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I want to read something that may actually help me think of how to be successful and more sociable and I keep getting this recommended. I figured I'd come here and ask if this is a good book or if there are better alternatives.
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This is a book for cucks, don't be a cuck.
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>>8450737
I'm trying to avoid cuckery. Please show me the way.
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>>8450744
>trying to avoid
real man does not try, he just does you cuck
Only way to get to know "entity alone as it is", while living is through sexual intercourse. Yes? No? Discuss
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>>8450688
what's entity?
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>>8450692
thing as it is, aside from sensual visual form, in platonic sense, i dont know how to say it in english
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>>8450709
so what flavor of tantric are you then?
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I loved the book, I get tattoos of things I love, sue me. Would this be an acceptable one?
Also I know DFW had a chapter on why he thought tattoos are silly, I appreciate the Irony. But I don't have to agree with everything he says.
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Not only did "DFW" have a tattoo, but the tattoo was the name "Mary" for Mary Karr and he wasn't even dating at her at the time, she was married, and he was just in love with her... yes, and then, years later, get this, you're gonna love this, he got the "Mary" struck out and got an asterisk tattooed there that led to another asterisk further down his arm where there was another woman's name. A footnote.
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having tattoo will not make you any more normie/devious/whatever
if you want to try it for novelty of it just get some cheap temporary tattoo (you can ""wear"" it ironically if you want then too)
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>>8450674
This is glorious.
This has been witnessed.
This is now a meme.
> I <3 u /lit/
Recommend me some good Irish books.They can be fiction, historical, drama or whatever. Recommend me some really good Irish literature, I want to get in touch with my roots.
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It's too bad that there are no Irish authors
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Have you heard of this guy called James Joyce ? He's really good !
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>>8450593
What, do you mean Irish language? because if you don't know a single book from Ireland then you're probably too stupid to read what we're going to recommend you.
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just finished this. it was amazing. a sheer tour of force. it was so funny I laughed my pants off. if you truly hate Jews, which I don't, you should or shouldn't read this. WTF I WANT TO BE JEWISH NOW. go grab a copy at your local barns and Nobel. great read. one for the century. the characters are so true to life. it's like reading a mirror that another person is looking through and you can see them. it's so life like. a true genious.
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did you actually read it and if so did you actually enjoy it, or are you posting in an ultra-ironic way so that if we say it's shit you can say you were kidding about liking it?
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>>8450586
no I liked it. I thought it was really funny and it seems like some book we would obsess over. I guess it's not popular enough for that.
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>>8450594
if there were a third jewish meme book, it would be in the jewish meme trilogy along with adam levin's the instructions
alas, there is no third jewish meme
we humbly and patiently await its arrival
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How the fuck do I write a female character
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>>8450404
become a female
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just write a person and then add tits
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>>8450404
just write a male character but remove logical thought and etc.
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What do you think are the greatest works of fiction of the 21st century? (pic related)
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>>8450401
It's only been 16 years.
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The 21st Century canon so far:
Agapē Agape
Against the Day
Middle C
Behead All Satans
Yurope and Yurope 2
The Magnificent Third Rail
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Min Kamp
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"What the really great artists do is they're entirely themselves..."
>plot from Shakespeare
>style from Pynchon
>dialogue from Salinger
>characters from Dostoevsky
>themes from DeLillo
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>>8450392
DFW never said he was a great artist though
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>>8450400
the incandenza brothers = the karamazov brothers
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>STEM fag turns into pseud: the novel
I'm really enjoying this so far desu, I now see what lit/ means when they say you should only read "proper" literature. I haven't been able to put it down.
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The ending destroyed me. I didn't know it was possible to get that blazed.
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Hijacking thread.
Recommend me some NYRBs brahs.
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Death of characters in literature? 2016-08-29 14:16:10 Post No.8450335
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Death of characters in literature?
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Do you think death or torture of characters in literature should always push the story further? Is using character death for shock a cheap trick? Is using a character's death for a cliche sad moment a cheap trick?
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>>8450335
It doesn't necessarily have to progress the plot but it should be thematically or aesthetically relevant to the broader text.
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Gore pr0n sort of requires it.
Beyond this, if it can do something more to highlight aspects of the story, of themes, of characters, or give useful (for the reader) vent to an author's parenthetic obsessions, then sure.
What does /lit/ think of this novel, or just coming of age novels in general?
>inb4 john green
I am pursuing writing in this genre, are there books anon would recommend? Is this too low brow?
Personally, speaking on pic-related, and considering I have only read it once time nearly two years ago, I think it's brilliant. I am obsessed with the vibe he creates; hard to digest it's his only novel.
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>>8450278
Personally I am redpilled, proud to be a man, recognize male superiority, realize that all women are roastwhores who lust for Chad cock, and who are incapable of true love, being ethical, and being loyal.
If you want to see how feminist are BTFO find Milo Yiannapolous on youtube, he dstroys all SJWs.
Biggest mistake of mankind was giving women the vote.
Read Schopenhauer's 'On Women' if you want the truth
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Coming of age novels are some of the best books ever written. That book isn't though.
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Why read a 1000-page book when you can get the same thing in 89 minutes from F for Fake?
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>>8450274
because you enjoy a well written book?
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Convince me to read this after I finish TBK.
Is it boring (in the sense that there's nothing thought provoking/profound)? Is it interesting?
Background: new to lit - I read IJ before The Brothers K, and both are really fucking good. I didn't IJ anywhere near as hard as people say.
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What music are you listening to, /lit/? 2016-08-29 13:46:39 Post No.8450267
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What music are you listening to, /lit/?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCXVxE_YeP4
Mainly for writing; the clarinet is both soothing and stimulating.
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my own
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>>8450267
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLI6RgfieyQ
fuck my shit up
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>>8450267
Final Fantasy 8 OST motherfucker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6kAwpgW29M
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Is this book difficult?
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No.
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nah
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Not really.
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Why bother studying philosophy, ethics and morals when nihilism is the logical conclusion?
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There's more to philosophy than ethics.
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>>8450176To get a job.
Seriously, though, because it's fun and studying other stuff is boring.
Philosophy isn't about reaching conclusions, think of it more as mental gymnastics.
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>>8450176
NIHILISM???
ARE YOU FROM FUCKING PLEBBIT OR WHAT?
THIS IS 4CHAN, WE ARE LARGELY RELIGIOUS BECAUSE WE'RE LARGELY ANTI-FEDORA
TAKE THE REDPILL AGAINST NORMIES
WE ARE AGAINST NORMALCY
WE ARE AGAINST ACTIVE SEXUAL AND SOCIAL LIVES