/lit/ - Literature

I NEED A FUCKING CIGARETTE AND A BONG RIP AND TO BE HEALTHY AGAIN. FUCK YOUR CHEER.

Put this in there. Good advice, feel-good stuff, from an awesome philosopher.

>>3277673
Forgot pic.

>>3277662
cheer up m8 pip pip

"i use a nook"

This would be good.

>I took inspiration from Hemingway, and now I do all my homework drunk.

(I can't remember where I plagiarized this from)

6 thousand years in Photoshop

Truer words have never been spoken!
Merry Christmas.

>>3277656

>>3277742
>my sides

>>3277745

What a sad life you must lead

my DFW folder is twice as large

GUISE I THINK I HAVE NIHILISM. FIX IT.

>>3277745
>>3277753
Both of you are awful people.

The Costanza folder I used to have on my desktop had almost 200 files.

>>3277755
still not enough stirner, imo

GIVE ME SOME BOOKS THAT WILL HELP ME MANIPULATE PEOPLE TO DO MY BIDDING.

BY THE WAY I'M PRETTY EMOTIONLESS AND NIHILISTIC.

>muh existential crisis

>>3277773
careful you don't cut yourself on that edge

>>3277771
Fucking great

>>3277773
Grow up.

>>3277785
see
>>3277788

It's meant to poke fun at a lot of what /lit/ posts, right? That's what /mu/ and /fit/ did. I was doing that, not expressing an opinion on religion.

>>3277765
Capped for you.
>>3277778
I was posting the kind of thing you're likely to see on /lit/.

>>3277778
I thought it was quite tame compared to what it could have said.

>>3277789
Seriously, though, flatten that or convert it to a .jpg.

>>3277792

/lit/ has very few edgy atheists. They're not welcome here.

>>3277792
>>3277788
Cool. But those sort of things are frequently shot down as you just saw. Not representative of the board imo.

Someone needs to add something Pinecone/Japanese Insurance Adjuster/Bill Murray/Steve Erickson affair related. That's the biggest thing that happened on lit.

>>3277802
>>3277806
I've seen them crop up a lot the past couple months. Seems like a trend, unfortunately. But it's cool. Let's not make other boards think that's what we're about.

They have /sci/ for that.

>>3277802
Because he's the hero /lit/ deserves, but not the one it needs right now...and so we'll hunt him, because he can take it. Because he's not a hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector...an atheist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBy3MbP4WDo

>>3277787
This. Needs more Tao.

>>3277815
Most on /lit/ are athiest/agnostic/Spinozist. Just not the evangelical type.

>>3277815

Why dd you post that video?

Do you disagree? You're a fan of edgy atheists?

>>3277823
we have a fair number of Christians though, more so than any other board.

>>3277823
Spinozism is more in line with Sikhi and Eastern religions than with atheism and agnosticism.

>>3277811
OH MY GOD. WHEN THE ALIENS BROUGHT MULDER BACK, HE GOT OLD!

>>3277798
sry

>>3277820

>>3277834
Please replace tfw no talent with the image here>>3277771
the joke is that Bloom is a shit-tier sci-fi writer without ny talent.

This thread needs more Ruggles

I'm going to post on /lit/ everyday until you are all anarcho-capitalists just like me.

Late at night, he is philosophizing with a Kalashnikov.

Late at night, he runs blades through the pages of Lacanian text, hunting the imaginary real and his title of the most dangerous novelist in the Occident.

Late at night, escaping sleep and suffering from a serious neurocognitive deficit, he seeks the Postmodern truth of a pink ray from popular culture's depths.

Late at night, he creates a metaphorical condensation of exploring repressed and distrustful sexual tension slowly forced from a dialectic of ideology.

Late at night, he explores forms of cryonic suspension, an "embodied contradiction" forcing radically subjective theological reinterpretations.

Late at night, he is posting among the elite and affluent of 4chan's literature board.

He is ZKD.

>>3277846

posters with a gimmick are ignored faster than trip users.

fair warning.

http://fuuka.warosu.org/lit/thread/S2926316

>>3277866
http://fuuka.warosu.org/lit/thread/S3072884

This thread gets my vote for best /lit/ thread of 2012.

>>3277857
I don't have a gimmick, I just have cold hard facts. It just so happens that facts lead to anarcho-capitalism.

>>3277826
>You're a fan of edgy atheists?

Your use of the word 'edgy' is somewhat misleading. I honestly think people like Hitchens are needed when a guy like:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBy3MbP4WDo
The Chairman for the US Committee on Science and Technology publicly says "All that stuff I was taught about evolution and embryology and Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell."

I'm an agnostic; I believe in following empirical probability to establish the most likely scenario in a world where you can never have complete certainty, yet I'm grateful for the outspoken atheists, because;
A. they provide a desperately needed alternative (for those who need to latch on) to the nonsense spouted by people like the congressman in that clip
B. They are thoroughly entertaining from an unbiased viewpoint, and
C. A lot of what they say is correct. Dawkins/Hitchens/Harris repeatedly say 'your god would be evil by the biblical standards'... 'Empirical evidence and rationalism contradict your arguments'... 'All data is to the contrary' And generally point out the absurdity of rigidly living by the religion of your community.

I dislike the extent to which they go to, but yes, I guess you could call me a 'fan.'.., at least until people like the guy in the clip aren't in positions of power.

>>3277872

I still don't get it.

>>3277866

This was a fun one.

>>3277872
I really like this one.
>>3277866
This one was kinda funny.

But the best thread of 2012 goes to:
https://fuuka.warosu.org/lit/thread/S3039755

put this picture on there

>>3277904
do it yourself, m8

Add this. It's a copy pasta, but this post was the genesis of a few great Pinecone threads.

>>3277893
Just look out for the pattern. It isn't difficult, bub.

>>3277921
>Take philosophy seminar.
>Class of ten with woman lecturer who starts talking about Social contract and ethics.
>"Implying objective morality exists," I shout through cupped hands.
>Class glares at me.
>"two thousand and twelve,"I tell everyone.
>Teacher tuts and starts discussing free will
>"Do you even determinism?" I shout. "Go back to sci"
>Ginger man to my left tells me to shut up.
>"I bet you don't even reject all knowledge," I tell him
>Class starts shouting at me, asking me to leave. It was all that ginger man's fault.
>I turn back to him
>"Your filthy STEM, I bet you're not even a nihilist."
>He stands up and tells me to get out.
>"No," I said. "I'm the only philosopher here. I suffer from existential angst, you're just a fucking casual"
>He hit me right on the nose, the cartilage cracks, blood sprays over my desk.
>I get up and walk out, grinning to myself at how superior I am.
>Filthy STEMs. I bet they're talking about logical positivism now.

>Take creative writing workshop.
>Class of ten with woman lecturer who starts talking about plot development and hero's journey.
>"Implying I read for plot," I shout through cupped hands.
>Class glares at me.
>"two thousand and twelve,"I tell everyone
>Teacher tuts and starts discussing character development in Harry Potter.
>"Do you even read?" I shout. "Go back to mew"
>Ginger man to my left tells me to shut up.
>"I bet you haven't even read Ulysses or Dee-Eff-Double-you" I tell him
>Class starts shouting at me, asking me to leave. It was all that ginger man's fault.
>I turn back to him
>"Your filthy roach. I bet you read fifty shades and genre fiction."
>He stands up and tells me to get out.
>"No," I said. "I'm the only real reader here. I read for prose, you're just a fucking casual"
>He hit me right on the nose, the cartilage cracks, blood sprays over my desk.
>I get up and walk out, grinning to myself at how superior I am.
>Filthy roaches. I bet they're talking about Kerouac now.

>>3277880
You know using an avatar is a bannable offense, right?

Probably too big for the image

/lit/ on e-readers

>>3277656
NO. GO BACK TO >>>/mu/

>>3277918

Sorry. I can't tell. You'll either explain or you wont.

>>3277934
>"Do you even read?" I shout. "Go back to mew"

My favorite threads that I can remember were the Shi'ite-bro thread and where we rewrote famous passages from various books (mostly Shakespeare) in the worst way possible

>>3277934
/lit/'s made a new year's card for the past two years. Dunno about this Xmas eve one, though.

lel

i have to run but if someone would step up or if people would make it more personalized it would be good

>>3277873
Here's a contribution, check the file name.

this metacirclejerking makes me sick
gross
fucking mu-tier
i hope all of you get stabbed in the neck

>>3277938
There is no pattern. That's the pattern. It's a week-long thread of "non sequiturs and anti-jokes" as one person put it.

>>3277949
>i hope all of you get stabbed in the neck

I hope you have a nice Christmas personally.

>>3277952
>>3277949
What's wrong anon, are you ok?

>>3277951

That's what I figured, but searching that hard for a pattern led me to believe there might have been one

add this bullshit

>>3277956
This is not /lit/, it is a conspiracy to shitpost.

>>3277961
>conspiracy to shitpost
This is outrageous. emailing moot about this asap.

>>3277961
>>3277949
it's not really a circlejerk though, it's just a board convention

>>3277971
No, the board convention is that this shit belongs on >>>/mu/ along with tierlists, "ironic" shitposting, unsubstantiated opinions, and "crossboard holiday fun."

This is as >>>/mu/ as claiming things to be "patrician" in nature.

So the entire thread can fuck off back to >>>/mu/.

>>3277989
Hide the thread.

>>3277989
why so autistic m8?

>>3277989
someone's new to 4chan

>>3277989

Edgy, teenaged shitposting of an angry variety is as little welcome here.

>>3277989
No one's said "patrician" in this thread except for you.

>>3277982

You're welcome for that thread.

This is the best board on 4chan, btw.

So guys. This seems as good a thread as any to have this debate.

I was talking with a Muslim guy yesterday who asserted that God exists because the human mind goes beyond scientific thought, and asks metaphysical questions about what happens after we die. He said this means that God exists. I don't know how. But he clung to it pretty angrily. Load of shit?

>>3277995
>>3277997
>>3277999
>>3278001
Go back to >>>/mu/

>>3278022
yeah probably

you should get him to present his position in formal logic just to make sure

>>3277674
I love B-Spin.

00:00 - IT'S OFFICIALLY CHRISTMAS NOW MOTHERFUCKERS.

Happy Christmas everyone. I'm off to bed now.

>>3278022

He's right about the mind, but assuming this means God exists is a baseless leap of faith

>>3278026
>>>/v/

>>3278022
>God exists because the human mind...asks metaphysical questions about what happens after we die.

Spontaneous creation created the universe because the human mind...can comprehend a gravitational fluctuation theory in which our creation is possible.

>>3278022
Read Henry Corbin's Alone with the Alone and convert to Shi'ite Islam

>>3278056
>Spontaneous creation
Because things just always existed, even though that's impossible.

>>3278063
They believe in you.

>>3278057

But I don't believe in gods.

>>3278059
No. Current theories postulate that nothing existed, not even time/spacetime, prior to spontaneous creation.

mm done, i think
unless anyone wants to put anything else on it

>>3278022
Thread efficiently derailed. Good job.

>>3278065

I don't believe that.

>>3278072

Shitposting in a shitpost is hardly off track

>>3278063
That's okay. The God is not a god. :)

>>3278073
I don't believe television exists, it doesn't have any effect on reality though.

>>3278070
So who are you going to send it to, anon-kun ?

>>3278070
How could you forget this?

>Most on /lit/ are athiest/agnostic/Spinozist
>spinozists
>on a board dedicated to the fucking ART of literature

Sure bud

>>3278070

Never forget.

>>3278087
lel
that was a good one, but i don't think there's any room on it

deep&edgy you should sign it if you want since you're the only trip left

OC.

>>3278082
>implying GRRM/Tao Lin/Recommend something like LOTR/is there a book as deep as evangelion threads repeated infinitely 24/7 = art of literature

hnnnng

>>3278097

>>3278110
Perfect!

>>3278110
Where's Pinecone?

>>3278117
there's a whole post devoted to him already on there but here

>>3278141
This thread is shit and you should all feel like shit. Go back to >>>/b/

>>3278110
that story about Pychon at the top, did that happen?

>>3278178
No, but we got a hell of a few threads out of it.
It's copypasta, though.

>>3278173
ok mate we get it you like attention

>>3278242
As opposed to a whore'd of crossboarders fucking /lit/ at full force?

Seriously, fuck off back to >>>/b/

>>3278259

>dat virulent raging autism

I chuckled

>>3278259
that's nice

ok i think it's done, kept the pynchon eye thing moved some stuff around

>>3278279
>>3278235 has less Tao and more Socrates being a sexist

>>3278279
Dawkins needs to be on there. We might hate him, but he's here every day.

>>3278279
Get the fuck off of /lit/

>been here since 2006
>cross-board stuff is fairly common, especially around the holidays
>always one jackass bitching and moaning and insisting it's never allowed and will ruin the boards
It's like a tradition!

>>3278299

Get a hold of yourself. How did you get to such a pathetic state on Christmas eve?

>>3277834
Is that Tao Lin facebook thing real? It's fucking weird to see a /lit/ Christmas card with a Facebook screenshot of Tao Lin posting a /lit/ thread and a person copy pasting a post I made in that thread.

>>3278321
yeah i couldn't find it on fuuku so i just went to his fan page and took a snapshot

>>3278279
needs more Stately, plump Buck Mulligan

>>3278321

Yes, it's real. Sadly

>>3278321
It's real if you believe it's real.

>>3278279
I like it. It's done.

>>3278326
You should send the christmas card to him.

>>3278344
He probably made most of it.

>>3278344
lel

does anyone have an extra facebook account?

>>3278337
I hope you get intestinal cancer.

>>3278382
I sent it to him.

>>3278385

I'm starting to feel bad for you

Did your girlfriend leave? Is your mom in the hospital?

>>3278279
ours is the worst
of all the gold posted this year this is the best you could do? smh
2013 seems promising though

>>3278394
i really didn't look around that much and was mostly counting on people to post stuff in the thread to put on there

The DFW pic is the best part about that collage.
Someone should add ">parismony" to it.

>>3278405
Fuq, I mean parsimony.

>>3278405
>>3278406
>persimmons

>>3278385
This is my favorite butthurt ever. It tastes like chocolate covered orgasm.

Just add a big TL;DR and it's good.

>>3278561
i already sent it out, but here's this

>>3278611

>>3278388
Be sure to post response for those amongst us without facebook

>>3277745
Stirnerguy, are you still here? Can you upload your stirner collection? Thanks qt3.14.

>>3278668
Add some Heraclitus

"GODS RESIDE HERE TOO"

updated w/ some much needed heraclitus

>>3278681

Isn't there a picture of tao lin in a santa hat floating around here somewhere?

>>3278792
yup>>3278560

I think I'm done for the night.

>>3278867
the card was done and sent out a long time ago
i don't know why you're still editing it