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The Perils of Diversity - Byron Roth

"the penis of diverse city", by Ron Roth

>>7390386

Multiculturalism is a buzzword and generally good works don't get based around buzzwords.

not in any way that preserves the term having any meaning at all, no.

>>7390133
>Genesis

>>7390144
this
>>7390133
fedora.jpg

>>7390109
>What are examples of lowbrow literature
Most books.
>is it bad if you read them
Yes.

>What are examples of lowbrow literature
Fiction you can buy at the airport
>and is it bad if you read them?
They can be a handy cultural document but that's about it

>>7390109
melodramatic and totaly unrealistic dialogue

cardboard cut out characters without any subtlety (hallmark is the lack virtually any defects, sexual desires along with many super positive and borderline unrealistic character traits, aka katniss from the hunger games)

plot basically is the novel, the novel is basically a screenplay with babby's first imagery peppered in there (dan brown books)

self-insert characters which are always at the center of attention and never did nuffin wrong (harry potter)

plots in which the whole world is at stake in some form due to the actions of the protagonist. 1984 barely edges along this line before it's revealed nothing was at stake all along and winston was no more than an insect. one of the greatest sucker punches in all of literature imo, especially when you read it as an immature teen and are expecting some sort of great rebellion with winston and julia at the center.

in my opinion it is not bad if you read them. it may be bad if you indulge in them because it means you have not acquired more sophisticated tastes and are still immature. you can learn something from every piece of writing though.

>>7390050
Write about gorillas or catuses.

juz do it

>>7390050
It will be shit. Accept this fact now to save the disappointment later.

>>7390011
If he's a "military history buff" it can't get much worse. That's the go-to hobby for manchildren trying to look smart.

>>7390026
This tbqh. Military history is the plebbest form of history and the most autistic. Just take a look at /his/ and see how many military history manchild retards are shitting up that board.

>>7390031
>going to /his/

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The early days of Mad had some brilliant stuff but it's extremely spotty afterwards. EC published some amazing stuff back then as far as comics go.

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>>7389991

>>7389985
from that pic they look to be shills for Hillary

Audiobooks are for kids. It's the adult version of listening to bedtime stories.

>>7389937
>How much worse if at all is it to use audiobooks instead of text

Pretty fucking huge difference. It's the difference between actively engaging in a text and passively listening to a voice. Audiobooks are for lazy soccermoms who only want something to listen to while commuting to work.

>>7389975
The only time I used an audiobook it was after each book of paridise lost. I would read the book then later listen to it to hear the poetry of the words and reinforce my first reading.

Other than that I think they are stupid, might as well watch tv.

-Do you want some dick, Phillip?
-K, dick.

>mention Lovecraft
>lol, love-craft

>>7389897
Its because you pronounced it wrong OP. Its pronounced deek as in the Dutch

>The Fault in Our Stars is half the country
Kill me senpai. Interesting that the 'deep south' states like Alabama and Georgia are reading some of the most patrician works.
I went to high-school in MA and though we read 'Night' it certainly wasn't senior year

>>7389765
That's what I was thinking as well. Northern states like to bash the intelligence of the southern states but I haven't seen anyone here in the north reading Shakespeare outside of my own family

>>7389781
Consider the following:

Most high schoolers are required to read Macbeth as part of public school curriculum. If your only reading is done in school, and you never read another thing after that, then the book that you've all been required to read is going to be overrepresented due to lack of other options.

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It's ebin desu, I read it in one sitting.

Worth a read at least, I read it to prepare myself before going to Prague

>>7389734
It is any good.

Stick to Hegel.

>>7389737
b-but funny meme books :(

>>7389741
Look, no one is going to stop you from reading them, but if what you're looking for is knowledge, or at least a better comprehension of Zizek's and Hegelian philosophy you have to start from the bottom.

Aristotle is good too.

>>7389668
Schopenhauer

>>7389668
T.S. Eliot, Lovecraft.

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>>7389670

>>7389632
I always thought the curtains being blue was a garbage example to be used for this whole thing. The author could have made the curtains blue to set a mood, and I never see this brought up by either authorfags or deaththereoffags.

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>>7389643

It's the only example /lit/ has, so they continually rehash it.

You think us capable of creating new arguments?

>>7389839
learn a real rigorous discipline, faggot

I read the God Delusion at my Christian grandfather's funeral. Keks were had.

>>7389611
your edges shine through horizont

A guy in one of my graduate literature classes started the semester carrying around Ulysses, and ended up carrying in Infinite Jest on one of the last days.

As long as you aren't that guy you can read most things in public.

Always finish what you start.

>>7390495

no -- sometimes what i started was absolute trash

You probably lost interest in it because it sucked. I don't see much point in finishing a piece of shit, but do whatever you want, homo.