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>>8942220
Underneath the surface of my glass surface I have sprawled out the pages of Schopenhauer's 'On Women', so they make out the entire surface of the table. Good way to redpill your friends

>>8942220
None because I don't read for your approval.

>>8942220
whats a coffee table

>>8942006
i want holy smores

>>8942006
"If you can't handle me at my worst you don't deserve me at my best."

-Ernest Hemingway

Why does anyone take this dipshit seriously?

>and then the bell tolled for Robert Jordan

Fucking mediocre.

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it was "just k yself"

>>8941913
is that the real thing?

being woke af makes you sad af

>>8941830
>Why then haven't you read the meme to end all memes? Women and memes.

because the author deliberately keeps it out of print because he thinks its shit

same reason as everyone else who isn't an idiot 4channer

>>8942004
that's not true. it's back in print this summer. it's been printed more times than some of his other work. nice try though.

>>8941830
>women

uhm no thanks lol

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bangs knows what's up.

>>8941730
because they look gay as fuck.

One of the finest poets since Shakespeare.

Unreadable.

>>8941701
Along with whitman, great

>>8941507

The real problem arises when you're getting laid regularly and with different chicks but still don't feel the anxiety settling.

>>8941507
>is the world more complicated than 'it's nice to put your dick in a girl'?

Not sure desu

I think there are more problems that what you describe.
How about the fact that there is always someone who's naturally better, better off than you, and then shit happens to you and not to them.

>>8941490
You don't

I've only ever read Ham On Rye and found it very disappointing. Post Office is meant to be his best, though.

Read "Women" it's a great book if you're into really brutal descriptions on how your parents got down.

Crime and Punishment no doubt

Dubliners of course

No question, The sun also rises.

Sometimes I really struggle with editing. I like to write things quickly, which gives them a great flow, but when I come back to them with a different mindset I sometimes find that in editing I lose what was great about the original piece.

Does anyone else have this problem? Any tips?

>>8941755

I kind of just discount the flow of the original draft because it's so rough in retrospect. All bets are off. I find that the original draft is immediately improved by even the slightest change like the inclusion of a comma or simplification of a word.

>>8941393
>cut as many adverbs as humanly possible
>ensure that 3 and 4 word sentences are only used for dramatic effect
>make everything more subtle, even the things you think are fine
>ctrl + f all words (excluding articles, pronouns, etc.), and make sure that each repetition is either intentional or unavoidable
>trim down excess description, beginnings & ends of dialog
>read the piece for theme & story structure, and make sure that no thematic or structural elements are poorly-done or missing
>make sure that the wordcount has decreased by at least 5%
>make sure that no chapter or section titles are obvious spoilers; same with foreshadowing
>misc. grammar corrections
That's about it.

>>8941336
begging for salvation

>>8941336
The easy example that comes immediately to mind is Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. The phenomenon is what people call "life passing before my eyes" and the technical term is "life review." It is not to be confused with near death experience, they are not the same thing. Many dissidents and prisoners subjected to mock executions they thought were real report experiencing the life review phenomenon.

>>8941670
is near death experience when people think theyre floating up from their bodies. this is a very interesting phenom you have up there...

>>8941329
His boipussy

>>8941329
I wouldn't say it was their affair desu, Dorian would have to compromise himself in the letter which is not very logical

>>8941764
Dorian absolutely didn't care for his reputation though

>>8941254
I think you're wasting your time

>>8941254
This is some next level fedora

>>8941256
Probably but it's not like I really care, I do what I want

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>>8941199

kawaii

It's nice the first and second time, but it get's old quickly

>>8941046
An ok idea but not conclusive. Sheds some light on historical processes, but to say economics is the be all and end all is misguided. See Max Weber for evidence that economics can be determined by culture as well.

>inb4 but economics influenced the Protestant Reformation

chicken and egg. They influence each other.

>>8941046
hogwash

marx correctly classified the major conflict of civilization as urban vs rural
though

It's scary how much of Marx's writings are still relevant today.

With the middle class now dissapearing and wealth inequality increasing, one does notice people are being more and more divided between haves and have-nots.