Why do you read? Be honest.
>>24742535>I have to read booksIt is a curse
>>24738911I don't read. Books are psychological weapons.
>>24743853>Books are psychological weaponsWhere'd you read that?
>>24740816I am currently fucking the hottest woman I've ever had relations with all because she wanted me to email her lit reccs. So in my case it definitely is working.
>>24738911Answer:---Pic:rel---The fairer sex. Impressing them with my command of English. My powers of oration, gained through reading, writing, logic, and recitation.
Behold, the logical conclusion of secular philosophy.
>>24740279China grew into suffocating overpopulation while already under militant, enforced atheism. Shit follows standards of living, and doesn't care one bit about religion. Wealthier have lower birth levels and higher suicide levels, impoverished shitholes have high birth levels and low suicide levels. Those two correlate with religion only as far as increased standards of living and education adamantly cause drops in religiosity.
>>24741765>impoverished shitholes have high birth levelsIndia, Ukraine, Russia, Albania, Turkey etc. are all below replacement.
>>24738176It's perfect for you OP.
>>24738176no, that's leftist ideology/philosophy, as their central theme always comes down to prevention of suffering which naturally leads to a rejection of life. Ironically that is downstream from christian thought.Secular philosophy can be life affirming more than any religion, see Nietzsche
>>24742183Leftism is the logical conclusion of secular philosphy.
I compared it to ancient Greek literature and I just see the Hebrew Bible as totally devoid of empathy except in Genesis. The Greeks acknowledged and depicted the brutality of war but there is always a sense of the suffering that the losers have to go through, even when they’re the enemies of the Greeks. In the Hebrew Bible it’s just so psychopathic toward people the Jews are fighting and unrelentingly vindictive like, “blessed is he who smashes thy little ones’ heads against the stones.”
>>24741513This is completely retarded revisionist babble. Christianity does not preclude violence and violence was instrumental in creating and establishing Christian nations.Christianity was spread by the sword, modern Christian nations are just cowards who have been divorced from violence for a century and choose half their holy book to pay attention to if even that.
>>24741412A very apt summary.>The illiad shows the enemy Trojans in a sympathetic light.Even more than that, the Trojans are substantially more human than the Achaeans. All relationships in the Achaean camp are political (even Achilles in his grief). And yes, the political is necessary to human life. However, no one exchange approaches the humanity, the personal relationships, expressed among the Trojans: a) Helen and Paris in Book 3, b) Hector and Andromache in Book 6 (which breaks my heart every time I read it), c) Priam's visit to Achilles in Book 24, and d) the laments of the women for Hector, also 24. The one exception to the Achaeans would be the lament of Briseis for Patroclus in 19, but it must be remembered that Briseis is ethnically Anatolian.I would also note The Persians by Aeschylus, in which he likewise humanizes the hated enemy by detailing their home life, an enemy he himself face on the battlefield. Empathy with the enemy is a very rare human trait, and it should be numbered among our dearest possessions. Even Christianity's Golden Rule is entirely self serving. 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' Or just be a good person for the sake of honor and justice. 'Store up treasures in heaven.' Or do good deeds without expectation of benefit, you spiritual shekel grabber.
>>24741412>>24743367>you spiritual shekel grabberAnd I don't mean you, I mean anyone who is a 'good person' solely for glory in heaven.
>>2474309490% of the cause for this is faked internet propaganda, anti-semitism is an IQ test
>>24743366Christianity was spread by the sword after it became the official state ideology. For the hundreds of years prior to that, it was quite pacifist
He is unironically the Socrates of our time.
>>24741817I just know my convictions would crumble around me if this man confronted me... I would be humiliated and exposed as a materialist.
>>24743918You'd fall to your knees sobbing into your hands. Once you stopped you'd look down to see a bulge in your pants. You actually like this."Go on," the black man would say. "Rub it."And you would. Like his little princess.He'd take you to his church every sunday and you'd sit on his lap dressed like the cutest little doll anyone has ever seen.
>>24743922>>>/trash/ you sicko.
No cap.
>>24741817JLP = GOATJeffrey Lee PierceJesse Lee Peterson
Sorcery, Wizardry, Witchcraft, Psionics, and General Magic and Powers EditionFAQ:>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: >>24567943
>>24743766All of japan is a man?I was using "they" as a plural you fucking dumbass. "they" in that sentience was implied to be [japan: makers of anime]. All in the coolaid don't know the flavor.
>>24743796>All of japan is a man?The creative ones? Yes >was implied to be [japan: makers of anime].I'm an ESL, I thought you were talking about the guy making suggestions. Sorry
>>24743801>SorryTo be fair it isn't your fault that politards are butchering the English language over bad ideas executed badly. I guess I could have also written more clearly.
>>24743017These are all great ideas, thanks! What are some elementally-themed ideas, like having flaming wings, etc.?>>24743616I was thinking more along the lines of them still being humanoid, but thanks.>>24743679Thanks.>>24743550I would love to hear more about this. How does someone become immortal?
>>24743889>How does someone become immortal?By linking themselves to,containing within themselves, or otherwise becoming a mana/arcane energy nexus. Because of this there is a small point/gate/disk/whatever within them linked to a inexhaustible magical energy source that they can draw from at all times.Exactly how this done is kept the highest of secrets by the very very few that know and understand how such things work. Some of the immortals themselves have no clue how and would never figure it out in a million years. Pretty sure I wrote of them before in these threads.
You have until September 22nd, 6:00 PM GMT to fill one /lit/-sized textbox (3,000 characters) with writing inspired by this piece of art from /ic/.https://countingdownto.com/?c=6577554Poetry, prose, greentext, etc. are all fair play as long as your submission fits inside, and exists soley within, a single textbox posted in this thread.(That means no off-site links and no text-as-image attachments!)Each entry will be carefully read by three judges.Your judges are• a normal dog !!71U6V9o4HL7• NomenNomenK !J1INgaNFCk • ineptia !!/7cMIiSCHvi (me)We will decide the winners—1st, 2nd, and 3rd place—following the submission deadline.Additionally, a Strawpoll for “Readers’ Choice” will be created afterward, so that everyone can have a say on who the winners should be.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24736676>>24743382>the exorcist had already been through before me.Did the parents only call the spirit-exterminator on Sarah’s ghost?Or on all the truck stop’s incubi and succubi?If it was just their daughter, you missed out on the novel comedy of asking an exorcist to yeet “Just the one.”>I had to climb escarpment rather than drive up to the motor inn, well, because the direct approach seemed inappropriate somehow. I knew this didn’t make any sense.Overwhelmingly disappointed with this.You can’t just handwave away the imagery the story was written on!Like, no, have the MC try their best to make it make sense.Shame? Dissociation? Self-flagellation?I can do the work for you and realize that this moment parallels the only meaningful way the MC and Sarah interacted—her breasts “brushing up” sideways on him—but I’d so much rather know for certain that that’s what you meant for me to see.>Accidentally, I shined my light into a trucker’s cab, waking him. He rolled down his window, made a piercing finger-in-mouth whistle at me, and blew a raspberry.Terrible ‘Ambrose Chappell.’At least have this red herring be related in some way to the subject matter or themes of the story.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
“It was impossible not to notice Rhonda”by Anonymous>>24737366>It was impossible not to notice Rhonda as she walked past you.Good opening sentence.>Not because of her bright neon topsAlready evoking the image.>or the clacking of her heels across the lot.You hear “clacking,” I hear “click-clacking:”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckwGQgnlb98>sweat masked by cigarettes and a faint hint crusted body fluids.“hint OF crusted body fluids.”>She wasn't attractive and there was no signs of that she ever had been.“She wasn’t attractive, no sign she ever had been.”>But I wasn't looking for attraction.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24737366>>24743909>That came later as I tugged along the highways to the memories I'd bought.Real skin-crawling stuff, anon.I also love how a physical truck is essentially “a phallic-looking thing that tugs its load,” so there’s an entendre that the MC is just truck driving when their orgasm “came.”>I guess my thing if you break it down was to induce fear in these whores.Again, no “I guess”—your MC was so precise about wanting power and respect, so have them either be super knowledgable or totally ignorant as to why they do what they do, because this in-between-ness of “Eh, maybe?” is not gripping.Comma-separate “if you break it down”>to induce fear in these whores.The word “induce” already has “in” in it, so frack deeper with an “into.”“to induce fear into these whores.”>Heck I'd beat them…hell I might even>Heck…hellI guess this is kinda character-quirky, going from darn to damn.>I'd put a knife to their throats or pull out a gun.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24737366>>24743910>Rhonda could usually be found on the TrukOasis lot.Your piece would be much stronger if this was your second paragraph, cutting out the two that came before.>her eyes would light of with the fear I chased.“light up”>I guess I took out my frustration on herYour third “I guess”—the conversational tone should be freeing, not hamstringing.>As I drove past the TruckOasis the tonight on my return trip Remove the second “the.”>I saw a man with a flashlight looking through the brushWoefully weak verb, “looking,” for this action.There’s “combing;” “picking;” “plodding;” “scanning;” “sidling…”>my rotten pecker was engorged as I came to realize that I may soon become a wanted man.Wayta destroy any pretense of this actually being a serious attempt at creative writing.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24735922>The grass smelled like wet>The drive-in smelled like vagina>And I criedYou wrote nothing very hotAnd close-up totally anti fecundHey u triedI appreciate the constrained-writing exercise, anon!But sincerely, thanks for participating!
He was right about literally everything and you people laugh at him.“In his dreadful lassitude and objectless rage, Cobain seemed to have give wearied voice to the despondency of the generation that had come after history, whose every move was anticipated, tracked, bought and sold before it had even happened. Cobain knew he was just another piece of spectacle, that nothing runs better on MTV than a protest against MTV; knew that his every move was a cliché scripted in advance, knew that even realising it is a cliché. The impasse that paralysed Cobain in precisely the one that Fredric Jameson described: like postmodern culture in general, Cobain found himself in ‘a world in which stylistic innovation is no longer possible, where all that is left is to imitate dead styles in the imaginary museum’.”
>>24742962Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qMQJF-7Y2h0
>>24742962From the thumbnail I always think this pic is Dave Foley and I go through a moment of confusion trying to figure out wtf OP is going on about.
>>24743048Cmon, take off the mask. Who are you really are?
>>24743342This. He should have gotten into gaming, maybe he would have seen advancement and auteurship somewhere instead of killing himself like a faggot.
>>24743365>t. skibidi toilet enjoyer
>His Principia Mathematica side hustle imploded. Gödel the God-fearing Christian ruined it.>He had epistemological trolls that any atheist Reddit neckbeard could have come up with and that were less sophisticated than those of Sextus Empiricus and Hume.>His theory of descriptions was completely unnecessary, a midwit answer to something only midwits see as a problem ("[Meinong] argued, if you say that the golden mountain does not exist, it is obvious that there is something that you are saying does not exist -- namely the golden mountain; therefore the golden mountain must subsist in some shadowy Platonic world of being, for otherwise your statement that the golden mountain does not exist would have no meaning. I confess that, until I hit upon the theory of descriptions, this argument seemed to me convincing.")>Even his stupid paradox in naive set theory that bears his name had been prefigured elsewhere in letters from Zermelo.>Continental scholars routinely demonstrated his misunderstandings of Continental philosophers, toward whom he had emotional, Anglocuck revulsions unbecoming of a thinker.
>>24743745My account for ethics, metaphysics and epistemology? Flying Jew.
>>24743763>christianity is wrong because.. le absurd thingi'm not a christian but anyone can see this is a logical fallacy
>>24743785Let's see Paul Allen's account of metaphysics
>>24743785I'm just not entirely sure what an account of "metaphysics, ethics and epistemology" is supposed to look likeCan you give me yours, as an example, please?I understand that Christians ground ethics, metaphysics and epistemology in a flying Jews that is also his own dad. That just IS the Christian position, not my fault it sounds silly.How do you do it?
>>24742920There seemed to be an implication that you can do something atheists cannot.Put your money where your mouth is, and account for ethics, metaphysic and epistemology. .....Who do you think falls for this bullshit?
Who is your favorite writer from the Land of Dixie? Personally I'm going with the obvious: Faulkner, although Foote and Percy are steadily catching up. Toole is up there too.
>>24743870Winston Churchill
tyrion stroll editionASOIAF wiki: https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Main_PageBlog: https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/Old blog: https://grrm.livejournal.com/So Spake Martin (interviews): https://westeros.org/citadel/ssm/Book search: https://asearchoficeandfire.com/SSM search: https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=006888510641072775866:vm4n1jrzsdyGeneral search: http://searcherr.work/TWOW samples: https://archive.org/details/411440566-the-winds-of-winter-released-chaptersold: >>24704184
>GRRM writes for random nip game and not a dedicated ASOIAF gameFuck that guy, I'd even take a movie game like that shitty telltale game. Such a neat setting granted the CK2 mod is great, and Realm of Thrones is alright but shit we need an actual game.
>>24743759Holy...
>>24743759Tyrion doesn't kill for gold, but I bet it can be propagandized like that. Theres alot of time spent in ADWD regarding Tyrion's wealth (that he supposedly has access to after a future conquest). Maybe Tyrion's fate will be as a storied monster tragically misunderstood by future Westerosi scholars.
>Reading The World of Ice & Fire>The targaryens were about to lose but than they had dragons come and win instead >The targaryens were outnumbered 5 to 1 but than they won anyways because of dragons>The targaryens almost almost their kingdoms tons of times, but dragons saved the day The more lore I read about ice and fire the dumber this world gets 1000 fucking years and no one could come up with a single idea on how to take down a fucking flying lizard?Dragons aren't that Op
>>24743872A ton of dragons died, see storming of the dragonpit. The only tech they have to pierce dragons, from range, are scorpions. Longbows ain't gonna do shit in a battlefield. And making that tech widespread or improving on it would require successive technological innovations that are often the result of pooling together lots of smart people in concentrated areas. They'd need a lot more King's Landing sized areas, and for a considerable amount of time. The feudal politics lends itself to a lot of instability though. Our feudal systems ended in large part because alternative economic arrangements became more viable. This can be partially attributed to merchants becoming increasingly more powerful. Westeros is too regularly beset by large scale wars for it to be able to develop a substantial merchant class that enables that transition. However the more centralized power gets in Westeros, the better those conditions are satisfied. So in short, dragons get slayed more easily when political power is better centralized over a long period of time.
>tell mom about Nick Land because she keeps saying ridiculous Elizabeth Warren-type shit like "we just need more regulators to fix capitalism">she tells everyone in the extended family that I'm a groyper, and she's devastatedDoes this happen in your neck of the woods?
>>24743784Well is ignorant of american politics, catholic doctrine, and the history and philosophy of nationalism. For a catholic american nationalist and political commentator, I would imagine he would care to learn about these things instead of adopting them as badges to scam his brown audience.
>>24743824i guess there is no show tonight because he is doing red scare
>>24743875>so tell us nick, what have you been reading lately>oh you know... i haven't really had much time to read since i'm so busy with my 2 hour radio show and not having a girlfriend or real job or hobbies... anyways lets talk about israelyikes
imagine wasting time reading that trash and also telling your parents about the shit you read. on top of that being so fucking useless at explaining your points (i assume your points are so good and understandable nobody will dispute you anything) that your mom just have to drop some elizabeth warren type words to send all your trash fancy nonsense to her "things to forget" part of her brainalso this is not /lit/ relatedgo back where your kind belong >>>/pol/ >>>/r9k/ >>>/twitter/
>>24743880yeesh lighten up bud
I find myself sympathetic to Tyler. Mormon cult parents, a homophobic society, autistic. And then you have a toxic fascist society that wants to feed him to the wolves. What other stories are told from the perspective of those hated by an evil blood thirsty corrupt society. I’m aware of the Jesus and the New Testament gospels along with Grendel. Any other suggestions?
>>24734501I hope he finds a new loving bf in prison.
>>24734479Lolita
>>24734479You enter reality is fakeYour entire worldview and reality is a lie. People are not god. You are not god. People do not control or determine reality. The people in power do not control or determine reality. People are not equal. People are not blank slates, people are not inherently good noble savages, people are not perfectible, people are not rational and rationally disconnected from their environment. There is no realm of higher purely rational thought disconnected from emotions and impulses. People and society cannot be improved through social engineering by leftist collage educated experts, managerial bureaucrats, or the state.Progress is not inherent to reality. Reality is not entirely and fundamentally material. reality is not fundamentally dead but alive and consciousness and responsive and evolving. Reality is not fundamentally only literal. Reality is not fundamentally and only rational. Reality is not fundamentally disenchanted. The divine and spiritual is real. the meak are not more moral than the great, morality and greatness are two different dimensions of reality. Weakness and tolerance are not virtuous. Everything just is what it is. Reality is inherently mysterious. Self loathing is just as evil as hubris. Your entire worldview is just a rationalization for the ruling managerial class and the totalitarian state to gain ever increasing amounts of power and turn people into cogs. Your entire worldview is just lying and stealing and parasitism. Your entire worldview is just a way to deny reality and evade responsibility and remain immature and evil and not grow up and be virtuous and responsible and act like an actual fucking adult.
>>24734479I find myself sympathetic to Tyler because he got caught up in a Mossad plot to kill Kirk and is actually innocent
>>24734523You're either gay, bi, or straight. Why bother punishing people for that? Society can't just adapt and move on? If you let this point go, half the Left would collapse with nothing to do.
How come so many opera singers have curly hair?
>>24741911big if true
>>24742279The OP pic is not of opera singers.
>>24743052OP is a dorkHave some hot Carmenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF-0vjdjSSs
>>24743087I was speaking in 3rd person.
I like these chibi- like caricature cartoons it looks kinda cute sometimes
Where do I find a girl like this?
>>24743736Newfag. You need to go back.
>>24743802>>24743815you are indian because you sent a blurry jpeg saar
>>24743736Erm don't you get it? killing white muslims is a based oldfag meme and definitely not a jewish psyop
>>24743686..
It references a mentally ill kid who shot up a bunch of random people in a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. He himself was a Latino and targeted slightly darker Latinos. Not something a Muslim should be wearing, racism is against Islam.All this junk is really poisoning the minds of the youth. Crusius was Jewish as well, or his parents were. You realize there are federal agents and military propagandists trying to push young people to suicidal acts of terror.It is satanic honestly. It is called demoralization propaganda. In WWII it was these leaflets they would drop on enemy soldiers to try and demoralize them to stop fighting. That was comparatively innocent. Now it is a sociopathic online propaganda campaign to push youth to suicidal acts of terror to restrict gun rights and expand the power of the federal government.I worry for what the wicked government, zionist imperialists really, are doing to the minds of the youth. This website offers a place to speak without censorship by the zionist imperialists, somewhat, but it is full of so much filth that I realize now it is not suitable for a Muslim to use.Exceptions should not be made. I have tried to filter things and Halalize using the site, but this is not a good example. Please, Muslims, stop using these websites and every website that features any Haram at all. Including big social media sites. I will lead by example by cutting out this Haram.
Books on Japanese Buddhism?
>>24743869>Buddhism for Dumbies>Japanese Buddhism 101>Introduction to Japanese Buddhism>Cambridge guide to Japanese Buddhism>Oxford Guise to Japanese BuddhismDon't know if any of these are real but usually you start with books with titles such as these
