/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.21576084]

Are you ever afraid that you will end up completely alone, surrounded by obscure books and your brain filled with useless knowledge making you unable to connect to anything other than your books?

Because I am.

[Anonymous No.21576097]

Is that necessarily bad? I think only if you really wanted to connect to something else but were unable to. But if you only like your book and you're neither leeching off nor hurting anyone else...

[Anonymous No.21576115]

No I'm not gay

[Anonymous No.21576165]

>>21576084
I already had sex hundreds of times and spent several years in multiple relationships, so I’m actually looking forward to this. Ideally I’d want a good friend, been considering to reconnect with my college buddies lately, they shared my interests. Women on the other hand are trash once you get to know them, I’m absolutely content in voluntary celibacy.

[Anonymous No.21576183]

Its an aspiration

[Anonymous No.21576193]

>>21576084
>Are you ever afraid that you will end up completely alone,
That's an accomplishment. You want to be a normalfaggot? Lmaooooo

As Cioran said the task of the solitary is to become more solitary.

[Anonymous No.21576204]

>>21576084
I would like it, but I would prefer to be closer to nature like Pentti Linkola. Btw, Pentti Linkola died peacefully in his sleep:

https://youtu.be/OkmeYe3Uh5s

[Anonymous No.21576205]

>>21576097
>>21576165
>>21576183
>>21576193
Watch these two videos and answer again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1TemEbwYwA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKOAyYN7ycY

[Anonymous No.21576211]

>>21576084
If you do it's entirely a failure of character. Many of the greatest minds to ever grace this world also managed to lead socially successful lives and many of them even successfully fathered whole families whilst doing so. If you're high iq and fail at the basics of life it's not because you're some tortured genius who can't fathom the basics of life, it's because you're still just a dysgenic loser selected for rejection from the gene pool.

[Anonymous No.21576220]

>>21576084
Ebert is a Clarmont Institute connected, Peter Thiel-backed shill

[Anonymous No.21576221]

>>21576211
raising a family is monkey bullshit for low iq plebs

Empedocles - no kids, an hero
Heraclitus - no kids
Silenus - no kids
Parmenides - no kids
Plato - gay nigga
Epicurus - no kids
Epictetus - no kids
Seneca - no kids, an hero
Buddha(not Siddhartha) - no kids
Bodhidharma - no kids
Nagarjuna - no kids
Jesus - no kids
Abhinavagupta - no kids
Shankaracharya - no kids
Mani - no kids
Al-Kindi - no kids
Al-Farabi - no kids
Averroes - no kids
Avicenna - no kids
Aquinas - no kids
Spinoza - no kids
Kant - no kids
Pascal - no kids
Leibniz - no kids
Hume - no kids
Kierkegaard - no kids
Fourier - no kids
Schopenhauer - no kids
Stirner - no kids
Mainländer - no kids, an hero
Nietzsche - no kids
Weininger - no kids, an hero
Michelstaedter - no kids, an hero
Spengler - no kids
Wittgenstein - gay nigga
Zapffe - no kids
Weil - no kids
Evola - no kids
Arendt - no kids
Beauvoir - no kids
Sartre - no kids
Debord - no kids, an hero
Caraco - no kids, an hero
Cioran - no kids
Althusser - no kids
Kripke - no kids
Feyerabend - no kids
Foucault - gay nigga
Kaczynski - no kids
Gray - no kids
Land - no kids
Kastrup - no kids
Brassier - no kids
Benatar - no kids
Thacker - no kids

[Anonymous No.21576227]

>>21576221
Yeah, I don't want any kids, but I do want to adopt a corgi and treat him like a son. Check out the YouTube channel "Topi the Corgi". It is very cozy.

[Anonymous No.21576253]

>>21576221
> the person that the op refers is answering itt

You had truly to scratch the barrel if 3/4 of your list are literally 'who?' and obscure philosophers that nobody remembers like Epictetus or randoms like Averroes, that I hardly ever heard of beyond this board

[Anonymous No.21576280]

>>21576205
The guy's problem is he's just a midwit

[Anonymous No.21576305]

>>21576221
>Feyerabend - no kids
He was impotent I think after being shot in WW2

[Anonymous No.21576306]

>>21576221
Anti-natalists really are the most cringe beings. Imagine ending your blood line because you read it in a book lol

[Anonymous No.21576307]

>>21576253
>are literally 'who?'
lurk the fuck more, pleb.

[Anonymous No.21576313]

>>21576221
Any life long celibates in there?

[Anonymous No.21576314]

>>21576221
What about Socrates/Aristotle/Plato?

[Anonymous No.21576319]

>>21576306
>blood line
kek, most zoomers don't even know the name of their grandfather's father. that's your bloodline bro

[Anonymous No.21576327]

>>21576314
They had families
that's why presocrats are superior

[Anonymous No.21576328]

>>21576084
No, Steve seems a lot happier than I've ever been. I'd be thrilled to be in his position.

[Anonymous No.21576344]

>>21576313
sure but most them were monks/religious philosophers

Caraco was a celibate till his suicide. he had just one unfortunate sexual encounter with a whore after that he chemically burned his dick.

>>21576314
plato was a gay nigga. Socrates married ironically:

>“Thus, the philosopher dislikes marriage as well as what might persuade him into it??marriage is a barrier and a disaster along his route to the optimal. What great philosopher up to now has been married? Heraclitus, Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibtniz, Kant, Schopenhauer?? None of these got married. What`s more, we cannot even imagine them married. A married philosopher belongs in a comedy, that`s my principle. And Socrates, the exception, the malicious Socrates, it appears, got married ironically to demonstrate this very principle.

>Every philosopher would speak as once Buddha spoke when someone told him of the birth his son, "Rahula has been born to me. A shackle has been forged for me." (Rahula here means "a little demon"). To every "free spirit" there must come a reflective hour, provided that previously he has had a one without thought, of the sort that came then to Buddha - "Life in a house," he thought to himself, "is narrow and confined, a polluted place. Freedom consists of abandoning houses;" "because he thought this way, he left the house.”

― Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals

[Anonymous No.21576390]

>>21576084
>Are you ever afraid that you will end up completely alone, surrounded by obscure books and your brain filled with useless knowledge making you unable to connect to anything other than your books?

It's either that or end up alone but without all that obscure books and useless knowledge. I have confirmed I don't mix in with people through experience. If you're a normie, just stop reading and go socialize and consume VR entertainment on your downtime or something.

[Anonymous No.21576399]

>>21576319
so poignant I giggled

[Anonymous No.21576402]

>>21576253
>obscure philosophers
>Epictetus
>Averroes
Most people with an entry level interest in philosophy know who they are.

[Anonymous No.21576437]

>>21576205
Do you think Ebert's astrology readings work? I am considering to pay him for it. You can always trust bald men to have integrity.

[Anonymous No.21576454]

>>21576221
Someone said Nick Land had kids

[Anonymous No.21576458]

>>21576084
>completely alone, surrounded by obscure books and your brain filled with useless knowledge making you unable to connect to anything other than your books
sounds fucking based

[Anonymous No.21576460]

>>21576205
tldw

[Anonymous No.21576563]

>>21576253
>obscure philosophers that nobody remembers like Epictetus
Ho no no no, natalist sisters...

[Anonymous No.21576604]

>>21576084
No, because I have friends and family, eventually I'll find another woman to fall in love with and instead of just shagging her like all the others I'll have a family, or an extension of my existing family would be more accurate.
>>21576221
a large number of these (Spinoza and Kant jump out) didn't have kids because they were extreme autists rather than for concrete philosophically justified reasons
and the gay niggas don't count, people who find vagina unappealing also aren't abstaining from reproduction for philosophical reasons, its because the act is extremely difficult for them unless the woman looks more like a twink
>>21576253
>nobody remembers like Epictetus
come on, you can do better than that

[Anonymous No.21576608]

>>21576221
>Jesus - no kids
either we don't know that this is true or not, or we take the account that says he was childless, in which case he was literally God and we are all his children

[Anonymous No.21576636]

>>21576084
It doesn't sound awful but I'd much rather be on the level of a George Steiner than a fucking Steven Donoghue though

[Anonymous No.21576826]

>>21576084
Steve is very based though.

[Anonymous No.21577015]

>>21576084
I fear not that fate. What I fear is reaching an advanced age still wondering "what if". I fear squandering opportunities only available in one's youth.

[Anonymous No.21577098]

Not quite. Surrounded by obscure books and brain filled with useless knowledge sounds good enough, I'm afraid I'll be surrounded by midwit books I didnt even read, and my brain isn't even filled with useless knowledge but with none all

[Anonymous No.21577777]

THIS IS A STEVE DONOGHUE BOARD

[Anonymous No.21577789]

>>21577777
quints of truth

[Anonymous No.21577798]

>>21576084
No, I am very specifically afraid of ending up in a group home and tormented by the staff. That is a major concern to me. If I could support myself I wouldn't care so much to yell and belittle people often.

[Anonymous No.21577820]

>>21576314
Socrates had children at age 60 something because when he died at 70 he mentioned they were still very young.

[Anonymous No.21577821]

>>21576084
i’m afraid i’ll end up like pic rel, society is bullshit.

[Anonymous No.21577822]

>>21576314
Also it should be noted this is against the very advice he himself gives in the Republic Book 6 that men shouldn't have kids past 55.

[Anonymous No.21577854]

>>21576211
The greatest writers were ALL outcasts and lonely people.

[Anonymous No.21577858]

>useless knowledge

i know how to write books, poetry, and paint, did you think all i did was consume? i create too.

[Anonymous No.21577888]

>>21577798
Just kys when you reach that stage. You can probably make it to 80 before you need to be institutionalized.

[Anonymous No.21577891]

I'm a married woman so no

[Anonymous No.21577894]

>>21577888
No, I am mentally handicapped and my father said I would either have to live with my sister or go to a home.

[Anonymous No.21577896]

>>21576205
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1TemEbwYwA [Remove]

Jesus... that was something. I was not ready for the medium, castrated male stuff . How do we not have a lit version of kiwifarms. With this guy and Dan Schneider and all tranny academics there is material there

[Anonymous No.21577934]

>>21577896
You could add Greg Sadler and his tranny son.

[Anonymous No.21577950]

>>21577934
Grace Lavery would on any lolcow list, either here or /fa.
that guy is autogynephilia personified.

[Anonymous No.21578036]

Wisdom isn't a team sport. By the same coin, accumulation of facts we be just as useless as you fear.

[Anonymous No.21578041]

>>21576084
>John David Ebert
Literally the only thing worth watching on YouTube

[Anonymous No.21578069]

>>21577896
This seems like a manic/delusional episode fueled by booze or something. Not surprising it was triggered by some divorce drama with the wife doing sleazy shit. But still.

[Anonymous No.21578106]

>>21576221
Jordan Peterson - 2 kids

REFUTED

[Anonymous No.21578137]

I'm a blackpilled incel so I made my peace with that years ago
I am only interested in useless knowledge, as soon as something becomes useful to me I lose interest in it and it becomes work

[Anonymous No.21578195]

>>21576221
Jesus - no kids, an hero*

Verification not required.

[Anonymous No.21578232]

>>21578069
Why keep it up tho?

[Anonymous No.21578377]

>>21576084
No since there will be a tipping point where I think sentient AI is real and can marry a robot.

[Anonymous No.21578407]

>>21577934
>Greg Sadler and his tranny son.
???

[Anonymous No.21578420]

>>21576084
Good chance this happens regardless of what you do. Life is unfair and people are shit. You'll probably be another statistic so don't worry about it so much.

[Anonymous No.21578426]

>>21576253
Two philosophers who literally helped shape the West, you have to go back

[Anonymous No.21578463]

>>21576097
>Is that necessarily bad?
Yeah, it is bad. You wasted your life away.

[Anonymous No.21578474]

>>21577821
This is a dream for zoomers

[Anonymous No.21578653]

>>21576084
I'm already alone and unable to connect to anything. Its what I am.

[Anonymous No.21578663]

>>21576204
I've dreamed about becoming a hermit and freezing to death when the first cold winter comes, if not dying earlier. Now I just wish for a nuclear holocaust, or a giant meteorite that will turn this planet into a lifeless rock again, just how it should always have been.

[Anonymous No.21578688]

>>21577896
I found it very soulful.

[Anonymous No.21578745]

>read books
>get smart
>use smarts to plan a destiny that can only be fulfilled by your sires beyond your lifetime
I've had two kids that I'm homeschoooling with my tutor wife.
One day my family name will be on the side of asteroid mining ships, dynasticism is the future bros

[Anonymous No.21578783]

>>21578463
what do you consider an unwasted life

[Anonymous No.21578818]

>>21578463
>Wasting life
There's no such thing

[Anonymous No.21578837]

>>21576211
retarded as proven by >>21576221

[Anonymous No.21578840]

>>21576253

[sage No.21578849]

>>21576253
shit bait

[Anonymous No.21579034]

>>21576084
why would I be?
we all technically are born and die alone.

[Anonymous No.21579043]

>>21576280
I'm looking forward to being an old guy with a playground for my hobby and doing what I like for retirement. That sounds like a based life.

[Anonymous No.21579046]

>>21578849
it made you respond so you're beneath it

[Anonymous No.21579067]

>>21576454
he never posted any prof of his claim other than just trust me bro and btw you fags are creeps who will harass his kids if i gave you the confirmation haha

[Anonymous No.21579217]

I'm finally at a point where I am managing to get dates with girls but they always drop me before we can get to sex or serious so yeah I'm probably going to be alone because I can't take the rejection anymore it makes me upset there's clearly something wrong with me

[Anonymous No.21579275]

>>21577891
Most married people don't stay married. Of those who do, only half can have the pleasure of dying first. There are many ways a person could unexpectedly find themselves alone in old age

[Anonymous No.21579301]

>>21576084
>alone, surrounded by obscure books
Sounds comfy

[Anonymous No.21579321]

>>21576344
Nietzsche unintentionally makes it very clear here why philosophers never marry and it's not because women are a shackle. Philosophers are simply afraid of the contingency of social interaction. When you're in your own head all the time the world can be whatever you want it. But as soon as you talk to another person your delusions are shattered. I've been there. Classic incel mindset. Fortunately I grew out of it.

[Anonymous No.21579971]

>>21579321
No, its because I am superior to you social herd monkeys.

[Anonymous No.21579991]

>>21579321
>stop thinking now! intellectualism and creative freedom are for cowards!
>you need to listen to woman's demented babbling and make money for her to spend!

[S10241875 No.21580291]

>>21576084
No, because it's almost my dream. I would also like to be able to travel freely around the World.

[Anonymous No.21580828]

>>21576221
I could not help but notice how you didn't list Chad. Oh, that's right, Chad wasn't an autistic loser like all of the people you listed.

[Anonymous No.21580894]

>>21576344
>Socrates married ironically
Every time has their own hipsters it seems.

[Anonymous No.21580896]

>>21579067
Probably because they are hapas.

[Anonymous No.21581226]

>>21578474
Damn, looking at that image again, Travis really liked his porno mags.

[Anonymous No.21581260]

>>21578818
Anon, stop being in denial.

[Anonymous No.21581263]

>>21578041
You're pathetic for several (really countless) reasons if you believe that.

[Anonymous No.21581300]

>>21579971
Schope does have the right to make that claim
Even his book of essays is a classic

[Anonymous No.21581515]

>>21581263
Not really. I just don't like youtube in general. There is a higher standard of expectation in watching Ebert's lectures

[Anonymous No.21581756]

>>21577777
Not enough checking goin on here, praise Kek.

[Anonymous No.21582200]

>>21576084
My ultimate life goal is to live alone in the hillside, surrounded by books, and writing books.

So no

[Anonymous No.21583188]

>>21576221
n-natalistsisters, our response?

[Anonymous No.21583282]

not really

[Anonymous No.21583370]

>>21576165
>I’m absolutely content in voluntary celibacy.
Not to get too pedantic but all celibacy is, by definition, voluntary.

[Anonymous No.21583395]

>>21576253
If this isn't bait you are a troglodyte who has no place on this board.

[Anonymous No.21583408]

>>21576221
Pretty tragic actually. Perhaps if we had some of their genes nowadays floating around in our cesspool of mediocrity then there would actually be some interesting stuff to read.

[Anonymous No.21583428]

Years ago I quit dating and I decided I will literally only take a 18-20 year old virgin bride. The idea of being the endgame of the kind of roastie who left me because "I still want to make experiences before settling down" to get dicked by random niggers until 30-35 is unbearable cuckoldry. I hate how promiscuous these whores are. They're literally all completely fine with hookups. Why the fuck would I accept to marry a post-wall whore whose vagina is a crater and whose ability to love is completely eroded by nigger dick? I know I'll never get a 18 year old virgin who is also worth marrying but it's that or nothing and I can focus on something else in the meantime.

[Anonymous No.21583441]

>>21576084
I'm afraid of the opposite. That regardless how much I read my brain will just delete 95% of it and I will not do anything of value with the remaining 5%. So all of it will have come to nothing.

[Anonymous No.21583447]

>>21576084
No and the only reason you would is you consider this behavior as low status

[Anonymous No.21583451]

>>21583428
>18-20 year old virgin bride
>18-20
>virgin

[Anonymous No.21583457]

>>21583451
mormons

[Anonymous No.21583472]

>>21576084
No, I'm afraid that as old I realize I was afraid to be myself. Being true to myself is more important to me than being popular.

[Anonymous No.21583482]

>>21583451
I know it's impossible. I'm not chasing a delusion. I'm just saying that I'll live my life focusing on other things and if I get someone who fulfills this impossible standard then I'll consider a relationship again. I'm fucking done loving disgusting roasties who fucked random people before being with me. If I wanted to be with a whore I'd pay one, less commitment less problems.

[Anonymous No.21583485]

>>21583457
There are other denominations that have "technically virgins" too.
>>21583482
Were all delusional here.

[Anonymous No.21583594]

>>21583370
then explain how OP is an incel

[Anonymous No.21583621]

>>21576084
>useless knowledge
You shouldn't have read shity books.

[Anonymous No.21583628]

>>21576211
Schopenhauer and Cioran prove you wrong. Keep on pretending you didn't fuck up and become a normie who will only ever write dreck.
>But Cormac McCarthy has a son!
So does Stephen King. And they're both popular culture hacks.

[Anonymous No.21583633]

>>21576253
>Epictetus
>Obscure
This is the kind of retard who has children and thinks he can still write something worthwhile. You can't even raise a child, you simpleton.

[Anonymous No.21583636]

>>21583628
How is McCarthy a culture hack?

[Anonymous No.21583649]

>>21583636
Have you read his books? His entire philosophy is a justification of evil because he believes that humans have to be evil, completely ignoring the existence of every sage or ascetic who ever lived. That's not even mentioning that upwards of five of his novels have been turned into mainstream popular movies and normies love his nihilistic dreck. Everything he writes flatters the egos of bad people.