/lit/ - Literature

>>21759825
lol

>>21759731
The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford

>>21759762
True

>>21759719
dictionary*

btw philosophy is not Literature and no, I don’t care about your dictotary

>>21759697
You’re shit.

>>21605319
both ideas sound interesting but the second will take way more research

>>21538284
ok so for the variety that would make someone well read something like 4k pages of all different allegories would give someone the most meaningful variety.
Something like Rings Lord by Tolkien would be a good book for reliably being well read because there's a lot of allegories about power all in one work.

>>21538267
hmm, I see what you mean, I should probably figure out a constraint for the quality rather than just quantity.
The literature has to be varied enough that it isn't just repeating the same thing or talking from one perspective.
Like if you read all the works of Plato and Aristotle you'd just get past 4,000k pages but if you read nothing but goosebumps you're obviously not getting as well read

[Book]

"My Abusive Narcissistic Family"

https://www.booksie.com/665578-my-abusive-narcissistic-family

How is there such an endless stream of newfags on this board? How is it even possible bros..

>>20926243
>Most city people could disappear and society would keep functioning just as well
What is the point in this statement, especially on a literature board? Would you prefer you lived in a sterile concrete jungle full of businessmen, mathematicians and bankers? Why the fuck do you fags keep insisting on this bullshit?

>>20925826
Probably not, especially if you're from a first-world country.

>>20925764
kys

Gentle reminder that if the spine of a paperback is not creased it has NOT been read.
>ughfFuhUH NOOO I JUST AM CAREFUL NOOOOO YOU BARBARIAN
Liar cope

Rum diary

>>20514206
Which one is yours?

>>20512594
Stop being such a pretentious nostalgic fag. Genuinely well-informed, well-read posters have always been few and far between in pile of shit that is the internet. If you want strictly high-quality academic articles go read plato.standford.edu and actual books or just stop posturing and admit you come here for the fusion of information and entertainment.

>>20225365
Imagine the strange looks a bunch of Arabs are going to give that a Vedanta scholar polemic author is nearby. Islam is basically QURAN. DONE AND NONE ELSE. OBEY. Openness to experience is not that receptive in the Muslim world, I doubt Guenon is a household name in MENA countries. Guenon is the most extra hipster shit to ever bubble up in print. The weirdest shit about this is the dissimulated disbelief. It's like the ignorant disbelief of male gynecologists. YOU'RE BEYOND A PUZZLING SENSATIONAL BOUNDARY, MR CREDENTIAL. As if Islam is tone deaf to tribal instinct. Muslims often berate whites that Mohammad is better than Jesus and insult Jesus because it is overlooked that Jesus is a prophet of Islam. The exoteric reality is a huge deal. We're not grading papers here, we're living where we eat.

I use Guenon as a personal litmus to how one can study so much and live among others. It's such a huge deal that for me in Buddhism, I will have my most difficult time living in harmony among monks who expect me to be vegan while I'm bulking despearately for physical labor gains but I will have a great time and even be a role model to lay disciples. I sincerely believe in the Buddha and His Dharma but I have to make trade offs that are not agreeable in things like diet and difficult interpersonal issues. I have my own diet issues as Guenon did so I recluse. I have yet to meet lay disciples and I doubt that harmonious living will even come to me at all in this age with anyone but myself.

>>19830048
That's probably the most depressing thing I've read in a while

Well , im investing on this one. Could be a gem

The Dao of Homer Simpson is now not attainable. Many headlines from Business magazines. Now you need to get out of a car. "You will own nozing, have no privacy Und u vill be happy." I read Schwab's books. Don't. But the memes are real deal. Ride the Tiger by Evola also sucked balls. It made me physically angry how much it sucked because Sartre and Camus can't do shit to help me. I read the Four Agreements and it was Positive Psych self help crap packaged as Olmec VEDAS WOOH CHOPRA DINESH FRANCISCO EDUARDO JIMENEZ DE JESUS WHOOOAH. Don't think bookstores are going to help us, m8

>>19749056
John McAfee was onto something before WHACKD
Bitcoin Standard makes the case for Bitcoin as a deflationary asset

>>19749029
For me it's Fallout, Buddhism, some Judaism, minimalism, civil rights underperforming, and dropping out of classes and getting bad grades on purpose just to pass. Go to Community College instead of big name university. No more brands.

Can't get nothin out of me :)

I think a book would get banned if it was published in today's climate. I have been looking for a book on this too. In the meantime reading through Econ history to see what deflates. Durable goods! Skilled labor! Coinciding wants and casual transactions in high trust contexts that are forgettable and not recorded.