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Opinions on this classic
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Welcome to /lit/ OP enjoy your stay!
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neat symbolism you got there kid
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>>9484082
actually it's a great book
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I haven't read a book in ten (10) years. I'd like to try again and spend less time shitposting, improve my vocabulary, and find some escape rather than television. What should I start with?
/lit/'s wiki has an amazing list, but I'm overwhelmed by it.
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read cannery row
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there's a novella chart, right? they can be finished within a few hours. start with 300 novellas or short stories and explore fav writers from there.
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I've been feeling more and more depressed over the past few months and I remembered how much I valued my philosophy classes went I attended college. Does /lit/ have any recommendations on philosophers or literature that might help improve my world view and give a more positive outlook on life?
Alternatively self help books or similar such things.
My knowledge on philosophy really only scratches the surface and I'm cautious about getting into nihilist books that may worsen my state of mind.
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stoics
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>>9484040
don't read to get out of depression, none of that lasts. if you have to read, read something you enjoy. if you have problems, recognize them and face them head on no book is going to save you.
go do things you enjoy, connect with people, pursue whatever you're pursuing, exercise, get sunlight etc etc.
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>>9484040
>I've been feeling more and more depressed over the past few months
And you came to lit? Go to r9k or a psychologist.
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>he reads for fun
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>>9484025
I fucking hate books and reading but still do it.
Why?
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>he makes bait threads on /lit/
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>>9484025
If the only aspect of reading literature that you enjoy is the prestige that comes with being well read, then you are a pseud and should stop reading altogether. Like, damage your Wernicke's Area so that you aren't tempted to ever pick up another book of verse or prose.
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So this entire book is just 50 pages of philosophy and Nietzsche laying out his ideas of the Superman, then about 300 pages of bullshit aphorisms that have as much value as those "profound" Instagram quotes that normies like.
What a fucking waste of time.
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Mhmm, most of them can be summarized with two to three words.
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when book and head collide, the hollow sound is not always from the book
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>>9483989
Yeah. Nietzsche was fine until he decided to write fiction. I bet he wrote after he was rejected by Lou Salome as a way to escape real life. That's why it feels like it was written by a beta loser.
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I have created a new literary idiom.
The next time you feel hot on a sunny day, you should say: "I feel like shooting an Arab man."
Can /lit/izens create a better literary idiom? I think not.
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>>9483968
>Can /lit/izens create a better literary idiom?
"I feel like shooting an Arab."
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>>9483986
mmmmmMMMMMMMM
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I feel like shooting the faggot OP
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Hey guys, /fit/ here.
How are you doing? I really miss you guys and want /fitlit/ back. I haven't been coming here or reading enough books but I read frogtwitter almost everyday now and some audiobook every once and a while.
If you guys get this thread a lot I apologize however I want to invite you to share your /fit/ progress with each other and offer encouragement to each other to continue pursuing our goals in knowledge and fitness.
Or don't, but still think of us once in a while and have a nice day
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>>9483763
k
I have been doing freeweight stuff at home and running and cycling for almost half a year and was starting to lose motivation again (because of little results) when fitlit came around and I became convinced I should actually get more serious.
I already started to feel more energetic and simply /fit/er but ever since April 1 I started working on gaining some weight and am slowly noticing not just getting stronger but look better as well.
Don't have the goal of being some huge chunk of muscle anyway like /fit/ fags dream of it serms but rather not being a skeleton anymore.
>also
I feel /fit/ looks back on /fitlit/ a lot more nostalgic than /lit/ ever does.
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>I read frogtwitter almost everyday now
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>>9483810
>not being a skeleton anymore.
Yeah looking healthy / athletic is much more important than being buff
>I feel /fit/ looks back on /fitlit/ a lot more nostalgic than /lit/ ever does.
Well /fit/ is a board in decline with very little new content and/or knowledgeable people. I don't even know why i still go on it
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Has anyone here read "Ready Player One"? I really think Joe Rogan would enjoy it. With the VR plot and how smartly written it is, it really seems up Joe Rogan's alley. I mean, even before it was published, Warner Bros bought the rights to make it a movie, and Spielberg is directing it. Has anyone here read it?
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I'm glad I'll never read it a second time.
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I've read like 1/4 of it and i can't stop cringing. Haven't picked it back up in 6th months.
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I liked it!
Hope the movie turns out well.
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From a literary stand point, who was the better author?
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both shit
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Is the text on the right real?
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>>9483732
in fact yeah
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what makes tao lin so special
is he worth reading
help
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what
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fuck off
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>>9483525
understandable have a nice day
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIfoZI-mrEw
/lit/ BTFO
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ever notice that as the jokes lose their funniness the props and costumes get grotesquely over-polished to make up for it?
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that was the most mirthless thing I've recently seen.
not once in that entire 6 minutes was there a single on point joke or ...... anything. wtf
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Well I never. How gauche.
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Suppose an ant traces a line in the sand which just happens to look exactly like a caricature of Winston Churchill. Has the ant traced a picture which depicts (or represents) Winston Churchill?
Picture unrelated.
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>>9483346
You just said it did. This is the dumbest riddle.
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>>9483346
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>>9483352
It's a popular philosophical thought experiment most famous for its application by Hilary (male) Putnam. Or so I thought...
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Does the fascist intellectual tradition have anything to offer modern political thought?
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>>9483271
Nah
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Fascism is just a shitty Modern regurgitation of monarchy and feudalism. Why would I go for the new knockoff when I can have the original?
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Which Country Do You Think Has The Best Lit?
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I think Germany did pretty well considering their late start.
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Italy, of course.
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The United States of America.
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>>9483230
Russia, the US and France for novels.
Britain for poetry.
Germany for philosophy.
Haven't looked into South American literature yet but I hear it's pretty good.
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Where do I start with Hesse?
Siddhartha looks good, but I've heard it's hard to stomach if you're not familiar with his writing style.
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No, Siddhartha is a perfectly palatable book. In fact, it's a great book. Couldn't recommend it enough.
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>>9483218
This is my past exactly if you replace "enough" with "though".
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>>9483215
siddhartha is great but it is simply written. Don't go into expecting linguistic loop-de-loops. Its power is in its simplicity and story. Though if you're already very familiar with the story of the buddha it may bore you throughout.
I really enjoyed Steppenwolf