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Does reading make you more depressed?

>> No.14671316

no

>> No.14671320

Books are my only friends

>> No.14671338

>>14671306
only if you're an edgy midwit

>> No.14671385

>>14671306
What film is this a screenshot from?

>> No.14671388

>>14671306
Ecclesiastes is the only part of Bible worth reading. Damn, it was good.

>> No.14671396

>>14671385
Andrei Rublev (1966)

>> No.14671407
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Thoughts on pic related?

>> No.14671414

>>14671407
Absolutely based.

>> No.14671428

>>14671306
No it has actually made me more content

>> No.14671433

>>14671306
if you're reading something depressing...

>> No.14671434

no way it makes me feel so much better

>> No.14671472

>>14671396
Oh damn, I’ve seen Ivan’s Childhood, Solaris, Nostalghia, and The Mirror. Need to watch this one next.

>> No.14671476

I was miserable and depressed before I started to learn things, so I am fine.

>> No.14671582

>>14671306
they make me feel less alone. ordinary people are subhuman animals.

>> No.14671619

>>14671407
>le unfuck you're life
The key to life is this 3 point action plan I developed after talking with Bub Chapton CEO of Morton Inc for an hour one day.

>> No.14672543

>>14671407
What has intelligence has to do with anything? He runs into the same misconception he accuses others of.

>> No.14672630

>>14671306
No, reading elevates my appreciation of beauty and has helped me to improve myself
>>14671407
Very based, I used to be unhappy, it wasn’t because I was smart it was because I was directionless and lonely

>> No.14672638

I am just unhappy because of everything, and that equates to nothing so I can't really fix this except in short bursts.

Is this just life?

>> No.14672639

>>14671306
It depends.

>> No.14672650

>>14671619
It has only become a meme because people aware of the possibility and in need of unfucking themselves have become too lazy or conditioned to carry it out.

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>>14671306
The more i know the more i suffer because i think about things at deeper level. The problem is that i cant stop anymore seeking for new knowledge. Its like bliss and curse at the same time.

>> No.14672676

Reading leads to insight, insight leads to knowledge, knowledge leads to desire, desire leads to suffering.
Something like that.

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>>14671306
Kinda.

>> No.14674196

>>14671472
It is incredible.

>> No.14674201

>>14671472
It’s considered his best. I only saw it once, but I didn’t have as refined of a palate quite yet so it was pretty hard to get through considering how long it is, but it influenced so much that proceeded it. It’s a must see for anyone who wants to develop a deeper appreciation and understanding of film.