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Are Zero bars aristocratic or proletarian?
aristocratic:
"Zero bars are the perfect symbols of aristocracy, the thick velvety emulsified white fudge, the nougat that creams up the mouth. Guilty pleasure of the aristocracy, rivalled only by offshore money, tortured animal gestation, and babbling proletarian cigarette smokers. Fuel for mouth spewing amongst patrician hardwood chandelier tempters at the table talking with elitist platitudes fueling each's hyperego inferno burning up any sense of humankindness"
proletarian:
"Zero bars are the perfect symbol of the proletarian, uncaring about minor concerns like health. The cheap carlorie filled comfort food."
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>>9955680
You obviously have no idea what you are taking about.
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>>9955680
Autism: The Post
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>>9955680
> almond
They're pieces of human fecal matter in a wrapper. "Zero" is their rating on a scale from 1 to 10.
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I'm feeling sad. Give me a book that will make me happy. (i don't like comedy)
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>>9955609
you don't like comedy?
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>>9955622
Probably a kraut.
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>>9955609
I liked Russels "The Conquest of Happiness".
But that was like 3 years ago, so take the advice with care.
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Can the Bhagavad Gita be understood by itself, or is it necessary to read the Mahabharata as a whole?
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It's pretty self contained, the only way it really connects to the Mahabharata is the reason why the speech is being given (Arjuna doesn't want to kill his family and Krishna has to convince him otherwise).
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>>9955575
So much hindi art seems like the artist was on dmt
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>>9957111
Because DMT allows access to levels of consciousness ancient Tantrikas discovered long ago.
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what is some beginner philosophical fiction for a newfag like me?
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Grapes of Wrath
Stoner
Invisible Cities
The Stranger
Candide
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>>9955500
Dostoïesvki is very easy to read and will change your life
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>>9955500
Get into philosophy in general and stop being a baby.
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Never read a book in my life but I love fantasy movies/video games
Is this a good series to start with?
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bait
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no
get something easier/smaller
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They aren't hard to read but they're still too hard for you
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I'm a dualist. Tell me why I'm dumb.
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>>9955396
causation. don't come back with that interactionist bullshit. if they causally interact, then one should be reducible to the other
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>>9955396
How do mind and matter (eg the brain) interact or determine each other if they are fundamentally different kinds of being
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>>9955489
>Substance > Attribultes (extension and thinking + infinite others) > modes
Extension and thinking are the same substance.
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What does it mean to be well read? 2017-08-30 03:39:16 Post No.9955374
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What does it mean to be well read?
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In your words, what does it mean to be well read?
I think being well read includes a survey of western classics, some knowledge of literature from the rest of the world, keeping up with popular literature and book releases, and reading journalistic media about many subjects (fashion, technology, music, sports, business, politics, etc.)
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>>9955374
i'm getting igneous too, rock.
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Able to join in on any literature/political/historical/philosophical or scientific related conversation.
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>>9956478
This while also bringing your own points to the table, not just parroting stuff you heard somewhere else.
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How do you explain what irony actually is to plebs?
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>>9955347
>the opposite of what one would expect
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Irony isn't real
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>communicating with other humans irl
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>Who's on first
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I'm going for a trip up in the northeastern Canadian wilderness. Don't get me wrong, it's at a cabin like resort.
Can you recommend me something comfy to read?
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C-can I join you?
We'll swap with who is the boitoy and who reads to the other each night. I promise.
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>>9955360
Sorry, friend, going up with my ol' lady. She wouldn't want me cuddling with anyone but her.
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Aion (Carl Jung)
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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men 2017-08-30 03:08:46 Post No.9955263
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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
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I read this recently. Does anybody want to talk about it?
I thought there was some good writing in it, and I liked the interviews... but there were some stories in it that I found to be tedious and just bad in my opinion, particularly The Depressed Person and Adult World. And this is coming from someone who really enjoyed Infinite Jest. Anybody wanna share their thoughts?
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>>9955263
Fuck you, read Proust
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>>9955263
Easily the funniest collection I've come across. I can see why he killed himself. All that dark humor has to come from some deep sadness.
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>>9955263
I thought the depressed person and adult world were some of the best pieces in the book. That one story, sissee something??, was really tedious though imo, but I couldn't even get two pages into the story so maybe it got better
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I loved it, but what the fuck was it about?
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the author is a pedophile
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>>9955215
gaynigger pedophilia
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>>9955215
What did you like about it? I own it but I haven't picked it up yet
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>excited to take a discussion based American lit course
>teacher starts with the conclusion "how were native Americans woke niggas and Europeans freaky ass wypipo" and works backwards
>students participate with very simple strawmen of both religions - christianity from the 16th century = tyranny and native American religion = DUDE ONE WITH EARTH USE ALL OF THE BUFFALO
>tfw from eagerness to dejection
Can I expect all lit/philosophy classes to be like this in the future
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>>9955209
Remove the "how were" in the second line
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>>9955209
Yes, remind them that the native americans weren't one with the earth and had almost wiped out the buffalo.
Every human race used to make the most of the entire animal, it's nothing revolutionary or spiritual.
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>>9955209
Depends what Uni you are at. I would advise you to drop the class and sit in on some others. Not that your post convinced me this actually happened, seems like complete bullshit actually. Why would an American literature class start by contrasting Native Americans and Europeans?
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Reccomend me some good lesser known author's/book's
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>>9955206
you don't need to put aposstrophe's after plural word's
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>>9955211
Damn sorry english isn't my first language..thanks for telling me
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Day of the Locust is a pretty good book. It's pretty well known but I don't hear it talked about a lot.
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Which is the best translation of Don Quixote?
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Smollett
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Ormsby
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5921/5921.txt
Read his translator's preface. He goes through every major translation before his and blows it the fuck out.
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How do I know if I am a good writer? 2017-08-30 02:39:33 Post No.9955171
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How do I know if I am a good writer?
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Yea, I'm that insecure
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"Read, read read. Read everything-- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out the window." - William Faulkner.
Just keep going at it. If you don't like what you write, then chances are everyone else won't either.
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>>9955171
feedback from people who know how to critique. (critique threads on /lit/ don't qualify.)
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>>9955171
this might be a revolutionary concept to you, but there are actually classes taught in universities by professional, published authors that can help you improve your writing
pro tip: if you can't get published, there is nothing pure or noteworthy about your """"art""""