/lit/ - Literature

>>23466123
>is the object of láta Gerðr or skolla?
Neither, Gerðr gollhrings is the agent; this woman performs the action. If we take it literally, to illustrate, we get "though [Gerðr in the yards of goldring] [soars by] [me]" (S-V-O).

>yet a woman called Gerðr who is in Constantinople is against me?
"...yet, the wealthy woman in Kiev ridicules me", as I would have it translated. These lines recur a few times throughout Gamanvísur ("verses of joy"). 'Gerðr' is likely motivated by poetry, and while it is a woman's name, it probably isn't the actual name of the woman in question, and instead just becomes a poetic synonym for a woman, to motivate alliteration with 'gollhringr'; the name should be understood as a single unit (like "golden gerty" or similar, to use an English analogy). 'Í Gǫrðum' here actually means "in Garðaríki", ie Russia, or more specifically Kiev. 'Skolla við einhverjum' is a phrasal verb with a highly idiomatic meaning, and here it means something like denying, rejecting, or even mocking, and the ridiculee is the poet.
Or to put it into vulgar English: "and still this rich lass sods me off, fuckin' 'ell". Peak incel poem.

>>23219681
>duuuurrr source?!
>no you can't use your mental faculties and intuition to solve a problem I need a peer reviewed paper in order to solve something!!!

>>23193085
Great if you're a 18th century aristocrat. Every vignette is about above average people who are already insulated by their skills, wealth, influence and power. So for the average person who crawls around on the floor eating garbage this book is completely useless. It's no more useful than wearing a tailored suit to a Walmart interview. Maybe this is useful if you've been on an upward trajectory for 20 years and you are looking for extra ways to optimize your professional life by the last 2 or 3%.

>>22338824
HTWF&IP is not a guide to socializing. It's corporate etiquette. It's usually very good for 'dealing' with strangers and acquaintances. But it is not a guide to socializing.

>>20752312
>I'm an retards feigning ignorance take /that/ philosophy!
You're just kicking the can next door to semiotics asking what words mean

>>20730039
Without cabinets there's be nowhere to store the tools to make sculptures.

>>20721308
>Is there any grounds for justification or certainty?
What constitutes 'grounds for justification' exactly? Tell me that and you'll have your answer.

>>20566855
There's no prize for being right. "Huurr everybody so stupid!" Sure. But you don't get anything for being a misanthrope. You're deliberately throwing away small fragments of salvageable good in scenarios because it's easy to do so, it's easy to look at the 90% of stuff that sucks and base your entire worldview on it.