/lit/ - Literature

yeh bruh. harold pinter, tom stoppard, the list goes on...

>>13979690
>what would you have done differently?
Oh boy.

- I would not waste time on bloviating "experts". There's only so long you can fool yourself with "be patient, maybe it's just a tough concept."
- I wouldn't waste time on assholes. There's only so long you can fool yourself with "if they hired this jerk, he must be good at something."
- I would start doing drugs conscientiously, to help me focus or relax, instead of just thinking "drugs are bad, mmmkay."
- I would milk the system for welfare, food stamps, government discounts, whatever I can get to support me instead of working shitty jobs out of some misguided sense of honor.
- I would not share my nerdy interests with people that don't appreciate them. It is selfish to assume that everyone wants the same thing out of life as me. We are fortunately not all created equal.
- I would spend less time talking to other people and trying to make friends. If you have to force it, you're missing the point.
- I would screw more high-T chicks with bad acne instead of chasing neurotic "Staceys" who want to change positions every 10 seconds.
- I would take more opportunities to lie, cheat, & steal from the bad guys instead of thinking "but anon, you'll be just like them".
- I would think critically about whether or not I want to follow the herd, instead of being a knee-jerk contrarian.

Helped me avoid being #betaasfuck:
Hagakure
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Portnoy's Complaint

Made me more effective:
Getting Things Done
Structured Procrastination
Marie Kondo's Book
The No Asshole Rule
Bullshit Jobs (Graeber)

Taught me how the world works:
Class (Paul Fussell)
(insert name of any book people have warned you against reading for any reason)

Taught me how a real brainlord thinks:
Feynman's and Edward Tufte's books
The Selfish Gene

>>13537602
Basically any English folk tale or novel prior to the 20th century. Read Orwell's essay about Edgar Wallace for example. Resignation to bullying is muslim tier.

Furries and traps are only obnoxious because they engage in their own kind of bullying.

No More Mr. Nice Guy by Robert Glover
Hagakure by Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Turned me from a neckbeard into a productive member of society with a wife & kids

Me on the left.