/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16612946]

>I read fantasy
>I read sci-fi
>I read biographies
>I read business books
>I read self-help
>hence
>thus
>henceforth
>malady
>whereupon
>dialectics
>ergo
>malapropism
>veracity
>uncouth
>neologism
>Scientism
>Nietzsche
>Stirner
>free market
>Ayn Rand
>thereupon
>classical liberal
>constitutionalist
>My interests include Military History
>I like reading about World War 2
>My interests include Russian culture
>My interests include Japanese culture
>My interests include Chinese culture
>My interests include Ancient Greek culture
>My interests include Roman culture
>My interests include politics
>I do an Engineering degree
>I do an Economics degree
>My humanities / arts degree teaches me how to think / present a rational argument
>That work of continental philosophy presents non-trivial theories in a logically consistent and clear manner
>That work of analytical philosophy wasn't a ridiculously self-referential word game
>*ANY criticism of a fictional piece of work due to small factual inaccuracies or plot holes*
>*Any criticism of New Atheism, particularly* "They should have read the previous 2000 years worth of debate!"
>*ANY praise for a work of literature that was originally in a language that they're not fluent in*
>Why are you so obsessed with sex? I have no interest in such intellectually vacuous matters!
>I run marathons / iron man events / any endurance event
>I'm raising money for charity
>*Discusses Marxism / Communism and almost dies of a rage induced heart attack whenever a real world example is brought up*
>*Considers any contemporary pretentious if they aspire to do anything more than rimming the canon*
>You're misunderstanding Nietzsche / Wittgenstein!
>How can this book be a worthwhile piece of art if it didn't have a famous publisher?
>Elliot Rodger didn't produce any significant art because he insulted women and was r9k and said things I don't like!
>*Wants to be an author after the incredible life experience of being middle class and being in university*
>I read to learn more about the human condition.
>You can only speak English? How amusing!
>You see, young apprentice, the trouble with these so called "New Atheists" is their literalism, lack of respect for the Western intellectual tradition, and their manners!
>White women? I see you have yet to taste the sweet and succulent fruit of [non-white race, usually chinks]!
>I may be at a university ranked lower than 10 in the world but, despite being surrounded by oafish simpletons, I can tell that a long and distinguished career in academia awaits! Onwards and upwards!
>I speak more than three languages.
>I learnt to speak a non-European language.
>I read the Economist.
>I read the Financial Times.
>I read the Guardian.
>I read the New York Times.
>I read the Washington Post.
>I read The New Yorker

[Anonymous No.16612959]

>I read Gustavo Bueno and spanish literature