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Go away.

>>7723412
fuck off and read some bertrand russel

reddit pseudo-intellectuals are taking over

yeah

It's impractical, but use whatever you want.

It's autistic to care about what people think of your preferred method of writing. If a typewriter works best for you, then use one.

>>7722172
I genuinely wish I could physically hurt people who pretend to like this book. Seeing others act like it's intelligent and praiseworthy book when all commonsense and knowledge of literature tells me otherwise drives me fucking nuts. If I could just ignore the posturing pseuds I'd be fine, but they're constantly invading the websites I visit, the comment sections of articles I read and the journals I occasionally browse.

Why are trying so hard to force him? Why are so many people falling for it? I can't think of an author that the American academy has recently tried to prop up who is worse than Diaz. Maybe Coates. Am I taking crazy pills? Are people really this superficial that they read "MIT professor" and automatically assume 'genius'? Are they this blind to the social ideologies and pandering that rule over our culture?

My conclusion is that some of them are aware of the obvious political bias, but they enjoy being pandered to and actively encourage it. Others like OP are probably unaware but still base their opinion off it based on its inclusion in obnoxious listicles like "The Guardian's Sixty-Five Best Books of the Past Fourteen Months According to our Outspoken Literary Critic of Color."

>>7722208
why so grumpy?

>>7722208
literally not a single reason why you think it's bad.

>>7720996
>Flaubert
>not worth reading
Probably the dumbest thing anyone has said on this board. For fuck's sake, Kafka wouldn't even exist without him.

now this, is incredible bait

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>>7720996
Anon, your pic is the most horrible thing i ever saw

Sure.
Just like a story can be bad if it's not socially progressive.
That doesn't denounce the quality of the story.
What the fuck kinda question is this?

>>7720896
But if an author has furthered the presence of minorities in their work (either by being one or having them as characters) is it fair to evaluate their work the same way as anyone else?

>>7720917
If the book is shit then there's a much higher chance nobody will give a fuck about it and it does nothing for no one. Case in point: tumblr fanfiction that makes some character trans or attracted to sea urchins.

Nice b9

>>7719089
what language is that?

>>7716409
Because there is no tangible evidence to support any other position on the nature of the universe.

>>7716414
>Philosophy
>Evidence involved

pick one and only one

>>7716409
It's sort of like agnostic atheism in the sense that it doesn't assume things exist until there is plausible evidence.

Like how you don't subscribe to the existence of blue swans on the moon until you've got reason to do so.

>>7709201
Well speaking of Hesse, Steppenwolf seems to be where you're at, so read that if you haven't already.

don't you need to make peace with the world, instead of forgetting about it? that's at least the reason why i'm depressed and have been going to the psychiatry.

zorba by kazancakis helped me until it wore off.
you might as well try reading seneca and the stoics, as it is suggesed in moby-dick.

>>7709209
Thank you. Hopefully I'll enjoy it as much as I am Siddhartha.

>>7709224
I don't know what I need to do. I'm almost looking for inspiration through reading but as someone also going through depression you'll understand that sometimes it's hard not to want to just disappear into a different world for a while.

What are the stoics like? I haven't read Moby Dick to understand the reference.

>true meaning
Oh boy, looks like a foundationalist just entered the building.

Can somebody please kill you now?

The Cat in the Hat

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It just depends on your interests and how much time you're willing to dedicate to a single subject. It is pretty long and repetitive in many places, but only because the author was trying to fully illustrate the similarities between religious beliefs.

If nothing else, the opening chapter is incredibly worth reading.

>>7724180
take off your trip please

Yes, because everyone dies eventually :^)

yes in library fires

>>7723249
Just ask Umberto Eco or Harper Lee

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Yep, he rapes his sister

http://postflaviana.org/a-pedophile-fantasy-in-the-rye/

No. Stop trying to ruin the book, you phoney.

>>7723823
This just about killed me.

Man, you are just addicted to masturbating.

>>7721920
Nope. I've just broken the petty reasons not to masturbate, which come from Judeo-Christian morality.

>>7721912
still a slave m8. touching your wiener wont save you

>>7721323
Yeah I read it in high school and it was pretty relatable. Its pretty good and it will make you feel like a teenager again assuming you arent one now.

It's good at articulating the sort of fears sensitive teenagers experience. Their prejudices, insecurities, romantic desires, need for validation and tendency to view themselves as persecuted individuals. Like pretty much all books written for teenagers almost every character has something extremely depressing about their lives which justifies their being viewed as victims deserving of love (rape, spousal abuse, homophobia etc) which sort of undermines it a little, but still it's a cute book and I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it when I first read it. It's not /lit/ though.

Read it when I was 25ish. I'm sure I would have liked it if I read it in 9th grade or so.

>>7720759
Liberation is a spook, you know

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>>7722185
This I dont want liberty, it is degenerate and reduces humans to their lowest form of materialistic hedonism
I want to be transcendent

>>7723973
be my cock X
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