>There's a limitless volume of information out there

>>9921889
Those who read fiction are unable to face the brutal reality so they choose the reality simulator "lite mode" which prevents them to be killed or injured. Once taken the veil off, one proceeds to find an ideology which describes the laws of the world the most accurately.

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>>9921889
OH SHIT RICK I TURNED MYSELF INTO A PUPPET RICK!
HAH WOW MORTY THAT'S ACTUALLY KINDA *BURPS* COOL *HICCUPS*
NO RICK I THINK I'M FREAKING OUT
HAHA WELCOME TO THE PUPPET SHOW KID

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It is I, Lao Tzu, here to empart my divine wisdom on your dumb ass

In the pursuit of knowledge:
everyday something is added.
In the pursuit of enlightenment:
everyday something is dropped.

>>9921889
>There's a limitless amount of tasteful media out there waiting to be watched, and here you are posting Rick and Morty

>>9921944
>It is I, Lao Tzu, here to empart my divine wisdom on your dumb ass
i actually laughed

>>9921889
I'm trying to absorb information about genres

But if there's a limitless volume of information then its clear you can never learn everything. Why shouldn't you comfort yourself within the confines of fiction while you wait your inevitable death?

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>>9921889

>tfw everything I need to absorb is available right there either in my daily life or on social media and I just read genre-fiction for funsies

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>>9921945

>>9922064
>all of your friends on social media are philosophers and pundits and historians
I wish I was you

>>9921889
>trying to decide what to read
>enjoyable tales of imaginary worlds and brilliantly crafted characters
>autist from hundreds of years ago wanking himself off in a dense volume of theory with no practical application whatsoever

I wasted years of almost constant reading in my free time on philosophy. I'll never get that time back.

>>9921889
Brian Aldiss died this weekend, so OP can throw himself down a forty-foot canvas tube lined with fish-hooks.

>>9922067
>People will fall for this

good thread

>>9921944
>In the pursuit of enlightenment:
>everyday something is dropped.

Dang, this is actually kind of deep. Like, I'm not even joking.