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>>8473635
because he has a terroristic sounding name.

I've never seen this book mentioned on here. I read it an enjoyed it a lot. I wouldn't really compare it to anything that's frequently discussed here but it wasn't cringy or poorly written.

One of few books that made me cry.

Generally you omit "he said"'s when the conversation becomes a straightforward back-and-forth between two people. Person 1 speaks, then person 2 speaks, and so on, always in that order. If you break that pattern in any way you should make it clear through narration, doing otherwise can be confusing. Still, some writers do it and prefer to let enough personality show through to let the reader figure it out for himself. And some just plain don't give a shit.

>>8473589
What is the best way to handle a conversation of three+ people?

>>8473542

I am ashamed to admit it but I am a glutton. When I was 13 I asked my dad for some chicken tendies. We lived way out in the middle of no where so he had to pick them up on his way from work cause I was not going to walk for an hour to get them. When he got home I was excited cause I was starving. I emptied the paper bag and there were 5 tendies, fries, ketchup. I got angry because there was no honey mustard sauce though. I yelled "what is the point of tendies without honey mustard!?!?" I called my dad a faggot and tried to hit him. He sent me to my room. I gave him the silent treatment for a month and then to my utter dismay he died from a heart attack (undiagnosed heart condition). So now I eat tendies with honey mustard sauce on a daily basis (at least 20 strips and 4 orders of fries divided into 3 meals). I will often incorporate chicken and french fries into other meals like sandwiches, pizza, macaroni and I only ever use honey mustard on my pizza and in my mac instead of ranch. I am 5'6, 300lbs and won't stop eating until I double in size and die. I am 19 btw.

>>8473491
Why? Physical anthropology is based on the outdated myth that race is real.

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>>8473493

>>8473493

"The Culture of Critique" by Stefan Molyneux easily refutes your claim.

I would wholeheartedly recommend it OP

Seems reasonable, Godspeed op

Voice of the Fire came close to Ulysses, so Jerusalem may beat it

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He's our guy.

Lucia Joyce ilness

>>8473455
no

>>8473440
no

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>>8473470

>no

>Art thou gainous sense uncompetite! Limited. Anna Lynchya Pourable! One and eleven. United We Stand, even many offered. Don't forget. I wish auspicable thievesdayte for the stork dyrby. It will be a thousand's a won paddies. And soon to bet.

Be serious.

That movie didn't make any sense.

>>8473402
imagine the book

Un homme qui dort

The book is <200 pages and both book and film are fantastic.

OP here again. Spiritual person is meditating and is in God's world. Isn't that just like tripping on mushrooms?...

>>8473342
From your tone I can tell you are 16 or younger.

>>8473342
Instead of trying to become a Buddhist larper, have you considered going to your local monastery?

>>8473302
The stranger.

Faggot.

>>8473302
I sent this picture to an ex and she said it was cute, I felt like a faggot immediately afterwards

>>8473359
it's from watchmen, based in a real story

>>8473268
Primary texts?

Harvey, Peter (2013). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521676748.

>>8473268
>What are some good books about buddhism that aren't new age bullshit

The source material? Researching the history behind it? Studying it? The answers are obvious, yet convoluted and complex.Sometimes contradictory and revisionist. But strictly speaking, they all share similar motives, similar goals.

Reading on the Dukkha and the Four Noble Norths are essential to start with. But beyond that there's so many different ways to approach it, to read the material at large. It's all quite interesting.

>for middle aged women

You're one sentence in and missing the point of Buddhism.

I personally wise implies being good and knowledgeable

Whereas being knowledgeable doesn't imply that you have to be good. Just smart.

Socrates believed that to be wise and to have knowledge was very different as well and almost in the exact same lines, but he added a little extra. He believed that knowledge was something that can be taught, where as wisdom was equal to virtue; since there is no teachers to teach that claimed to teach virtue, it must be unteachable(which is bs). Therefor to be wise is your own doing.

>>8473134
Wisdom is knowledge acquired through experience and not imitation.

>>8473336
Agreed. I think wisdom also implies a sense of what's appropriate behavior in a given situation. I suppose that falls under knowledge?

no of course not......i remember some dude tried to attack this book for being racist and Edward Said defended Conrad

The better question: Who cares?

>>8473182

"Edward Said defended Conrad"

>[the current year]
>appeal to authority

>genre fiction

>>8473084
i dont read nuthin by women, cletus

>>8473120
???

>>8473079
>I've never read a book before in my life
Then stop posting on /lit/

>>8473079
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Hey, no worries man. Honestly, your best bet is probably a James Joyce novel. He is sometimes lambasted around here for being too accessible but just ignore the trolls.

Ulysses by James Joyce or Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace are two fantastic reads that anyone can pick up on a whim. They will get you on the right track towards becoming a master of /lit/.

more hyped for Alan Moore's Jerusalem

The New York Times said it's good, so I would probably avoid it.

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>>8473017
it's missing something

meme

>>8472968
??

>>8472961
This book is a cakewalk compared to Dhalgren