>>24949295>he doesn't own a $20 solar panel that charges your ereader fully in 30 minutes of sunlightApocalypse can come tonight and I wouldn't notice it besides 4chan being down.
>>24947268Do none of you use an IRC?
I use calibre. Reading anywhere but on a desktop computer is cause for distraction.
>>24950783I love to read in nature when it's sunny and in bed when it's winter. I used to read behind my desk using calibre as well but I notice I read way more now that I have an ereader because it's just more convenient. Also I never expected this but the epaper screens are genuinely adding a lot of value. The "print" quality is higher than actual paper books and it looks indistinguishable to paper. I can never go back to reading from a lcd monitor or oled phone screen.Physical books are cumbersome to hold for extended periods of time and I usually read 4 - 5 books at the same time (one non fiction history, one non fiction about a specific field or interest, a fiction guilty pleasure book, some genre fiction and some genuine classic literature) I won't be carrying an entire backpack filled with books with me wherever I go.
>>24950783>Reading anywhere but on a desktop computer is cause for distraction.how so?
>december 2025>novel still unfinished
>>24949403>>24949415>>24949509What is yalls method for writting? I am only able to make actual contributions to my drafts when an overwhelming feeling of certainty arises, giving me great inspiration and the knowledge to put together my lesser drafts into proper pages
>>24949403So ~50,000 words?On the shorter side>>24949415There are a bunch of booktubers vlogging about the 7th draft of their novel>>24950537I only write when I feel inspiration and have coffee, which is most days
>>24949415>another draftAnon…
>>24950537I've had a concept for like 2 years but no larger story to tie it into, then I randomly thought of another element that would make it a whole story one day, and I've combined those with older concepts that I've had in mind for some time and have drafted scenes and short stories around. I have a lot of scenes and storylines in my head I want to hit, so since I have a base my main process is kind of riffing off the parts I've set in play and building towards major scenes, a lot of improv mixed with following a very rough outline that I have in my head. In my edit or rewrite or whatever I plan on really streamlining everything
>>24948774>119.5k words>roughly 15k left>no progress since AugustI'm supposed to get back to it next week once my finals are over, but I still have no idea how I'm gonna end this thing.
Just got caught up with this series, it's about feudal power armor knights doing battle with terminators and robot demi-gods where the main character kills a female robot so hard that she basically comes back as a female yandere robot that desperately needs to be impregnated by the main character.
>>24948742That sounds awesome. Did you write this?
>>24950046No, I just like cute robots with pale skin and huge titties that legit could probably birth human babies.
>>24948742>where the main character kills a female robot so hard that she basically comes back as a female yandere robot that desperately needs to be impregnated by the main character.Awesome plot point, jealous I didn't make this.
>>24950719More specifically, she was this persistent robot spider thing that he eventually kills and she's so fucking mad that she basically angries herself in front of Robot god and asks for a new form to kill him with.
>>24950785robot god also has big titties and is hot
sansa 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: >>24922194
Happy 100 threads anon. Post your favourite passageEuron stood by the window, drinking from a silver cup. He wore the sable cloak he took from Blacktyde, his red leather eye patch, and nothing else. >When I was a boy, I dreamt that I could fly," he announced. "When I woke, I couldn't . . . or so the maester said. But what if he lied?">"Perhaps we can fly. All of us. How will we ever know unless we leap from some tall tower?"The wind came gusting through the window and stirred his sable cloak. There was something obscene and disturbing about his nakedness.>"No man ever truly knows what he can do unless he dares to leap."
>>24950684Not So...Perfect
>GRRM bristled at that. "I defeated your idol Tolkien and his The Rings of Power(TM), the first time your Middle Earth came to television. I procrastinated the Winds of Winter against the power of Bantam Books for 15 years, and took HBO’s primetime spot from the Romefags. I smashed JK Rowling at the 2001 Hugo Awards, though she had twenty times my fans. Tell me, /grrm/, what battles has Brandon, son of Sander, ever won that I should fear him?
>>24950752I tried to get into Cosmere but the whole multiple planets thing feels so fucking dumb, couldn't make it through the first quarter of Way of Kings.
Second in her name, daughter of Aerys II and sister of Rhaegar Targaryen (Dany who?)Founders and Duchess (Doge) of Maegoroma/Maegorthage (Axe, Esso northwest -https://files.catbox.moe/envveo.jpeg)Princess of Dragonstone (claimant)Queen of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men (rightfully)Lady of the Seven Kingdoms (rightfully)Protector of the realm (rightfully)
>Pessimist that actually killed himselfOther examples?
>The Enlightenment was... le BAD?
>>24949089>How does reason emerge from primitive god worship?Grasping the nature of universals, something no animal is capable of.
>>24949549Your mother's mouth revolves around my dick>>24949674Not an atheist
>>24949089I'm hijacking this thread to vent with relevancy to this. I fucking hate all humans except for myself and want them to die out. The only means of acting on this I have are the following:Don't do anything for anyone except myself and my personal gain. Invest in whatever brings me the most profit, which inevitably includes companies that exploit people, harm them through medication and implant side effects as well as addiction, build weapons that kill millions, cause financial crises and destroy the environment. Drive a car that consumes a lot of gas and produces a lot of emissions to destroy the environment. Fly as much as I can to destroy the environment. Eat meat to destroy the environment.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24948256Very difficult to read. I wonder if the German original is easier to read for someone who knows German well.
>>24949699Anon...>>24948256I had notebook llm read this to me a while back and I was left unimpressed. am I missing something or is it just reddit? not a phil-tard btw but i am whatever about different opinions on le western enlightenment.
>evil cannot *uurp* create*plagiarizes Wagner's Ring Cycle*
>>24950709truth nuke, Americans will never understand Wagner
>>24950688You expect these faggots to understand the importance of philology in a linguist's writing? Lol, lmao even.
>>24950682It's literally already been TLDR'd. This is the literature board, people don't make posts imitating memes or short form content for your adhd brain. Of course the response to a long post is also going to be long.>>24950695That's not what happened at all you utter retard. It was falsely claimed that Tolkien got the idea of the ring from Plato, and then later claimed that he was at least partially influenced by Plato, when it has nothing to do with whether or not Wagner influenced him. One of the posters claiming it was incredibly arrogant and conceited despite being in the wrong so I responded to him and that's how the argument developed.
>>24950691The whole discussion started as a binary. One person claimed Tolkien was influenced by Wagner, another claimed in response that he got it from Plato. You're clearly too low iq to follow the chain of replies.
>>24950730Yeah, you're a retard and I don't care about your opinion. You talk like you don't believe in reality and you'd rather sell me on a narrative where you're always right.Sorry, but that's a faggy way of interacting with the world, and I won't validate your cunty way of doing things by responding as if your words are worth anything. You actually are beneath my contempt. Literally. I don't care what you have to say, you're a mongoloid, and you're opinion is worthless. Fuck off and shut up. How about that?This >>24950740Not everyone on /lit/ is an entitled fucking idiot with an ego problem. That's so awesome.
Any books where a comfortable loser with weak character turns it around, and not just by luck? Basically opposite of picrel?
No, and with this attitude, you're not going to dig yourself out of your hole.Your life is in a downward spiral because of structural brain issues. It's a malady of modern times, called "neural net model collapse". Rediscovered with the advent of generative AI, researchers realized that AI models trained on AI-generated output experienced model collapse. Devoid of the outliers and long tails of real-world data, the model's parameters clipped to zero or one, rendering it all useless. A similar phenomenon happens in human neural-networks if they're trained on human-made and other artificial data, instead of natural data. The pathetic shutin stunts his development with anime, vidya, pr0n, virtual human contact, and the confines of his little room, stunting his neural development beyond all repair. The inevitable result is all too common—seething, sexual perversion, and increasing suicidal ideation. If there is any cure, it involves going outside, getting away from the city, and experiencing nature in all its complexity. But that assumes it's not too late.
>>24950055>pr0nWhat's the matter schizoboy? Afraid to say the actual word?
>>24950068THAT'S your takeaway from all that? You're doomed.
>>24950076Your text wall is the same shit people have been saying about representative entertainment since ancient Greeks talking about theater. Nothing valuable to take away. But why self-censor on 4chan? What are you trying to hide, and from who?
>>24949762An interesting question.Wouldn't that fall within the self-help section?I would always prefer a respected philosopher's description of such a turnaround, but I can't think of any examples.
Mention here literature according to /lit/ suitable to matriculate as a real /x/-ian. Or if /x/ was /lit/ cohorts first.
>>24948385Great recs anon, I'll be checking both of these out. Thank you.
>>24948417Glad to hear it, enjoy!
Otherside Picnic is literally about netlore as a medium for otherwordy beings to intrude upon earth.
>>24947922>much lower castes that constitute the activity on that boardIt's funny when newfags roleplay, looking at /x/ the same way some redditfag looks at 4chan (an unholy bastion of no civility), when /x/ is one of the few genuine places of discussion left over on the entire website. No shitposting on any other board is somehow MAGICALLY (get it, retard? an /x/ joke!) worse or different than whatever goes on /x/.
>>24948892You're right anon, I may have been 'newfagging' with regards that board.
>name a more manly, masculine, virile workyou can't
>>24950687
>>24950687Which translation, tho?
>>24950687>You need glory because.. erm.. you just do, okay?
>>24950687This is a tale of heroes, but i recall schiller saying beauty is not to be found in heroic virtues. Come to think of it, he does come off as a mawkish faggot.
In his 'Lectures on the Mind for Young Samurai', Mishima reflects on being called a nerd for his love of literature during the war.He argues that today's nerds use literature as a safety zone to hide from the real world.He distinguishes between two types of literature.The first, which he calls second-rate, is relatively harmless; it acts as a comforting teacher, offering simple moral lessons and inspiration to those who are struggling, giving hope to the heartbroken, teaching that money isn't everything to the poor, and comforting the weak.The true danger, he warns, comes from "real" literature. This first-rate writing reveals the frightful fate of humanity and teaches through beautiful and captivating prose "that in this life an irredeemable evil lurks at the bottom of human nature", leading the reader to a nihilistic precipice and abandoning them there without solace.The greatest problem arises when nerds who consume this powerful literature fall under the illusion that they arrived at its profound conclusions through their own effort.This creates a false sense of superiority, leading them to become cynics who mock all human effort, sincerity, and passion from a detached and powerless position.As a writer, Mishima knows this "poison of literature" intimately, and admits that he only found a partial antidote later in life through physical action.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>24948433if the unwarranted obliteration of innocent creatures isn't evil, then what is? is it even any worse than "true" evil that has an objective if the results are the same?
>>24944237>Mishima reflects on being called a nerd for his love of literature during the war.I think it's more likely he was called a nerd and bullied for being an effeminate fag. Also, all the shirtless pics in the world can't hide the fact they he always skipped leg day.
>>24948244>>24948433>>24948962Evil doesn't exist gayboys, this isn't the 1400s
>>24948574is it really an essay if there are no paragraphs?
>>24948970>Evil doesn't exist>Thats literally what I saiddont call me a gayboy, u fagbag!
Thoughts on Pyrrhonism?
>>24950720I'm not sure if they exist.
>>24950720It's hilarious that, in the 4th century BC, you could found your own "school of philosophy" by traveling to India with Alexander the Great and learning from the gymnosophist grand ascetics that "different people believe different things."We live in hell.
This book changed my life for the better
This book changed me too.
>>24949800>>24949809i don't think it's a "vast majority" but definitely some do. and it's not "rapey" it's perfectly normal consensual sexi suspect it's all to do with upbringing, what they are taught is taboo, all that sort of thing
>>24946749I like rape.
>>24949810plenty of them are pretty honest about it but I generally agree with this guy here >>24950598. besides there's a difference between rough sex and degrading sex (which a smaller subset of women enjoy, too) that a lot of you don't get
>>24950204Maybe you slept with some pre-vaginoplasty porn star or somethingI still stand by what I said. He doesn't even know what a vulva looks like, he can't teach anyone how to pleasure women
Whats the deal with shakespeare "intellectuals" trying to convince everyone every single line in every single play is actually a completely retarded sexual based pun, is this some kind of psyop?
that ain't nothing compared to the restoration era playsI recently read about a play whose entire plot was about a guy who wanted to cuckold as many men as possible by pretending he had EDSadly the killjoy Victorian neo-Puritans tried to brush it all under the rug
yeah people were more serious back thencomedy was not a thing and there were no perverts
>>24949967>>24949985>>24950401
>>24949933not every line but about 60% of it, as we are always taught, the poor sat closest to the stage, , they are rowdy and they like base humor so many lines must be dropped for them, this is known, it is not some conspiracy against you, sorry
>>24950185Same reason Trump goes to half the UFC events
prev: >>24935706Erich Heckel edition
>>24950398What was the last book you read before you dropped out of junior high?
>>24950507Fiction or non-fiction?
>>24950406crazy story. but honesty, what a great way to go. rather than like every other old forgotten hollywood veteran dying to a dull heart attack and two page obit; a murder mystery. go out with a headline.
>>24941253Was talking with crush and other coworkers.Topic of ex came up. And my crush was asked if she still friends with her ex. To which she said yes. And if she still misses him to which she said yesShould I even bother?We've made out before and atuff. We've both kind of pulled back since but I still quite like her. But I can't really do anything if she still pining for her ex right?She had a surgery recently and mentioned a "friend" helping her. It was probably this guy right? And I'm guessing they still mess around here and there?
>>24950721sounds like a whore honestly, making out with a coworker tsk tsk
