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Is the use of the word "literally" correct in the following sentence?
>"An imageboard being "safe for work" does not literally mean that it is safe to browse in the workplace"
I ask because - if taken literally - the phrase "safe for work" means "safe for viewing in the workplace," which is the opposite of what is stated in the greentext.
I am not sure myself because I have grown so accustomed to people misusing the term, particularly over the past few years
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Looks correct to me, but I can't/don't want to explain because I'm am pleb.
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>>8406426
Yes, it is correct. Let's end the thread there
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Oooh baby I haven't read prose this good since I've read Joyce.
What are some other books that are similar to Joyce's or Woolf's in terms of the richness of the prose?
Nabokov comes to mind, but who else?
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>>8406380
Proust
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>>8406383
Worst meme on this board.
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>>8406380
mason and dixon is really nice.
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Thoughts? I'm going to read it tomorrow.
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>>8406379
It's on my list to read. Seems interesting
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my favorite book
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enjoyed it a lot except there were a few dry parts, one in particular. but overall enjoyable.
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haven't gamed in a year. go on long road trip. bring 3DS. pop in a game. wow the writing is so bad. the dialogue is so stiff. the characters are so shallow. welp I guess I'll never do that again.
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>playing video games
What is it with you man children
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what game
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>>8406375
>road trip
>you're not driving or conversing with the driver as an equal
ban this underage scum.
Redpill me on New England authors. Finishing up Longfellow translation of Inferno rn.
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Stephen King?
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>>8406371
R.A. Salvatore got his degree at Fitchburg State...
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Wanting to write my first story, let me get some advice on my intro? 2016-08-17 02:36:33 Post No.8406328
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Wanting to write my first story, let me get some advice on my intro?
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I'd like some advice on my writing style so far so I can make my story better as I continue further.
its a story about dying and journeying into the ends of all creation past the darkness of space.
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Post it in the critique thread.
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>>8406330
link pls
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>>8406350
No? Use the catalog.
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can I still use the library at my old school?
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high school*
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Keep your pedophile tendencies away from the library at least
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>>8406223
what if I check out Lolita and spend the whole morning reading it in there
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>DUDE LABYRINTHS LMAO
Is there any other author that has even close to the same style as this guy?
Or is he truly one of a kind?
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People say Flann O'Brien has the same style. Although I wouldn't expect any labyrinths.
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My unpublished, unwritten master piece short story will have a similiar style, but I'll maybe add some Kafka.
Look out for a promising short story novellist in West Germany in 2 years.
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Although not really the same style, I think Sebald has a similar love of reading that just really shines through in how he connects ideas together.
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Daily reminder that you cannot be an auto didact in the areas on philosophy and literary analysis
Wisdom in these areas is imparted by experts, it can't be learned from books alone. It is only having your writing scrutinised by academics, and your reasoning challenged by them that you can learn the crucial rules governing legitimate philosophical discourse.
The whole point of philosophy is that it is ambiguous which claims are logically sound, and which are not. It is just ridiculous optimism to imagine that there is some formula to be followed to identify which are true, or that through extensive reading alone you can somehow discover this. It is something you must be taught. Non-academic readers on these topics should give up
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>>8406041
Argument from authority
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Who came first: the philosopher or the student
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>>8406061
this is what it looks like when you try to teach yourself logic just from reddit
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Why are all of his protagonists the same?
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>>8406010
>underground man
>Myshkin
>pyotr stepanovich
>raskolnikov
>protagonist of the double
All district characters
The only major similarity is between Myshkin and alyosha
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>>8406010
That's what happens when you project
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Why are all of his protagonists the same?
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I'm looking to read about jean paul sartre. Would someone mind giving me a reading list?
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Read his plays first. There's a book that has no exit, and three other plays (literally the title). I'd suggest reading dirty hands first, believe it's the second to last play in the book. After that, move on to which ever book you'd like
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>>8406015
He said ABOUT.
I'm a self-taught expert on all things Sartre, and the Sartre-Beauvoir relationship in particular. AMA
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>>8406115
Why?
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Let's talk about Bolaño.
Is 2666 the masterpiece of this century?
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All "masterpieces" of postmodern literature are either shit or heavily influenced in the hands of works previous --
However, I can understand if 2666 was considered peerless upon release.
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>>8405979
>unfinished
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>>8405979
I can't speak to 2666, but I think his short story collection published in english as 'The Return' is one of the better collections that I've ever read in my didecadean life
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I want to believe in Jesus. What should I read?
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not the bible, it's too silly
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bible, mere christianity.
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gospel of barnabas
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ITT: Literature that women can never understand.
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2/10 it's like you're not even trying.
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Picrelated!
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>>8405861
Pedro Paramo. Anything Hemingway
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what is a book for someone who feels insecure, too smart for the world around him, extremely disappointed with the way his life has been going, extremely bored and feeling extremely fed up and sick of the stupid piece of shit world that he has to deal with every single day, in loneliness and disappointment? I want to live in a beautiful, fun world, where everything isn't a matter of "earning" something, but was just a happy beautiful fantasy world with lots of beautiful scenery around me a lots of beautiful interesting kinky and intelligent people surrounding me, and not these fat fucking american slobs with all this dreary utilitarian fucking architecture that's everywhere, with the fucking greedy piece of shit corporate bastards building all of it for profit, and the fact that no one gives a fucking shit about you? You know that fucking feeling, you mongoloid piece of shit? You're a mongoloid piece of shit, except those of you who are nice and not a mongoloid piece of shit, but I can't see you. If I could see you all in a room I could probably pick you out after a while of observing you.
I'm serious, I don't want to talk about myself, I want books that can relate to how I feel.
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>>8405817
pssshhh....nothin personnel....kid....
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Probably b8, but if not then you should know that you're feeling what literally everyone else has the urge to feel. The problem is that you lack something, I don't know what, that lets you deal with it. Your only hope is to realise that you're worthless.
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>>8405848
we're off to an intelligent start...