/lit/ - Literature

The west has so much work to do if it even wants to still EXIST in the 22nd century

>Russia, a dying wasteland populated by literal slaves and led by a small clique of mafiosi, is aggressing upon its close neighbours (militarily) and upon distant nations via cyberwarfare, misinformation campaigns and social engineering
>144mio "people"

>China, a festering country populated by insectoids and led by yet another clique of mafiosi, is doing the same shit while maintaining a friendly visage.
>at least as despicable as russia
>1412mio "people"

>India/Pakistan, the literal shitholes of the world. As in, shit filled holes, as in "holes filled with actual feces, not figuratively". A pseudo-religious bunch of cronies reign over an
>1417mio + 235mio "people"

>Northern Africa/Middle east, the places of stone age religious savages with an inherently expansionist mindset.
>too many "people"

>South America
>who cares

All these places have certain things in comon.
They have access to nukes and militaries that make up quality with quantity.
They are vastly undereducated and outright hostile to the west; their general populations even moreso than their leadership. A result of decades of misinformation, corruption and whataboutism, these countries are what happens when the man who kicks you into the dirt tells you that the rich west is to blame for it until you believe it.

>>22669052
>50% have no information in profile
>the other 50% have he same jokes, same interests as every other one
>all look the same
>same smiles, same locations, same outfits
>it's like looking at a series of human stock photos
>have detailed profile myself
>match with women
>they never comment on any of the detailed responses or interesting photos
>they always just 'like' my one 'boring normal guy' photo with no additional comment
>accept the like and match
>most never message first, even on apps where they are supposed to
>if they do, it's 'hi!' or 'how's your weekend?'
>80% ghost if you respond with 'hey how's it going' or actually describe your weekend
>the other 20% proceed to narrate the most boring ordinary day imaginable
>when you message first, you can't say 'hi!' or 'how's your weekend?' because that's boring
>but you can't pick something in their profile or photos and actually mention it, because that's trying too hard
>many ghost anyway
>learn the hard way that the best way to get dates is to have chitchat for 30 minutes and immediately ask them out
>this results in going on dozens of dates with generic-looking women with generic stock photo profiles
>with no information aside from generic hobbies and jokes every other woman also has in her profile
>with nothing in common
>the women somehow seem to like this and find it exciting
>average date is $20-60 for food, even if you split the bill (risky)
>extra for transit if you uber
>these women are in their late twenties, walled, hit a career plateau, in debt
>still act like they're spunky young women about to 'travel' all over the world (who's paying?)
when will this system collapse

>mfw swiping right on the 1,000,000th woman's profile in three days that references the oxford comma while thinking about how if she matches i will have to pretend she's not an unoriginal dullard for an entire evening, and perhaps, if we're lucky, through an entire marriage and life together

>Something BIG is Happening on Saturn and we DON'T KNOW why
>Using IMPOSSIBLE Trick to Solve Ancient Problem?
>This ONE LITTLE THING made EINSTEIN shit his pants
>GREATEST MYSTERY finally SOLVED about birds, here's how....
>Why it's IMPOSSIBLE to break this code
>Taylor Swift finally gets EXPOSED!
>Andrea KILLS her sister
>The ONE FATAL FLAW in the Constitution
>I RUINED Sneed's song
>Make PERFECT stake with this one little trick
>Barry LOSES IT while arguing with
>Magnus Carlsen DESTROYS Goku in 4.7 seconds
>Star Trek is DOOMED
>This Walmart is ON FIRE
>How this molecule is SAVING the internet
>You are doing this TOTALLY WRONG

>accidentally set dating app to show both genders
>men: "I'm a physicist! My lifelong dream is to build my own observatory, on my own land."
>women: "A perfect hummus or pesto is bae"

>Dedication to the reader
>Dedication to the reader's mother
>Acknowledgements
>Foreword
>Prologus
>Preface
>Forward
>Preface to the 1921 edition
>Preface to the 1936 edition
>Preface to the 1951 edition
>Fuck you to the reader
>List of illustrations
>List of figures
>List of maps
>List of lists
>Abbreviations
>Plates
>Square brackets indicate differences between editions
>Footnotes with asterisks indicate passages crossed out in original manuscript
>Numbered footnotes belong to the author
>Endnotes belong to the editor
>Glossary
>Subject index
>Name index
>Index of prohibited names
>Farewell to the reader

I want to read an anthology. All I've read is Nortons. What do you recommend?

2666, the part about the crimes

There is no consensus, you sheep

>>14358902
I'm cool with that.
I just want to kill as many corrupted Federal Agents as I can.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUJcjZ_z7QU

>>10710680
Participating in the meaningless dichotomy of Western politics is an affront to reasonable discourse.

>>8368119
>following in Kant at all

>>5640988
>spoopy

>>4941124
>I read a shit story, not giving but of perhaps, just one and a half fucks. Wordy, overly-analytical butt noise. I weep. It's almost over...