/lit/ - Literature

Just finished rereading Dune Messiah. Goddamn, if I weren't sleep-deprived I probably would've teared up once again. Such a great book.

>>16020470
My fear is there wont be a second experience at all. Last time i thought i would get another chance after getting intimate but not fucking but instead there was nothing so i completely misjudged my chances.(Now 6 months later its on my mind every day)
I also have to think about some quote of tallyrand (iirc) that women will forgive you if you try but will not forgive a missed opportunity.
Ill try to apply your advice.

>>15375209
I haven't read an actual book in months.. my attention span is totally, completely fucked. I liked reading as a kid, but it feels like torture now.
What am I supposed to do? Ask for Adderall?

It makes sense that people are psycholgically dissatisfied with scientific explanations. As fascinating as they may be, it is in our nature to project ourselves onto the rest of existence... The notion of a universe with intention, values and personality is both comfy and dramatically appealing to us at a subconscious level. Even if that weren't so, the great majority of people don't have the mental capacity to truly appreciate the wonders of the universe.

Combine that with the tendency of modernity to degrade us in important ways (disconnection from nature & community, lack of mental/physical challenges) and disastrous social trends (feminism, postmodernism, political correctness).

People are having magic and their traditional roles taken from them, and in return they get to be good little passive economic units. No grand ambitions, no comfy trad community (for most), no connection to a worthy human trajectory, just 'muh equality' and bland, stultifying culture.

Any good books where the protag is a programmer or at least uses some IT knowledge? Something more or less grounded in reality, not "hack the planet" type of guy.

Samuel Beckett's Trilogy

>>7433920
>Animorphs
>Goosebumps
>Asterix and Obelix
>Eragon
>choose your own adventure books
>simplified greek and egyptian myths sometimes you could find a nipple :3

This was my western canon, and it was beautiful

>tfw you will never be so fulfilled by so little ever again

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Psychopath.

"A person suffering from a chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior," according to the Oxford American English Dictionary. Given what you already know about me (which may be little more than the crimes I've committed) and this fairly unambiguous definition courtesy of Oxford University, it should already be painfully evident to you, the diligent and intelligent reader -- that I, your devilishly handsome and decidedly sane narrator, fail to meet even the most basic criteria for psychopathy.

"Surely, the systematic entrapment and murder of dozens of INNOCENT people for no reason other than your own personal pleasure would be considered 'abnormal or violent social behavior'," a pompous, self-absorbed, arrogant, prick once wrote me.

I never ACTUALLY bothered replying to such pathetic drivel directly; (though I have replied to this individual's letters out of sheer boredom before) but let's, if only for a second, entertain the notion that even a pathetic dullard like this man is entitled to his opinion, and that every opinion is just as worthy of critique and analysis as the next. After all, do we not live in a country which prides itself on equality? A country in which you are just as welcome to spout mindless [SYNONYM FOR BULLSHIT] as you are to condone that very same [SYNONYM FOR BULLSHIT]?

The first aspect of our friend's statement that I take issue with may seem inconsequential at first, but rest assured my curious friends, it really is integral to I point I plan to make later on. "Dozens" is unnecessarily vague. Yes, in terms of describing the body count at a [MOVIE SCREENING? TAPING OF NEWS? LECTURE?], "dozens" does connote a rather large amount, but "Fifty Seven" just sounds absolutely delightful. It almost has a sing-song, lilting, quality, don't you think? Of course, it probably wouldn't be advantageous for our dim witted friend to romanticize my actions, but the pseudo-intellectual boot lickers who permeate college campuses, news publications, and government organizations throughout the nation and most of the western world have an unhealthy, almost sensual obsession with statistics and numbers, particularly when it comes to body counts. So it simply baffles me that it never occurred to our friend, whom I've neglected to mention writes for a "respected" news publication, to enumerate the deceased more precisely.

If I wanted to write a book that gave a definitive answer to the meaning of life - what topics/questions would I need to address?

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I hadn't heard about this exam (ASVAB) til someone mentioned it the other day. Seemed enjoyable as a general-knowledge/aptitude test.

The thing takes between 1-2hrs so be prepared for a long haul. I hope for your sake you get 90%+ on paragraph comprehension.

http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=67