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Whatever happened to alt-lit? 2016-12-16 10:51:20 Post No.8848831
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Whatever happened to alt-lit?
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oldfag here. Is alt-lit dead? Is there a new literary movement to take it's place? Or at least is there any growing collective(s) of writers (consciously or not) with a similar aesthetic or themes?
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Alt lit has been coopted by billion dollar extremes
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Andrea coates had a baby, some dude was raping people and also Idk what happened to that steve roggenbuck
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The truth is, it died after it's natural lifespan elapsed.
'Twere a sickly runt at that.
Why is there such a hatred towards religion and God in the world at the moment?
Why do people wish to root out and eradicate the only thing that teaches us to love?
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>>8848829
It's a very lazy way to establish yourself as an 'intellectual'.
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Crash only 2 pancakes remained and so on
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>the only thing that teaches us to love
[citation fucking needed]
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How many of these philosophers can you name /lit/?
0 - 10: Pleb
11 - 20: Entry-level
21 - 27: Somewhat edgy
28 / 28: Exit-tier Transendent Ubermensch
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Are people adding more every time?
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1. Lovecraft
2. Leopardi
3. Hitler
4. Schopenhauer
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6. Houellebecq
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8. Ligotti
9. Cioran
10. Elliot Rodgers
11. Zapffe
12. Morrissey
13. Pessoa
14. Céline
15. Larkin
16. Buddha
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18. Weininger
19. Mainlander
20. Unamuno
21. Kierkegaard
22. Van Gogh
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28. Beckett
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Maybe I asked this before, who knows
What does /lit/ think of Hunter Thompson?
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>>8848603
started Fear and Loathing on the campaign trail, quite enjoyable so far. Loved Las Vegas and Hell's Angels. I also fel like some of his titles are underrated because people dont know how to read him...
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>>8848603
Meh, the general reply you are going to get is
>DUDE
>DRUGS
>LMAO
Personally not a big fan because I am not American and not interessted in American social dynamics.
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>>8848603
Fuck off lahey
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Essential angsty girl books 2016-12-16 08:42:18 Post No.8848601
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Essential angsty girl books
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I'd like to read something similar to the Bell Jar or Anne Sexton's poetry. Something that's well-written and that a sad 15 year old girl would like.
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The Virgin Suicides
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>>8848601
Jean Rhys maybe, Wide Sargasso Sea is really good.
When I was a 15 year old, I read things like L'etranger and the Myth of Sisyphus and Sartre for a more gender balanced angst.
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>>8848601
Alejandra Pizarnik diaries.
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What is your favourite word /lit/?
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>>8848582
Looks like you forgot to put a comma in your post, OP. I'm not quite sure what you're saying. Do you mind reposting a revised edit of your original one, please?
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What is your favourite word, /lit/?
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>>8848595
Incredulous.
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What are some good books/philosophers about skepticism and critical thinking?
No redpill shit pls
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>>8848551
discourse on the method
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>>8848551
Robert Anton Wilson.
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>>8848551
Nietzsche
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Why did they lie to me about him?
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Who?
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>>8848535
they told me he was a nihilist
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>>8848631
Almost everything you hear about him is wrong. Read Kaufmann's book on Nietzsche
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Why did he peak so early? It's almost like this novel is in its own league compared to most of his other stuff.
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>>8848521
IMO his best books were written while he was coked out of his mind.
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>>8848593
When was that? I wasn't aware King was known for using drugs.
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>>8848609
fucking casuals, man.
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Are there any good books on the topic of globalization? What are our possible futures?
It seems like anti-globalization sentiments is one of the main driving forces of the populist anti-immigration movements growing across the west and it really cuts right through the whole right-left dichotomy.
We have the people who sees open borders as a way for businesses to lower wages, destroy group cohesiveness and to weaken political institutions. On the other side we have the people who sees open borders as a necessary step towards the unification of people across the globe.
I don't know what to make of it. I always thought of nation-states in the same way that I think about religious institutions. It's a way to effectively organize different groups and make people work together towards a common goal. Eventually we could do away with them when the time is right but that time isn't now.
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>>8848509
Le Jewish charity man strikes again
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>>8848509
Thanks, I'll pick this up.
I'd also be interested in people who sees things differently. It seems to me that the modus operandi of most big shot policy influencers is this kind of Soros song and dance routine with donations, speculation and anti-tribalism.
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>But anime can't be /lit/!
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>>8848465
Imagine having a grown son who watches anime
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>>8848467
It's only sad when it's his only hobby
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>>8848467
Imagine having a gown son who spends all day browsing an internet anime forum
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So what's the verdict on Sam Hyde's literary work?
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>>8848385
Do you have a book link?
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>>8848385
wish i could download it for free
(i have no international credit card)
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>>8848945
https://mega.nz/#!Ygk1nDCb!fwmLO6Tf5VCddu2mELR-azTXojLvqxKAuZUroITL9Cc
here you go ;^)
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Pervert's Guide to Ideology 2016-12-16 06:27:16 Post No.8848359
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Pervert's Guide to Ideology
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rewatching this after a while, what does /lit/ think about it?
i don't come here often so sorry if it's a meme or something
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What a coincidence
I'm watching The Perverts Guide To Cinema right now
Its pretty gud
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>>8848359
i thought it was great. the movie itself is well shot and visually interesting, which i didn't expect for what is essentially one long lecture. i especially liked seeing the clips from the nazi and soviet propaganda films, pretty neat.
zizek himself is very charismatic. even when i don't agree with him i find myself intensely drawn to his style. of all the leftists, he seems the one that 4ch natives can most easily identify with (dick jokes, anti pc-culture, anti-consumerism).
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>>8848359
Zizek's a hero, saviour.
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>be me every Christmas
>family knows I like to read
>they give me books
>it's a shitty bestseller
>AGAIN
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>"Mom, I really appreciate the thought behind getting me books as gifts, but the thing is, I'm really picky about what I like to read. Can you ask me next year what books would be good gifts if you or aunt Bertha or cousin Carly want to get me a book?"
wow, hard
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>>8848254
Why dont you actually have conversations with them and actually tell them about what sort of books you like to read
How can you expect them to get Dostoevsky or Kafka if they arent interested themselves in literature?
Spoiled brat
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How /lit/ is your state?
We LITERALLY have a town named after Cervantes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervantes,_Western_Australia
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https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=james%20joyce%20pub
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>>8848179
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkin,_Saint_Petersburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod
(it was known as Gorky (Гopький, IPA: [ˈɡorʲkʲJj]),[15] after the writer Maxim Gorky, who was born there.)
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It's a nice little town too, i had fish and chips there one day