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>I'm afraid to become happy, lest I lose my edge.

What did he mean by this?

>> No.12208512

>>12208503
Precisely what is written in your post. With happiness comes a satisfaction that can make one less sensitive to the complexities of existence. Like what Franz Kafka said to his lover Milena: "your role is not to make me happy, but to help me drive further my knife into my guts" (knife being here like a scalpel, a tool of understanding and analysis).

>> No.12208570

>>12208503
He didn't want to give up masturbatory introspection, because it was the only thing he was good at.

>> No.12208744

>>12208503
Being edgy is required for visionary thought because you go against the traditional consensus and social norms.

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>>12208503

>> No.12209625

You can't be productive if you're content with where you're at

>> No.12209636

>>12209454
cringe

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>>12209454
Fucking awful

>> No.12211341

>>12208503
One must strive to become the best version of oneself that one can possibly be, and therefore must always be dissatisfied with one’s current self, for there can always be a better version of oneself than the one which one currently is. Satisfaction with the self is a lack of a motivation to improve.

>> No.12211822

>>12208503
he cant exist without resentment towards others (edge)

>> No.12211829 [DELETED] 

>>12208512
BASED Kafka, where is that quote from?

>> No.12212267

>>12209454
kill yourself

>> No.12212317

>>12208512
I'd rather be happy than have more knowledge on the complexities of existence. Fuck knowledge, sustainable pleasure is the only thing that matters.

>> No.12212336

>>12212317
>I'd rather be happy than have more knowledge... fuck knowledge
Yes
>sustainable pleasure is the only thing that matters
No no no