So has anyone on /lit/ read or watched any of Jordan B Peterson's work and lectures? What did you think?
I've recently began watching his maps of meaning lectures and I've found it gratifying thus far and I find him intelligent and personable thus far. Is he the real deal?
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Yes I've watched him. One of the more watchable intellectuals on youtube. Not insufferable in the slightest
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>literally everything about this post
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>Jungian psychology
Self-righteously making baseless inferences might have some type of therapeutic effect but it's no better than any other New Age approach to self-help besides the fact it can present itself as appearing a little more sophisticated.
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Why haven't you read the complete works of the 2016 Nobel Laureate in Literature yet? D-don't tell me you're a pleb anon-kun...
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no one?
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>>8535582
what's there mission again? some sort of half-baked teleology about promoting some something or other for the betterment of the human plight
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>>8536349
their I mean of course, of course
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What is the book of THE book of this generation? That captures its zeitgeist.
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Submission
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>>8535566
>What is the book of THE book
What.
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What is THE book of this generation?
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Is there a word for the feeling of grief after finishing a book or series, as well as the physical discomfort and minor depression associated with it? I don't even like to read anymore because of this.
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>>8535551
la petite mort
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>>8535631
That explains the physical pain, but what about the grief?
I should be happy right now, the two weeks that it took me to get through this were extraordinarily happy. Now I'm mentally exhausted and becoming irate at every little noise.
Thoughts?
Best Chapter(s)?
Better (or worse) than IJ?
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Thought it was really cool, especially liked the 'irrelevant' chris fogle chapter. Only wish he had more time to develop the 'boredom/attention' idea
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Got it a few days ago, pg 160. Was a bit unsure about the whole fake "I got put on academic probation and went to the IRS" bit from David Wallace's POV. I know it isn't true and I wonder if that bit would of been radically different if he'd lived.
Plus that bit with that guy giving a lecture on civics and always saying how he was being vauge and "it's got something to do with X" exactly how DFW phrases things in the un-cut interview.
> Thoughts?
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Love Leonard Styek so far
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Name one thing he was wrong about
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>>8535503
Saying he hadn't read Stirner.
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The Ubermensch
The Will to Power
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The usefulness of eating 25kg of fruit per day
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Is fall the most /lit/ season?
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winter is
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>>8535515
Pleb detected.
>not craving the feeling of dead leafs beneath your feet as you brood in self pity and mediocrity.
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It's spring
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>/lit/ is a slow board! Please take the time to read what others have written, and try to make thoughtful, well-written posts of your own. Bump replies are not necessary.
>Bump replies are not necessary.
>not necessary
Wouldn't the mod have been better off using the term "unnecessary"?
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"Not necessary" carries a little more emphasis I'd say
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>>8535592
I disagree. "Not necessary" implies a kind of neutrality, whereas "unnecessary" implies that it's both not needed and not welcome.
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There are ways to appreciate word selection without being a pedantic twat about it.
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ITT: Your favorite Nobel Prize winner 2016-09-21 22:16:06 Post No.8535413
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ITT: Your favorite Nobel Prize winner
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Barack Obama
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Faulkner or Munro
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I'm finding this difficult to read. When does story begin to happen?
I'm about 258 pages through and it feels like nothing's happening
I love DFW's short fiction and Essays but this is just
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You just gotta feel the jest
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>>8535398
>but this is just
Actually, this is jest.
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>>8535398
I kinda hope you're the guy who kept posting pics of the hardcover copy he got in the mail recently. But either way, you're experiencing the story right now. Which I know sounds vague and lame, but it starts to come together. Just recognize names and things as characters shift about the city. It's fun. And certain characters do "come together."
Tfw the author didn't go to a tier one school
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>tfw the reader didn't go to a tier one school either
;_;
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>>8535335
>tfw the reader went to a tier one school but never got published
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>>8535335
>Shakespeare
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Today while I was home, I saw a copy of this book called "Into the Wild" on the ground. I had time to spare to I read it. I finished it in four hours and now I want to kill myself.
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>>8535330
Pretty sure they're for 6-7 year olds
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>>8535330
Nigga, I read those shits as a wee lad, and it was tight? Why are even shit posting about a series for 5 year olds? I think you just want to hear other people defend it so that you can feel more secure in your desire to read more.
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>>8535618
Hahahaha I think it's this.
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Any insightfull books on film? 2016-09-21 21:46:30 Post No.8535262
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Any insightfull books on film?
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I'm especially interested in anything concerning Tarkovsky, Von Trier and Lynch or any books that deal with the concept of film as art.
Anything on philosophy in film would be greatly appreciated as well.
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Lars Von Trier is a twat.
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>>8535267
Say that to Kingdom
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>Tarkovsky
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpting_in_Time
there you go, enjoy.
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So, /lit/, what do you think is the essential pop-core, the one that comes to your mind when you think of that person you just met who describes himself as a "reader" yet thinks John Williams is a famous hollywood fanfare composer.
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>>8535205
David Foster Wallace.
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>>8535915
Here's your (you)
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>>8535205
David Foster Wallace
Don Dellilo
James Joyce
Thomas Pynchon
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Grammar in the UK vs the US 2016-09-21 21:28:34 Post No.8535176
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Grammar in the UK vs the US
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What is logically more sound in grammar? I'll give an example of some of the differences.
have/take
UK:
>I'm going to go have a shower
US:
>I'm going to go take a shower
shall/will
UK:
>I shall arrive around noon
US:
>I will arrive around noon
to/
UK
>I will make sure to write to you
US
>I will make sure to write you
There are probably more important differences that I'm forgetting.
Often times in books when there is dialogue, I notice that British authors will tend to use '' instead of "" when quoting. Why is this, and which way is better?
e.g.
'O, I am slain.'
"O, I am slain."
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>>8535176
who is that?
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>>8535176
american way is better in all examples
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>>8535186
Why do you believe the American way is superior?