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Books that can literally ruin somebody's life if read at the wrong time

>> No.12154231
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>>12154214
It will turn you into a fucking nazi. Best to read it when you’re not angry at the world. Read the annotations and commentary so you can keep in perspective how evil it is and remind yourself that you’re only reading it for historical reasons.

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>> No.12154241
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It can ruin your life and optimism just fine even if you're in a great mood and have a general optimistic attitude.
I can't reverse the damage it did on my mind.

>> No.12154262
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>>12154214
Honestly the most important Nietzsche books

Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Beyond Good and Evil
The Antichrist

>> No.12154273

>>12154231
>a book is evil
>using the word evil, ever
Hello NPC#13582

>> No.12154282

>>12154238
Dios mío me descojono

>> No.12154287

>>12154231
>It will turn you into a fucking nazi
being that affected by a book

do you become chinese when you eat sweet and sour chicken, you fucking pleb

>> No.12154288

>>12154273
>I'm so unique in my online, anonymous pseud sympathy towards Hitler!

>> No.12154297

>>12154288
I am unique tho, I am the founder of the Church of Hitler, its main goal is combatting kikes and NPCs like you
>sympathy towards Hitler
Hitler was a God and everyone should love him like one.

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>> No.12154305

>>12154287
It makes me feel a little chinky

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>>12154273

>> No.12154342

>>12154214
Didn't this dude write a story about the life of a cat? :3

>> No.12154348

>>12154337
I know who your picture is trying to make look bad, but I’m still going to have to view the other guy as the fucking retard on account of his shirt

>> No.12154364

>>12154297
Some 17 year old thinks he is the first to invent esoteric hitlerism

oh no no

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>>12154241

It inspired me. You choose how you respond to the material you read.

>> No.12154439

>>12154214
Catcher in the rye then Lolita

>> No.12154445

>>12154364
That’s not esoteric hitlerism. Don’t talk about what you don’t know.

>> No.12154459

>>12154305
kek

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>>12154342
OwO

>> No.12154826

>>12154348
I'm more confused by the shirt, he seems to have replaced the sickle part with a capital G?

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>>12154214
especially if youre young, married, lost.

>> No.12154874

>>12154214
The Bible, anytime.

>> No.12155037

>>12154874

The Bible is actually a good answer to OP.
Most people will try and read it in light of the dominant ideology (scientism, materialism, historical criticism etc.) in which case it is an insane compilation of ancient ramblings.

>> No.12155066

>>12155037
I take that back somewhat. Reading the Bible in reference to historical criticism or modern Biblical scholarship is actually very helpful, but most people who attempt to read it alone without theological analysis (As in a Bible study) or without additional reading from modern scholarship (as in a university course) will get very close to nothing from the text. Some parts possess enough literary brilliance to work on their own, depending on your reading skills (Song of Songs or Ecclesiastes for ex.)

>> No.12155139

>>12154300
I'm reading it atm, it really hits to close to home. Can't almost find myself to keep on reading at times. Especially now with his hand on the student's thigh

>> No.12155152

>>12154231
>It will turn you into a fucking nazi.

Mein Kampf is so atrociously written it could turn a Nazi into a pacifist social democrat.

>> No.12155180

>>12154262
>Thus Spoke Zarathustra
sure, it's an amazing read
>Beyond Good and Evil
yes, I agree
>The Antichrist
it's just ramblings of a sick man, even Nietzsche himself later disavowed this book - you should never take it seriously

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>> No.12155234

>>12154231
>angry at the world
Sheep cope

>> No.12155240

>>12155066
Interesting viewpoint. How are song of songs and Ecclesiastes misinterpreted? They seem like some of the most direct parts in the book.

>> No.12155251

>>12154214
The Foundation for Exploration

>> No.12155264

>>12154231
>Read the (((annotations and commentary))) so you can keep in perspective how evil it is and remind yourself that you’re only reading it for historical reasons.

>> No.12155720

>>12155240
Read the post again I think you misunderstood.

>> No.12155760

>>12154231
Read it. Don't see why there are people who hold this overly opinionated piece of shit with any esteem. It's a faggot ranting a lot.

I guess it could turn you into a nazi if you're an angry backwoods hillbilly, autistic, schizophrenic, or just really angry and love to rant about everyone in general.

>> No.12155783

>>12154214
the classic answer to this question is that young men shouldn't read 水浒传 (water margin) and old men shouldn't read 三国演义 (romance of the three kingdoms)

>> No.12155811

>>12154419
needs more trees

>> No.12155999

It's this book's fault if I'm a fuck up: the thread

>> No.12156037

>>12155999
>trips and dubs
the full house of crushing truth

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Not the best book to read when you're already depressed. You've been warned.

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>>12154214
This is the best book you can read if you DON'T want to get out of depression

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>> No.12156335

>>12154231
I read it without annotations in its original german Fraktur and I thought it was a fucking joke. It's incredibly shallow, based on pseudo-science, unproven claims, wishful thinking and fallacious arguments. The highlighted parts were particularly funny. I guess he tried to summarize important points in his auditory style, but it just seems silly on paper.

>> No.12156347

>>12156176
wtf is this

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>> No.12156408

>>12155066
Very wrong. You can pick the parts you like and not be influenced by a unified reading by a scholar with dubious intentions. It's far better to feel it yourself than submit to 'correct' readings by untrustworthy authority structures.

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>>12156083
>tfw had to read that for high school
>was already a depressive downer then

>> No.12156480

>>12155180
Eh, thanks for your input

>> No.12156930

>>12156335
>It's incredibly shallow, based on pseudo-science, unproven claims, wishful thinking and fallacious arguments.
its trumps favorite book isnt it

>> No.12157302

>>12156930
If you're referring to the bedside Hitler he kept according to some ex-wife, that was a collection of speeches I believe.

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>>12156347
Chaotic neutral personified

>> No.12157371

>>12156363
The constant daily threads here are enough to make me depressed.

>> No.12157426

>>12154231
As the only one responding to this post who can tell that it was bait, I'd like to offer a fun anecdote: One of the early reviewers of Mein Kampf said it ought to have been titled "Mein Krampf" (My Cramp) because the writing was so bad.

>> No.12157429

>>12154297
m e g a c r i n g e

>> No.12157437

>>12156335
>I read it without annotations in its original german Fraktur and I thought it was a fucking joke.
Sure you did , bucko

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Persuasion and Rhetoric by Carlo Michelstaedter. One of the best and most beautiful philosophy book I've read. Yet, if read at the wrong time in your life, you'll end up putting a bullet in your head like the author did after finishing writing it.

It is amazing though. You do need some background in philosophy though, some in the presocratic philosophers would make it a more worthwhile read. Translation available out there is not so great though.

>> No.12157446

>>12155066
>>12155037
>Most people will try and read it in light of the dominant ideology (scientism, materialism, historical criticism etc.)
No, Christcuck, *most people* who read the Bible are interested in drinking the blood of the man-god. Missionaries hand them out by the millions.

>> No.12157452

>>12157446
Most people on 4channels literature board*

>> No.12157465

>>12157446

Why are you so upset?

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>>12157465
a priest touched him?

>> No.12157618

>>12154238
REMUEVA MORO

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>>12157437
It's available online. Do I really need to prove it?
Okay whatever. Page 414:
>Es fehlt ihnen jene große magnetische Anziehung, der die breite Masse immer nur folgt unter dem Eindruck großer überzeugender Gesichtspunkte, der Überzeugungskraft bedingungslosen Glaubens an dieselben, gepaart mit dem bedingungslosen Kampfesmut, für sie einzustehen.
>They lack that great magnetic attraction, which the common people only follow under the impression of great convincing arguments, the persuasive power of unconditional belief in those arguments, paired with unconditional willingness to fight for them.

>> No.12158518

>>12158505
Whoops. Should have proofread before posting:
Es fehlt ihnen jene große magnetische Anziehung, der die breite Masse immer nur folgt unter dem zwingenden Eindruck großer überragender Gesichtspunkte, der Überzeugungskraft bedingungslosen Glaubens an dieselben, gepaart mit dem fanatischen Kampfesmut, für sie einzustehen.

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>>12154214

>> No.12158526

>>12155037
>>12155066
How can one person be so wrong
Kill yourself academic kike
>Read our hot talmudic opinion pieces on christian literature that has been explained a thousand times over by church doctors and theologians

>> No.12158541

>>12157443
what would you suggest reading before reading this?

>> No.12158799

>>12158541
I mean, I could go with the meme of "Start with the greeks" and in this case it would be a very good advice. I'd say you need at a minimum to know a bit of what Plato and Aristotle's philosophies are about, and since he continuously quotes the Presocratics such as Parmenides, it would be worthwhile to know some of it, but it's not "needed" to understand his book per say.

Also, it is a hard read in many ways. Not as difficult as say Heidegger, but you need to be able to read and understand such a language. Anyways, just dive in and see what you make out of it, it's worth it.

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>>12154214
Age 14-16 should be banned desu. It creates edgemaster nihilists in the few seconds when you actually SHOULD be idealistic.

>> No.12158816

>>12154214
How could this book ruin your life, OP?

>> No.12158822

>>12154238
what's the best english translation of El Cid?

>> No.12158880

>>12154231
best to save yourself the time and not read it at all, a literal 0 star book full of nothing of value.

>> No.12158884

>>12154231
If anything it'll turn Nazis into far-left liberals once they see how much of a fucking idiot their fuhrer really is. Couldn't write for shit, has no insight to offer and his paintings show he couldn't understand perspective and shading. Hitler BTFO

>> No.12158889

>>12156335
Cringe and pseud post

>> No.12158892

>>12154297
epic cringe, yikes!

>> No.12158907

>>12157302
lmao i could believe that. he literally said recently he liked a speech by some middle eastern dictator or something because "hmmm das intredastin" and the speech was in relation to genocide.

>> No.12158915

>>12158520
"book" is playing it loose with the definition, it's a literal pamphlet by some youtube thot trying to sell outrage.

>> No.12158918

>>12158813
Glad I never read Palahniuk outside of Haunted. Edgemaster supreme, his book was shite and all the people I knew who read him before me were insufferable cunts. Similar crowd with Bret Easton Ellis too

>> No.12158945

>>12154231
>evil

>using evil as a description of something outside of Tolkien-tier fantasy garbage

>> No.12158959

>>12158945
based and redpilled game of thrones poster

>> No.12158967

>>12154214
>>12158816
>How could this book ruin your life, OP?
I wanna know too, what does it deal with? Haven't read it yet and I don't wanna ruin my life :/

>> No.12158968

>>12154241
That cover just ruined my life

>> No.12158980

>>12158967
A man (sensei) living the rest of his life in shame and penitence for having selfishly betrayed his only friend and in turn becoming the exact thing that he had vowed never to become.
The realisation that man is fated to be driven by ruthless self-profit utterly annihilates him.

my horrible synopsis doesn't do it justice.

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Lol at JIDF replies on the first post

>> No.12158990

>>12158505
>>12158518
I'm impressed, I guess I'm easily impressed but I'm still impressed.

>> No.12158991

>>12154273
>The empirical, scientific method is the only valid way of looking at the world
>What's an ep-episteme? Science is the only real I need!
*Turns on TV*
>OUR WHOLE UNIVERSE WAS IN A HOT DENSE STATE...

Hello NPC#13583

>> No.12159010

>>12154241
Don't resist, anon. Flee civilization and go live in the woods.

The future begins with you.

>> No.12159059

>>12155180
>even Nietzsche himself later disavowed this book
Do you have a single fact to back that up?

>> No.12159199

No longer human - osamu dazai

>> No.12159223

>>12158541
Otger anon I thought it was pretty accessible but if you want to read some people that are referenced:
Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Leopardi, Presocratics, Ibsen, Greek Tragedians, and listen to Beethoven
Also he will rail against Plato, Aristotle, and Hegel

>> No.12159324

>>12155180

>later disavowed the book

Dont think he can considering he went insane soon after.

>> No.12159341

>>12156930
Art of War.

>> No.12159655

>>12157317
WHAT. DID. HE. SEE.

>> No.12159669

>>12158813
This
I spent my youth trying to hate women when I should have been loving them, and now I'm spending my adulthood trying to love women when I should be hating them.

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>>12158813
Haven't read this one, does Chuck throw absurdist-stoic insights like the movie does? Aside from the plot gimmicks I can't see why a young can't benefit from the whole "if you want greatness, if you want change and movement, you have to embrace pain, you have to sacrifice things" message.

>> No.12159934

>>12159884
The movie is better than the book to be honest. The ending specifically is really meh.

>> No.12160025

>>12156347
literally an insane man trying to describe an imaginary game he plays in his head on paper

>> No.12160027

>>12154769
>>12154342
Sounds like a comfy little book. Is it long? I have other stuff to read but I'd be down for some cat comfiness.

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>>12154231
>D-dude you can't just read Mein Kampf, Mao'e Little Red Book, or Kaczynski's manifesto what if you're influenced by the thought behind failed ideologies
Then you're a moron anyways? Mein Kampf is a fucking kino /his/ read. The first part of book where he details young Austrians like himself becoming attracted to Pan German Nationalism to spite the Habsburg monarchy , the details he gives into his time as a homeless liberal arts student in Vienna , the death of his parents... Its a fucking good read dude.

>> No.12160069

>>12158816
>>12158967
The complete and utter hopelessness, disaffection and mistrust expressed, and the willingness of the character to simply forfeit and withdraw are not something I'd want a lot of people to be influenced by. If I read this as a teenager I'm not sure I'd be able to live or talk to people.

>> No.12160093

>>12158985
You can tell none of them actually read it , too. It's one of the best selling books of all time for a reason. I didn't know how to buy a copy of Mein Kampf anywhere near where I live so I just lurked /pol/ until someone posted a PDF of the Ford Translation of Mein Kampf.

Hitler's prose is like 6/10 desu but then when im reading a book on that level I'm not looking at his prose anyways.

>> No.12160109

>>12156083
I had to stop reading that shit, it was getting too unbearable

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>>12160109
Unbearable? Explain

>> No.12160257

>>12154262
this but also genealogy of morals. the break down of the word 'good' as well as well as how conscience develops really undermines your faith in morality. although his arguments do fall apart when looking at morality under a pragmatic framework

>> No.12160298

>>12156083
this entire book is just some pseud faggot huffing his own farts in little aphorisms (because writing a coherent book takes talent) about how Deep and Abstract he is.
If you identify with the kind of person who writes entire books of pretentious cringe like
>The cause of my profound sense of incompatibility with others is, I believe, that most people think with their feelings, whereas I feel with my thoughts.
then there is a reason you are depressed.

>> No.12160315

>>12154238
>Adaptación
What a pussy

>> No.12160400

>>12160298
>Projecting pseud projects
Makes sense. Pessoa was an extremely introverted person, as he just described himself. Loneliness is not depression, and inability to relate with other people as a result of inherent personality traits is not depression either. The book of disquiet is not the book of depression you absolute pleb

>> No.12160445

>>12160400
I made no statement that Pessoa was depressed or the Book of Disquiet is about depression you illiterate cockmongler.
What I claimed was that the book is 500 pages of journal entries about what a soulful little special snowflake Pessoa is, and that writing that or identifying with it makes you a giant faggot. Which is the truth.

>> No.12160457

>>12160445
You said
>If you identify with the kind of person who writes entire books of pretentious cringe like
>The cause of my profound sense of incompatibility with others is, I believe, that most people think with their feelings, whereas I feel with my thoughts.
>then there is a reason you are depressed.

You illiterate moron. Yes that implies that you think Pessoa is some moody, depressed teenage faggot like you. The amount of projection here like goddamn

>> No.12160474

>>12160457
>p-p-projecting!
sorry I'm hurting your feelings there buddy
go read some more aphorisms about you have no friends because you're just too deep and complex for everyone, you'll feel better

>> No.12160498

>>12160400
>>12160445
>>12160457
>Pessoa
*Soares

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>> No.12160548

>>12160474
>about you have no friends because you're just too deep and complex for everyone,
>Too much of a brainlet to understand what Pessoa means when he says he expresses himself through thought and not emotional expression
He's calling himself introverted not superior you absolute, seething, projecting brainlet

Topkek. I've never seen someone get mad at Pessoa for being so moody and introverted between his inconsistent heteronym in his magnum opus. The point of expressing himself through a semi aphoristic and structureless auto biography was to introduce people to his chaotic and introverted lifestyle.

>> No.12160563

>>12159934
Hunned percent. Fincher loved taking c+ books and turning them into A+ movies.

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>>12158968
The other edition looks equally cringy

>> No.12160769

>>12158884
His paintings weren't that bad

>> No.12160778

>>12154214
The only real answer is any religious text that is imposed upon impressionable children. Without the brainwashing of children there would be no religion on this world.

>> No.12160823

>>12160760
Arktos always makes the worst covers. Check out their Indo-European title by de Benoist. I'm interested in the topic but the cover alone makes me want to put a paper bag cover over it.

>> No.12160863

>>12160778
>If we just banned learning anything that contradicts my beliefs at a young age people would think like me
Still no

>> No.12160877

>>12160778
Okay now this is euphoric.

>> No.12160881

>>12160778
most Christians don't even read the Bible
>>12160863
obviously you can't just ban religious education, but it's still pretty obvious that organised religion would have much less power if it relied on converting people who can actually think for themselves
too many people only practice religion by force of habit, which is too bad

>> No.12160892

most radical political treatise, from marx to hitler

>> No.12160960

>>12156176
Wait, is ulilila (fuck writing that) that one paledweeb who lets play early Playstation JRPGs and had buch of weird phobias, a lolcow bascially a person who gets mocked due to how pitiable and weidrly obesssed they are. I think has an Ecyclopedia Dramatica page.

>> No.12160973

>>12160027
I Am A Cat, it's good

>> No.12160989

>>12160881
90% of athiests I know are only athiests because they saw a video on youtube once and their family didn't bother to raise them at all. So they just never cared about anything besides video games , their careers, and etc other consumercuck activities

Deracinated idiots. If those same people became religious by habit it doesn't matter, in every generation there is a permenant class of ignorant people who never bother to question themselves.

>> No.12161004

>>12160989
You are just as bad as youtube atheists who assume all religious people became religious because of ignorance and lack of intellect.

>> No.12161116

>>12160989
Are those permanently ignorant people NPCs, would you say?

>> No.12161127

>>12160960
yes
he's pretty chill for a lolcow though, he's not a bad person, just a real weirdo
he's incredibly afraid of mirrors, grass and other mundane stuff and he used to only eat cheese pizza, although I think he got over that eventually

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>>12158520
>buy this book before liberals ban it
Jesus christ

>> No.12161176

>>12160523
lovely designs

>> No.12161185

>>12158520
I tried to read it but it was just so shit. It was just a bunch of anti-SJW talking points that everyone has heard two years ago. In the stylistic quality of a high school essay.

>> No.12161188

>>12156083
Maybe it will open some kid's eyes but for me it was just pure realism and that didn't make me any more sad. It was beautiful.

>> No.12161190

>>12161176
agreed, they make me want to rad the pamphlet even though I know it'll probably just be dumb fundie shit

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>>12158520

>> No.12161204 [DELETED] 

>>12161188
I'd like to add that it's just so well articulated feelings of reality that that's how it's so touching. No mask, just flow from man who can thinks and doesn't larp anything.
Pardon my argumentation skills as i am ESL speakear and can't form beautiful sentences but that's what i think about it

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>> No.12161211

>>12161188
>>12161204
You made me want to read that book, thank you

>> No.12161216

>>12161004
Most athiests are agnostic athiest. Most agnostic athiests are so because they don't care for the question of religion one way or another

>>12161116
No. Just because someone is simple minded does not mean they are incapable of sentience.

>> No.12161223

>>12161211
I deleted my comment because I had typo but here it is:
'd like to add that it's just so well articulated feelings of reality that that's how it's so touching. No mask, just flow from man who knows about philosophics and can think about reality real open minded and doesn't larp anything.
Pardon my argumentation skills as i am ESL speakear and can't form beautiful sentences but that's what i think about it

>> No.12161228

>>12161216
People who don't care just say they believe in god and don't follow religion. That way they don't have to worry too much about the afterlife or the lack thereof.

>> No.12161311

>>12160823
>>12160760
>>12154241
why do so many publishers insist on having cover art, even if it sucks? It's one thing for that kind of cover to be on a shitty fantasy-romance novel you see in CVS, but why on classic or philosophical books? Nobody is going to read those based on the cover. Printing them with just the title on a blank cover (like older books) would be significantly more aesthetically pleasing.

>> No.12161317

>>12161311
Are you familiar at all with Arktos? What makes you think they would have anything but shit taste?

>> No.12161341

>>12161317
but wouldn't a blank cover be cheaper? That's what confuses me. Even from a business standpoint, it's terrible. I would rather not buy a book that ugly, and try and find a better copy.

>> No.12161348

>>12161341
They probably think it looks cool

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>>12158086
This is fucking hilarious, what the fuck

>> No.12161504

>>12158918
>disliking patrician books like American Psycho and Fight Club based on fandoms
top pseud

>> No.12161557

>>12161206
those books are someones life

>> No.12161560

>>12161201
cringe. i'd be embarassed

>> No.12161569

>>12160062
>dude keeno
>its fuckin sick bro
based gen z protector of the Anglo-Saxon nordic heritage

>> No.12161712

>>12161201

God how did that book ever get published, what a pile of trash

>> No.12161754

>>12161341
Even a shit cover is better than no cover. The only books that get away with blank covers are classics. And most of the pulp genre books have absolutely awful covers and they still sell. Casual readers don't give a fuck.

>> No.12161809

No Longer Human almost made me off myself.

>> No.12162130

>>12161754
>The only books that get away with blank covers are classics
classics, and philosophy books, yes
>Casual readers don't give a fuck
exactly, so why give shitty covers to classics and philosophy books?

>> No.12162149

>>12161201
Apex literature

>> No.12162220

>>12154214
This entire thread is so pseud

>> No.12162224

>>12154214
Is the Meredith McKinney translation of this good?

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>> No.12162237

the sudo intellectualism on this board is galling

>> No.12162250

>>12154287
I order chinese whenever I need to do HW all night nigga

>> No.12162252

@12162237
good thread, great bait

>> No.12162265

>>12162220
>is entire thread is so pseud

I don't really get this either, but I have known people who fucked their heads up reading too much philosophy without much broader life experience.

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>>12157446
CRISSSSPPPPERRRRRRRR

BLACCCKKK SWANNN QUUAAANTUMMM CRISSSSSSSSSPEEEEEEERRRRRRR

>> No.12162274

reddit is pseudo anonymous

>> No.12162522

I'm feeling hopeless and this thread made me decide to read No Longer Human for the first time. Wish me luck, anons.

>> No.12162542

>>12162522
I look forward to seeing yet another "reee Dazai was a Chad" thread in a day or two

>> No.12162600

>>12156930
Good response

>> No.12162605

>>12158907
you aren't larping and are actually a "fuck drumpf" caricature.

>> No.12162625

>>12160960
normiepost
>>12161127
He still only eats cheese pizzas but he overcame his fear of blue water.

>> No.12162639

>>12162542
My problems with women are fruit of my own incompetence and to despise someone or their work due to their successes in such pursuits would only serve to further impoverish my life.

Although reading about the protagonist getting with women might remind me once again of my own failures on such a fundamental aspect of masculine experience, unleashing a fllod of doubts not only about my self-worth as a male, but as a human being in general.

Is it at least a good book? Or would I be better off reading something else?

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>>12161201
I love knowing that 99% of the young right-wingers who love to “bash da liberals” probably ate this shit up and believed it in its entirety. They probably watch “Ben Shapiro epic liberal destroyed in LOGICAL debate” videos and suck Dennis Prager’s nasty Jewish cock.

>> No.12162657

>>12162639
It's a great book, a lot of people just expect it to be some kind of r9k manifesto.

>> No.12162805

>>12155783
why shouldn't old men read sanguo?

>> No.12162863

>>12161201

even if you agreed with her this would be a B I G Y I K E S

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>>12160760

>> No.12163199

>>12160863
It has to be at a young age, right? I get it, at 14 or so the devil Centers them, right?

>> No.12163613

>>12156080
100% this

>> No.12163863

>>12161809
>killing yourself
>not committing lover's suicide at age 38 with a beautiful woman by jumping off a cliff into the ocean
Pleb. Read it again. It's not the death, it's the aesthetics of the death that matters.
>>12154214
w-what's wrong with Kokoro? I've read Bottchan and I am a Cat, it doesn't seem like NS is fucked up.

>> No.12164862

>>12158980
what translation comes close to the original japanese?

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>>12161809
Came here to post this

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>> No.12165457

>>12160769
protecc daddy

>> No.12166152

>>12161201
>Oh,
>Oh yeah,
>Oh,
just...