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he would rather reign in hell than serve in heaven, i guess

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>>7463273
1) He had an overactive imagination as a child.
2) His father didn't give him enough attention whilst he was growing up.
3) The other kids found him too introspective and quiet and openly assumed it was because he was gay and as a result refused to be seen talking to him.

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he understands the incompetence of le demiourgos and tries contacting logos.

help

Bookzz

soundboard.ass-we-can.com

>>7461155
reddit go

No, thank you.

Clocked over gyals lol

If I wanted to get my mom a book on buddhism for Christmas, what would be a good choice? I would prefer an ancient primary text but it has to be comprehensible for an uneducated menopausal possibly-milf believer of quack past life regression therapy.

>>7460827
uhhh....

>>7460827

What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula. Its slightly biased in favor of the authors particular sect/school but still does a pretty good job of concisely and clearly explaining the essentials of Buddhism while using a lot of quotes from the Pali Canon as evidence. Its also close to 100 pages with large type so its an easy read.
Also

>milf

post a pic

>>7460661
does this sub really write like this?

>>7460668
google "bruce davidson subway"

>>7460661
>subjugation of the mind and sense
this is a yogi thing or some shit, right? Don't expect to toss out jargon and for everyone to properly respond, especially when they can't even definitively find out what you're talking about from a google search. Be precise

>>7460283
His silence was the point.

>>7460283
"Is."

>>7460288
what?

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>>7460041

>>7460041
sure i'll bite.

prose is eh bordering on cringe.
characterization really depends on the character (at least he seems to be getting better; reading mistborn and elantris hurt a bit)
worldbuilding is great.
cosmere metaplot hints wooo
also it has mai waifu

>>7460041
elantris and mistborn are better because they're tighter

way of kings has all the elements of what makes brandon sanderson's stories enjoyable, but they're presented in a bloated 'muh ten billion words and multipe POV characters fantasy epic' style that reduces the impact of everything

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>Thinking the world is going to end in his lifetime

you know 60% of everybody who has ever lived has thought this right? If you seriously think mankind is going to become extinct within your lifetime you are living in a dream.

>>7459767
>it can never happen because everyone has thought about it (???)
>pulls out 60% statistic out of thin air
ok

How is Utopia?

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Also making this a chart thread post em if you got em.

The /lit/ wiki seems broken btw and none of the charts on the mediafire link work.

look in sticky

also holy fuck /tv/ is literally reddit tier taste. fucking avatar? this is literally just a list of successful hollywood movies from after 1960

>american beauty 46
>100+ above trois couleurs rouge
>above adaptation
>above network
>above psycho

i seriously hope this is a bait pic

>>7459384

It's mostly a joke

>tdkr as number 1 movie
>the kekhold as the 250 movie

Come on man

the Greeks liked it so it must be fine.

I can't say I like it very much when people are trying to be funny. It's much better when it's funny because it's absurd, in which case telling it straight usually makes it more funny.

>>7458776
So humour through an absurd analogy wouldn't get you? I agree that situational humour is generally the way to go. I think having a funny character is probably better than jokes, I guess

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Nobody cared what that was before I put on the new.

Why does he wear the bandanna???

>The Sincerity rises!

I have to finish my book first but I listen to various podcasts and sometimes read blogs about the publishing industry. I feel like I have a reasonable idea how the process goes and what agencies are thinking.

>>7458295
>podcasts

Which, if I might ask?

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I've only had poetry published but I just sit down once a month or so and send things out. I havnt been able to write as much since I started my new job though so I'm back to square one: finding time in the week to read and write

It doesn't matter how many books you read if you've got such shit taste in books op

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great list anon

>>7457968
>How much more have you read than me in the last 3 months?

>Kokoro - Natsume Soseki
>A Condeferacy of Dunces - Kennedy
>The Trial - Kafka
>Animal Farm - Orwell
>The Tempest - Shakespeare
>Wittgenstein's Metaphilosophy - Horwich
>The Duty of Genius - Monk
>Blue&Brown Books - Wittgenstein
>The Theban Plays - Sophocles
>Lady Windemere's Fan - Wilde
>Death of Ivan Ilych - Tolstoy
>Alice in Wonderlands - Carroll
>Portrait of an Artist (etc) - Joyce
>Ready Player One - Cline
>Lord of the Flies - Golding
>Pedo Paramo - Rulfo

Judas Iscariot and the sanhedrin

most menacing is probably some weird horror like a lovecraft god

most evil is probably iago

The devil.

Michael Franks makes me feel very comfy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSq-4NOIMuc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQBigIRlbk8

Any other answer is plebeian and should be thrown in the trash.

Groovera.com provides streams for ambient-type music.

I prefer the Low Mercury channel myself.