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>>8132958
David foster Wallace. They're both memes

>>8132968
IGNORING meme status. I hate how internet culture tends to completely disregard heartfelt stuff and turn it into a joke. Even as I'm typing this I'm thinking of the million fucking threads about semen staining the mountain tops that happened a few years back

>>8132958
Philip Roth.

>>8132941
Are you implying that daily work isn't how craft is developed?

>>8132950
Are you implying that this post is sarcastic?

>>8132941
Cool, I'll paint Van Eyck's Adoration of The Mystic Lamb or maybe Van Der Goes' Portinari Altarpiece.

Yes I know that neither of those are portraits.

Remind me of this mans name.

>>8132849
>doesn't know based Daniel Frederick Williams
I see you're not a patrician like I am

>>8132849
David Foster Walrus

Should have ended at book 1. Was interesting though, glad I read it but wouldn't recommended to others.

>>8132821
>>8132833
I think book 1 works fantastic as a stand-alone novel. The 2nd book's narrative shift was too jarring for me to finish right after Annihilation. Is it worth coming back to?

>>8132867

the rest of the trilogy has some interesting bits in it, but it never reaches the quality of the first book. i would read the other two if you are interested in learning more about the history of the setting and getting some explanations for some of the weird stuff in the first book, but if you want a similar atmosphere or characters to the first book, you will probably be disappointed.

>>8132767

Underworld
2666
The Recognitions
The Tunnel

The original meme trilogy is as follows. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Gravity's Rainbow
Ulysses
Infinite Jest

Below you'll find the real trilogy that we call " the meme trilogy", and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, and Looking for Alaska

Read it in French. What's the problem?

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>>8132700
>Isn't that part of the point of the poem, is it's supposed to rhyme?

>>8132711
you're funny.

>>8132584
Most of them

>>8132584
A lot of them

Great thread

>>8132416
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

>>8132416

Just turn on any international news channel.

>>8132435
This + a clockwork orange
/thread

>>8132411
this is good, I don't know marx's personal life, but I see it

>>8132411
>Marx
>doesn't work

Nice meme.

>>8132452
>>Marx
>>doesn't work
>
>Nice meme.

Nice meme.

>>8132337
Fight me, faggot.

>writing sequences longer than 3 in sentence form

Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?
But seriously, you're wrong.

>I have to go to the store for some eggs, milk, bread, cheese.
Sounds wrong.

>I have to go to the store for some eggs, milk, bread and cheese.
Sounds like bread-and-cheese is some sort of fucked up single item.

>I have to go to the store for some eggs, milk, bread, and cheese.
Ah perfect.

Faggot.

>her

>to start with her work

>>8132351
first post best post

>>8132230
>>>/pol/

This seems like a falseflag, but I shall post sincerely.

The Iliad & Odyssey - Homer
The Saga of the Volsungs
Storm and Steel - Ersnt Junger
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Parallel Lives - Plutarch
The Histories - Herodotus
The Gallic War - Caesar

smug pepe and so on

Memes allow you to transcend logic and tap into the absurd in the collective unconscious.

Those who couldn't hear the music thought the dancers were insane.

Did Good Hitchens actually say this? I might consider it if so.

Remind me of this mans name.

>>8132721
That's Winston Churchill

>>8132726
Quit shitposting, it's Mikael Gorbachev

I used it for Spanish. It's good for the absolute bare bones of a language, but after that you're better off using other resources. I finished every exercise for Spanish but would still struggle to carry out a conversation with someone.

What other resources are you going to use?

I used this plus Rosetta Stone plus Anki plus Memrise for German and got pretty far. I can get the gist of newspaper and encyclopedia articles. Carrying on a conversation or writing something would be hard, though. I can go over to Kra*tchan and laugh at their memes now.

>>8132108
Like the other anon said, duolingo is a good bare bones starting point. You learn some basic grammar, vocab, greetings- all of which are important- but you aren't gonna master a language with duolingo alone.

Here's the regiment I used to learn German. Once you think you have an OK grasp of the language, purchase the translations of your favorite books. For me I bought the German versions of some Mark Twain, Maugham, Conrad, Dickens etc. Your comfortability with these texts will really help you understand the German version and you can constantly compare with the original as you go. Don't be afraid to look up words in the dictionary! Now reading books like this will take some time, but it's important not to rush through. Try to spend at least an hour a day doing this, writing down and studying any important reoccurring vocab that youre unfamiliar with.

Another huge help to me was watching German movies. I tried to watch a movie each night. I started with German versions of American movies, but eventually felt comfortable enough to watch German originals. Don't worry if you cant understand anything when you start this. That's how it was with me. Just keep going.

Continue duolingo. It's a good way to practice vocabulary, along with the words you wrote down from reading.

Using all three of these methods together really enhances and accelerates your learning of the language. It may seem like a lot of time to dedicate per day (1hr reading, 1.5hr movie, 30 minutes duolingo) but it's not too bad! Watching movies is pretty passive, I'd just get into the routine of watching one every night before bed. Also, the slow, intricate reading of your favorite books in another language really gives you a greater understanding of the original work.

Just stick with it every day. Taking one day off the regiment can snowball into a week, 2 weeks, the next thing you know you have given up on the language.

Good luck, hope this helps!