Been lurking a yik yak thread from my college about literature. Incredibly fascinating stuff. Gonna dump the conversation as soon as I figure out how to stitch the screencaps together. Stay tuned.
nice blog bro
>>7329693
No I mean there's some rich ideas in there that could be the basis of some juicy literary discussion.
Children with crazy parents end up with a distorted understanding of the world. Even though the children are not crazy, their intelligence isn't up to the task of root in out their parents' influence.
What happens if the smartest man ever born coincidentally happens to be batshit insane and no one is ever smart enough to realize it?
Pic related
>>7329678
Rooting out*
you are what you are
not some isolated piece of yourself extended to its maximum potential but the actual value that piece takes in life
>>7329704
You misunderstand. Wittgenstein is the parent.
Do you keep a journal /lit/? I've been seriously considering it
>>7329521
Yeah. Mostly write quotes I like, my thoughts on random things, ideas for stories. Also it's nice to see what you were thinking way back when.
>>7329521
I also have a really nice leather bound notebook that I write in for my son. Life lessons, what's going on with me and him right now. He most likely won't ever remember anything before the age of like, 5, so I plan to give this to him when I die or when he turns 18. Then he'll have something to read through and can maybe see the world through his father's eyes.
You're not interesting enough anon don't bother
This is what I do most of my writing on now. It's a Brother WP-75 word processor I've named Galvin. I really enjoy writing on it. Beside it is a Turkish Coffee, a drink I'm seriously addicted too! I can highly recommend anyone try Turkish Coffee if they enjoy a brew and have not yet done so.
I don't particularly like electric globes. This is an older photo, the space has been slightly re-arranged since it was shot. But is gives an idea of how the room is most nights.
I'm often up until about 4am, working away quietly under the guttering glow of all the candles. It's a nice space for it too.
>>7329517
that is a TRULY magnificent space.
>>7329613
Thanks anon!
how did this fucking madman do it
>>7329228
kept a rotting apple in his desk drawer :^)
He just DO IT.
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>>7329228
Explain. What'd he do?
James Joyce, more like Fuck Ireland
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So I started a post on tumblr about how homosexuality ruins the dynamic of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. They, to me, are platonic best friends. Brothers, even. Brothers don't kiss or cuddle or want to talk about their favourite lube.
On tumblr, I seem to be the only person that believes this. Just me. Only me. One guy.
And then I found out that there's over 500 people that support the idea of "JohnLock", and suddenly I'm trying to erase queer history and I'm the biggest homophobic bastard since your anon's Grandfather by criticizing a Sherlock/John homosexual interpretation.
Can I have some help? Can we discuss homosexuality in Sherlock lore, and how the OP believes it detracts from the narrative instead of serves it?
Why do you feel the need to discuss this, really? Can't you just disregard obnoxious faggots?
post your url
Watson got married to a woman (not that that proves anything.)
certain things they did were normal for platonic male friends of the day but would seem gay as hell now. Times were different then. only 2 decades earlier Abe Lincoln slept in the same bed as a man every night for like 5 years. this was considered normal at the time and only the rich had a bed to themselves.
Why aren't you a vegetarian, /lit/?
because i dont give a fuck hahahahahahahhahahahaha hahahahahahahha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah \m/
>>7328956
Because egg & dairy animals have existences that are 10000x more torturous and inhumane than feeder animals who are just fattened then slaughtered.
It would actually be more ethical to only eat meat and avoid eggs and milk.
Because I don't think animals deserve my moral judgement as much as humans do.
That said, I don't think animals deserve to be tortured, but being humanely put down for food? Don't see the issue.
Anyone still reading? I've fallen a bit behind, but I'm hoping to do some catching up this weekend.
HELPFUL LINKS
http://www.ottosell.de/pynchon/rainbow.htm
gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/
OLD THREADS
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>>7306721
Week-end catch up incoming...
Favourite scenes so far? First time readers?
Did the whole time Slothrop was at the Casino remind anyone else of Mondaugen's story from V?
On a broader level, Slothrop seems to be the archetypal Pynchon character of the book, on the same lines as Stencil, Oedipa, Doc Sportello. For no real reason I've assumed this is Pynchon the character/his version of himself, so that's how I always imagine the characters in my mind.
ulysses reading group when
do we have any good prose from Italia?
d'Annunzio's god-tier
Calvino's comfy, especially if you get his fuck off book of fairytales
what is good prose supposed to mean
>>7328878
at least easily readable and enjoyable
What do you think about it?
>>7328728
I tried reading the first pages. Awfully written. It's some kind of bad-taste-o-meter if you find girls with that book on the street.
Wasn't that bad during the first few chapters until they actually hook up and then it's just annoying. I just HAD to end it/be over with it because I always need to finish what I start.
Patrician teir
Hard To Understand Ranking
Hardest:
Hegel, Heidegger, Lacan, Baudrillard, Derrida, Kant
Harder:
Jameson, Deleuze, Lyotard, Badiou
Hard:
Foucault, Butler, Pynchon, Marx, Zizek
Who would you add? How would you change it?
pointless namedropping.
I tried to read Derrida once, and Hegel is not even close to him in terms of difficulty.
Deguy should be in there
POST /LIT/ CHARTS
He puts the sticky in the thread and shitposts all over it.
Let's say I have a Joycean-level masterpiece in a .txt file on my laptop. What steps would I have to take to get it published.
>>7328670
rewrite it in an .xlsx
>>7328670
lets say you did. you don't though
>>7329095
wtf did you just about me you piece of shit
What does /lit/ think of this book?
>>7328632
good intro to philosophy as it pertains to "real life" and not just armchair intellectual masturbation.
Never read because motorcycle fetishism seems like baby boomer bullshit.
>>7328809
So a shitty Nietzsche then?
