/lit/ - Literature

>wanted to hero
>struggled to find courage
>finally hang myself
>wake up with a belt on my neck under a broken pipe
>realize I could do it anytime
>realize that means I’ll always have suicide as an option as long as I’m not incapacitated
>realize that means I have nothing to be afraid of
>except being incapacitated
>realize I can’t lose too much, I can always hero if I fuck up or can’t take life anymore
>have no fear

Death is my friend

>>10789298
You’d have to take a number, golddigger #72

Bust out a hundred dollar bill and light a cig with it. Ash in a glass and ask them who the fuck they’re talking to. If they threaten to call the police, throw money on the floor and tell them they can pick it up together. Remind them that you could pay off their minimum wage and still bath in champagne. Their wives couldn’t refuse to suck your dick for the money you could offer. Leave and never come back. Shoulder check them if you pass by them on the street. Otherwise treat them as dead.

Hire someone qualified to fill my position and resign.

>>4236596
>not sitting around talking about books
What are you, a nerd?

Honestly, probably not much more on books than I do now. I still have no reason to own them when i can check them out at the library. I would certainly be more willing to pay the interlibrary loan fee.
I like to think I would be pretty philanthropic if I was really wealthy so since we're on /lit/ I would probably donate to the local library. Do libraries accept money donations?

>>4235840
You're right actually. I was thinking it hit the beginning of his palm fine but that should really be the jacket itself not the cuff of the shirt.

>>4235825
Jacket looks like it fits fine to me.

>>4235818
Wow, well done. That's actually the most obnoxious poem I've ever read.

>>4235800
It looks idiotic worn sideways like that. Maybe it's just the smug face it accompanies. I don't know what world you live in where those are just regular oxfords. They look weirdly long and bulbous on the ends. Like giant slugs that have been beat up.

>>4235784
>>4235790
The hat looks stupid and the shoes are ridiculous.

>>4235669
How so? He's just wearing a shirt and some pants. I think the head band was either to keep his long hair out of his face or to help him with his sweating from nervousness.

>>4235717
He's speaking against Affirmative Action, but the argument on the other side of the field would be that society has put some people at a disadvantage. They would say that Affirmative Action is enabling everyone to play by the same rules.

>American Psycho - 6
>Wild-Sheep Chase - 7
>Norwegian Wood - 8
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>House of Mirth
Hating the shit out of it. It's absolutely dreadful.
>Dubliners
Only a little into it so far, but I'm liking it. Definitely rewards careful, patient reading.
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>Galapagos
I'm expecting standard Vonnegut fair.
>Stoner
Life-changing feels.
>Their Eyes Were Watching God
No expectations, really.

>>4235706
Men's Rights Activist.

So was this guy basically the proto-MRA?

Clouds are like towering waves
or tiny blots of foam
The sky is the sea
Far below the surface
We cling to the bed

>>4235460
>a self-help author

>>4235348
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy#Narcissistic_personality_disorder

>>3242515

What'd you write about it, Stephen?

>>3242031

You're right that it's a great book, but you seem to have misread the "characters". Not once do you get a character description or statement from that character which escapes Humbertization.

>>3242076

Humbert is not an unreliable narrator. That implies some inkling of reliability or a scale reliability existent in the text, which there is not.

>>3242123

The joke's on you if you are trying to read the book through a psychologically descriptive lens.

One more thing, people:

WHERE ARE YOUR SPOILER TAGS?

What is this, amateur hour?

Yes, I would say this is a philosophic statement. That:

>The speaker proposes there is no such thing as once-and-for-all, all-inclusive knowledge

Then, I think he means either

>"intellectuals" who exalt "ultimate" or absolute or whatever truth are sullying the name of epistemology and making self-examination inaccessible to the masses

or

>"intellectuals" who exalt "ultimate" truth think that in every appearance there is some inkling of divinity, since truth somehow manifests itself in every thing

and finally

>if people would endorse this notion of "hyper-skepticism", they would be more vigilant about big institutions manipulating them.

however, a contradiction:

>that the speaker criticizes the "intellectuals" for not taking appearances at face value,
>that the masses should be skeptical of the view of those "intellectuals"
>but then the masses should not take the mass media and government messages at face-value, but see their appearance as a facade.

>>3234163

I'm sorry, I just have to jump on this:

>you need shemale midget porn
>i've known two guys that have had this happen to them

You're at least one of those two guys, bucko, ya gave yourself away.

>>3222858

Yep, the c-word is harsh just by virtue of its structure and cracking consonants. KKUH-NNT! It really punches.