/lit/ - Literature

Reminder that Asuka is best girl.

>>15622830
The Culture Industry by Adorno

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>>15622851
Beautiful Fighting Girl

>>15622880
Adorno is incredibly based. Rightoids who dismiss him because of "muh Frankfurt school joos" are retarded.

>>15622830
https://jacobitemag.com/2019/05/14/capeshits-endgame/

>>15622936
Pretty much a majority of rightoids in this current age are absolute morons

>>15622960
The author of that article does have a suspiciously detailed knowledge of what happens in these fucking Marvel movies, goddamn, I never wanted to know it had Fortnite product placement

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>>15622981
>>>Resetera.com

brave new world is pretty much consooom the society

>>15623030
Did they manage to ban each other to the point of irrelevancy yet?

>>15622936
R*ghtoids still manage to convince themselves the frankfurt school wanted to destroy western culture, despite them warning against capitalism's destruction of culture. Ofcourse when rightoids talk culture they mean capeshit and vidyogaems

>>15623102
Harassment campaigns are pretty common on that place

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>>15623129
Well the frankfurtoids were dumb themselves too believing they could have their cultured commie utopia by destroying all the institutions that were actually still keeping liberalism in check

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>>15622910
Cringe.

>>15622851
Obviously

>>15622830
Leftists aren't pro consumerism you braindead mongrel /pol/tard

>>15623241
The left is inherently atheistic in its values, and atheism implies hedonism and most time humanism

>>15623269
>atheism implies hedonism

oh no no no bros it's a retarded christcuck

>>15623269
cringe

>>15622880
Does it explains every corporation pretending to care about blacks and gays now?

>>15623273
>retarded christcuck
Never, NEVER, call Christ like that again if you ever want to be taken serious by anyone with 130+IQ

saged, reported, hidden

>>15623288
>announcing a report
Oh boy, you're in for a surprise in a few minutes

>>15622830
Isn't Neon Genesis Evangelion about quitting consumerism and start living your life in reality?

>>15623285
ok the bait has been exposed, following this guy's lead: >>15623288

>>15623292
>he thinks janny will do shit

>>15623312
Didn't it have to become a consumer product to convey that? Same goes with DFW.

>>15623344
What is DFW?

>>15623385
>what is DFW
It's time for me to leave.

>>15623385
David Foster Wallace, last greatest american author

>>15623143
cope
>>15623269
You shouldn't use words like hedonism, humanism and values if you don't know what it means. Go back to read(dit), child.

>>15623009
Observing my roommate's media habits, he is only comfortable in films in which he understands the references, and made in a period which he recognizes (hence no films pre-2000, something how the cinematic quality is bad). Mass culture is about being coddled, knowing and being in aware of your fantasy while ignoring the harsh reality we actually live in. Perhaps you noticed when the Pandemic was ongoing, there were several articles wherein the author wrote something like "The COVID pandemic is the worst film! like ugh!"

>>15622830
Media and consumerism is hand in hand.

>>15623402
>>15623391
Oh, then I am sincerely sorry. My knowledge about authors does not really extend beyond classic german literature.

>>15623413
You're either blind to the truth or simply dishonest if you think the left doesn't stand for atheism, hedonism and most times humanism as well, kiddo.

>>15623437
>classic german literature

>>15623425
All media or primarily the mainstream pandering unchallenging trash the masses know and 'love'?

>>15623510
ALL

>>15623444
Humanism means that the human becomes the centre of our world. This also includes the progress of humanity itself. Hedonism, however, promotes literally nothing of value to our society and stops us humans from moving forward.
For me, consumerism means that a person actively ends existing. He simply stops being the protagonist of his own story which ultimately leads to stagnation.

>>15623522
Then I shall bid these eyes of mine farewell

What's the consoomer/coomer's endgame?

>>15623636
There is no endgame. Only the constant fulfilling of gratification until death takes you.

>>15623241
not real communists but the idpol left seems to think buying tickets to woke movies is praxis

>>15623281
If you would like to understand, this Why We Are Polarized by Ezra Klein explains pretty clearly how the polarization of politics leads to some pretty weird divergence happening in our daily lives. One of these things (While the book might not explicitly mention, but is easy to infer from its logical conclusions) is why companies come out of the woodworks to support whatever it is the progressive spirit wants at that moment.

>As American (and to an extent European) politics becomes more polarized, political identity becomes more integral to the individual image we hold about ourselves
>The less intersection there is between the two political dogmas, the more of a feedback loop between media, corporations, and politicians polarizes voters and defines how our political identity is shaped around our beliefs
>This means that more and more individual identities about ourselves become engulfed in political form; this is why we correlate having a big truck with being Republican, or wanting to live in a city correlates to being a Democrat, etc
>Corporations understand this and know where the money is, so they pander to progressive audiences because what better way to show that you are all about trans rights and human rights than eating at a fast food chain that shows support for these same values that you so happen to believe in
>Hey guys I only eat at restaurants that espouse my beliefs because I am a cog in the American political partisan machine that is tearing this country apart :D look at how progressive and in touch I am with the Democrat party :D

It's a good book and while Ezra Klein is the co-founder of Vox, he is very articulate with his ideas.

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>>15623184
Oh here we go again

>>15623273
It's the only logical next step. But obviously some atheists will lie to themselves.

>>15622830
Virilio, Mcluhan, Baudrillard, Bataille, Debord, Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus.
>>15622880
Also this

>>15622936
I'd say more, but what needs to be said has been said, so:
This.

The reason why /lit/ is so obsessed with soi bois and "bugmen" is because they know that's them. How many people on this board ever experienced hard manual labour? How about genuine hunger? When's the last time you milked a cow?
You haven't. You have posted on an anonymous image board, made your little posts, read your little books and shouted your little opinions to others.
Most people on /lit/ are city-dwelling bugmen, just like me. It makes no sense to attack the identity. Hating it or pointing out extreme examples of it will not make it go away. Start being true to yourself. Embrace modernity. Embrace the bugman. Drink the söy.

>>15623385
The absolute state of /lit/.

>>15624926
>When's the last time you milked a cow?
An this will magically make me a hero? The personal pathei mathos is not as simple as cows idiot.

>>15624894
The real best grill

>>15624926
this is what happens when a yank cant cope anymore

>>15624951
>An this will magically make me a hero?
Lmao not in the least. There's nothing wrong with not having milked a cow, I haven't either. The problem is with you folks denying it and refusing to accept the new stage of human evolution (bugmenism).
>>15624967
Cope. Keep denying the reality.

>>15624985
>Justifying your inability to have a non-consumerist lifestyle by saying it's the next stage of human evolution

>>15624985
>Cope. Keep denying the reality.
Seethe harder. Unlike you, I have milked a cow.

>>15624985
>There's nothing wrong with not having milked a cow, I haven't either.
Oh Ok anon. Hope you milk one soon after this pandemic ends, you should read the o9a seven fold way and the rounwytha tradition.

>>15624999
>I have milked a cow.
And guess what: nobody cares! You think your denying of consumerist goods and the benefits of modern bugman lifestyle makes you virtuous. It doesn't, you're just needlessly inflicting suffering on yourself while pretending to be superior to everyone else. Peak rural retard.
>>15625001
Literally everyone can stop consuming products and live as a rural retard. But why would they? They don't because that's fucking stupid, because consumerism is fucking based. You have what is commonly called a slave morality. You let old books written by poor old coping men convince you that you as well need to deny the material reality. Meanwhile the modern society has learned to shed away such ridiculous delusions and fully embrace the 21st century.
While you're seething at the modern world I'll be drinking onions latte and chatting to my trans friends about nintendo switch.

>>15622830
You will find no books defending the consumerist lifestyle for the same reason that you don't find books defending the view that the earth is round: because all rational people find it obvious why it's true and only a delusional retard could convince themselves otherwise through extremely complex mental gymnastics that would take a whole top hospital staff of neuropathology and schizophrenia to untangle.

>>15625048
Just wait until shit hits the fan. Then you'll wish you learned to milk a cow. If I needed to, I could never go shopping for food again. You are completely dependent upon consumer capitalism to live. You've let the system consume you, and to what benefit? When you're starving, I'll be enjoying juicy homegrown tomatoes, squash, and collard greens.

>>15625048
Slave morality has nothing to do with consumerism or larping as an agrarian

>>15623075
Seconding this. Only book I've really read about consooming.

>>15625099
>Just wait until shit hits the fan
Keep dreaming. Do you even realize how delusional that sounds? Nothing of the sort will ever happened. We have entered the end of history. All these riots are merely a distraction by the media to keep you entertained.
>If I needed to, I could never go shopping for food again
And why waste your time developing skills to do that instead of spending it integrating to modern society and becoming a valuable member of it?
>You are completely dependent upon consumer capitalism to live.
That's right. And this is because I know the system is stable. There's no risk in doing that and only benefits.
>You've let the system consume you, and to what benefit?
The benefit is that I don't have to waste my time learning some rural shit, doing dirty work. Instead I can focus on doing what I actually like and am good at. It's called specialization, look it up. I can also enjoy the various fruits of modern society like video games, movies, tv shows, anime, books.
>When you're starving, I'll be enjoying juicy homegrown tomatoes, squash, and collard greens.
Never going to happen. And those vegetables are disgusting, even more so when self-grown. Keep eating that dirty food you dig up from the ground while I enjoy my cultured cola, wine, burgers and onions lattes.

>>15624894
Alcoholic whore.

>>15625173
Take. It. Back.

>>15624312
Seems pretty based. Not only does the autor seems to understand the matter, he uses his knowledge to profit from it, from both the phenomena itself and the explication of it.

I give 5/5 based

>>15625143
>Keep eating that dirty food you dig up from the ground while I enjoy my cultured cola, wine, burgers and onions lattes.
>*Dies of heart disease*

>>15625201
daddy issues too. Disgusting old hag.

>>15625201
Never

>>15625143
>We have entered the end of history
Can't believe people unironically think this way. The current patterns of consumption cannot go on forever.

>Keep eating that dirty food you dig up from the ground
>tomatoes, squash, and collard greens
>dig up from the ground

>while I enjoy my cultured cola, wine, burgers and onions lattes
Your colon must be in great shape, bro

>cola
>cultured

Also, some people legitimately enjoy farming and foraging, or building things by hand. To me, these are legitimately useful skills that every adult should have at least a passing knowledge of. Nabokov said you can't be a true writer unless you know the local flora, right? I can't imagine being the kind of person who apparently only eats burgers, booze, snacks, and coffee, who has little to no idea of where his food comes from or how it's produced, and is somehow proud of that fact. What is your "specialized" job?

>>15625243
>he prefers the german BPD hoe

>>15625266
A mentally unstable waifu for a mentally unstable shitposter. There’s no saving him anon.

Rei is and always has been best girl.

>>15625339
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>>15622851
Hand over your man card.

>>15624916
>Deleuze
Into the trash it goes

>>15624926
There's nothing wrong in addressing the issues with one's lifestyle, what you propose is that we simply give in to your so called 'modernity' instead of fighting it and try to change little by little everyday until we can be our ideal selves.

>>15625048
This post reeks of onions.

>>15625409

>>15625266
>>15625339
Yes.

rei a shit

>>15622851
Based

>>15624894
The REAL waifu numbuh one

>>15625813
You fool
>>15624894
This is not the wrong answer
this thread is not /lit/ regardless of OP's intentions