/lit/ - Literature

>>18329871
HOLY BASED

What is it with all these faggots and their overtly optimistic or pessimistic worldviews in this thread? Ideally, a man should lie within the middle of both.

Life IS meaningless. There is nothing you can do to escape the reality you live in, and until death, this will be the only reality you get to experience.

That does not mean to mope around and give up. It is your duty as a human to work and to give it a purpose, even if that purpose is futile.

How many times must you see a man lay on the floor moping around in pigshit and filth to realize it is a general reaction in every being to look at such a person and feel a sense of revulsion, a sense of disgust, and contempt. Realize by you acting like a lowlife, aimless and unkempt, others look at you in the same regard.

Be virtuous, be noble, be kind to the people around you, be logical, be smart, care for your body and yourself, avoid conflict, eat healthily, make up for your shortcomings, work hard, push yourself beyond what is expected of you, and be honest.

Yes, all pessimistic and nihilistic beliefs do come from the truth of our nature, death is inevitable and we cannot stop it. And depending on your personal beliefs, it may truly be the end for all eternity. But this is no excuse for you to give up. There is no excuse for laziness or for your ineptitude.

You must realize that you have to work on yourself because you, much like in a play, are judged on your performance. Your body, your mind, your very being is up for judgment by the people that pass by.

Prove them your worth, prove them your intellect, and your aesthetic. You will be surprised how many people will respect a man with such discipline.

>inb4 I'm a fat fuck and I have working out and improving myself. I don't agree with it and I don't want to do it.

Listen, some days I hate working out, I hate eating healthy, and some people don't deserve the patience or time I give them. But I do it anyways because it is the virtuous thing to do. You have no say in this. You must do it.

Remember, you have only one chance at this. ONE. So don't fuck it up. Everyone is watching, and everyone is judging your performance.

Blog post over, thanks for reading.

I have started my reading journey about two years ago, and one of the first things I discovered is how nobody in real life, that is people in a casual setting and not in a book club, nobody reads the books you read. Even if they were basic surface-level books, nobody has read them. And if they have, it is in part due to the film adaptation that came out. It's hard to believe the claims of "bestseller" or "millions of copies sold" when there is not a single person that seems to talk or even know of the book. A good film gets recognition even though one may not have seen it. Yet a masterpiece in literature remains obscure in society, even if it were awarded and promoted.

And the discussion is even worse with philosophy. Absolutely nobody cares about it. For most people, thinking such is a waste of time. And like Diogenes, rejects any form of abstract ideas. They cannot comprehend and do not make the attempt to comprehend. They would rather rely on a YouTube personality to give them their politics, their ideas, and their morals. Thus, for the most part, making such critical thinking pointless when talking to the everyday human.


With this in mind, do you think that it makes literature and philosophy irrelevant in the modern world?