It's worthless
>>24969909You're calling the semicolon "worthless" because you don't know how to use it.
>>24970072em dashes are gay. people who overuse them in prose are gay.
>>24971407You're retarded.
>>24969909For me—and I know I'm not alone here—punctuation marks are the salt and pepper of beautiful writing; an tantalizing departure from the spoken word.
>>24969909I always use that thing if I had to write some sentence in which I want to add period but want to add another sentence after that
No one on this board has anything interesting or useful to say. There’s nothing to be gained from reading the your posts. No books I haven’t heard of, and no unique insights I can’t find elsewhere.I guess it’s just in your nature to drive away any actual discussion in favor of shitflinging and circlejerking the same 5 topics over and over. Bunch of bitter losers that fancy themselves fart huffing elitists.
>>24972305>opens thread>thinks of foodLose some weight fatty
>>24972297Either contribute or leave.
>>24972297ChurchofBedrock.aternos.meMinecraft Server
>>24972297What exactly are you adding to the conversation, because it seems like you're just whining like a little bitch.
>>24972305>deep friedAll of it.
what are some books where I can learn about occult rituals and stuff across the world? maybe mainly in western countries? I want to learn more about magic and shit because sometimes I see media reference some wacky rituals
>>24972103>>24972300I would never practice the occult however it's interesting what people make up and want to draw ideas for creating stories from these schizo ideas
>>24972300I just think it's metal \m/
>>24972300>t. occultist trying to make himself sound harmless
>>24972092It gets a little less exciting once you learn about it. I have developed a certain aversion to the Judaic and Egyptian and even Greek influences present in what they call 'modern magic'. It's very kitschy and it feels divorced from the human element, not because it's unchristian and muh demonic, but because it's not speaking to any truth the way magic is supposed to. It's not magical, so to speak.
>>24972317Just study field theory and math. Sigil shit is mostly larp
i would like to start with genesis, naturally, but i have no clue how to begin. should i read a commentary on genesis? an introduction on the old testament as such? i want something that relays the christian, jewish, and contemporary scholarly interpretations of the text so that i can compare all three. what's the best way to go about doing this?
>>24971166>what's the best way to go about doing this?This book is quite good.https://www.amazon.com/General-Introduction-Bible-Norman-Geisler/dp/0802429165
>>24971351>read the guy who betrayed his peopleway to prove my point you dumb dickhead
>>24971166Very simple.You have to keep in mind, that Bible is a set of separate stories, that are supposed to be a set of certain rules and justifications for those rules - therefore to understand Bible you need to read it as a document collection, that describe a set of precedences (as in lawsuits). Thing is, various "and his son was Jakob, and his son was Ieshua, and Ieshua's son was Avraam" etc is merely a bloodline document, that is supposed to confirm certain rights, privileges, responsibilities, duties and debts of certain groups and individuals, albeit with taking certain mystic moments for "court-confirmed" facts.Bible is the book of rules and precedents, that are always considered to be the truth because that is how religions work - it is used to set the society on certain path and way of life and to deal with everything new through this system. So initially you have to consider what was and what wasn't available back in the times and places Bible had been written. Eventually you might start to take some exercises on trying to judge modern-foreign (to Bible's place of origin) entities, events etc through the prism of Bible rules.Thing is that as society had developed new ideas and inventions, old rules had started to fail to fit such things - hence the Medieval with abandoning a lot of Greece/Roman culture and sciences for a rather long time - until Church had managed to slowly incorporate parts this into updated versions of this rules through reinterpretation and was forced to speed up its work during science rising again.
>>24971166I don’t think you can get a Bible that has all of those three interpretations. Best just to pick a translation and then read commentaries afterwards. Your translation choice will depend on your denomination and preferred language style. My favourite is the Douay-Rheims, but that isn’t for everyone, whom I would recommend whatever translation is read in Holy Mass, and in case I want to read books Apocryphal to the Catholic Canon of Scripture and in Early Modern English, I read the Brenton Septuplets with Apocrypha, but if I want to read those in Modern English and with 2 (AKA 4) Esdras, I would read the ESV Apocrypha which you can buy standalone; it not gender neutral like the NRSV standalone Apocrypha.
>>24971166You can read the rules here.ChurchofBedrock.aternos.meMinecraft Server
So what did everyone get for Christmas?picrel is the kindle book hauls I got, plus I got 125 dollars in Barnes & Noble credits, which I'm probably to use to get some Marx, Smith, Hegel, and Tocqueville and maybe others, possibly a history of China or something. I also got tons of coffee, some food items and a few articles of clothing. more to come.
Good haul. My family knows me well.
>>24971302I've read the Shadows of Carcosa collection, be prepared for disappointment with about half the stories. Luckily it includes The White People which is peak.
>>24970926This book, a book voucher and other non /lit/ items.
>>24971873I wanted that Shelby Foote since two Christmases ago
>>24971881*peak patrician zoomer
>If there were a contest for the most stupid idea in politics, my choice would be the assumption that people would be evenly or randomly distributed in incomes, institutions, occupations or awards, in the absence of somebody doing somebody wrong.Is ./ouruncle/ right?
>>24971778>>24971781Thanks outing yourself as a rootless cosmopolitan urbanite.
>>24971853> He says, as he posts a picture of a genocidal, anti-intellectual psychopath that murdered scores of his own countrymen for wearing glassesI'd rather be a "rootless cosmopolitan urbanite" than whatever backwards, drooling simpleton you are.
>>24971441>Doubles down and doesn't understand that he is
>>24968719Sowell is too based for /litfags/.
>>24971467Okay.
I know this isn't /pol/, but as a board for people interested in literature, academics, and perhaps aspiring to join those fields themselves, this article was quite sobering. I don't know how someone could come away from reading this and not conclude something is deeply broken, and that young white men are actually responding rationally to discrimination.
White men are second class citizens. There's nothing else to discuss.
>>24972268>chewing outThat's not going to be good enough and you know it. For sufficient change a price always has to be paid in blood, one way or the other.
>>24971487I believe in might makes right to put it simply. I believe that anyone who managed to successfully wrangle a nation or culture and summarily bleed it dry even in the short-term deserves to be the victor, and everyone else deserves to suffer because they were weak. This is how things exist in both the natural world and frankly it's how your white ancestors viewed everything. Oh you don't like that? Well I don't see you picking up guns and killing the chinks and jeets or kikes, or whoever, you'll just seethe impotently.
>>24971487You guys have to read BOM
>>24972282It's early yet. White folks always take a while to spin up to full speed.
An Avatar is a soaring soul,As free as a mountain bird,His energetic fist should be ready to resistA dictatorial word.His nose should pant,And his lip should curl,His cheeks should flame,And his brow should furl,His bosom should heave,And his heart should glow,And his fist be ever ready for a knock-down blow.His nose should pant,And his lip should curl,Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24966318Na'vi lack a writing system in canon
>>24968619Yet we're supposed to empathize with these things
>>24966318You just posted this as an excuse for more dommy mommy Varang degen femdom shit.
>>24968787More what?
>>24968619The use Papyrus. The font I mean. I don’t think the plant grows on pandora.
I realized this year that I've been a liberal my whole life. I've just been in a stereotypical post-liberal position of 'current woke isn't real woke' and 'the left should focus on economic conditions instead of culture wars.'I've been familiar with trolling for a decade, but simply turning off the computer solved this problem. I never thought government agencies would directly engage in ragebaiting. I've become more like a woke person - I'm not getting my work done because I'm overcompassionate about society and things that don't relate to me.What I want to know is: what should I do to stop caring about things that don't involve me? I've been reconsidering narcissists. I think there's a paradoxical aspect to narcissists where by only caring about themselves and not caring about others, they end up helping others. What books should I read to not care about society and to have a big ego?
>>24971379a bunch of projections that, again, speak of your rotted mind from too much internet use. it's funny that you say that the left can't achieve real political goals in the world while I know with certainty that you're exactly the type of paranoid useful idiot for the coming technocratic fashoid dystopia that complains about guldural gommunism managing to infiltrate every aspect of reality down to the atomic level
>>24972147>get owned>make up some guy to dunk onwhy do leftoids do this?
>>24970583Your kid is too
>>24971947>actually i'm really cool and smart and everyone likes me"Because that's not what narcissists are inside. They are actually very tortured people who have the audacity to entertain the stupidity around them. Thats why they're miserable. Not because of themselves.
>>24970289This reeks of Chapo. No T no shade.
why is there such an enormous library of literature in support of third worlders whose governments have betrayed them to westerners in exchange for money, but the library of literature is virtually nonexistent in support of westerners whose governments have betrayed them to third worlders in exchange for... something? why is there such a glaring difference in the quantity of literature for these two topics which are fundamentally the same, despite the lesser written topic actually being more important?
>>24972253https://militarnyi.com/en/articles/u-s-army-report-how-china-fights-in-large-scale-combat-operations/chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.mca-marines.org/wp-content/uploads/57-Chinas-Active-Defense-Military-Strategy.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_front_(China)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_measuresread nel bonillawe seem to be in the modern day equivalent of the spanish civil war prior to world war two
>>24972272>chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.mca-marines.org/wp-content/uploads/57-Chinas-Active-Defense-Military-Strategy.pdfthis one didn't link properly - just google "China’s Active Defense Military Strategy" and it's the 1st link
>>24972272>https://militarnyi.com/en/articles/u-s-army-report-how-china-fights-in-large-scale-combat-operations/>Through sophisticated AI-driven propaganda and targeted disinformation, China aims to manipulate military and civilian leaders’ perceptions through the cognitive domain to cause hesitation or paralysis in critical decision making processes. These operations are supported by China’s global intelligence apparatus that will collect on the intervening enemy’s military and civil activities to gain information and provide early warning. China’s expansive intelligence collection capabilities include satellites, high-altitude balloons, unmanned aircraft systems, human intelligence assets, and open-source intelligence operations.So Chinese are targeting boomer leaders with AI slop to confuse them? Makes a lot of sense desu, I wondered how these retards could be so completely out of touch. Doesn't make our situation any better though, just means we're facing a two front way.
>>24972285>just means we're facing a two front way.pretty much, though if there isn't sufficient force to break out both ways at once, a single direction must be chosen first to break out through and that direction has to be the weaker one of the two in order to be successful. the foreign nations are not the weaker of the two
>>24972132History is written by the victors.
>2026>I am forgotten
>>24972009wouldn’t mind having her over for a private shoot ya feel me
>>24971813>>24971956>t.
>>24971956I'm very racist, thank you. Her work is definitely provocative, in the way that someone on the street yelling horrific things about your mother is provocative. It's vulgar, it's insulting, and it's meant to be distressful and harmful. It's not provocative in the way that art is.
>>24971793>>24971813>>24971956I am staying out of the Michelle business but it is somewhat diverting to see the pseudo-religiosity and knee jerk appeals to the high priests as opposed to just posting the text itself and showing or at least explaining why it is good.That you all feel comfortable dismissing the backwoods retard in this way (when what is going on now is going on) is why i suspect his kind will eventually turn your kind into some variety of smoked meat or however they do it in kansas or southern Missouri or wherever he lives.As a perpetual fence sitter I remain now, as always, comfy.
>>24972256I wouldn't be too proud of being a coward if I were you, there's nothing particularly noble about it
"A Very Randy Christmas" EditionPrevious: >>24951364/wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQRESOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS: https://pastebin.com/nFxdiQvCPlease limit excerpts to one post.Give advice as much as you receive it to the best of your ability.Follow prompts made below and discuss written works for practice; contribute and you shall receive.If you have not performed a cursory proofread, do not expect to be treated kindly. Edit your work for spelling and grammar before posting.Violent shills, relentless shill-spammers, and grounds keeping prose, should be ignored and reported.(And maybe double-space your WIPs to allow edits if you want 'em.)Simple guides on writing:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24972134writing for writings' sake is fine i guess but don't expect anyone to think of it as inspired though. in the thousands of years of written language you're sure as shit to come across someone that does 'your style' or executes your themes a hell of a lot better than you could ever. stand gay on the shoulders of straighter giants
>>24972155Sorry I got clinically diagnosed ADHD, there is no way for me to get through a book without meds>>24972158> in the thousands of years of written language you're sure as shit to come across someone that does 'your style' or executes your themes a hell of a lot better than you could ever.That would be true regardless if you're well read or not, I am enjoying the process of writing though so I'll keep with it
>>24972134You don't need to be a prolific reader to be a writer. There's even quite a lot of very successful and highly regarded writers that weren't, some that you wouldn't expect. Franz Kafka, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, JD Salinger, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, F Scott Fitzgerald, George Orwell, Phillip K Dick, John Grisham, Hunter S Thompson, Toni Morrison, Kurt Vonnegut, Virginia Woolf, Cormac McCarthy, David Foster Wallace, Jack Kerouac, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, Langston Hughes, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Golding, Chuck Palahniuk, weren't/aren't big readers, especially early on life. Statistically, you're not one of them, though.
>>24972134>>24972166You should read a lot and write a lot. What you need to do is develop your "tool" set so you can decide what to do when you write ("tools" is how one my professors described it). Reading more exposes you to what tools are available and how other writers use them to create narrative, set tone, write dialog, describe settings, etc... Writing more helps you figure out which tools you like to use and how you like to use them (i.e., your style).That said, you don't NEED to read full books, but it will help because there are tools for writing long works that don't come into play at all for short stories. If reading long works is too much though, then start off with short stories. Hell, even just reading non-fiction articles can help you. Magazines like The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and a million others have long form articles that are written in a very structured way that has a kind of narrative. It's not a perfect or even good match for writing fiction, but it's better than nothing. There's something to learn from reading almost any kind of writing (other than like... instruction manuals and legal documents).With comics, the problem is you mostly only read the dialog. There's some narrative I guess, but the artwork does a lot of the work, which you won't have in writing (unless you're also writing for comics or children's picture books). I'd also say comics tend to be structured differently too, since they're more serialized, but that depends on the comic I guess and it probably wouldn't be an issue if you want to write serialized fiction like that anyway. Also it's been a long time since I read any comics, so I could be wrong.
>>24969227 Stella Artois?
What books did you receive from Santa this year /lit/?Not gonna post a pic but I got: >The Encyclopedia of Demonology & Witchcraft>The Imago Sequence by Laird Barronand>a first edition printing of Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison Fairly modest haul but you know what, I'm satisfied. Merry Crimbus everybody!!!
>>24972100kys
>>24970445I got a ton of books that I'll post tomorrow, I'm too tired.
>>24972015As someone going through William Blake I hope you are up to date on your latin
>>24972163Bumping to keep the thread alive for you lad.
>>24970424based archive in between enjoyer.
LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring - Chapter 6https://youtu.be/KXMW-OkqicA?si=XYK6YbQzMxMSNQvbMerry Christmas!
not even a chub from the bitch>t. nofap day 118
>>24971901keingooningsama
>>24971657I hate women so much its unreal.
>>24971657>>24971864>>24972128Can't believe this softcore goon material is freely available on YouTube.
>>24971657Perverted bitch. Fuck you stinky.
ruins edition FAQ:>What is worldbuilding?Worldbuilding is the process of creating entire fictional worlds from scratch, all while considering the logistics of these worlds to make them as believable as possible. Worldbuilding asks questions about the setting of a world, and then answers them, often in great detail. Most people use it as a means of creating a setting or the scenery for a story.>"Isn't there a Worldbuilding general in >>>/tg/ already?"Yes, there is. However, that general is focused on the creation of fictional worlds for the intended purpose of playing TTRPG campaigns. Here you can discuss worldbuilding projects that are not meant to be used for a roleplaying setting, but for novels, videogames, or any other kind of creative project.>"Can I discuss the setting of my campaign here, though?"If you want to, but it would probably be better to discuss it on >>>/tg/ . We don't allow the discussion of TTRPG mechanics, however. If you want to discuss stats or which D&D edition is best, this is not the place.>"Can I talk about an existing fictional setting that is not mine?"Yes, of course you can!>"Does worldbuilding need to be about fantasy and elves?"Worldbuilding, as already stated above, and contrary to what many believe, does not inherently imply blatantly copying Tolkien. In fact, there are many science-fiction setting out there, and even entire alternative history settings which do not possess supernatural elements at all. Any kind of science fiction book has an implied setting at least, which involves a certain degree of worldbuilding put into it.Old thread: >>24868365
>>24971539why don't you engage with anyone's answers? why the fuck does OP have to do it you lazy nigger
>>24971965What are you looking for as far as a temple?
>>24971965think about the architecture as an extension of the element (ie water buildings should have a flow, not look all bunched up and awkward). look into the symbolic meanings of the elements to different cultures, or how they worship deities who represent those elements.
>>24970041>Are there any prominent ruins, abandoned places or remains of great cities in your setting?Main setting is basically a portal fantasy. Certain portals aren't just sealed off, but have whole fuck off dungeons to kill off anyone who isn't very strong or clever from getting anywhere near portals that lead to dangerous places. Which leads to>Have there been any kind of large scale disasters in your setting?The main portals sealed in this way lead to "the land of the immortals". The Immortals were absurdity powerful mages who eventually warped and twisted the main realm they existed on during the Assertion War.Now it's a chaotic wasteland filled with monsters, mutants, and deadly dungeons filled with the most forbidden of forbidden bits of knowledge and magic in the multivers. I am basically saving this info for the very end of the book I am currently working on.A last revelation and explanation of why the vampire lord is where he is and what event was powerful enough to force him into torpor (vampire death sleep).Basically he used to live in the same realm as the Immortals, nearly died and watched everything he loved or cared about be destroyed in seconds due to the indirect effects of two of the Immortals fighting during the Assertion War, and with his last remaining strength ran through a portal that he sealed behind him, made a few minions to set some stuff up in the new world, and then dropped nearly dead in a sarcophgos to very slowly recover and await a point in time when the Immortals are gone.Beyond that most ruins get reused in pretty short order by someone or something. Nothing stays truly abandoned for all that long.
>>24971962Then it would never get build.
