/lit/ - Literature

>>21986318
>If someone has a fetish that seems totally removed from sex itself, all they're doing is contriving up a context that allows them to feel like the itch, the psychological motivation behind the sex, is being scratched without them having to pursue it literally.
>A fetish is just an unlikely scenario that makes it easy to get what you want
Genuinely good post anon.

>>9306458
>implying that's not what I did
>implying I didn't convert in my early 20's

I don't feel comfortable anywhere else.

I'll admit it I'm only 18 and I while I always liked reading I never really used to do that much, I was a big reader as a young kid, but I put it aside in middle school for shit like vidya and only read what was assigned to me in school.

Now that I'm in uni and realized I'm actually not that intelligent, I'm trying to start seriously reading.
After reading a few novellas that I really enjoyed, I've been trying to read some of the greeks.

My problem is I really am having trouble reading it. I'm reading Epictetus now after seeing it getting recommended by /lit/ as a good book for a young adult who wants to better themselves.

But I feel like I'm not grasping the meaning of what he says as much as I could. It's very slow and tenuous reading and I feel like I need to re-read everything 3-4 times before I actually understand what's being said.

How do I educate myself on how to read difficult works? Should I not even try with the greeks until I read more first.

>high voter turnout
>probably better that Canadian election
>mfw

>>7051797
Playing violin, barely.
Reading philosophy and math, sometimes.
Staying in my room thinking of every time I screwed up and finding ways to punish myself because of that (e.g.: extremely long walks, starving for days, depriving myself of calefaction in cold days, etc.)

>>5777623
the worst part is how the first 3 books are the best.

>>1120735

I don't think their original programming had anything to do with it. They were simply surviving with what they had. The Second Renaissance from the Animatrix explains how the humans blacked out the sun permanently after the machines rose against them. (In retaliation to a genocide of all A.I.) After the machines won, they just took the body heat of humans and used it for energy. (lol sciense)

It is ironic really, because self preservation is a trait seen in living things, not machines. So, you may be half right, the machines became sentient and behaved like their masters who created them, but not to justify their existence.

Any great comedic books you'd recommend?