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By herman hesse

I am a 18 years old and my intuition shows that
this book will be some energy bullshit
do you recommend?

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Define postmodernism

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>inflating your list with shitty manga

Jesus Christ /lit/ I hope you don't do this fucking shit.

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>trying to come up with names for characters
>characters' names need to sound fitting
>can't name characters after people I know because I'm autistic

Is of hell.

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Can I gain wisdom or knowledge by reading this or any other book? What do you think?

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>I am a sick man.... I am a spiteful man. I am an unattractive man. I believe I poop too much, and it hurts when I make pee pee.

Is it just the translation or is this opening line terrible in Russian too?

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I'm currently traveling around Asia for a vacation, and am, as always, in awe at the frenzied crowds that have to take a picture of everything they find on Tripadvisor, and of the various different types of Real Travelers who live in _apparent_ opposition to that, but are obvious in some relation to those same forces.

Are there any books that talk about modern leisure? I read recently The Technological Society by Ellul who mentioned briefly modern leisure being a system of increasing efficiency to offset the need for the individual to become increasingly subjugated by technique, which I plan to re-read. The landmark work in the area seems to be Theory of the Leisure class, which I'm slowly slogging through. Also copped Leisure: The Basis of Culture, and am naturally re-reading Society of the Spectacle as well.

Cheers

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My "shit"-posting days are over /lit/.

I've spent too much time, expended too much energy, wasted too much potential posting countless "shit"-posts on this board. The (you)s no longer cut it, the brief jolt of contentment knowing I've hit another ball out of the figurative park is no longer worth it. I've been banned at least 50 times from /lit/ along in the past three years.

In that time my mental health has deteriorated to the point where suicide is no longer just a potential but unlikely reaction to a world in which I do not fit but a very likely conclusion to what should not really qualify as a life. My being itself has fractured into a Pessoan crowd of misfits and idiots (all me) who have plagued this board for too long now.

I am NOT a Husserl scholar working at a Wendy's in Louisiana and playing Pharoah (1999) in his spare time.

I am NOT a hard-up writer whose mommy bought three copies of his novel about a leper's colony and published by a small-time scam artist.

I am NOT a 19-year-old who will live a good life at your expense.

I am NOT a 26-year-old NEET writing his million-plus word debut six-part memoir on a computer at the local public library.

I am NOT an Oxford graduate who literally can't express how much an Oxbridge education has benefited my life.

I am NOT a world-traveler and soon-to-be MFA student with a USB of short stories dangling from his keychain.

I am NOT a Norwegian aspiring author spending a year in his grandparents' cabin while writing his soon-to-be published debut novel.

I am NOT a young man living in New York and living a lifestyle that could not get any more contemporary.

Some may understand these references, some may not, most probably won't care either way.

On Friday I will be travelling to live full-time at a Trappist monastery where I have spent the past three weeks after something of an existential breakdown. I will try as hard as I can to develop a sincere belief in God and dedicate myself to the culture of the monastery where I will probably spend the rest of my life. I should have known my ironic self-detachment from Real Life (TM) couldn't go on forever. Something had to give eventually, and now I guess it finally has.

Thanks for the memories /lit/

Are there any books on this issue?

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What are some /lit/ conspiracy theories?

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sort yourself out, eh?

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Be as honest as you can in one sentence.

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Is it possible to make a NEET's diary interesting?

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Name authors you're certain were frogmen.

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>In March 2017, Searle was the subject of sexual assault allegations. The Los Angeles Times reported: "A new lawsuit alleges that university officials failed to properly respond to complaints that John Searle, an 84-year-old renowned philosophy professor, sexually assaulted his 24-year-old research associate last July and cut her pay when she rejected his advances."[13][14] Berkeley's alleged protection of Searle was seen in some quarters as a recurrence of earlier problems in dealing with similar accusations against other staff.[15][16]

>The suit, filed in a California court on March 21, 2017, seeks damages from both Searle and the Regents of the University of California as his employers. It also claims that Jennifer Hudin, the director of the John Searle Center for Social Ontology, where the complainant had been employed as an assistant to Searle, has stated that Searle “has had sexual relationships with his students and others in the past in exchange for academic, monetary or other benefits”.[17] It was reported that "[i]n early March, Searle’s students learned he would no longer be teaching his undergraduate 'Philosophy of Mind' course. Beyond citing 'personal reasons,' university officials provided no explanation for Searle’s departure, according to a department source who asked to remain anonymous."[17]

>After the lawsuit was made public, several previous allegations of sexual harassment by Searle were also revealed.[18]

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Hello, some friends and I have started a literature podcast. We have two episodes so far, on Fernando Pessoa and Frank O'Hara. We're planning on doing episodes every month or so.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgMObpVlTG1ZX5ZknxNya1w