/lit/ - Literature

>>21300524
I hate what the internet has turned me into. When I was in high school, i used to read pretty much the entire newspaper everyday before going to school. Now I can barely read a few pages in one sitting, and even that like an illiterate, retarded nigger. How the mighty fallen have.

>>13092444
>some shit for brains non-lurking newer-than newfaggot scores trips with this
Alright lads unfortunately you heard this retard. It's over.

>tfw a lifteime's wisdom weighs heavily on my shoulders
>tfw reached the extent of humanly possible understanding of his condition and existence
>tfw transcended beyond communicating my thoughts with others

>tfw combined IQ of 164

>>10956129
>literally the basis of all eastern philosophy
>"i'm not expecting much"
sometimes this modern world forces me to just cry myself to sleep and hope i black out, painlessly during the night, never to wake up again

>>10834252
to add to my post here, >>10834290

...what would JP's advice have been to Cain, the spiteful, unrespected brother who was unfavorable in God's sight?

> hardmode: you can't use the Gulag Archipelago or a school shooter as an example

i hope you know a good answer because i feel alot more like a cain than an abel :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPHSXUS0_1c

>in English class when this episode aired
>people were talking about how awesome this scene is
>one girl says "I loved it. Really takes those nationalistic republicans down a notch. I hate when people think the US is the greatest thing ever when it's not."
>some guy says "hear hear" and another starts applauding her
>I pipe up and say "Well actually his argument is fallacious. When he explains why America isn't the greatest he appeals to logos by citing numbers and statistics. But when he talks about why America used to be great he appeals to pathos instead and resorts to only vague reasons.The fact is old America didn't top any of the lists he cited earlier either and therefore doesn't satisfy the condition he personally set for greatness. This is a standard Sorkin debate tactic, you see it many times in such shows as--"
>she cuts me off with "Uhhh why are you talking to me? I don't even know you"
>suddenly feel shortness of breath as I remember I left my inhaler at home
>everybody in the class laughs, even the teacher

>this whole thread
The first reply is all the refutation one would need to this bait.
t. mathematician

>>10155794
>tfw was expecting some cheeky nerd banter, but it's just a 14 year old ebyn trolling

>>10141856
>he didn't start with Xenophanes' Amphibion

>>10130532
>plato is a pop-philosopher
>newton is a pop-scientist
>bach is a pop-musician

This is such a quality board

We discuss all sorts of things

Like women, white women, black people,
and we definitely will talk about free will, /comfy/ places to read, and why only white men write good books (tfw this is unironically true pic related)

Unfortunately we will not discuss contemporary works


Other than Blood Meridian - what happened in the jakes? Who is the Judge?

But no, House of Leaves
Is So Gay
I can't even

>tfw too intelligent for literature

>tfw too smart for college
>tfw too smart for human interaction
>tfw too smart for work

>tfw 78 IQ

I actually got a real test not online

is there a book out there that will help me find a point to all of this?

>tfw IQ is 81

you don't know how hard i have life

>>8327953
re as in 'recline', and quiem as in 'quiet'

Other I remembered:

epitome like toad
pinnacle like pineapple
conceited like decided
allegiant like giant

>tfw you feel closer to books and dead authors than your friends in real life

>>6777016
iktf

>>6558165
English it is.

>The Catalogue of Ships

>tfw reflecting on everything you did or said in the past and cringing
>tfw this occupies most of my unoccupied thoughts
is there a books for this feel?

>>6470228
>tfw I never feel'd this