/lit/ - Literature

>be atheist
>take interest in world religions
>99.9999999% of people would get filtered by the basic tenets of their own religion of choice, Christianity Islam Hebraism Buddhism doesn't matter
>inb4 I'm Christian I will go to heaven anyway because of this one verse I cherry picked, what's written in my infallible sacred text is all a joke lalalala
the issue isn't with the religion, it's with people being insatiable crooks and modern industrial society giving them a free pass

What will happen once all the high paying jobs in the first world are outsourced to india and china and africa to save cost, but there's nobody with a good job left in the first world to buy the goods the companies make?

Lads I don't know how to read anymore. Whenever I have a book in my hands, I start skimming through paragraphs. My mind can't focus consistently I'm just looking for the "gist" of what is being conveyed to me. I barely retain any information anymore. What happened to me? How do I fix it?

Can one be a writer without being "well read?"

>>13664380
nigga, you wrote WHAT?

>Why do humans mimic each others physical behavior and movements.
>what does it mean if you don't mimic their behavior?

>>9387198
>The Bible
>for kids

>>8963709
>I really need to find a job.

Yeah, you're tellling me...

>>8092329
>Almost every first few chapters I read are of the 'just wait until chapter 2/3/4/whatever

First chapters are usually an introduction to the characters and setting, not an prologue promising future parts of the book will be more exciting.

>Nope. High fantasy swords and sorcery stuff.

Have you ever thought about not being Cliche?

>protagonist talks to themselves out loud

>>7123445

Anyone?

gay faggots are

>>6757542
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQqhfq87FgY
>I'm going to science the shit out of this
this is basically reddit: the movie

Just finished the dune series
the last 2-3 books were rather underwhelming
I was considering starting the foundation series soon, but might step away from sf/f books for a while and catch up on some essential lit/meme core

House of Leaves is the Wii Sports of literature