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>>8766893
mio diarrhea in utero

Found it!

The Hyperion Cantos.

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>>8766835
Read Heidegger, fat faggot

>>8766837
Im actually reading being and time senpai
It took like 1 hour to get the first 5 pages but im gonna make it

Read Heidegger ASAP, what you are asking was his life's work

>Why do we understand everything from 1 to 10? Why isnt everything from 1 to 3?
That's actually arbitrary and just an historical accident, there are counting systems that aren't decimal (decimal means 10, 10 is the number where you run out of unique number signs and have to begin combining them to indicate larger numbers)

>What would happen in math if we started to understand 1 not like 1 but like 3,14...etc?
idk read Godel about how infinitely many viable logical (and thus mathematical) systems are possible

>>8766791
so why do you have goodreads ?

Did it get you laid yet?

>>8766791

I mark a book as "currently reading" even if I've only read the first page, then put them on hold for months or even a full year before revisiting them and finishing the rest of the book in one week or less while reading and finishing other books in the meantime.

>>8766781

I kno ryt, reading le Pinecone of d00ms Gravity's Rainbow makese me le smart! :P

>>8766776
you sound like you have an iq of like 120. kys

OP I think you're a wonderful person and a genius. I would like to read more of your godly insights.

>the ultimate redpill

You wasted more than 3 years boyo, you wasted an entire existence

>>8766767
Idk, I dropped it after 3 months.
Took economics, aber far better choice.

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You've definitely wasted more than 3 years of your life, but I guess you've got a opportunity to become the Uncle Tom of Sociologists by aligning yourself with the right-wing and explaining to MSM what Pepe is and how its a dank meme.

>>8766728
>What does /lit/ think of my theory?
It's shit.

>>8766728
It is shit.

Or you could say that existed Plato and Aristotle, with very different ideas, and that pair is also found in [your list].

Or that Beatles and Rolling Stones present an archetypal duality that is anachronically represented by [your list]

Ok, my point being, it is not that Castor and Pollux are keys that define all of those pairs you mentioned, but simply that they parallel to each other, they come together. This is important to have in mind, otherwise you'll form a false hierarchy and you'll always refer to the same pair again and again. You'll find similarities, but there are also plenty of differences that cannot escape you. When psychoanalysis talks of Narcisus, Oedipus or Antigone, they are using them as illustrations for fundamental relationships that are not equal to the real situations, but that offer insight on how to deal with them. In the same way, you can use Castor and Pollux to talk about those relationships, not only because they have similarities, but because the acknowledging of those similarities help you see the points in which they differ.

In other words, there is no TEAMCASTOR or TEAMPOLLUX

>>8766726
They don't look like shit after 2 or 3 reads.

>>8766752
but who is reading hardcovers 2-3 times? that'd suck dick

>>8766726
quite on the contrary i would say
if the hardcover is decently sized
you don't have to deal with ugly broken spines
you don't have to deal as much with not getting your hands on the paper
and you don't have to look out to not "bend" the paper

A bit disappointing, I expected more from Norm. I liked the ghostwriter conceit and how the two stories intersected, but the balance between the biographical and the fantastical elements wasn't handled that well.

>>8766649
Watched a few episodes of his podcast. Seems a bit thick.

And why do people find his dad-tier jokes that he laughs at himself funny? Because of his delivery (it's decent, I concede that)?

>>8766678
He has a unique style of comedy, his voice and demeanor in particular are a character that's bred for ironic comedy.

I remember hearing in one of his interviews that his style of comedy was 'a comedian's comedian'. I'm a huge fan of comedy and he's at the top of my list. His roast of Bob Saget was the funniest fucking thing I've ever seen.

the audiobook narrated by him is the only way to ingest this read.
*spoilers*
>suicide
>gambling
>mob bosses
>satan
>shemales
>adameget
>suicide
>wild turkey 101
>ghosts
>snl
>stalking
>pepper spray
>prison rape
>keno

best book i've ever read

My Diary, Desu: Electric Boogaloo.

Richard Dawkins', desu

>>8766650
>>8766680
really made me think, lads

>>8766545
Simple:

You make a representative poll. If most people like it, it's objectively good.

>>8766545
aesthetic value. you either get it or you dont.

>measure the quality
Not how it works.

Mostly, use your sense perception. What is novel to you, might not be to someone else. Some are numbed in areas others aren't.

But the whole of art, the whole set of effects, though distributed differently toward men and cultures, is an eternal unity.

Today, you have to be careful with "entertainment" vs. "art."

Art is designed to challenge your senses and to awake you.
Entertainment, even if it may be ruddier and sweeter to eat, exploits and perpetuates your weaknesses, or a whole cultural weakness. It identifies your area of numbness, or a collective area of numbness, and proceeds to operating there much without your awareness.

Many craftsmen end up as propagandists, advertisers,...

>>8766533
The pedo from lolita

>>8766538
Here's your (you).

David Foster Wallace

>>8766493
>dude god lmao

Don't to the crime if you can't do the punishment

>>8766493
dostoevsky already explained it in his hit novel crime and punishment

>>8766359
bret easton ellis

chuck palahniuk.
that guy who wrote babyfucker (not going to google this)
samuel delaney

my diary desu

>>8766316
Everyone here knows that, every part of that book is shit.

I never read for story.

The book sucks.

>>8766323
>Not fetishizing industrialism
>Not thinking capitalism is perfect

>>8766180
read some style manuals; unless you'd like to be able to explain english to people who don't speak it, that should have you covered
there's also a good stack exchange forum called advanced english grammar and usage
the new yorker's editors also put out grammar related short pieces every now and then

>>8766191
Would those sort of sources have, like, a beginner's section to explain something (even as simple) like what a clause is? A good part of my confusion is my deliberate aversion of engaging in conversations about grammar, my insecurity with the verbiage. I'd hate to be making literally no sense, or misunderstanding something completely!!

>>8766191
>>8766201
excluding the new yorker, of course. That sounds like a fun way to learn new things and have them applied quickly though.