/lit/ - Literature

>>21452996
I don't hate him, think it's just bitterness from the fact I was very close to having what he has and Covid made it go to shit. Comparison is the thief of joy I suppose

>>20400204
Yyyyep.
The next part of the novel I'm outlining takes place in a fortified city-state, after the fall of civilization.
I expect I'll be doing a lot of background reading this weekend.
Stuff like "DK: The Survival Handbook", "The Encyclopedia Of Country Living", "When Technology Fails", and "Holding Your Ground". Maybe even "SHTF Survival Manual".

>>20198499
Still, there are different kinds of authoritarian governments.
On one hand, you have something like China, with a rigid top-down structure and, even though there are a lot of bureaucratic fiefdoms, no one makes a move that they think their superiors would disapprove of. This is the "lawful evil" model.
On the other hand, you have something like Burkina Faso, which has had a series of strongman governments since gaining independence, and violent coups overthrowing them every few years. This is the "chaotic evil" model.
Heck, you could even consider the highly bureaucratic model from the movie "Brazil", which in its best moments, would be "lawful neutral".
All are authoritarian, but very different.

>>20181509
Found the Puffin Forest fan!
https://youtu.be/SWqFS1YSVJ4?t=190

>>8539747
I'm >>8539476

More of an agnostic-theist, and if there is something I'm going through, mentally, is the growing feeling that I need to abandon society and live like Thoreau did

>>8470000
At least you got quads on a slow board.

I can't even find the motivation to write, not even with nice comfy music.
My head is bursting with ideas, I just can't get the words on paper in a way I like.

>been here so long I'm having deja-vus about arguments