If they knew that people would turn anything into violence and destruction, into idols and perversions, why did they leave a message anyway? Were they trolling the sages who just lived by themselves?
What the fuck kind of stupid question is that?
There's a reason why Jesus spoke in parables, and gave these famous words
>Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
>Matthew 7:6
I don't know much about Buddhism, but I know Christ taught his disciples directly and the Bible itself was written long after he departed. We can assume the task of the disciples was to keep the line going.
>>8336717
thats what im talking about. no matter how metaphoric the message is, after some time people will turn its message and things will derail.
i remember some anon gave me a similar quote from a buddhist source.
Babby's first existential crisis
>>8336659
Reminds me of my adult entertain friend Charlotte Sartre, though she is actually pretty intelligent. I bought her Better Not To Have Been from her Amazon wishlist and she got back to me within a week telling me she was finished reading it and asking for more. Pretty unique for a girl in my experience.
>is actually and underweight, pale white guy
>and
I always feel so bad for people when they make typos/phone errors in heartfelt posts. It's like the bride tripping on her way down the aisle.
nobody cares
Is being a Machiavellian the best way to go about your life and interacting with others?
As of recent, I’ve become more self-serving and amoral. I've realised that people are no more than hypocrites, deceivers and liars, and as such I've embraced the life of hypocrisy and deception. I'm not genuine when I'm doing a good deed, I'm only doing it to make people think I'm good. I'm only a chameleon who would do anything to gain an advantage over people and in society.
To me, Socrates was not wise, but an idiot who couldn't hide his power level and as a result was forced to drink hemlock. He should've known better. He should've known that cunning and ruthlessness are the only means to gain whatever you want from life and people, for that is true wisdom.
Yesterday I smoked a joint and realised life i like Game of Thrones, and that im a loser and thats why my gf left me
>>8336589
You should've been more Machiavellian and should've given her the impression that you're a winner and not a loser, even if you are really a loser. Don't show that shit man, it's unattractive.
>>8336561
>Is being a Machiavellian the best way to go about your life and interacting with others?
No.
>I've realised that people are no more than hypocrites, deceivers and liars, and as such I've embraced the life of hypocrisy and deception.
Many people are also pathologically honest, generous and moral. I tend to consider myself in this way.
You can get far being this way, OP, but you'll have to live with your own conscience. Outside of politics and business, most people will also probably dislike you eventually.
oi! Francofags, how bad that French usage in IJ triggered you lads?
>>8336556
>father
وهي حركة عنصرية لنفترض أنه لمجرد أنني الفرنسية، وأنا أتكلم اللغة الفرنسية رديئة
أنا فخور الفرنسي. إن شاء الله، فإنك سوف تتغلب العنصرية الخاص بك
>il croit que je vais perdre mon temps à lire des conneries
600 pages in and Shallan is annoying the fuck out of me. Should I continue if I hate her?
>>8336516
you're reading literal shit. enjoy xd
Brandon Sanderson is literally the shittiest author in fantasy.
And the way he names things. Fuck me.
Everything has a fucking cliche super edgy name.
Fuck.
>>8336716
He's a pretty good teacher though.
I just completed my first short story and I'm pretty happy with it, just need to do some editing still.
I wish I could write more, but often when I have the time to write I have a hard time getting the words to the paper, a.k.a. I write too god damn slowly
Any tips on getting my writing more organised and get me writing more faster /lit/?
>>8336473
kill yourself
>>8336497
I think that would slow the writing process significantly
How do I into Kafka?
Reminder that all the so called spiritual ways that teach the impermanence of the products of the mind are antidotes to be used by those who successfully and spontaneously built a self. On the other hand, those who failed to fully give birth to a psychological self, a person, wont be able to do much with these ways.
They require a different path that cannot be generalized.
Shut up faggot.
>>8336480
which one are you talking to?
Who are 3 and 4?
>Developer of Mother 3: Well, [pic related is] similar to an RPG
What did he mean by this?
>>8336464
He meant that it was similar to an RPG desu baka
>>8336512
Yeah but how though?
>>8336526
Read it and find out faggot
Roll for your book title /lit/
>>8336453
>Feeding the I Have Seen
rolling for this
alrighty
>in and of itself
>>8336396
> plethora
> a myriad of
>in lieu of
>as it were
>as if
>per se
How's the writing career coming, /lit/?
Slowly.
>>8336311
This morning I worked up the courage to reread the paragraph I've been working on throughout the week.
I wish i could write.
Where do I start?
I've tried.
I don't want a career. I just want to have a hobby that I'm decent at. Help me.
What are the most essential works by plato, all the ones that matter persay?
>>8336302
all of them, but I guess you're looking for the early works
All of them. You can't read just enough Plato to sound smart.
>>8336306
Friend, I'm sure you have the best intentions in connoting that all of plato's work is essential, but I am not looking to read every single thing plato has ever wrote, I am just interested in having enough knowledge about plato, a respectable amount.
Let's settle this once and for all: Which is the true religion?
shitposting
>>8336250
postanarchy memeism.
>>8336250
islam
Say an anthology is published containing the complete collection of posts you've ever posted on 4chan. What would the critics say, what would the public think?
That I am a shameless shitposter.
Post-irony at its height.
>>8336196
It would be a pretty interesting character study. I've changed quite a bit as a person since I've been the internet. The worst parts would be disproportionately represented as there has been an inverse correlation between how much I post and the quality of person I am.
Please post the rest of the pictures of that girl though.
ITT:post your favorite literature character and make assumption about other's personality basing on that.
>>8336160
Henry Chinaski
>>8336184
You hate people.
>>8336160
you're probably a cunt