/lit/ - Literature

>>9586296

So? It's pretty obvious that if you want to be a part of the community it's impossible to put aside all the books people are talking about. If there's three threads in a row with people talking about Malazan, you're going to think that maybe it's time for you to give it a shot. And if it's shitty, maybe you come back and advise them to end their lives.

But the truth is, this doesn't happen very often. Maybe when a new series comes out or a person that's unfamiliar with /sffg/ comes in all clueless and starts asking what to read.

Usually, people just say they want a book that contains x or y element, and then people dump titles out of which they can pick.

I'm also pretty sure that the vast majority of the "/sffg memed me into reading x" posts are just people shitposting, since that phrase has become a meme in and of itself.

>>9546132

>Is suicide always a sign of philosophical weakness?

No, it's a sign of profoundly unhealthy lifestyle.

People rarely act based on what their philosophy is. Most edgy fuckers that preach nihilism tend to be rather nice and happy people. And many of those that kill themselves tend to think it's cowardly, or a sin, or whatever.

If your life is getting worse and worse, you're probably not dealing with your problems. Stop reading philosophy and start interacting with the things that are making you miserable. It goes without saying that you need to stop being delusional if your thinking is along the lines of, "There's nothing to fix, I just can't see a point to living."

A mentally healthy human being shouldn't want to die.

Ask yourself the following question:

1) Am I spending my day the way I want to, or am I studying shit I couldn't care less about and/or working a shitty job when I could work an easy part-time one and live on less?
2) Am I single? If not, am I just in an unhealthy relationship that I'm unwilling to disentangle myself from for fear of being single? Are there a lot of people in my life that are making me miserable?
3) Am I eating well, exercising, and getting enough sleep? Do I smoke, drink, do drugs, or have any kind of corrosive habit?

And if you have none of those issues, it could just be that your parents gave you some shitty-ass genes that are making you predisposed to depression, in which case you should seek psychiatric treatment.

What is the Asian equivalent of starting with the Greeks?