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>>9486669
Why don't you read instead?

>>9486667
I don't.

>>9486667
>Implying i write
Topkek m8. I'm too busy reading the entire Western Canon.

Because it's true.

>>9486610
then post an analytic a priori math proposition

You really gotta stop doing this.

>>9486079
>Has it improved your reading habits or something like that?

It damaged them consistently. As irrational as it may sound (not so much after all, since there are tons of studies that prove the validity of what I'm going to say), you still can't beat a book.
There are processes behind our surface that make reading books inherently more efficient than reading on a Kindle: it will be less distracting, you will skip fewer words, it is actually easier to navigate, and you're already trained to read them.

The only possible pro for Kindles, imho, is the economic aspect, since e-books are generally cheaper, and you can download them anyway... still, you could simply go to a library and read books for free.

Avoid them as much as possible, unless you're reading things that do not require your attention.

>>9486098
another pro i find is for door stoppers. no need to be lugging around the complete works of plato

The best thing about kindles is the built in dictionary.

It allows you to look up words instantly without having to stop reading, very useful for foreign languages or difficult books.

the bible

Yeah, I'm sure some magical book out there will transform you into the life of the party. Why, you'll be a natural overnight and it won't look at all awkward and bizarre when you assume your new role.

Practice on 4chan. If you see a post that gets a lot of upvotes, write an analysis of why that post worked well and then try and imitate it.

>be 10 years ago
>read myth of Sisyphus by Albear Cahmoo
>depressed ever since

>>9485221
You proved that you were more than the typical emotionally stunted man child STEMlord with no human depth. Now please use your science powers for good and not evil like designing smaller airline leg room.

>>9485234
Step 2: Convert to Islam and start shooting up infidels. That is the only solution for you.

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>>9484313

the power of literature is to convince millions of germans to genocide people for my totalitarian aryan empire

>>9484313
it's okay if you need things spelled out for you

Al Cisneros

>>9483144
Kurt Tucholsky

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>>9483144

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juicy journalese. reactionary self-help guru kermit man wants you to waste time reading 2000+ pages of Dostoevsky-lite because it vindicates his barren basic-bitch neoliberal excuse for a political position.

>>9482252
I'd make a comment about how triggered you are but you probably kind of share his positions but can't stop being contrarian out of habit

>>9482252
peterson sucks but i can't trust anyone who uses the term basic-bitch

>>9481798
>this thread
>again

>/lit/
>no discussion of literature

>ignore this thread
>one fucking job

>>9481412
Jesus Christ that's fucked up

>>9481412
It was a beautiful evening. Evening sun was shining, and clouds hung over like white velvet. The planes were glistening; some of them moving, and some of them still. Troy and his family were pulling up in the taxi at the park and drop. Troy's eyes were glistening, and he had to restrain himself from becoming pretentious, and rude, as he often got when he was at the airport. Troy was a tall boy, and he was/is 16. He had brown eyes, and very dark blonde hair. Troy was incredibly awkward approaching his one true love, his only love, and he's loved her for as long as he can remember. Troy's family got out, of the taxi, and his mother, Katherine, paced along with her suitcase in her right hand, and her handbag over her left shoulder, bending her back to an awkward position, scoffing to herself when it got too much for her. Troys father, having made sure the whole journey that they hadn't forgotten anything, was trying to find a solution for how to get plug converters when they arrive. Troy was put in a tense mood by all this. He hated the combination of being tense, and trying to control himself. He tried to make up for it by talking to his 21 year old brother. "What beauty." he thought to himself. It made him feel euphoric, nostalgic even. Alfie hadn't felt this way for 10 years. Eventually they all got to the luggage check out. It worked automatically, without the help of an atendee.

I've heard zero negative appraisal of it so far; people have critiqued it, but not insulted it. I don't know if that will suffice as evidence that I'm intelligent. I'm done with it, though, because I'd rather defend my maturity, since it's what you've spent the most time attacking. The following are some examples of my morals and ethical code. I believe firmly that everybody deserves a future. If we were to capture Hitler at the end of WWII, I would be against executing him. In fact, if we had any way of rehabilitating him and knowing that he wasn't just faking it, I'd even support the concept of letting him go free. This is essentially because I think that whoever you are in the present is a separate entity from who you were in the past and who you are in the future, and while your present self should take responsibility for your past self's actions, it shouldn't be punished for them simply for the sake of punishment, especially if the present self regrets the actions of the past self and feels genuine guilt about them. I don't believe in judgement of people based on their personal choices as long as those personal choices aren't harming others.

>>9481438
>Troy

stopped reading there. Change name
first line is also too tacit
"what beauty"
ew
"How euphoric"
okay . . .

You talk very banally. It's almost uncanny and hard to relate to

I'm a mess desu, 90% of books make me cry.

Elliot Rodgers autobiography. Tears of laughter

>>9479345
I don't think he's an extraordinary writer persay but I love some of his descriptions and his ability to come up with some crazy shit, just a really cool experience to read his stories

>>9479345
Holyshit get a fucking life. Who gives a shit

>>9479359
Apperently you do, seeing as how you decided to reply instead of scrolling away from it like a normal human being. But we're both here on 4chan so I know that neither of us have much a life.

HOW DO I SEE MEANING

ALL I WANT IS A CALM ABSTRACT LOVE AND ACCEPTING UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS THE UNIVERSE FUCK

how did the Buddha or George Harrison do it

first: are you twelve or just dumb?

take charge of your own life pussy.

>>9492243
dumb

>>9492137
I can definitely recommend reading the bhagavad gita

>>9492137
St. Anselm Proslogium/Monologium/Cur Deus Homo

>>9492142
Thanks! I don't know where to start with Hindu texts since there's so many of them, so I started with the Upanishads. I've heard many great things about it, I just need to do more reading.

I have had some similar thoughts. Continue to persevere.

>>9492099
thanks anon. I needed to hear it somewhere outside my head. I feel a little better now

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/54320

Ezra Pound cn relate! You're young, don't compare yourself, find "of the green world what can be thy place/In scaled invention or true artistry."