/lit/ - Literature

Unironically go to therapy

There's nothing wrong with hedonism so keep scrolling and enjoy the temporary happiness :)

/// I waited with bated breath as the results were read out /// He makes an explicit comparison between poor Southern transplants in New York, whom the snooty elites of Manhattan urge to go home to Alabama, and people of modest means whom the Parisian upper class may threaten to expel to Quimper on the Breton coast /// I think you're too deep in the weeds to see a solution. Some time away from the project might help /// Has a country freedom where human beings are dragooned and told that they must work in particular places? /// He acted the part with consummate skill /// On the day of the funeral, the mood in the house was glum /// The Phase II project will see the construction of a new potline - a row of cells used in the production of aluminium /// I stood up and almost fell, reeling against the deck rail /// Dissident Republicans made Kevin McCarthy scramble for votes through 15 ballots /// There was an inch-long gash just above his right eye /// They spent their free time in Glasgow busking in Argyle Street /// Rather, a listicle is a series of simple points that are easily understood, appreciated and, as a result, shared widely /// These plans need to be fleshed out with some more figures /// In the selling-off we should have obtained true lasting value for those precious assets, rather than the meretricious goods we have obtained /// Give the media and the public something racy and mysterious and it will sell /// A performer seeks the attention and approval of his or her audience, who can pay rapt attention, catcall and boo, or, worst of all, simply remain indifferent /// Plangent organ music filled the church /// For a moment, Arnold felt a twinge of sympathy for Mr Wilson /// Eating too many of the kernels causes distressing dyspeptic symptoms because of the large amount of oil which they contain /// He liked to fulminate over moral depravity and the decline of traditional family life /// A stone mason was employed to engrave the following epitaph on a tradesman's wife: "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband" /// The sudden onset of rain caught everyone by surprise, and people scrambled for cover /// Yes, certainly the happy ending necessarily doesn't mean that, you know, everybody goes prancing in the sunlight and dancing /// Law, in his view, to be law at all must at a minimum comport with certain norms: regularity, publicity, clarity, stability /// Alex was the cryptonym for Colonel Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky of the GRU, a man who had provided the British and American intelligence services with information beyond price /// The senator has gotten into hot water with constituents over his callous remarks /// They slunk away a few minutes later, looking significantly less cocky /// With poetry, as with going to sea, we should push from the shore and reach a certain elevation before we unfurl all our sails /// The Iowa caucuses get a lot of attention during the presidential primary season ///

>>22916580
>>"You gonna waste the rest of your life reading adventures when you could very well be living them"
This has actually driven me away from books, as well as the internet. Now, I only read when I know I'll have to wait for a while, like office appointments or lunch freetime.
What I can say for reading is that it does broaden your horizons in ways of thinking that instagram and useless yt videos can't. Reading about the life lessons of others seems to stick in the brain better than watching a video about it. Podcasts and the like are kinda in the middle, where you focus on the words, but it's at a pace that is not your own. Consider picking up philosophical and handyman books more often and keep the fantasy/adventure fiction for when you are bored out of your mind or burnt out and want some escapism.

You can do all of that and still read a book.

>>22916580
> i am giving in to the woes of modernity, and I yearn for change
> starts change
> but what if i go back to the appeals of modernity

>>22916580
This board isn’t an infomercial for your life.

>>22916580
we are simply not adapted to live in this world. Humans will evolve to not be so confused and paralyzed even when they rationally know what is best for them. Or we will speed things up ourselves with genetic engineering.