One year anniversary of elite readership
the irony is /lit/ has gotten way less "elite" over the last several years, genre slop "generals" and a bunch of wannabe writers shilling trash. that article might have been funny/true ten years ago.
why are women so fucking stupid and annoying? if didn't have this stupid unconscious biological impulse to have sex with them i'd never want to be around one again.
>>24985966Some people are built different, they are capable of having original thoughts. No amount of reading can teach you this, it doesn't matter if you're a Classics PhD or Anonymous.
>>24985979>ten years ago.at the latest. the election did a real number on this board
>>24985979See, you say this but the fact is that the Gurm general doesn't even move the needle as far as this place being above Reddit, your third-year Greats class, Goodreads and local slopwit book clubs.
Disprove Thomas Aquinas on the existence of God.
it's made up
>>24978839Non-Christian theist here:>Who created god?God precedes spatiotemporal causality, therefore making him uncreated.But if you want le fedora answer, you would say "human beings">Why can't there be multiple godsMultiplicity implies unity which implies a first principle. That first principle which is most independent must be highest God. You can suppose there to be multiple Gods but they are not the same.>Why do you assume the creator of this flawed decaying universe is the supreme creator.He isn't. The universe being material accounts for all of its flaws and decay. Matter is the primary cause of evil in the universe. The demiurge knew this yet created anyway because this creation was better than nothing at all. He made it as perfect as possible, despite the natural flaws of forms placed into matter.
>>24987532>non-christian theist>its a gnostic
>>24987548To clarify in the spirit of serious discussion, I personally don't believe the demiurge is malign nor do I believe the material world to be a conspiratorial prison.
>>24977963Dawkins did
what books are essential to understand more the american mindset? i've been living in the US for the past 4 years and still not part of the culture and i think i will never be and that's ok but if i can indulge myself a little bit more it would be beneficial for me career wise
>>24987213Hunter s thompson hits the nail on the head with his books, i genuinely can't stand it here, nogs and druggies make violence a fucking constant in my life when i just want to chill out and jerk off i literally have squatters in my house as i type this i fucking hate my life
>>24987565move to a first world country for God's sakes.
>>24987565never read hst but isn’t he more on the side of nogs & druggies than people resentfulposting on 4ch?
>>24987568no violence in america !
As has been said already, there are very few topics that have one cohesive "American" perspective. Where are you in the US?Read a bunch of Philip Roth. The Secret History by Donna Tartt. 5 years ago Less than Zero would've been an uninspired and dated recommendation but it's surprisingly relevant right now
How important is psychiatry/psychoanalysis, in terms of creating societal change?I am a psychiatrist-to-be.How would you practice, if given unlimited power/funds to create your own health department? How would you set it up?I know of critical psychiatry and books like bad science and some by James Davies. But any thoughts on modern policy thinkpieces? Books about the best way to manage societies (mental) health from a macro/state/gov pov?Is psychiatry /lit/ or /sci/ ? Or some other bumfuck board?
>>24986088Drop in testosterone levels.
>>24984588>ONLY integrated ritual can cureI know religious conversion (Catholicism) can cure me, I just can't believe in it. There's so much truth in perennialism, but getting past the magical stories of the "normal" religions (pick one) seems impossible
>>24984427i think some people actually have 'adhd' in the idiopathic sense, mostly those who have epileptic activity in their frontal lobe.most are not the case tho
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EULynGtVskU
>>24984482real sure I have aspegers. When young, they diagnosed me as "schizo affective with psychotic features" and insisted on medicating me. Made me sleep way too long. rotted my teeth. made me fat. two years later, I got off it. Hoo boy. basically *bad* psychological withdrawals. Professionals? See, you need to take your meds! I got through it, but it was tough. Went back to normal. weight came off, i could read again, only thing stuck was the rotted teeth. years later, I looked up my medication and what I said was my withdrawals. Yep! Exactly the same, and the professionals *lied* and *knew* it. PS. Was "diagnosed" while in rehab for bad alcoholism. They used the hallucinations from bad alcohol withdrawal, to do it to me. It EXPLICITLY stated in what I read? You cant diagnose until the DTs are over. They did it anyways. DTs and they didn't like my inkblot responses. Nowadays, aspergers is easier to see. What I was told: "if it quacks like a duck, its a duck" (duck = schizophrenic). Also this smug bullshit. "anon, I can see by your face, you have the schizo-something face". (that was my aspergers flat affect) I will never trust the psych industry the rest of my life. (medication was trilofon) and without the cogentin codependent, it would freak me out.
There is much a man might learn from the minds of women, were he willing to lay aside pride and hear them with humility.
>>24986404Freemasonic thread
>>24986748How many of the philosophers in OP's pic argued for abortion?
hello world
>agree>listen>'I agree'>the woman looks down at me (5'6) and rears back in disgust>'no not you I don't care if you agree'this is true by the way
>>24986404jew sense is tingling
I'm ready for the third series.
>>24986499No
>>24986500Must be thinking of someone else. Bakker never officially gave up writing, but it's taken a backseat due to low sells, publisher issues, and the fact that he lost a lot of material in harddrive crash he had years ago. He started posting to his blog again for the first time in five years though.
>>24987085>harddrive crashThere's that meme again. How does this keep happening to people? The guy devving that Fear and Hunger game dumpstered all his files once too. That's slightly more forgivable then losing... Writing materials?Not that I can really talk. I just backup my shit on Google Drive (cancer) and email word docs to myself just in case.
>>24986499The sranc fuck wounds, they don't have a preference for the honey of unwashed anus
>>24986402Gnosis is considered sorcery no?
ITT: we post history books about less discussed topicsi'll start>western technology and soviet economic development 1930 to 1945 by sutton - about how the west essentially singlehandedly built up all soviet industry>wall street and the bolshevik revolution by sutton - about american financiers being covertly inserted into the soviet union to fund the bolshevik revolution
>>24981863Happened in most of the New World desu. German Brazilians were also overwhelmingly obedient and loyal to Brazil and assimilation once the war kicked off.
>The rise of international jihad and Western ultra-nationalism>In the Management of Savagery , Max Blumenthal excavates the real story behind America’s dealings with the world and shows how the extremist forces that now threaten peace across the globe are the inevitable flowering of America’s imperial designs.>Washington’s secret funding of the mujahedin provoked the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. With guns and money, the United States has ever since sustained the extremists, including Osama Bin Laden, who have become its enemies. The Pentagon has trained and armed jihadist elements in Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya; it has launched military interventions to change regimes in the Middle East. In doing so, it created fertile ground for the Islamic State and brought foreign conflicts home to American soil.>These failed wars abroad have made the United States more vulnerable to both terrorism as well as native ultra-nationalism. The Trump presidency is the inevitable consequence of neoconservative imperialism in the post–Cold War age. Trump’s dealings in the Middle East are likely only to exacerbate the situation.
>>24982238You are a self-hating tranny
>>24982294Start with the Bible m8
>>24982294The second sons of royalty were downwardly socially mobile, pushed out others who basically didn't breed, thus everyone likely has some sort of royal ancestry down the line
>average English speaker is Indian>average French speaker is African>average Spanish speaker is a Mutt (Indian + Native + Iberian + African)>average German speaker is brown>average Dutch speaker is arab>average Swedish speaker is arab>average Russian speaker is mongol>average Italian speaker is on death's doorIs it over for Western literature?
>>24987530This is pre-shedding. They're red from the sun.
>>24987536telling that you only see opposition as third world. by being racist(?) you actually lose sight of what makes you dutch(?) in the first place. international banter with european countries.
>>24987538think every brown person is red from the sun.
>>24987541calling other ethnics brown is standard banter. not sure what's got your panties in a bunch.
>>24987559just making a point - in europe we’ve thought dutch people were fucking awful since before we knew india existed.
>1980s Soviet Union>dissident movements are all ineffective and also heavily tattled on by informants>college kids start finding them to be cringe because these movements have gotten nothing done yet everyone involved is a sanctimonious prick>the kids start becoming "vnye," simultaneously in the Soviet mainstream society and out of it>they just accept that the things are way they are, do minimum work to get by, and spend rest of the time hanging out at cafes and special interest clubs>aside from sharing some banned books, nothing much in terms of overtly subversive activity goes on>they are escaping the Soviet Union by pretending it is just an ordeal to get through so that they can go hang out with friends and talk about cool stuffAre we all in "vnye" now in the West?
First time trying to write a story.https://anotepad.com/notes/pisww2mg
The most important part is the execution so start writin'
Dastardly New Age Edition>Old:>>24975110>Recommended reading charts (Look here before asking for vague recs):https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb>Archive:https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg>Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg
Scifi books with NTR premises? Like a space traveler educates his gf in nihilism and she decides life is meaningless and cheats on him with andromedans?
>>24987505Walk into traffic
>>24987498Wind and Truth is a 6 at best.
>>24987452Look like shit.
Is there any SFF that is enjoyable after reading Reverend Insanity?
I kinda want to start writing and I thought of trying this website I am new to (I will prolly get packed here lol).Share down one of your own piece of work down here and I will probably read it, I don't really care about genre (I will ignore any porn). I just need some inspirations to start writing on my own maybe after mid terms exams :p
>>24986318kys
>>24986318Kys>>24986251You.musr be lost, the web page you are looking for is DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOUBLE YOU DOT REDDOT DOT CO DOT EYE ELL
We have a dedicated writing general where people post their stuff. Take a look there and see what yoy like.Regardless, you should look for inspiration in any form that comes.
we *also* have a /wng/ general going. some prefer the company there, over the /wg/ the esteemed anon above me proffered you with. And good day to you.
>>24986251>I kinda want to start writingStop right there, faggot. Nobody wants to read it.
All that has come out of the last near century has been empty stylism (Nabokov, McCarthy, Pynchon); sophistry (Beckett, Borges, Pinter); pulp (Roth, DeLillo, Grass) or third world pastiche (Achebe, Murakami, O'Connor).Post-modernism has been a disaster for humanity.
>>24985033Weiner
>>24985033Mccarthy isn't just style. But yeah it's bleak. I'll fix it thoughever.
>>24985224is this true? I can't find any info
>>24986157>visual novelsAll the good ones are ten plus years old. How do you believe this?
>>24985102
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
>>24985877The ability to escape non flying creatures.
>>24985613This makes me think of Samurai 8, the split between active male and passive female support was in practice very boring.
>>24982530The end of year is marked by the Winter Solstice, so 'Christmas' and 'New Years' aren't separate holidays. They light fireworks, play with sparklers and decorate with lights, candles and lanterns. There are public bonfires where people burn paper offerings. They don't give gifts outside of committed couples for whom the holiday is effectively Valentines day, many marriage proposals happen at midnight.
>>24987129I WILL make it terrifying.
>>24987497It's not just another eva copycat is it?
Why do you never see scripts of films sold as books in the same way you do with plays, both classical and modern?Are there any movies that you'd buy and read the script to?
>>24987473You see some but they're generally not dense enough to justify reading over seeing the movie they were meant to construct.
>>24987473Some scripts do get sold, it really depends on who owns the rights to the scripts, which is usually the production company.>picrelPersonally, I own the Firefly/Serenity script books. Firefly: A Celebration (Anniversary Edition) & Serenity Official Visual Companion.
If plays were as accessible back then as movies are today sales would have been very meager.
Plays were accessible, it's just that nobody cared to see them. And sales WERE very meager. Shakespeare's biggest competition was bear-baiting. That's like MGM having meetings about how to lure spectators away from the cockfight crowd. What a disgrace.
