/lit/ - Literature

>>16297029
This image makes me want to hurt myself :(

>>16297029
I'd suggest getting them something else. They will either not read it or grudgingly read it and hate you the entire time

>>16297213
I think they'd enjoy it though. Or at the very worst they just wouldn't read it.

My grandma really liked Edgar Allan Poe when she was younger, hook them up with a complete works or sum.

>>16297029
i saw this image when I was young and thought that guy was a loser, now I look at it and say, damn he has a better chance with woman than I do

>>16297035

>>16297029
>>16297392
tfw these are me on the 8th

>>16297218
lol why are you trying to impress your parents by giving them smart gifts you know they'll hate? you really need to mog your own dad for what?
don't stress your relationships with people you care about with subtle attempts at making them feel dumb.
I'm getting my dad a gift card for a camping store and I'm getting my mum salt and pepper shakers cause she likes to collect them. my gifts will make them smile. your gifts will make them resent you.

>>16297407

>>16297428
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>>16297029
how the fuck should I know? what movies do your parents like?

>>16297029
Why give them books if they don't enjoy reading? Don't push your taste into 'em like that.

>>16297407
gonna be me for my 21st this year
they're only as depressing in so far as you think there's something better to do on your birthday
to me theyre to pay my dues to the normies in my life who think birthdays are a special occasion, and then to get on with my life

>>16297428
Don't listen to this anon. You should get them a book they're interested in. It took a few years but my mom is reading the books I gave her now and spending significantly less time melting her brain with reality TV just to fill the space created by my parents having nothing to talk to each other about.

>>16297029
me on my 24th

>>16297029
we used to have wars every couple of years to get rid of dregs like one in op's pic. sadly the invention of nuclear weapons ruined everything

>>16299038
whoa bro chill he's probably a cool dude

I'm glad you asked.

Industrial Society and its Future is a GREAT book for all ages.

>>16299047
fuck you do you think I like living like this? I would much rather die in a flash of glory like in pic related but I'm reduced to awkwardly eat lunch with my parents every day and then go to my room too post on a mexican scalphunting board. fuck you

>>16299104
yeah i agree
i'm strong, i don't know what to do and life is a chore
back in the days at least i could have been some kind of warrior and die doing something great rather than wasting away my life waiting for something worthwile to happen

>>16297029
>>16297392
WTF all the hollywood movies I watched said youre supposed to own your own house and have a family and career at 20.

>>16299258
You literally could if you start working construction at 16, and go full time at 18 and spend your money wisely. However you most likely will have a retarded wife that cheats, and your body will be broken by 40. There's a reason people go to college. It's not just about money, but about avoiding the hellish life that comes with being an industrial laborer.

>>16299114
>back in the days at least i could have been some kind of warrior and die doing something great rather than wasting away my life waiting for something worthwile to happen
join the foreign legion or get trained by your nations military and then join a professional militia org being a mercenary and you can have such a life

>>16297029
Never give anyone books as a gift, readers or non-readers. I've been gifted a few books over the years I always throw them in the trash.

>>16299104
>>16299114
Literally no one is stopping you from signing up for the army and dieing in your first three days of combat. Or killing yourself.

You are worthless now, you would have been worthless 500 years ago. Don't ever post your gay power fantasies again you retards.

You should buy presents people actually enjoy, you little shit. If anything, buy books for them at random, not as a birthday present. “Saw this bought and thought of you, you might enjoy it” is better than “I’m giving you this book on your birthday because you’re an intellectual disaster and I’m forced to buy you something on this day”

>>16299104
>>16299114
Post body

>>16297029
Stephen King's It

>>16299318
>>16299356
it's not the same now. technology has changed warfare, it's not about personal skill or power now it's just about who has the better equipment. Plus real battles don't exist anymore, it's all just sneaky guerilla tactics. Not to mention warfare now is just a tool to serve secret political interests, it's not about glory and conquest anymore.

>>16299356
500 years ago i would have crushed your windpipe because you wouldn't have had the internet to shelter you while spouting retarded shit you weak fag

>>16297029
Get them something thin that can be used to stabilize a table. If they haven't read in that long, I doubt even their love for you will be enough to do it now.

>>16299296
>he doesn't know about electrician pill