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What word processors/text editors/writing software does /lit/ use?
And what do you use it for (writing, journalism, diary, notes, etc.)?
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can we please stop patting ourselves on the back for reading
yes I'd like it if more people took the time to read books, but we don't deserve the high praise we give ourselves for it
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>>8308412
I should have mentioned
>Pic not related
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>>8308404
focuswriter
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/lit/ humor spurdo edition
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SAGE this shithread
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>>8308364
I share all these opinions.
what mean?
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What book should i read by him to try and get what he is about?
Please no accusations about pseudo intellectualism etc..
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Derrida
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I can recommend more if you want.
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>>8308349
Don't start with his books. Go:
Structure, Sign & Play
Différance
Signature Event Context
THEN read Of Grammatology
You could also try "Derrida" by Geoffrey Bennington. It's not exactly easy, but it's endorsed by Rorty and subtly endorsed by Derrida himself since he contributed to it ... even though his contribution calls into question Bennington's efforts ... it's kind of complicated. I recommend it though anyway.
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Alright /lit/, I need a little bit of your help.
I'm writing a short story about a German citizen set right after WW1.
How can I get a plot twist working so that the reader doesn't know the protagonist is actually Adolf Hitler until the very last sentence? Would the story end right as the NSDAP is formed for the very first time (1923)?
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Names would be important for one. And seeing that it's a post-modern WWI novel you're working on and not one during the war, that would actually be a bit more difficult, as you can't usually have the protagonist being called "soldier" this and "soldier" that.
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>>8308240
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfU1lYAIlWs
Just throw clarity and honesty out the window.
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>>8308242
Yeah, true. I was thinking of making it just in first-person, and the whole thing is sort of just Adolf stating his thoughts on the situation and state of Germany. So like, there's no dialogue or anything like that.
I've been trying to avoid to use the word Germany, or anything related to Germany, making it seem as though it's some other country, but I can't really change some of the facts that are exclusive to Germany.
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These companions aren't just fancy sparknotes, are they?
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Well they're written by actual academics
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...what else would they be?
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No dumbass they're essay collections.
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Literature confessions 2016-07-22 12:35:08 Post No.8308181
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Post your literature confessions.
>I don't enjoy reading the greeks
>I don't enjoy reading Joyce
>I prefer Roald Dahl over Carver
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>didn't finish Long Road to Freedom
>played vidya instead
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Haven't read a non-fiction book in years.
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I'm browsing this shit site right now instead of enjoying a good book.
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Whiy is Tolstoy more praised than Dostoevsky here in /lit/?
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>>8308107
Because Tolstoy is a better author.
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>>8308107
He's definitely not. Brothers K and Crime and Punishment are /lit/core.
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>>8308107
because nabokov memers
2 Kings 2:23-25
>Elisha Is Jeered
>23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. 25 And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.
What did he mean by this?
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God is not great.
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It's not metaphor.
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>>8308012
Some kids were mean to him and he wrote a fan fiction about them being mauled by bears.
There's some interesting shit in the Bible but there's also a fair amount of this shit too.
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>the amount of deeply profound books unread eclipses the number you will read in your lifetime
what's the point?
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to read that small amount?
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>>8308003
heh havent you heard that life is like totally wacky and shit
just have sex with a lot of beautiful women and youll prob be allright
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>the amount of deeply profound books unread eclipses the number you will read in your lifetime
Isn't that a good thing?
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>86 years old
hell be fine
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>>8307996
He'll always he remembered for that list. Still better than being remembered for his fiction tho.
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>>8307996
I remember there was a meme collaborative picture we made of this image, does anyone still have it?
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>91 years old
hell be fine
is eating chewy fats the secret to long life? does bloom know about this?
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hey /lit/
My dad died on my birthday and my mum likes to read crime books, what's god tier to give to her?
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>>8307872
The Death of Ivan the idiot by Leodor Tolstoyveskey
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I don't have any recs, but I am so sorry, anon. I love you and hope for the best.I'm also drunk. My sentiment still stands.
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>>8307872
Crime and Punishment
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can i sell my soul to get me published? d-does that really work? i don't need any satanic talent i just want people to read my novel
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>>>/fringe/
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>>8307800
First you sell your soul. Then the torment begins.
The prize ... comes later.
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Souls aren't the best bargaining chip. You can talk to demons about enlisting them for their aid, though.
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Ezra please say something intelligible 2016-07-22 07:49:50 Post No.8307727
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What is this babble
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intelligible?
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The Pisan cantos are fucking terrible
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Go read Goosebumps if you can't hang with the big boys.
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Who is right in the Parmenides, Zeno or Socrates?
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>>8307620
What are you trying to ask?
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Socrates provides an isthmus of communication between the multiplicity and oneness
http://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/michael-sugrue/
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Is there a way to argue that god does not want us to be happy? I'm thinking of Anselm from The Recognitions, or Pascal's idea of wretchedness.
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>>8307615
Yes, but all arguments presuppose a God.
Why would you burden yourself with such a shaky philosophical starting point?
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>>8307615
God is allmyghty
If God wants you to be sad he can do it
There is nothing you can do about it
You should still thank and praise God
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>>8307615
John 12:25: “He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.”