/lit/ - Literature

>>13002545
In other words epic poems are big hard, prose much easy for to read

>>13002718
to be fair the iliad & odyssey aren't supposed to be difficult

>>13002690

I’m not an English speaker. I read the translation of Federico Lourenço published by Editora Cotovia (I liked Homer better than Dante)

>>13002545
*to everyone with a brain

>>13002734
mfw

>>13002492
never gets old
this ones pretty feels:
>this must be how the-the um-um failure starts, an incompetence in mastering the common tasks of everyday life

>>13002492
i like that film. the main character's a pretty boring self-insert i think but nick is a great character & it has a nice novelistic story

Bleak house

Just read Pickwick Papers, which is just about perfect. Dickens perfected his thing with his first novel, and never quite managed to better it.

>No pickwick

Cmon lad

go away

>>13002393
logged in just to downvote this, yikes sweaty

>>13002398
it's actually a lulzworthy idea, but phrases op listed are usually used in comments, not the post itself.
thus, it's only correct to write a book REVIEW using them.
should make a new thread

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brain, you had one job!" Kudos to you for going back and listening to HJSK. After, you will be able to respect yourself, and, why yes, maybe even like yourself. Yay for you. Nope, wait, is it actually shit? Literally no. Duh. Just thought I'd throw a little curveball in there to leave your mind=blown. What? You're mad at me disrespecting Hello Kitty Suicide Club? That escalated quickly, you magnificent bastard. Looks like I nailed it. Faith in humanity restored? Uhm... no sweetie... There is not one mississippi, two mississippi, or even five. The time I have left to write this is in the red, and to go on any other website now, well that's a risky click. Let that sink in. I'm definitely doing this to fuck around, but I have to go to work. Kudos to you for taking the time to listen to me whine, my good sir. It's caled being a decent human being, and I hope you have a super duper day.

no

Interesting

>>13002868
/lit/ cares about capeshit even less than /v/, chief

I-it's probably f-finished he j-just needs the show to end first. Then it'll r-release right after.

>>13002894
if they're into GoT they like capeshit

>>13002954
how much overlap does the book fanbase have with the show fanbase at this point, excluding the morbidly curious?

I don't have a problem with fatboi not finishing the series - he's like 75 and 400 lbs. He definitely has better shit to do with the remaining time he has. What gets my goat - and the reason why I think he deserves all the shit he gets - is that he still acts like he's trying to finish it.

Sorry bucko, but people have written greater, more complicated books than twow in significantly less time, so fuck him (and I say this as someone who doesn't enjoy the books).

If a woman leans in it lets me see down her shirt better, so it's a good thing.

>>13002301
based

Kind of feel like with the failure of Hillary clinton that "we need more women ceos" white woman feminism has basically died and looks passe to the extremely online social justice crew now.

>>13002304
eternally and unequivocally this

>>13002333
Now it's "we need more black women CEOs."

Post a screenshot. I don't use amazon

>>13002368

Yeah, you are right, while I write for all these reasons you are stating to some extent, I would not say, they are the reasons why came here with my 2nd Class Book.

I want to earn money with writing, I just don't feel good enough. I want you to read about my inner workings, I just feel like I should be ashamed for it. I want to fuck with people, just doesn't make a good USP in itself.

So yeah, it is not my decisions to be read, I might not even deserve to be read at all, but in the end it is my decisions to say: "Here, I want you to read it", if you then go out of your way to take the time to do it, that's your decision.

>>13002291
Underrated post

>>13002285
Stop watching anime.

>>13002412
Brother, just go with the flow. I'll pour my self a pint of mead in your honor tonight. That'll be my prayer for you.

>>13002410
>>13002871
Or you know, good old random chance.

>>13002271
It's good, especially if you've read the stories and watched the movies it references a lot. I liked it more than Ghosts of My Life, but I didn't grow up in the British music scene of the 70s and 80s so ymmv.

I don't think you need to read Capitalist Realism for a good understanding of The Weird and the Eerie - they're not really all that related. I would recommend reading CR before reading Ghosts of My Life though - those two are a bit more intertwined.

If you like The Weird and the Eerie, I'd recommend spring-boarding into Eugene Thacker's Horror of Philosophy books. They pick up very nicely where Fisher left off.

>>13002271
I really like the idea that the second half of Mullholland Drive is just as dreamlike as the first half. I had accepted the standard reading of the film for years and it was cool to hear an opposing view. Should probably give that film a third watch. Seen Blue Velvet 5 times (its my favorite film) and Eraserhead twice.

>>13002877
boring

>>13003036
Well, then we all just exist as actors in anon's solipsistic reality. Or we in yours, or you in mine. It's propably me though and the moment I cease interaction you will collapse into ethereal nothingness. So have fun with that.

>>13002552
tolerance only requires passivity, except some weird forms of tolerance that require weird actions like forcing people to bake cakes

>>13002700
i only know you are trying to project power by using it

>>13002859
>>13002654
>>13002700
It's obviously a political construct but I think it does describe an underlying reality which is biological. Just like we have a disgust reflex for sex within the family. To pathologize this instinct seems pathological in itself and to call it a 'phobia' is ridiculous. That's just looking at the male social fear of being seen as weak and feminine and projecting it onto another issue.

>>13002269
>Schwanzschwulen (faggotty prick)
it literally means dickfaggot

Butterfly is my lesbian :3

She can be a lesbian all she wants but she and I both know for some reason she wants my cock.

She is thinking about it right now. The fact that it could destroy her credibility if she is caught masturbating makes it even better for her. It's why she posted while she did it last time.

Also, I won't be posting tonight so please don't post butterfly. :3

>>13002264
You know, just like wittgenstein.

>>13002264
you mean Dietrich Eckart?

>>13002472

Eckhart von Hochheim.

Was Dietrich Eckhart a visionary mystic, though?

>>13002472
I meant Eckhart Tolle

>>13002488

I wouldn't judge a book the cover, but I can already imagine his books looking gaudy. Has he seen mystic visions and if so, how did he initiate himself in to this craft?

It isn't really apologetics, it's more Pascal going through his thoughts and faith as he sees it, without an aggressive attempt to convince the reader in that way. I'm not even a Christian but I found it a very thoughtful and insightful book

sacrifizio del’intelletto

T.E. Lawrence -- Seven Pillars of Wisdom

>>13002266
haven't heard of it, seems solid. thanks fren

>>13002242
You don't need books, Corporal training will help you more on that front.

>>13002242
you dont need books, just win games

>>13002173
My diary

>>13002194
The narrative of A. Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe?

>>13002173
The Odyssey, you plebs

>>13002173
The Terror

Moby Dick

>>13002153
Kafka writes nonsense, because he was raped by his dad.

>>13002153
He turns into a beetle, an allegory of his own perception of self and his place in the social context. I suppose the degree of enjoyment would be tied to your ability to relate to the character.
The Trial and Kafkas other short stories are better.

>>13002103
De ira, De clementia

>>13002880
It's not an excuse

>>13002440
>thic
what's his instagram?

>>13002450
Anger builds and exploded on its own
It has fucked up a lot of relationships and has caused me to enage in violence

>>13002103

Things science has proven:

>will power is not a bottomless well. possible to use up your days worth. if you don't put yourself in situations that require will power, you will have more will power later on to deal with things.

>acting out your rage (yelling into a pillow, punching a pillow, exercising) trains your body and mind to act out your rage. when you're in a situation that doesn't allow you to punch a pillow then your mind and body are still trained to act it out. outbursts more likely.

So, what have we learned? Don't let your anger out even in times of peace. BUT not letting your anger out diminishes your will power, making you just as prone to outbursts later in the day/week. catch 22.

So, don't act out your anger, but also stay away from angering situations.

>>13002345
If you want to dive right into him, watch some lectures on yt, familiarize yourself with some common marxist concepts and then maybe start with the sublime object of ideology

>>13002345
Yes, it's what I did, just familiarize yourself at least a little with his ideas. Read a few articles on Lacan.com.

It's supposed to be his magnum opus. Can someone summarise it to me? I think all continental philosophy is charlatanism btw

>>13002577
>can someone summarize a 1,000 page book for me

Yes. Ontological incompleteness.

>>13002577
I learned to appreciate it after I realized that a framework to view the world doesn't need to be a natural science in order to be valid, as long as it has an internal rigor