/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18698253]

What are some works of Burgerpunk fiction?

[Anonymous No.18698283]

>>18698253
It's like the dinner scene in talladega nights

[Anonymous No.18698293]

It's almost like the real god of Americans is Capital.

[Anonymous No.18698370]

>>18698253
I love this burgerpunk shit. It's surreal seeing those unironic "BBQ, guns and Jesus" types.

[Anonymous No.18698532]

>>18698253
>Cobbling together a corpse of Christ out of the building blocks of Mammon

[Anonymous No.18698551]

>>18698253
Infinite Jest

[Anonymous No.18698570]

>>18698370
Just having a cheeky giggle m8 there's nothing strange about it at all. You get your giggles from a silly walk and we get it from throwing ungesticulated middle fingers to the people who are unpronounced antennas for that type of thing in the midst. It's the thinking man's kind of jest.

[Anonymous No.18698574]

>>18698253
Is this THE most post-modern picture ever taken?

[Anonymous No.18698581]

>>18698574

[Anonymous No.18698606]

>>18698581
Sincerely and emphatically what did he mean by this?

[Daochad No.18699480]

How is the cross not an idol again?

[Anonymous No.18699513]

>>18699480
> Doesn't know the difference between "symbol" and "idol"
Come on, don't get filtered on the baby step, man!

[Daochad No.18699524]

>>18699513
You niggers LITERALLY worship in front of, around or wear jewelry of, the cross.

That's a fucking graven image right there.

[Daochad No.18699544]

>>18699513
>N-N-NOOOO!!! IT'S JUST A S-S-SYMBOL!! IT'S NOT A GRAVEN I-IMAGE OF GOD!!

Get fucked.

[Anonymous No.18699546]

>>18698253
what Protestantism does to a mf

[Anonymous No.18699560]

>>18699524
Idolatry usually means believing that your god actually inhabits its depiction, Christians are usually fine with representations of deity as long as they are regarded as just representations. Of course it's a blurry distinction especially when people seek healing from these depictions or perform folk ceremonies like burying a saint statue for good luck.

[Daochad No.18699561]

>>18699546
>Said the Cathoid idolater

[Daochad No.18699574]

>>18699560
It's literally the same shit. They can try to sugarcoat it all they like, a graven image is a graven image.

[Anonymous No.18699597]

>>18698253
Atlas Shrugged

[Daochad No.18699630]

>>18699560
Graven Image:

>a carved idol or REPRESENTATION of a god used as an object of worship.

The cross/statues of Jesus on the cross are literally graven images and people often worship at them.

It's not "considering the statue itself is literally God. It's any crafted image used as a representation used as an object of worship.

[Anonymous No.18699663]

>>18699480
>>18699513
>>18699524
>>18699544
>>18699560
I'm not Christian and I find the question really interesting, I never thought about it. Wikipedia says that the practice of having a cross in churches was to indicate the direction in which to pray, and it goes on about the controversies with Calvinists whose argument was the same as anon. But where did the practice of wearing a crucifix come from?

[Anonymous No.18699669]

>>18699663
People wouldn't stop wearing Thor's hammers so they changed it into a crucifix

[Anonymous No.18699685]

>>18699630
>Of course anyone who is familiar with the context will know that this is a provision against the Israelites’ tendency to make idols of graven images. A “graven” or man-made image which serves a good and holy purpose are not absolutely forbidden; and this is made clear only five chapters later when God commands Moses to make two gold statues of angels for the Ark of the Covenant (Ex 25:18-20). The bronze serpent hoisted by Moses is another Old Testament example of a holy image used for God’s purposes (see Numbers 21).
Honestly they've been in use since the Middle Ages by people who were far more pious than 4chan weeaboos LARPing as Christian so I imagine that this commentary is saying it how it is.

[Anonymous No.18699693]

>>18699685
By the way what does the Bible say about relics? Like bones of saints. They're a big deal in Catholic Europe. Does the Bible even hint that people should be made into saints?

[Daochad No.18699697]

>>18699685
So even God is a hypocrite.. fascinating.

[Anonymous No.18699706]

I used to work on Wall Street. At Christmas they had a manger out. I told one of the Chinese interns at the bank that they kept the little cradle empty but on Christmas Day they would put a $ dollar sign in there.
They believed me

[Anonymous No.18699709]

>>18699574
>>18699524
>>18699480
I wonder how many Protestant fundamentalists there are on 4chan.>>18699524

[Anonymous No.18699722]

>>18699546
you’re right. i was warped like this as a child. if only you knew how bad things really are

[Anonymous No.18699727]

>>18699663
The cross is the image by which man is given again Life, and the ability to be with God, like God. It is the image by which Christ trampled by death and freed us from its chains. The cross is a weapon against demons and sin. The apostles taught us to cross ourselves. Look at all of the “apostolic Churches,” even ones that aren’t Orthodox. They all cross themselves. So yes, the Church decided it is good for us as Christians and our children to wear this image discreetly, to remind us of the cost paid for us to wake up, and who we are to emulate.

[Daochad No.18699882]

>>18699727
Sounds like a big 'ol heapin' helping of grade A copeium mental gymnastics there anon.

[Anonymous No.18699940]

>>18699882
Jesus used the Cross as a sacred image before His crucifixion.
Luke 9:23
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Luke 14:27
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

And Saint Paul uses it as an image afterwards.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Philippians 3:18
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

[Anonymous No.18699949]

>>18698581
I kneel

[Anonymous No.18699960]

>>18698253
https://youtu.be/Q1IXyujNbVE

[Daochad No.18699964]

>>18699940
Hmm... I think that's just the translation bucko. He probably originally said "burden"

[Anonymous No.18700041]

>>18699964
I know you’re trolling but people who are genuinely curious may be misled the original word in Koine is σταυρὸν which still means “cross” in Greek to this day.

[Anonymous No.18700049]

>>18699964
If you're referring to Luke 14:27 it says
>ὅστις οὐ βαστάζει τὸν σταυρὸν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ ἔρχεται ὀπίσω μου, οὐ δύναται εἶναί μου μαθητής.
ταυρὸν (stauron) literally means a cross or stake, here clearly referring to Jesus' method of execution.

[Daochad No.18700057]

>>18700041
Writer could have used it for literary flare. You realize those passages weren't actually written by Jesus right?

[Anonymous No.18700062]

I hate christfags so much. I hope you all drop dead.
All of you.

[Anonymous No.18700132]

OP you deserve this Christ sperging for posting that image.
I have the only copy of Jeff Foxworthy's bildungsroman in my private collection, and you're never going to see it.

[Anonymous No.18700159]

>>18698551
unironically this

[Anonymous No.18700233]

>>18699560
if they wanted to get around this seriously they would end up taking shahadah

[Daochad No.18700238]

>>18700132
>>>Jeff Foxworthy's bildungsroman in my private collection, and you're never going to see it.

Kek

[Anonymous No.18700283]

>>18699693
>muh sola scriptura

[Anonymous No.18700286]

>>18698370
>Liberty
>bible
>trump
kek

[Anonymous No.18700643]

>>18700283
I was asking the question in good faith anon, I wasn't being smug like you're imagining in your head.

[Anonymous No.18700647]

>>18698253
Give it up for Roy's, y'all; in business these last 70 years, saving souls one case of off-brand soda at a time.

[Anonymous No.18700738]

>>18698581
easy recipe for pussy, salute

[Anonymous No.18700764]

>>18700738
Girls routinely make fun of guys who even have this on their shelf. Leftist girls hate DFW. That being said he probably does get pussy

[Anonymous No.18700793]

So I was thinking of idolatry and the commanents last year. Born and raised Mormom married in a church. It's everywhere. I've found I respect Islam in that sense.

[Anonymous No.18700817]

>>18700793
Submit anon, it would be best for you.
Although if you can't bring yourself to abandon Christianity the Jehovah Witnesses' tend to be correct on most things. You might give that a shot.

[Anonymous No.18700893]

>>18698606
>>18699949
>>18700738
>>18700764
It's a shop, newfags

[Anonymous No.18701274]

not fiction but

[Anonymous No.18701981]

>>18698253
Roy’s grocery really does look comfy af.

[Anonymous No.18702024]

Whats the issue? Pibb is based

[Anonymous No.18702045]

>>18700793
I love this man

[Anonymous No.18702137]

>>18699693
>By the way what does the Bible say about relics? Like bones of saints. They're a big deal in Catholic Europe. Does the Bible even hint that people should be made into saints?

Scripture teaches that God acts through relics, especially in terms of healing. In fact, when surveying what Scripture has to say about sacred relics, one is left with the idea that healing is what relics “do.”

When the corpse of a man was touched to the bones of the prophet Elisha the man came back to life and rose to his feet (2 Kings 13:20-21).

A woman was healed of her hemorrhage simply by touching the hem of Jesus’ cloak (Matthew 9:20-22).

The signs and wonders worked by the Apostles were so great that people would line the streets with the sick so that when Peter walked by at least his shadow might ‘touch’ them (Acts 5:12-15).

When handkerchiefs or aprons that had been touched to Paul were applied to the sick, the people were healed and evil spirits were driven out of them (Acts 19:11-12).

In each of these instances God has brought about a healing using a material object. The vehicle for the healing was the touching of that object. It is very important to note, however, that the cause of the healing is God; the relics are a means through which He acts. In other words, relics are not magic. They do not contain a power that is their own; a power separate from God.

Source: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/36597/is-it-weird-that-catholics-venerate-relics-heres-why-we-do

See also:
https://www.catholic.com/tract/the-intercession-of-the-saints

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/defending-the-prayers-of-the-saints

[Anonymous No.18702274]

>>18702137
>It is very important to note, however, that the cause of the healing is God; the relics are a means through which He acts.
A whole lot of Catholics especially elderly should be reminded of this, they have a fetishistic attachment to relics and certain items (like crying statues of the Virgin)

[Anonymous No.18702308]

My favorite part of calling in sick to work is being able to see what ineffectual people do with their time when everyone else is being productive.

[Anonymous No.18702364]

>>18698253
God is dead and we have *burp* killed him

[Anonymous No.18703406]

>>18702308
I watch wagies like you feed me gubbment gibs in my spare time

[Anonymous No.18703454]

>>18699960
To be fair if you're in a tiny shit hole town in the middle of nowhere, a place like that could actually hold some local significance. Ya'll wouldn't bat an eye if it was some family owned joint.

[Anonymous No.18703514]

>>18700764
Imagine thinking a female of any political ideology reads theory.

[Anonymous No.18703533]

>>18702308
Welcome to the world of non-wagies. It may seem like this world only exists during the 9-5, but its the same as the 5-9 world. The magic will wear off eventually.

[Anonymous No.18703606]

Infinite jest
White noise
Taipei

[Anonymous No.18703632]

>>18698370
> In the country of "Ben & Jerry can't say they don't like Israel" without being attacked by 30+ senators.

[Anonymous No.18703704]

>>18703406
>>18703533
I've spent long periods of time unemployed, probably living better than the average NEET off my parents money and now that I think about it, this is exactly the type of thing I occupied my time with, pointless arguments over obscure points of philosophical debates, or studying foreign languages, or working on incredibly hollow works of fiction.

But anyway, having a job used to suck ass but things have changed with the pandemic. The other day the president tried to call a meeting and everyone just went home. You should absolutely try to find employment, it's actually kind of fun to watch your boomer manager throw a little tantrum because you fucked up a bunch of product and told them to fix it when they complained.

[Anonymous No.18703720]

>>18698370
Love these trashy t-shirts

[Anonymous No.18703746]

>>18703720
i'm trying to think of a shape or solid with precisely three sides but i fail.
like a triangular prism but each end, instead of being a triangle, taper to a point and the sides are curved?

[Anonymous No.18703754]

>>18703720
I can't imagine looking at this shirt and thinking to myself, wow, this speaks to me.

[Anonymous No.18703765]

>>18703746
I think a cylinder would technically count. Two ends, and one singular curved side in the center.

[Anonymous No.18703768]

>>18703746
Could be just a simple cylinder I guess but it's too simple and boring a shape.

[Anonymous No.18703778]

>>18703765
>>18703768
yeah but in the context of the t-shirt, i was looking for a shape that you can like clearly flip over and pick one. feels like the circular face of the cylinder would not be satisfying in that case.

[Anonymous No.18703789]

>>18703720
What is the relation between being edgy and being born in December? Growing up frustrated because your parents use Christmas as an excuse to skimp on your birthday presents?

[Anonymous No.18703793]

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[Anonymous No.18703795]

>>18703720
is that garrett from thi4f

[Anonymous No.18703801]

>>18698581
lmao wtf, do these people have no self awareness

[Anonymous No.18703805]

>>18703793
>>18703720
i wish i was born in december lads

[Anonymous No.18703947]

>>18703754
Very rarely do I encounter a trend which utterly baffles me, but this shirt thing does.

When I think of what these shirts claim to represent versus what they actually are, the inherent contradiction seems obvious to me and I would feel foolish wearing one. Regardless of whatever traits are referenced (astrology, vocation, whatever) and what they apparently signal (strong, loyal, insane, whatever), the message is always "I am a member of an elite class which is superior to everyone reading this" but since these groups must be statistically significant in order to justify the financial risk of mass production, it's obvious that the person wearing one must not be as special as they imagine and since they don't recognize that, the elite group to which they claim to belong must obviously not be an intelligent one. The claims made aren't bombastic enough to qualify as ironic or humorously absurd, therefore I believe they are meant to be taken at face value. I haven't arrived at these conclusions by logical thought, it was pure instinct which has been extremely difficult to put into clear language. Meaning this is not a simple matter of having thought more than the average person, I felt how stupid they were the moment I saw the first one. No intelligence involved, so I can't fall back on the "people who do this are stupid" defense which might explain something like the tide pod challenge.

Can anyone explain this? Does anyone know anyone who actually has one of these shirts?

[Anonymous No.18703982]

>>18703720
>>18703793
Holy Based! I was born in December and this literally describes me, I need to buy this shit now!

[Anonymous No.18704020]

>>18703947
>Does anyone know anyone who actually has one of these shirts?
On second thought, I do recall working with a guy who wore one of these, except it went like "Nobody's perfect, but if your name is John you might be close" name has been changed but that's the idea it conveyed.

Like you'd imagine, he was profoundly stupid, but I'd say his defining trait was extreme timidity. He fidgeted constantly, tended to avoid eye contact, and would begin stuttering/backpedaling in the middle of a conversation if you showed the slightest sign of disagreeing with him. He tried to joke with people but didn't seem to clearly understand how jokes worked, instead believing that simple bragging was funny. So you'd say, for instance, that the weather had been cool lately and he'd smirk and say "Cool lately? Are you talking about me?" and when no one laughed he'd look down at the ground and stutter out an explanation. On top of that, he had a tendency to "subtly" bring up the fact that he had served prison time for selling meth, like he'd pick up a chunk of ice (we skinned fish at work) and tell you much it would be worth if it was meth, but eventually he stopped because someone else started telling him that if he had something to say he needed to say it and not just hint around and hope someone would ask, and then went on to point out that meth isn't a cool drug like cocaine and he should be ashamed of himself. I'm not going to connect his personality with the type of shirts he liked to wear, he just pissed me off and I wanted to complain about it.

[Anonymous No.18704141]

>>18703754
>>18703947
I did talk to muricans who could've well worn the one in OP. It's a mix of "this will make them liberals seethe" and sub 80 IQ

[Anonymous No.18704244]

>>18704020
Thank you for sharing this, Sam.

[Anonymous No.18704285]

>>18698370
For me its the ATF one. I love this kind of Americana.

[Anonymous No.18704296]

>>18704020
Sounds like a nice guy and a good meth hookup but you have to be a dick to him just because he's a bit timid.

[Anonymous No.18705383]

>>18704020
Sounds a lot like John has autism and it really sounds like that "John" shirt was really just something meant to be funny.

[Anonymous No.18705398]

>>18698293
No, that would be gays and blacks.

[Anonymous No.18705404]

>>18703947
filtered by tshirt

[Anonymous No.18705452]

>>18705398
No that would be Israel and Jews.

[Anonymous No.18705467]

>>18703754
if you were a forklift driver you could

[Anonymous No.18706180]

>>18704296
>Sounds like a nice guy and a good meth hookup but you have to be a dick to him just because he's a bit timid.
It's impossible to like someone who's only desire in life is to impress everyone he meets and you can't have decent banter with a guy who always changes his opinions to match yours. He sucked the wind out of every conversation he was in by making cringing, servile attempts to place himself at the top of our social hierarchy. It was like he was constantly trying to "one-up" everyone in the wrong direction. Like one time my apron slipped while I was dumping some fish guts and I got pissed because I spilled fish guts down the front of my pants and he pompously stated that he wears the same pants for four days in a row or something. And then I said that was nasty and he looked down at the ground and start making excuses for something he'd just got done bragging about. He desperately wanted you to be jealous of everything he did, and on the rare occasion he said something genuinely funny and got a laugh, you could be certain he'd be repeating it for hours afterwards.

[Anonymous No.18706228]

>>18698293
Corporations, brands, and franchises are their gods. Businessmen are their corrupt clergy. Look how upset they are when corporations abuse and cheapen their properties. They become more outraged and fanatical than sedevacantists. They argue endlessly over pet theories and then demand businessmen establish a definitive canon. They’ve made consumerism into a cult.

[Anonymous No.18706272]

>>18699480
Amen, brother.

[Anonymous No.18706275]

>>18699480
We know that using religious symbols for prayer does not violate the Commandments. Moses and the Hebrews looked to the Nehushtan while they prayed for healing. They carried the Ark of the Covenant into battles, bowed before it, made it the centerpiece of their religious ceremonies, and kept it veiled when not in use. Much like how pagan tribes would treat idols. Since Moses, who received the Commandments against idolatry directly and punished the practice amongst the Hebrews, could do this without sining, we can assume there is a difference between idolatry and reverence towards religious symbols.

[Anonymous No.18706281]

>>18706275
picrel

[Anonymous No.18706290]

>>18703746
Not sides but I am reminded of this three-sided die

[Anonymous No.18706304]

>>18703947
> I haven't arrived at these conclusions by logical thought, it was pure instinct which has been extremely difficult to put into clear language.
I understand that feeling. Thank you for doing it anyways though, I agree

[Anonymous No.18706308]

I hate protestants.

[Anonymous No.18706311]

>>18705452
>>18705398
>>18698293
>>18706228
If really really think about it, can't all these concepts be combined into a greater nebulous concept?

[Anonymous No.18706322]

>>18699561
Idolater or not, this is unironicly something American Protestants do.

[Anonymous No.18706328]

>>18706308
Same, the amount of retarded Atheists they spawn is horrifying.

[hungryman !!5BI0oSV9uvS No.18706339]

>>18706311
Mammon.

[Anonymous No.18706348]

>>18698581
100% this is black hand anon

[Anonymous No.18706381]

>>18699544
Based Musli- I MEAN iconoclast who has images of Christ saved to post on 4channel.

[Anonymous No.18706513]

>this whole thread
Save me from burgers, I feel so tired

[Anonymous No.18707059]

>>18704285
This one is good enough to be a movie quote

[Anonymous No.18707076]

>>18706328
You ever talk to atheists and get the impression they're still religious, they just hate God? Like they're so holier-than-thou that they think they're morally superior to God and therefore he doesn't exist?

[Anonymous No.18707171]

>>18703746
like a lemon

[Anonymous No.18707489]

>>18703720
The forklift operator shirts are a classic and obviously the best shirt ever is that "254,884,357,389 dead cops" one.