/lit/ - Literature

>mfw (my feel when) when "thrifters" have NOT yet branched into picking rare books and I can still find good reads at Goodwill and other resale stores in my area
I usually make monthly trips to the area resale stores and come back with a fat stack of books that sit on my backlog for time eternal. Can you say the same?

>>18182495
>I hate hard covers

>>16538648
quiet retard

>>16459585
Reddit Moment

>>16002995
>Prominent usage : Donald J. Trump

>>15715835
>TL;DR there is no onions without zoom

>read Vonnegut once

>Heidegger

>be kid
>parents keep kid alive and decently comfortable
>past that, kid's parents completely clueless
>don't know how to gradually acclimate kid to things like responsibility and discipline or teach them to appreciate delayed gratification
>kid's life is largely on autopilot, so kid can only express autonomy and make decisions with inconsequential things
>kid only cares about what toys he plays with, what media he consumes, what merchandise he collects, what he does to recreate, etc. since he can't identify with anything else as his existence outside these realms are completely controlled by his parents
>this goes on for years, kid thoroughly entrenched in this lifestyle
>all at once, kid suddenly realizes he's now considered an independent adult by society, he might not have guaranteed comfort like before, and he's feeling sudden extreme pressure to perform at a level of competence never previously expected of him with no idea how
>often with support from others, kid manages to get themselves to a level of functionality to keep themselves alive and comfortable just like before
>kid still identifies with his inconsequential comfort objects of the past while feeling disconnected from the 'adult' world due to his psychological immaturity
>ends up working as little as possible and spending money like a child would while not voluntarily doing anything they would prefer not to
>kid is now turning 30, has no savings, works a job that requires a nametag, is somewhere in between fat and skinnyfat, unkempt hair and bad hygiene, personality is underdeveloped to the point of being nearly nonexistent, and all romantic prospects are in the same position if not worse
>any thought about life inevitably leads to contemplating the meaninglessness of his own, which results in gradually increasing anxiety and depression
>free time is spent obsessively searching for thoughtless distractions until he becomes desperate enough that the trailer for a new star wars movie makes him cry with joy
>aggregates with other people similarly stunted who take turns reassuring each other that their love of young adult novel film adaptations and randomized monthly pop culture memorabilia boxes are real hobbies just as valid as carpentry or metalworking or gardening or fucking anything jesus christ learn how to do fucking something oh my god

at least this is the pattern I've noticed

>>14392339
Oh, so you came from Reddit to defend your fellow redditors

>>14364489
>quantum physics/mechanics

>>14115355
holy moly I love female writers!!! i can't decide who to vote for!!!

>the david foster wallace and tao lin story about raiding thomas pynchon's mansion
>the libertarian detective trying to solve the case of the stolen bitcoins but no one will pay him
>>14033450
This
>>14033777
Webm related

>>13888461
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>>13888562
Based and redpilled

>>13804485

>>13611392

What am I in for?

What am I in for?

How do you revert from webm related and also stop wanting to be a woman?

>Why yes, I haven't heard of Jean Luc Marion, Rene Girard, John. D Caputo, Henri Lubac, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Blondel, don't believe in God and spend at least 4 hours a day watching pornography, how could you tell?

>>13320640
oh fuck clicked on the wrong webm shit shit shit

>>13278441
>one copy of the phenomenology of spirit, please

>>13272162
Onions levels are skyrocketing.