Serious question: Is Tao Lin autistic?
I'm inclined to think that severe social anxiety and drug use have caused him to seem autistic.
I mean, the sorts of drugs he uses are all likely to cause to disassociation/derealization/depersonalization, which seems like a better explanation than autism. Just my 2 cents though.
>>7754961
I can certainly believe autism, though I'd have to actually get a look at him in his normal life to see if he does any other of the common behaviors beyond just being a weirdo.
He's definitely got social anxiety. You might be able to chalk up the rest to being a drugged-out weirdo, but who knows?
Do drugs help with SA?
Can I be a chad?
>>7754998
Yes but if you go down that road you will NEVER learn how to communicate with people when you're sober.
It's not worth it.
should i learn french, russian or spanish?
which one is better for /lit/-related purposes?
Learn Game and spend every free moment you have plowing pussy. That's what I did
>>7754916
Russian if you're serious.
French if you're going to fuck around.
Spanish if you want to go downtown and get a good quality taco.
>>7754925
What are you talking about
Have you read any books when you had basically no interest in doing so, just so you could say you've read it?
im not a faggot so no lol
>>7754648
I've tried, but I don't think I've finished any.
>>7754648
That's what grad school feels like. Sometimes it's good though and I am glad I am doing it.
I've never read anything by David Foster Wallace.
Where should I start?
Just jump into IJ.
>>7754440
I've attempted to read IJ a few times now and every time I try I get a horrible sense of pessimism. Is this just me, or...? DFW seems to me like he was a horrible pessimist.
Start with the Greeks.
Serious question: how can you /lit like this book so much? And most of all, what did you/ make you enjoy it?
>>7753969
i didn't like it. I liked one part, but the rest, I didn't like. I read Ulysses first anyway, so it doesn't really matter.
Shit
The 2nd most pointless book ive read next to "invisible cities"
I just don't get why it seems to be so appreciated here. But we are talking about Joyce, so: what am I missing?
I am an ugly man. I have always been ugly. I remember when I was on a kickball team, and a black kid who was smaller than me grabbed my neck to choke me, and dug his nails into my flesh. I remember laughing. I was bigger than he was. I don't remember what happened before or after, just the pattern of the bright red kickball I never could kick quite far enough. I had a rock in my ear for around four or five years. I had put it in there in class during some boring video, it may have been where the red fern grows, but I could be mixing up memories. I loved picking my ears, my medicine made me a nervous twitcher. I would push the tiny pebble I had found out in the wooden box around the base of the swing sets, I would cherish using my well honed nail to pry it out. It got stuck. I panicked, but was too embarrassed to say anything, so I just tried to get it out on my own. It only went deeper and deeper. It became a second thought rather soon, only for me to remember it when I would use a q-tip, or at amusing visits to my childhood doctor. Dr. Reuben, I think his name was. He was funny, probably dealt with thousands of kids. He would use the ear thingy, whatever it's called, and check. I would tell him I had a rock in my ear, and he would just look and smile, seeing nothing. The pebble was flesh colored, and my comments probably seemed to be just my imagination blurted out. One day, many years later, I sat at my mother's desk, using the computer for something. I tugged at my earlobe and I heard a tiny tap on the desk. It was the pebble. I was surprised, I figured it was just a rock that was in a fold of my clothes, but when I picked it up, it was covered with my earwax. I framed it. The frame was plastic, and the rock cracked it. I lost it in a move along the way to now. I wonder if someone ever found a frame with a rock in it and wondered what the hell it was. Maybe they hung it on their wall, and admire it from time to time.
>>7753966
this is fucking junk.
>>7754010
I know as well as you do, friend.
>>7753966
eugh, look at all the dirt in the grooves of that ball. disgusting.
I hate geniuses.
Scientists, mathematicians, chess champions, prodigious engineers, prodigious detectives, prodigious economists, astronomers and other technical prodigies have one disappointing trait in common. Earlier when I hadn't met one (or thought that I hadn't), I guessed being in the company of a genius would be riveting, thrilling, exciting etc. Like watching 1978 movie ‘Don’, reading the entertaining excerpts of the novel 'One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich' (by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn), listening to great music etc. I had incorrectly thought that their presence is something worth looking forward to in life. But the reality really seems to be different. Now I know the feel of a company of a genius may be no better than workplace banality. I had presumed meeting a genius would be fun. But meeting with genius turned out to be an ordinary experience. It was not much pleasure.
Geniuses have this false reputation. I foolishly believed these folks were pleasantly dramatic. There is a misconception about aura of geniuses. I naively surmised standing near them gives wonderful sensations. I had expected that presence of genius creates surreal emotion. I was wrong.
seems like the problem is with u not them
>>7753948
And so you hate them? You've just found out that they're people like everyone else, so despite their high skill or intelligence, this revelation causes you to hate them? You're the one who thinks they're a genius and should be some sort of larger-than-life character, that expectation and failure is your own. To them, they're just a regular person. Stop fantasizing about real people and get over yourself
>>7753964
I am very down to earth, no show off kind of a guy everybody in my family calls me mature. I earn more than an average person from my business(night shift) and now I am in my mid 27.
Well I happen to meet a girl at my cousin's house party where he invited all of his friends with their wives. One of his friend came along with with his sister in law all aswell. It was a taansh (poker) party along with dribks n all which is a ritual in my family during Diwali. Now let me describe about the girl. She is beautiful, drinks a lot (probably she drank more whisky than me), very smart (won a lot of money from all of us )and i was bowled over by her energy and mesmerisingly loosing from her to get attention. I was not aware that my cousin's friend actually asked my brother if he knows a good match for her and he told them about me so probably she knew about all of this. She was very open minded and it seemed like she was true to her nature that day and not hiding anything coz if she wanted to pretend she could have become a typical house women kind of girl.
Now my problem. I am a workaholic so my routine is from home to office and office to home and in between time I manage my family n friends. So my priorities are clear I.e family - business -then masti(friend). Now my parents are very understanding but being born in 1950's they are a little Orthodox little means they are that open that they allow my cousin brothers n Bhabhi to freely drink at our house which they do not enjoy in any other cousins house. The biggest problem is that the girl is working in a private jet internnational airlines since 4years. I have a friend (very close friend male) who has worked in spicejet and then one of my friends works in indigo as a pilot(female also very close friend) and they have told me a lot of stories about how the cabin crew will not mind sleeping with each other n drinks a lot coz they party a lot n in international flights the layovers can be even for up to 3-3 days obviously it's not applicable to every flight attendant. Now my friend is telling me that I am a very conservative n mature guy so I might be having problems with trust issues coz her profession makes her meet new people all the time n she being not at home for 7 or 10 days in a stretch will impact both of our lives. I haven't met the girl officially though they are asking my brother if they can plan to meet. I know that I am presuming a lot without meeting her but that is my observation till now.
There are only 2 concerns.
1. Can she be trusted( the way she drinks n also being so beautiful she is) keeping her profession in mind.
2. I don't want any future clashes with my family( she is very blunt n careless as it seems till now)
3. I can get any other girl since I am not ready financially but her personality kind of attracts me and now I am now totally confused as you can see.
But in any case I will be meeting her next Sunday officially so wanted to ask you guys for an opinion.
What does /lit/ think of this?
Is it any good?
I've been considering reading it
>Inb4 it's actually weebshit and i fell for a meme
It's not even fun to read
>>7753320
everybody here hates it even those who like murakami (who are a minority)
where are you from?
I gave up somewhere in the second book.
If you like Murakami, it's not much of a departure of his usual stuff, just much much slower and drawn out.
I'd instead recommend Kafka On The Shore, or The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. If you still want to go on, read the Sheep Trilogy and Norwegian Wood.
If you then still want to go on, read 1Q84, but IMHO it's by far his weakest, most repetitive work. If I were editor I would have cut it down to one book.
Hello /lit/
I'm not sure if this is discussed much, but I'd like to talk about notebooks/pads. I'm interested in what others use. I'd like to buy one like the one depicted (except a bit shorter), but it doesn't look like National is manufacturing model 81-351 anymore.
I'm sorry for the slightly blurry pictures, but I was in bad lighting when I took them.
who the fuck cares
this is a LITERATURE discussion board
>>7751338
Apparently you cared enough to reply.
While empty bindings aren't "literature" they become so when they are written in
>>7751347
comfy reads, pic related and a hot cup of coffee. post yours.
>>7750439
Poetry.
>>7750449
recommendations?
The Old Man And The Sea is the most boring thing I've ever read. Iceberg theory is a retarded load of shit and Hemingway was a hack.
So, Moby Dick represented God right?
Nah, mate
Nah Ahab was fighting racism
Why do you think the whale is white?
So Rust was shooting at a whale?
Post the best sentence ever written
the best sentence ever written
the best sentence ever written
Life is.
What is some of the best literature that deals with sexual frustration and the despicable hold that something as primitive as lust can hold such an incredible sway over one's head and actions.
Literature that deals with the notion of sex and it's position in the interplay of relations between men and women. Did anyone write anything on sexual frustration and how its extreme could fuck with someone's head?
>>7765789
The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra
You have read all of Houellebecq (and Elliot Rodger), I suppose?
Is that actually the bible?
Can /lit/ enlighten me on what his best works are? I'm obviously going to start with The Art of The Deal, but I'm interested to hear what the consensus is on the rest of his oevure?
Was considering reading The Art of The Comeback next. Feel like it would help me get a better sense of his mindset and plan to try and revive the United States
>>7766968
Why does he think America isn't great anymore?
>>7766968
Better off with this
Ayy lmao edition
Recommendations:
>Fantasy
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/4chanlit/images/a/a8/1307836551252.jpg
(For the Computer illiterate) http://i.imgur.com/igBYngL
(4 the Plebs) http://imgur.com/oPLOaVO
http://imgur.com/hasKZsT
>Sci-Fi
http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/4chanlit/images/a/a6/Scifilit.jpg
(For the Computer illiterate) http://i.imgur.com/gNTrDmc
http://imgur.com/r55ODlL
http://imgur.com/A96mTQX
>What are you reading right now?
>What's your favorite alien civilization?
>What are your favorite non-sentient alien creatures?
>Which aliens would you fug?
>What are you reading right now?
Dune
>What's your favorite alien civilization?
I quite like these Freman guys
>What are your favorite non-sentient alien creatures?
Alzabo
>Which aliens would you fug?
none
>>7751365
You should have uploaded that anon's chart in the thread and put (vagina shit) next to it under fantasy
>>7751365
>What are you reading right now?
The Death of Ivan Il'ic. No scifi/fantasy. Plan to read first book of Dying Earth, second book of Book the New Sun and first of Earthsea in the future. Fifth Head of Cerberus too.
>Which aliens would you fug?
Mother Kos.