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Gay bar

>>9130811
>>9130814
haha very funny guys

It is because it doesn't stand in traffic, that it never gets knocked over.

t. Laozi

What did the traffic cone say to the pavement? He said to the pavement that he doesn't have vocal cords, thus he is unable to speak.

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>>9130322
Only if you're an idiot.

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>>9130322
All Russian lit is worth reading

Yes, it's one of the best novels ever.

>>9130271
What did you think of the opening scene

The two McElroy ones I want to read are Plus & W&M desu. Shame try aren't available, though I found a cheap copy of the latter in a charity shop (Brit here) and couldn't refuse it.

Is this a worthy introduction too do you think? I listened to a podcast from around the time of this books launch where Joe read some and discussed wider themes in his books. It sounded interesting but didn't make me jump to buy it.

It's easily bought, so if there's reccomendations I might as well pick it up before diving into the big one.

>>9130296
I just picked up ancient history. it was good. the little mysteries at the start hook you. then you dive into the characters history. super personal. although the ending was some bullshit. but it was worth the read. didn't seem that hard or wild. some nice passages that make you stop and think.

oh, it's Harlan posting time. Hello, Harlan? are you still sitting your fat ass down on a huge pile of stories submitted for the Last Dangerous Visions? how do you feel knowing almost half the writers who trusted you enough to submit work have died of old age waiting for the collection to come out? thirty fucking years, little man. that's longer than Guns'n'Roses took over "Chinese Democracy", and they had to write their own material.

what's this year's excuse, Harlan? changing publishers again? it's not "timely"? you can't find a cushion the same size as the submissions box?

Harlan is an impressive orator

>>9130242
i liked his appearance on scooby doo

>>9130022
yeah

>>9130073
what's your fav saddam novel bro?

>>9130084
my diary desu

>>9129846
only if you don't understand other poetic devices

and why does the effort matter more than the result to you?

>>9129868
The effort influences the result. When I say it's "the proof" what I really mean is it's an indicator. As in I'd rather read 100 poems that rhymed than 100 that didn't because the 100 that rhymed by definition had thought put into their scansion and word choice as per representation of the ideas.

>>9129846
>Poetry has to rhyme because that's the proof the author put at least some thought into the writing
Opposite really. Rhyming is easiest, most braindead trash. There are less than ten poets who have done it well. It's embarrassing to read most of the time.

>>9129821
It's just you. It's a very sophisticated title, imho.

>>9129821
>Lets see... that fucking bitch mom is on my case again, how can I possibly shit on womyn today...

*stretches hands and cracks knuckles*

>googles barnes and noble top 100 book sellers
>*jackpot*

>>9129867
>OP's posts hurt my fee fee's
>quick! insult his maturity level

Roastie plz go...

>>9129783
>Has Western Civilisation declined in the past 70 years as a direct result of this book having ended the practice of Philosophy forever?

That was actually the Bible, friend. Incidentally, philosophy has never really been anything but a meme.

>>9129787
Don't you realise that all human practice is a meme, that is to say, all human practice are forms of life?

Forms of life where in a given state of affairs, one must provide a justification for one's knowledge?

That even this process of justification is unaccountable when inspected but that it doesn't matter and we shouldn't concern ourselves with such things?

That is to say, it is impossible to open doors when none exist?

That all our process of justification already exist within a system and that this system is where language has its life? Not where we depart?

I agree, OP!

>>9129701
aw man goddamn i used your instead of my in the first sentence now im all inconsistent

>>9129701
YES, how couldn't that potentially help you understand?

365 days in a year. if I have only 365 distinct thoughts in a year, thats still a heck of a lot to remember and keep track of... Of course its nice to write down your thoughts, so you can study how and why you think the way you do, and see if you can find any inconsistencies, or 'badnesses' or improvements, or anything to improve on, and just keep writing all the time, will improve your ease of writing, the freeness of your mind and thoughts, unless of course the mental blocks you have is brain cancer.

What are these mental blocks? if you can describe them

>>9129954
ive been having trouble thinking about memories that are a few months old. I know there's a pattern where short term or "recent" memories sort of settle down and become long term memories, and ive recognized the gestation period--for example, memories of spring settle in during the summer, and memories of my summer settle in that winter--but this year im having trouble remembering my spring, and my summer, and even a lot of my memories from childhood. The ones i still remember clearly from last year all blend together in a faceless, colorless cluster; there are no seasons or phases that divide them, no "ah, early summer, what a good time, that was so peaceful" or "oh, August, when things went south". theyre all meh.

I might have ruined them by trying to think back on them too hard this fall, when my worldviews changed albeit subtly, but if you're talking about how you see life and the universe and the world around and in you every change is dramatic. For some reason i became obsessed with hoping to recover and reconcile the period before that with the current one, and as a result they alll just bled together for a while. Now, i can barely remember them. An entire half of a year is nothing but faded and worn out memories to me.

Ive always been an extremely nostalgic person. As a kid, id think back with the wistfulness of an old man, and as a teenager i'd do the same every summer, just take the three months to reflect on the sum total, then wonder what'll come next. I've always been extremely connected to my past and who i used to be, and now that its suddenly stopped its left me kind of terrified and unrecognizable to myself. I just hope theres some magic maudlin and tea remedy that can help them come back naturally.

I doubt i'll need therapy, but i know ive screwed myself pretty hard here. Guess i just needed to write it out.

>>9129681
really made me hate him

thanks for creating this thread

>>9129692
Serious question...

Does he just pop-up randomly at these debates and talks? How do people know where he is going? Does he have an agent?

What do you think lambast means?

Normal height, Anglo propaganda.

Andrew Roberts

>>9129632
His diary desu

Looks like someone didn't start with the greekos

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>>9129577
I've read Plato and Aristotle, but that's it. Did other Greeks discover we live in a virtual reality as well? I mean the proof available to use now thanks to quantum theory is increidble, not sure what kind of rhetoric could match that.

>>9129568
""""""(((QM)))""""""" Is a rusey red hoax

define consciousness

>>9129476
>Why is spacetime?
because of God or you go to hell for eternity

>>9129476
What do you think of this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ULF5WixMM

>>9129476
>Why is spacetime?

Because your biology demanded it. The meat and nerves you are made of can experience spacetime many ways: memory, deja vu (faulty memory), dreams, waking, boredom, unconsciousness (no-time), death, etc.

>>9129390
I don't really watch her videos, but I don't see what could go wrong. It's not like /lit/ has ever mistreated a booktuber.

What are the names of the guys in that picture?

>>9129667
Friedrich Nietzsche, Leo Tolstoy, Jordan Peterson, Carl Jung and ?

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>>9129667
>It's not like /lit/ has ever mistreated a booktuber.
DO NOT HURT CARLI