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the great debate
>>8251371
mek me
>>8251343
GO AWAY
>>8251343
whats the debate?
>I'm writer
>>8251328
dfw did nothing wrong
>i am a huge orson welles
>>8251333
>I am huge David Fuggin Walrus
What did he mean by this?
interested in good environmentalist writings
Emerson and Thoreau.
>>8251396
he said good
>>8251403
Any suggestions?
Anyone had a chance to start this book yet? Only 5 reviews on amazon as of right now 2 five stars and 3 one stars, though the one star reviews seem to complain about a white man writing a story about the blacks
is it any good, is what i'm asking.
>>8251275
It is pretty much THE book I want to read this summer.
>>8251438
Eh, fuck it. I'll start reading it tomorrow.
ITT: God-tier philosopher
>>8251274
>>8251274
*tugs shirt*
really makes you think. huh.
![b62[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/vPnlZp3.jpg "b62[1].jpg")
im a positivist btw
>i'm a spiritual humanist
>i believe in the moral foundings of the teachings of christ
nihilists and communists are worst than christfags re religion, pic realted
>>8251174
>okcupid
how do the females of this species look like?
![d07[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/UmO4Fzb.jpg "d07[1].jpg")
Pleb general?
>go to uni
>meet new people
>go visit them
>see collection of books
>they have books written by women and non-whites
>"why don't you want to hang out anymore?"
>mfw
fucking hates normies and cucks
>>8251104
>meeting people
>visiting them
>claims to not be a normie
>>8251110
i'm redpilled, kid
I lust love the thought of your retarded soul exiting your fat sweaty body and going straight to hell after your heart collapses from too much mountain dew
Apart from Lolita he isn't that good t-b-h.
>he hasn't read pale fire
>>8251071
Ada is one of the great literary works of the 20th century and Pale Fire is superb. His lesser other works alone would still put him on the same level as any other respected writer of his era.i know you're just bantering tho
>>8251073
Or Ada.
You are walking into the a very professional job interview in which you will be judged solely on the last 4 books you have read. How fucked are you lit?
Me:
The Bell Jar - Plath
Ariel - Plath
Doors of Perception - Huxley
Symposium - Plato
Judgement: Melodramatic faggot who overestimates their own emotional depth.
zero k
submission
suspended sentences
once and for all
nobody is ever missing
idk
>>8251062
Mein Kampf - Hitler
'On Women' - Schopenhauer
Ride the Tiger - Evola
Culture of Critique Series - McDonald
Judgment: rational, enlightened, and sensible
>>8251062
The last 4 books I read were all by John Swartzwelder, so yes.
What does /lit/ think of Frank Zappa as a philosopher?
youtube /watch?v=dOnYFlhzpDg
youtube /watch?v=o-iqifrXT44
He is one of my personal heroes. I adore him for the fact that he is genuine.
>>8251002
>I adore him for the fact that he is genuine.
Pah
I bet you also like Infinte Jest, ya fuckin meme
>>8251009
no ur a meme!
>>8251002
>youtube /watch?v=dOnYFlhzpDg
>youtube /watch?v=o-iqifrXT44
but seriously though, what is going on?
who's ""funding"" this ""operation""?
where are you all summer retards suddently coming from?
So, what requisite material should I read before pic related or can I just dive in?
I take it noone has read it then...
>>8250988
if you want to learn about your consciousness, then stop being a rationalist, even better, stop being an hedonist and learn samatha mediation
The_Mind_Illuminated_A_Complete_Meditation_Guide_Integrating_Buddhist_Wisdom_and_Brain_Science_-_Yates,_Culadasa_John
>>8252236
Is he legit or a hack?
>>8250936
>It's a "is a *insert hack here* a hack" thread
>>8250942
i watched a talk of his once and he didnt seem next level or special in any way
however he's 100% right about the role age plays in academic performance, holding back your kid so they can be with people younger than them does give them a big boost
>>8250936
He's a legit hack
One if his books made me sperg out on a date... this girl recommended it to me. I read it before our next date and she brought it up again and I had to tell her it was shit.
Readers are consumers.
Eternity belongs to writers.
What have you written lately?
>>8250919
This
>>8250919
I used to write every day but I fell out of the habit. Even though what I was writing wasn't very good, it was a great routine, and it was very introspective -- I learned a lot about myself. A big part of me wants to go back to it, but I can only think, what's the point?
Nothing. I want to start writing though, just don't know how to go about it I guess ?
Hey /lit/ i have to write a story
Can anyone help me whit the subject
I can not think of anything
The protagonist gets dicked mercilessly throughout the book
>>8250887
protagonist discovers a book in a library, falls in love with it, but can't find any information on the author.
He is about to give up when he sees an old card in the front of the book with the name of the last person to check it out. It was thirty years ago.
If you're lazy, you can make this person the character's estranged father.
What happens next is up to you.
protag moves to south america in an attempt to escape what he sees as the perils of modern capitalism, moves deep into the jungle or somehting idk you decide, gets bit by a snake and slowly dies over a few days, realising he cannot get help he simply has to accept his death
Every book I pick up to read seems vapid and cliche, the characters unrelatable and unfleshed, the plot uninteresting and predictable
I... I can't enjoy reading anymore /lit/...
Am I becoming a literary critic?
No, most of those like reading and have good taste. Neither of those things are your problem.
>>8250869
What books specifically have you had this problem with recently?
>>8250869
i feel you, OP. I am also worried about my ability to enjoy reading.
And life in general, to be honest.
What the fuck am I become
