name the best writers of the past fifty years
Plato
>>9341450
ohmer
I doubt most people here would know him, let alone have the intellectual magnitude to appreciate my reasoning for choosing him.
Write what's on your mind
>>9341417
Well, Tamatoa hasn't always been this glam
I was a drab little crab once
Now I know I can be happy as a clam
Because I'm beautiful, baby
Did your granny say listen to your heart
Be who you are on the inside
I need three words to tear her argument apart
Your granny lied!
I'd rather be...
Shiny
Like a treasure from a sunken pirate wreck
Scrub the deck and make it look...
Shiny
I will sparkle like a wealthy woman's neck
Just a sec!
Don't you know
Fish are dumb, dumb, dumb
They chase anything that glitters (beginners!)
Oh, and here they come, come, come
To the brightest thing that glitters
Mmm, fish dinners
I just love free food
And you look like seafood
(Like seafood)
Well, well, well
Little Maui's having trouble with his look
You little semi-demi-mini-god
Ouch! What a terrible performance
Get the hook (get it?)
You don't swing it like you used to, man
Yet I have to give you credit for my start
And your tattoos on the outside
For just like you I made myself a work of art
I'll never hide; I can't, I'm too...
Shiny
Watch me dazzle like a diamond in the rough
Strut my stuff; my stuff is so...
Shiny
Send your armies but they'll never be enough
My shell's too tough
Maui man, you could try, try, try
But you can't expect a demi-god
To beat a decapod (look it up)
You will die, die, die
Now it's time for me to take apart
Your aching heart
Far from the ones who abandoned you
Chasing the love of these humans
Who made you feel wanted
You tried to be tough
But your armour's just not hard enough
Maui
Now it's time to kick your...
Hiney
Ever seen someone so...
Shiny
Soak it in 'cause it's the last you'll ever see
C'est la vie mon ami
I'm so...
Shiny
Now I'll eat you, so prepare your final plea
Just for me
You'll never be quite as...
Shiny
You wish you were nice and...
SHINYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Too many people
FIVE YEARS
All the best things have already been written. Therefore, writing anything new is pointless.
Prove it.
>some european or american fuckers who have been writing for like 0.00001% of human history have already written EVERYTHING good
yeah, okay kid.
>>9341225
Human nature isn't as complex as you think. Pretty much all philosophical issues were discussed (with suprising conclusion - we kant know nuffin!), the questions of human condition were explored, at this point all whats left is for humanity to solve physics, create sentient robots, and suicide itself.
this true?
really makes you think huh
English is the international language of business, commerce and trade, diplomacy, science, and engineering.
Speaking it does not make one intelligent just as not speaking it does not make one unintelligent. However, it is smart to learn it.
>>9340920
>more native spanish speakers
>more native chinese speakers
>not reading beautiful arabic poetry
>not reading the Greeks in the original Greek
>getting cucked by british and american imperialism
>believing commerce, trade, diplomacy, science, engineering makes for good literature
Why so bourgois, anon? Life isn't all about commerce and economic power.
>Man is the animal
>La BĂȘte humaine
The blacker the sun
The darker the dawn
Flashes from the axis
Flashes from the axis
On the hummingway to the stars
>>9340555
This refers to a train you illiterate frog.
>DFW had 300 self-help books in his library
Ew
Yeah, thanks for reminding, but we already know he was a hack
And then he condensed them all into 1200 pages. Economical really.
>>9340479
Another proof of self help books being useless.
I realized today that I'm lonely. That I'm entirely cut off from other people and don't have a single friend.
It has never bothered me before (thanks in part to 4chan) but today I realized what a fucked position this is. Very few girls will want to date someone who has no friends, for example.
Are there any books about this? Any characters in a similar situation?
>Very few girls will want to date someone who has no friends, for example.
dude become an alpha autist like me
>>9340369
I'm talking about a serious relationship with an intelligent, responsible girl.
>>9340358
>Very few girls will want to date someone who has no friends, for example.
You're pathetic. You'll never have friends. kys
>a bad writer will never be a good writer
What did he mean by this? Is there any point to even try then?
What would he know about being a good writer?
>>9338758
well, he's been trying for about 55 books now, so who knows
>>9338760
fpbp
Which philosopher was best at blowing people the fuck out? Was it Nietzsche for this passage, in which he lambasted Schopenhauer for playing the flute?
>The difficulty of providing a rational foundation for the principle cited may indeed be greatâas is well known, Schopenhauer did not succeed eitherâand whoever has once felt deeply how insipidly false and sentimental this principle is in a world whose essence is will to power, may allow himself to be reminded that Schopenhauer, though a pessimist, reallyâplayed the flute. Every day, after dinner: one should read his biography on that. And incidentally: a pessimist, one who denies God and the world but comes to a stop before moralityâwho affirms morality and plays the fluteâthe laede neminem [offend no one] moralityâwhat? is that reallyâa pessimist?
>>9338481
sir, that would be Diogenes
>>9338481
>blowing people the fuck out
what did he mean by this?
the OG Heraclitus
>borrow a book from someone in high school
>six months later
>him: "hey man so uh can i get the book back?"
>yeah man i'll get it to you later
>never return it
>be 21, almost 22 now
>suddenly feel super guilty about it
ITT: shit you did in the past that caught up with your conscience
>>9338284
Stole a book from my 7th grade teacher feel shit about it, but don't even remember her name.
>>9338284
>be 11 or 12 year old me
>visit relatives
>watch TV in living room with cousins
>cousin wants to switch channel to some stupid show
>I say to her "Fuck off" or something similar
>she starts insulting me and tries to get the remote violently
>too bad for her I'm a boy
>lose my shit and beat her
>she cries
Even though it is 10 years since then, I still regret it. I'd even apologize for that but I think it would be weird apologizing for something that's so long ago, especially because we were in our tweens.
>>9338284
My dad loaned me his Wittgenstein & von Wright collection when I started university. I dropped out and never returned them.
For me it was my father, he had a massive library and would always encourage me to read. He even employed some reverse psychology by limiting how much I could read before bed ( this was when I was 8 or 9ish), knowing that I would rebel and want to read more.
What are your stories /Lit/?
poor, broken family. local library was a sanctuary with free entertainment.
>>9338111
How bourgeois.
books provided an escape from the daily drudge of school and as a source of entertainment for when there was nothing to do.
Any literature that just contains pure rage?
>>9337504
MY FUCKING DIARY
>>9337504
Agape agape
The Tunnel from William H Gass
>>9335556
>>9335886
is that last one an alex jones quote
>>9335899
Probably more Alan Watts than Alex Jones.
>Like a book at evening beautiful but untrue,
>Like a book on rising beautiful and true.
Nonsense or genius?
Neither.
Really made me think
muh dairy queen
its nonsense
Fantasy
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/r688cPe.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/igBYngL.jpg
Flowchart:
>https://i.imgur.com/uykqKJn.jpg
Science Fiction
Selected:
>https://i.imgur.com/A96mTQX.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/IBs9KE8.jpg
General:
>https://i.imgur.com/r55ODlL.jpg
>https://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc.jpg
NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books:
>https://i.imgur.com/IJxTQBL.jpg
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