 years they will be reading archives of shitposting, furiously masturbating over the collected wisdom of the ancients
we will become the high literature. do you think socrates was doing anything more than baiting and trolling back in athens?
and in 500 years people will read this post and declare: "o! but he was a farsighted one..."
>>7881930
this post will be 404'd in a month.
they won't be reading anything. no one is preserving this shit.
>>7881945
Lurk
Moar
Newfag
society has always been changing tbhwymember of my family, just look at these old eighteen century fucks complaining that young people nowadays can't write letters anymore. It's always changing and always will so enjoy the ride.
>>7881973
*bong gurgle*
>>7881923
I never mentioned growth of a skill. The ability to read and write is more widespread than ever, but not everyone reads literature. Likewise, the ability to lift objects is widespread, but not everyone is Hafþór Björnsson.
I don't disagree that reading more complex literature increases your reading skill, but not reading complex literature in favor of Facebook posts does not remove the skill entirely.
>>7882032
you have a non-understanding of what literacy actually is and what it implies. facebook posts are semi-literate at best and no i'm not talking about grammar. read more and you'll understand one day.
>>7882032
Hell, I would even argue that Facebook posts even further your skill. But they further it in a direction that's completely incompatible with the 3500 years of established canon, Joyce excluded.
>>7882041
As much as you'd like to create your own definition for things and expect everyone to ignore the actual meaning of words so you can try to assert your unfounded intellectual superiority over the masses that isn't how life works bucko.
>>7882109
i'm not arguing i'm just telling you
>>7880242
post yfw ethan bradberry is ray bradbury's grandson
>>7881601
So BNW
>>7881945
I remember my first week on 4chan.
>>7880903
"If you want to solve a problem, add to it until someone else solves it."
- Too Much Coffee Man
>>7880211
>mfw when a co-worker asked me how long the library was open. When I answered her she responded with a mocking laugh "of course you would know that!"
what the hell
>>7881923
the internet
>>7882041
http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/109054?redirectedFrom=literacy
>>7883926
i fucking hate women
>>7884018
faggot
>>7884026
pussy whipped bitch
>>7883926
Should have said "of course you wouldn't know that". It's a shit come back, but if said when heated, it would have had an effect.
>>7884071
what a faggot thing to say
>>7881945
lurk moar
