/lit/ - Literature

lord jesus, its only -30 out and my pipe already froze, and the heat tape and everything appears to be working, so that meas something must be completely exposed. it could be worse i guess but it still means a journey into the dirty cold and claustrophobic depths for my too out of shape ass

>Been at new job for a few days
>Girl I work with starts talking to me
>"Hey anon I've noticed you've been reading that same book these last few days, what is it?"
>"Being and Time"
>"Oh! Is it like a novel or sci-fi or something?"
>I explain that its a Philosophy book and that it focuses on the question of Being in contrast to the metaphysics of presence of almost the entire Philosophy tradition.
>Explain that Being is that which on the basis of which any particular being is able to be intelligible and to be what it is, almost like the background that any particular being appears against, and that the investigation of Being must begin with an existential analytic of Dasein and its pre-ontological understanding of Being.
>Throw in a few quips and examples making references to everyday objects and situations to try and make my explanation make sense
>"Oh... so like circus logic then?"

Why don't women appreciate Heidegger?

>Been at new job for a few days
>Girl I work with starts talking to me
>"Hey anon I've noticed you've been reading that same book these last few days, what is it?"
>"Being and Time"
>"Oh! Is it like a novel or sci-fi or something?"
>I explain that its a Philosophy book and that it focuses on the question of Being in contrast to the metaphysics of presence of almost the entire Philosophy tradition.
>Explain that Being is that which on the basis of which any particular being is able to be intelligible, almost like the background that any particular being appears against, and that the investigation of Being must begin with an existential analytic of Dasein and its pre-ontological understanding of Being.
>Throw in a few quips and examples making references to everyday objects and situations to try and make my explanation make sense
>"Oh... so like circus logic then?"

Why don't women appreciate Heidegger?