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literature: Ulysses
TV: The Knick
film: Eyes Wide Shut
Albums: dunno
video games: space station 13

>>8737831
>the knick

My nigga.

>>8737825
Gravity's Rainbow
The Wire
2001
Crimson King
MGS2

>>8737791
Nope, him and Nietzsche are correct on this view.

"...the goal of humanity lies in its highest
specimens"

“The Revolution made Napoleon possible: that is its justification…”

etc etc

>>8737791
>What do you guys think? An exaggeration?

Of course.

I don't follow, why would anyone have to "justify" civilization?

>>8737761
>nonsense for leftist cuck

You clearly haven't read Stirner

>>8737754

does he pick up his wine glass / baguette with his foot or something? how does that work if he has no hands

>>8737754
>your thoughts on the writings of Max Stirner?
Flowerly.
And I am starting to see that egoism or selfishness whatever you wanna call it is really a flawed concept, unless we are talking of something that is indirect conflict with yourself.

i dunno why we got that as our banner
i guess it was picked by someone who doesn't come here or understand the board culture

That motherfucker is 5, no?

If Billy Shakes can say fuck off to the rules of sonnet writing, we can make our own haiku rules.

>>8737724
>Ah, therein is he
>The motherfucker
>What a fucking tool

>>8737706
Haven't read him for shit but my latin teacher told us that people say she is the living representation of a Chekhov character.

What did she mean by this?

>>8737808
was she a playwright too?

>>8737817
she is a catholic stoiclike lady

>>8737677
>I'll start with an easy one
>easy one
Do you even try?

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>>8737671
What was his fucking problem?

>>8737707
I don't think it could have been more clearly put, t b h

>>8737649
I accept that that particular sort of racism was a historical fact and keep that in mind as I read the book.

You mean, the first paragraph?

That's not really a racist thing -- certainly not "extreme racism". It's nothing more than applying the "exotic savage" trope to the people he's seen in Africa. At worst, it's just ignorance on Roosevelt's (and the wider world's) part, nothing to cry about.

Racism would be suggesting that, because they're "savages", they should be conquered or enslaved or so on -- that their way of life should be eradicated and "updated" just because you can't understand them as they are.

>>8737698
>just because you can't understand them as they appear.

ftfy

>>8737636
You sure as hell ain't discussing those on /tv/.

So, you like Sophocles?

I've only read Antigone.
I'm mainly asking because I was hoping someone could help me out with a starter kit of plays or some other such resource.

>>8737654
Just read more Sophocles if you liked that.

>>8737624
Schopenhauer's "On Women"
Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'
McDonald's Culture of Critique series
Elliot Rodger's My Twisted World
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

>>8737624
2083- A European Declaration of Independence

>>8737624
There is no "average /lit/ user" you braindead cuck.

There is however a dedicated minority of benighted fuckstains who keep this place as shit as it is.

Go read some fucking William Gaddis.

>>8737547
Conspiracy theories are the myths of the modern era. Ancient peoples created myth as a tool to navigate a world of incomprehensible natural phenomena. Modern man makes conspiracy theories as a tool to navigate a world of incomprehensible power struggles and Russian doll nestled Simulacra. Myths express complex truths in a simple way. David Icke's reptilian theory is fundamentally true. The masters of this world don't give a shit about you or humans for that matter. Their power is actually based on human sacrifice, it usually takes the shape of war rather than quaint satanic rituals, but it's exactly the same basic procedure. Power through death.

>>8737633
This. Speaking of satanic rituals, I think this also applies well to the conspiracies asserting politicians engage in satantic acts of pedophilia. The truth is some people simply want to fuck kids, sometimes in a ritualistic manner simply for the novelty or group initiation (purely material and psychological). Some folks can't handle this and have to view these people as literal demon or demon worshipers in order to explain the inhuman behavior.

For the record, we must be careful to not overly apply this analysis to every theory as a means of dismissal. It's far too easy to say people accept JFK or 9/11 conspiracies solely because the events are too traumatic to accept at face value ("You're telling me one lone guy managed to assassinate the most powerful man on the planet? Nope, not possible" etc.). That is certainly the case for some believers, but others do approach the field from a researcher's perspective, and not an emotional one.

>>8737633
i like this, but think it's more interesting. conspiracy as defined as not true is basically like you've said, modern myth. but their not all unreal. in a world moving lightening fast, what's the appropriate heuristic to apply to conspiracy theories, or should each be taken individually

>Was he a human, or something more

open to interpretation.

> Is there a more evil character in fiction than the Judge?

Probably, i dunno.

He is the classic fool. The trickster.

>>8737450
Possibly William Kohler

>>8737420
LOL HE'S REDPILELD AS FUCK PRAISE KEK

see salt is supposed to be better for your cholesterol or something.

>>8737420
I got 420 in this post. You're welcome, /lit/eral Faggots

my dairy desu

>>8737393
This.
So I was reading my dairy and I thought HOLY COW I could have sworn I wrote this! And yes I actually wrote it. Still have goosebumps.

>>8737393
>>8737408

OP here, I kek'd

The Fault in Our Stars

>>8737348
(((journalism)))

>>8737348
why would you apply to a journalism program without knowing anything about journalism?

>>8737299
The word is 'Amities'. It's a way of ending a letter, like 'Cheers' or 'Best', you pleb.

>>8737332
that doesnt look like a double t? fuck me for not knowing that, but also dont really ever get letters

>>8737299
also this book is pretty /lit/ - it's poems about elena ferrante, will post some if anyone wants to read