/lit/ - Literature

>Implying life has a meaning
>implying you are superior to someone because you read philosophy and are depressed
>having a deluded view of the masses

OP has the mindset of a teenager. we've all been there probably, but it's a matter of manning the fuck up. stop being so self-righteous. Talk to people.

And to thee asshol typng lik this: fuck you.

>>2258910
he stated his opinion extremely eloquently. He was a beast at debate and as someone who enjoys debate and logic in general, he provided me with a ton of enjoyment/knowledge/entertainment.
not to mention he provided amazing arguments against christfags.

and no contributions to any "field"? he's written something like 20+ books. if you don't appreciate authors, why are you on /lit/?

>>2258902
>>2258904

u guys r edgy

>that feel when Hitchens is dead

talk all the shit you want butthurt neckbeards. we've lost a brilliant motherfucker.

>>2255159
Yes...Library receipt master-race

i have a big dick

>>2246275
haha funny, now trying to insult my literary tastes.
You seem to be very avoidant of the fact that rampant and mindless consumerism, the thing which troubles me, is in fact a real problem

>>2246263
>state of the ecosystem
>not affecting me

do you also think human-caused climate damage is a myth? if the climate drastically changes, we are all fucked, and it would be nice if we prevented that.

but whatever. go make another Game of Thrones thread

>>2246244
not existentialism, just not happy with the current state of our society. I'm guessing you never question/criticize things you are presented with that are societal norms? Because for some reason you are getting pretty judgmental over my hungover societal rants and are attacking me instead of attacking my points, insulting me and calling me a high-school existentialist.

Do you joke with your buddies about how Occupy Wall Street is "a bunch of smelly, lazy hippies"?

>>2246235
pic isn't me but funny if you inferred that I do smoke

>>2246225
you're showing your lack of knowledge of world and US history..while saying the country was once great is a subjective opinion, I'm sure most current historians/analysts/whatever would agree that the state we're in is due to the US seeking global hegemony post-WWII and countless other factors have contributed to the US's downfall

>>2246221
you were probably one of the people in Walmart last night browsing the mass-market Koontz novels

>trudging through Walmart with my friend, who is getting LED lights for his car
>having to dodge the aggressive but zombie-like and overweight consumer FIENDS who roam the isles passionately searching for the next inexpensive but useless item to consume and waste, an intellectual thought or inquiry never gracing their dwarf-sized intellect
>realize that everyone is in denial of the fact that our once-great nation is in shambles, our ecosystem is perpetually being disgraced and ravaged by greedy corporations and the greedy fucks who run them, and nothing, not even their mega-church plastic fucking moral system will save us
>a feeling of depression burns deeply, penetrating the most minute atom that composes my body, this depression being distinctly different from some romantic teen angst; No, this is an actual feeling of despair, an overwhelming feeling of malaise, a feeling of being overpowered in shadows by an unstoppable entity, the fallacy of man and his biggest downfalls eating away at my soul
>mfw

flannery o'connor rules

>>2243099
Hmm.. once I was in Barnes and Noble while stoned off of my ass and I decided to read Finnegans Wake for shits and giggles.


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It was underwhelming, but pleasingly unstructured and nonsensical (pretty much the embodiment of being really high on marijuana)

>>2244019
anything you want breh just go on their website or something
>>2244020
word, fuck other publishers, I'm paying for the text not a pretty cover and, like you said, some prologue and afterword written by a douchey professor with info I can get online

Prolly gonna order a fuckload of Dover Thrift editions and use the library.. although I'm worried about having an imbalanced number of Dover books in my collection :;3

Holy fuark I haven't been here in a while.
I see less of the ol' tripfags around here when I infrequently visit. As for me, I've been busy with school/friends/lifting/browsing other boards. In a way, I've "matured" past /lit/. The old trolling was fun..I enjoyed fall-winter 2010, when /lit/ was packed to the brim with Ayn Rand threads. Ah the good old days

>>2109295
that's the most grotesque thing I've ever seen

hahahahahahahaaha looks like it. she's so well-spoken

>>2049021
this shouldn't have made me laugh so much

this isn't very obscure like the rest of the stuff posted in here, but Van Gogh is fucking awesome.

I'm off to go do some shit. It would be nice to see this thread grown when I come back