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>>9484643
Only reason to get one would be to so you can write on somethign that can't access the internet, so you don't get distracted, in which case there are electronic gadjects that are like a keyboard that store what you type in a .txt file or something similar, with only a small led screen. I can't remember what they're called.

If you want an actual type writer for anything purpose and you aren't some sort of budding collector/typewriter enthusiast -- kys.

>>9484652
Oh about those led screen .txt file things. I know there's one called a "Hemingway". But from what I remember, they are horribly overpriced.

I believe there are cheaper ones available.

I tried writing a novel on a typewriter but ended up abandoning it and going back to my regular computer. I still use it for smaller projects, like small essays or blogposts, but it's too much of a hassle.

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>>9484577

This didn't happen but holy fuck just thinking about this possibility made me angry.

> a sort of qt girl comes by and checks out my books

Just be thankful that God didn't choose a more cruel way to smite you for your pride and lust, heathen.

>>9484577
I don't believe this happened but I believe it might happen due to how campuses are these days.

>>9484577
>Girl approaches me because I am reading a book
>Never happens

>>9484489
http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/books-that-matter-the-history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire.html

If you can pirate it, read along with this. One lecture=about 3 chapters.

>>9484489
Basically concerns how modern Europe was wrung out of the Roman Empire. The movements of Barbarian hordes and the rise of Islam up to Rome's ultimate death in 1453 (Eastern Empire). Very easy to read, even fun. Get into a rhythm and it quickly passes. Loved it.

Books published no earlier than six months in the future

>>9484426
For world events, unironically /pol/.
And then find the right medium for a specific field of interests, whether it's art, science, the government or whatever. I don't know of any good medium that reports broadly.

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>>9484440
>For world events, unironically /pol/.

>>9484414
Astronomy from the 1970s
no black holes no dark matter/energy
Are you an archeologist or just dumb
kys

>>9484414
I feel like if it's something by Sagan, you really want the audio book version with him reading it. Maximum comfy, 2bh.

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>>9484448
>muh hole
>muh whaterver it is I don't even know it's exist or not but i call it "dark matter"
I have already tired of that shit. I will read it again when we know exactly what is it

>>9484460
yeah he is charming

>>9484391
Spoiler: You're actually not that chill just an absolute egotist

>>9484391
>Who here sincerely and frankly admits that they are superior to most other people

I admit I'm smarter in many ways than 99% of people, at least scholastically and in terms of abstract thinking, comprehension and academic knowledge. Although, I do suck at mechanical tasks and I have poor social skills.

I'm also better looking than probably 90% of people, and physically stronger than 75% of men.

tbqh, I'm pretty good, apart from shit social skills and no ambition or motivation.

This is a literature board, though, btw.

>>9484391
what got any of this nonsense go to do with Ligotti? Either you didn't read him or you are too dumb to understand him, self-conscious nothing

>>9484374
You liked it, but you still feel it's inferior to his earlier work.

you thought that the film was a perfect representation of pynchon's universe and PTA should adapt more of his works

you feel like doc sometimes.

>>9484359
Mein Kampf

>>9484359
Crime and Punishment
You fucking idiot

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>mfw never went to college because I knew it would all culminate in me dropping out
I'm always one step ahead of myself.

Never heard of it before. Who is this Hitler man and what is he known for?

>>9484352
Nobody really. Its weird its very common to meet Communists who read Capital but even intellectual Fascists seem to view Mein Kampf with a patronizing dismissal.
I suppose its largely because Hitler wasn't remarkable for his ideas none of which were particularly novel so much for the pure personal gravity in which he embodied them.

>>9484369
He was a well known German politician, but he did nothing really, so he isn't remembered

Aspie general?

>>9484343
I recommend you read it yourself if you voluntarily have a female friend you normie scum

>>9484347
Sure.

>>9484350
I've read it, that's why I don't have many female friends, but she's different. She's cute as fuck. You should see her. She's magnificent. I have to make her my wife. But first, I have to redpill her.

Introverted seventeen years old girl gets AIDS after her first sex.

>>9484311
The more I look at that image, the more I want to throw up.

Mom doesn't love me and dad loves me too much

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>>9484305
>he thinks he can understand the Bible without reading the Greeks

>>9484305
The Bible was written in Greek, you fool. That's why you start with the Greeks.

>>9484372
the old testament is written in hebrew and it predates the greeks, faggot

bidibiddle

>>9484277
>Nevermore
>Lattice
>Tress
>melancholy

Can't I just say author and others agree with me or insult me instead of random guessing?

>>9484296
but where's the fun in that

>>9484144
Because you don't have to look at the other person when you call them a retarded piece of shit. It's just a venting ground really, anybody who really wants to learn avoids any sort of comments section other than to find out where they can learn about something.

The internet doesn't seem very aggressive to me. It used to but I've learned to stop arguing over stupid shit. I still occasionally get angry or passive aggressive comments and responses but usually if you respond to them without responding in kind they'll start matching the tone you set. It's just like real life, if somebody walks up to you and says "hey you're a dumb piece of shit and your wrong about this argument for that reason" and you respond to that by screaming and calling them retarded then it just becomes a shouting match and conversation becomes impossible. Instead you should stay calm and try to ignore the comment about you being piece of shit, acknowledge any legitimate objections they have (from their perspective) and then respond to them. There's a good chance that they'll calm down and start listening.

I think if you practice this regularly you'll find that the nastiness of the internet evaporates.

>>9484144
>Is this a /lit/ subject? Not exactly, but surely somebody (or something) has written articles or books covering this subject
People have probably also written about cuck porn. But do you see that in threads?

>>9484124
Sample prose from Joyce's Finnegans Wake:

Thefall (bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner-ronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthur-nuk!) of a oncewallstraitoldparrisretaledearly in bed and lateron life down through all christianminstrelsy.

This is what you should expect. He just spews whatever crap comes into his head like a child. It's really immature and has no literary merit.

>>9484149
Come on. I haven't read Ulysses or Finnegan's Wake, but even I know that the style in Finnegan's Wake is waaaayyyyy different from Ulysses

>>9484124

>it's a describe something that I can easily find out for myself episode