/lit/ - Literature

>>10267373
>"dude so many rich famous guys on the Tim Ferriss podcast say to practice Stoicism so i'm gonna practice it to become rich and famous like them"
>"dude humility and emotional hardness is like the new cool thing that rich people do now, it used to be being a douchebag when Steve Jobs was in style but that's passed, it's all about Stoicism now dude, that's the buzz word that'll get people to think you're smart now"
>"it's perfect because it's what all the rich and famous people are talking about, yet it validates you if you're a complete incompetent failure because you can just be like 'oh i drive a honda civic because i practice stoicism, not because i'm an incompetent fucking loser', dude you gotta try it"
>"dude i'm a philosopher now i swear to god, ask me anything and i'll give you an answer in my pretentious overexaggerated diction like Tim Ferriss and Ryan Holiday do where they don't even answer the fucking question but they talk down to you and emphasize their buzz words and GRE words so much that you forget what you even asked them and you don't want to call them out because they've impressed you so much with their intelligence and J. Crew henleys"
>"yeah, i totally read Meditations, I read it in one sitting I couldn't put it down"
>"what do you mean all the lines i quote from it are on the first row of Google Image Search results for "marcus aurelius quotes"? stop being so naggy and insecure, you should read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius like i did, then maybe you'll be able to function like an enlightened adult like me. S-so uhh.. did you see the latest Joe Rogan podcast? That's another face in the Mount Rushmore of modern philosophy next to Tim Ferriss and Ryan Holiday - Joe Rogan. And maybe Tai Lopez."
>"tell my mom i'm sorry"
>kills himself