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Why being somewhat handsome and a sports guy isn't that much of a meme to be a writer like being mentally ill and an addict?
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>>9572119
wut
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why not both?
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He had no dick, right?
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No dick Literally and metaphorically
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>>9572016
>"I'm madly in love with you btw here's a nice Spanish bull pls fuck his BPC while I watch"
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>>9572013
I really do love that early moment where Nick is finding it hard to keep it together alone in his hotel room at night.
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It's 4am. Read my shit, will post 2nd page
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2nd page
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>>9571723
Hey, I'm not sure if you've noticed, but you seem to be writing every letter rotated 90 degrees, and from the bottom to top of the page, instead of left to right.
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>>9571723
learn cursive you stupid mongrel
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Books that lonely, lost, young men should read?
I just picked up Notes From the Underground. What else?
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Discourses of Epictetus
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The Holy Bible
Which should I read first?
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>>9571227
2 trash 1 trash
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Two of these are bad, one of them is a bad translation, and the other one is the only one worth reading.
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>>9571250
For the last time, juan, I'm not learning your shit language
Is it cringy to post your poetry on facebook?
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Why do you care, if you want to share your poetry share it.
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how could it possibly be any more "cringy" than what all your 110 IQ "friends" do on there?
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>>9571201
It's cringy to breathe
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Who were the most redpilled authors? Was it Pynchon?
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secretly Jane Austen
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>>9570650
austen was more redpilled than most of the manosphere dweebs today
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When will the English ever learn!??!??!?!??!
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Harold Bloom on the Mormon Breakthrough
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https://www.fairmormon.org/blog/2011/11/14/harold-bloom-on-the-mormon-breakthrough
>By way of introduction, Harold Bloom has previously written on Mormonism, to which he gives the crowning title “the American religion”.[1] Bloom is positively enamored with Joseph Smith, whom he cordially refers to as an “authentic religious genius”, and is amazed at the power of Joseph Smith’s revelations. Granted, it appears that Bloom’s admiration for Joseph Smith and his revelations is on a sort of quasi-literary level; I don’t think it would be too much of a stretch to say that Bloom would place Joseph’s revelations on the same level as great poetry or literature, but nothing more. Notwithstanding, Bloom is a first-rate intellectual who has given us some probing, albeit somewhat flawed, writings to explore.[2]
Have you taken the Mormonpill yet? :)
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I SLAUGH-TERED
THE CHIN-E-ESE
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Who cares of that fat retard
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>>9570548
I was born in a mormon family and I can tell you there is nothing special about mormonism other than the historical and sociological phenomena of a cult turned full blown state government.
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How many books have you read /lit/?
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At least like 4 my dude
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>>9570493
According to my Goodreads, since 2011 I've read 45 books. Not bad, eh?
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>>9570498
/thread
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Anyone else worried that they might actually be cursed by genetically low IQ and are only "good" at reading because of how much you do it?
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>>9570396
>only "good" at reading because of how much you do it
Low intelligence would mean that even through effort and habit you would be incapable of improvement.
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People are only skilled at anything due to habituation. Unless you're a blatant retard you can learn anything with enough devotion.
Producing new art and ideas is something else, entirely. But with how much information is already out there, you can be very knowledgeable just by reading and practicing.
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>Not having your IQ tested because you are amazingly mentally ill
Unfortunately you still need to be at least three standard deviations above the norm to not be a pseud and few people are.
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Why don't we take education reform seriously? Are there not enough radical revisions to the education system to supplant the failure that is the public school system?
we could spend as much on education as we do on military, in one generation we would see changes never before witnessed
Que Epic Music
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unfortunately there is this one type of person that does really bad in school and ruins it for everyone else so these other people puts their kids in private school so then its just the kids from that one type of person that isnt amazing at school
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>>9570350
Something something politicians are careerists. It depends what you mean specifically by "education reform" but an aggressive shift toward charter schools, for example, is still political suicide.
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Fuck off, socialist. Investing in education is a waste of money. Not everyone needs to be "educated". A true education is anarchic.
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Alright lads, I'm finally going to read the ultimate post modern meme novel.
Are there any ideas or prereq reading that could help in understanding it the first time around?
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Preparation for Infinite Jest? Having gone to school
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I'm currently reading it. At first, at least for me, it was a little hard to follow only because Wallace introduces several characters and you are quickly going between many story lines. After like 200-300 pages it seems to become a much easier read. Also be prepared to look up the definition to many words.
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>>9570318
Just read the work, OP. Is not that hard
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>Be me sitting in coffee shop reading physics
>See guy in other table look so similar to DFW it's scary
>Mfw I see he's reading Infinite Jest
Are any of you self aware in real life?
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>studying physics
>self aware
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>>9569899
>studying physics
u mean posing with a physics book in a coffee shop, people who are actually doing physics degrees don't do this
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>>9569919
Feynman used to study in a strip club.
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what are some "life-changing" /epic books. not talking about fiction.
pic related i guess, i never read it.
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Currently Reading pic related, it's breddy gud.
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you should definitely read that book, i just finished it
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>you're walking along the muggy, hot St. Petersburg streets late at night when Sonia Semyonovna Marmeladova comes up to you and says she'll suck your dick for a ruble
Would you do it?
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>>9569656
What book is this?
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>>9569664
Crime and Punishment, from google
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Yes, definitely.