why did he betray the German people? >In 1942, he wrote in his diary that he was ashamed to be a German soldier after seeing Jewish children in Paris forced to wear the Star of David.he even wrote jewish propaganda in his "diaries", mentioning various alleged atrocities the german army committed throughout ww2 i thought this guy was supposed to be based, but he was a full on jewish race traitor. why do people here push this loser so hard?
>>25182601the sad thing about this anti-post WW2 order revolt, is that retards will genuinely think the hollywood created villain personalities are valid.Genuine "Nazis" will be called jewish shills, or shabbath goyim.
>>25182601Probably just seething at the fact that he wasn't able to conquer Paris in his time
>>25182601>the nazis aren't hardcore enough, they should be full on national bolsheviks>OOOOH GOD I JUST SAW A POOR JEW TODAY I AM ASHAMED TO BE GERMANCan't help a contrarian. You can give him anything he wants and he'll find a reason to disavow it
>>25182612This. How stupid do you have to be to not see nazis as vulgar populist NPCs that are today woke or whatever? They were basically national-social justice warriors.Of course an aristocrat of the soul's divine intellect will recognize them and their deeds as fundamentally niggerlicious.
stormfags go back to /pol/
Monsters, Dragons, Beasts, Creatures, Horrors, and Miscellaneous Lifeforms Edition Version 2: Magical and/or Alien BoogalooFAQ:>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.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25182526>It's hard to communicate about your world without a common cultural knowledge to back on.What specifically are you having trouble communicating?
>>25182549The fundamentals of whatever OC rave or faction I want to talk about.
>>25182735Have them tell stories to each other. What are their boogeymen? What are their heroes like?
The very first magic spell mastered by my world's humans was Prophecy, the ability to disregard causality and see through time. It was this first spell that formed the foundation of all Magic as people in my world understand it.But as Frank Hebert established, Prophecy is dangerous. The moment a prophet sees a future, he has all but guaranteed its inevitability. It's fundamentally opposed to Free Will as a concept, and can end up enslaving the entire human race to the will of Prophets.As a matter of fact, every single Magocracy in my setting, regardless of whether it's run by one Mage or a thousand, transforms into a slave state where powerful Prophets can pretty much control an entire civilization with their omniscience. However, there's a catch- just the one. Prophecy only works on people that can't also use prophecy, because they'd just fight your manipulation with their own. Therefore, theoretically, it would be rendered pointless, and the human race would be free, if either all humans lost Prophecy....or all of them gained it.Naturally, I prefer option 2.
>>25182754I meant to other people.
You have eyes but failed to see Mount Tai! EditionStubbed >>25172742>What is /wng/ — Web Novel General?A general for readers and authors involved or interested in the growing phenomenon of 'web novels', serialized English fiction posted to websites such as: Royal Road, Webnovel, Scribblehub, Wattpad, Archive of Our Own, Spacebattles, HFY, various personal author websites, and more>Why read web novels?Not for prose or tight editing or deep themes, frankly. As a whole, web novels are infamous for content sprawl and pacing issues. If you enjoy having millions of words to sink your teeth into to get to know the world and characters, though, you may be interested. Keeping up with other readers on a weekly basis to discuss the story's events unfolding is another perk, in the same way discussing an ongoing TV show might be.>Why write web novels?Ease of access & potential for Patreon earnings. Many successful authors gain an audience on their website of choice and funnel their readers into a Patreon. See graphtreon.com/top-patreon-creators/writing for an idea of what some are earning.Also, once an author has earned a fanbase, transitioning into an Amazon self-publishing career is several orders of magnitude easier than starting 'dry'.>/wng/ authors.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25182778at the very least, i'm not trying to sell dialogue at the internal monologue store
>>25182759Comment and tell them they have to tag it ai-assissted because they used ai translation.
>>25182783What does that even mean?
>>25182778>Is this who you're writing for?No, I'm not chinese nor write in chinese
>>25182791lol a lot of litrpg is just some autistic self insert walking around talking to himself. like primal hunter
Saul Kripke’s theory of rigid designation is one of the most influential contributions to analytic philosophy in the 20th century — which, when you examine it carefully, says something unflattering about analytic philosophy in the 20th century. The core claim is elegant, as confused ideas often are: names like “Aristotle” and natural kind terms like “water” are rigid designators — they pick out the same object across all possible worlds. This allows Kripke to argue that identity statements like “Water = H2O” are necessary a posteriori: empirically discovered, yet metaphysically necessary once known. The necessity is grounded not in description but in the object’s primitive, non-qualitative identity — its haecceity, or “thisness,” independent of any properties it happens to have.The foundation of that view isn’t merely unstable — it was never there to begin with. Specifically, what Kripke calls primitive, non-qualitative identity turns out, on inspection, to be qualitative all the way down. Kripke simply didn’t look. And if that’s right, the entire edifice — rigid designation, cross-world reference, and the necessary a posteriori — doesn’t collapse so much as quietly confess it was never built.
I don't think much of Kripke's work, but I think even less of horseshit LLM-composed threads like this. "Kripke says they're non-qualitative, but, au contraire, they're qualitative," in almost as many words, is not what a refutation looks like.
The distinction between qualitative properties and primitive haecceity turns out to be methodologically inaccessible: we have no route to the latter that doesn’t run through the former. And once that inaccessibility is acknowledged, the necessary a posteriori is no longer underwritten by metaphysical necessity independent of the world. It becomes, at best, a strongly stable empirical identity — not the grade of necessity Kripke’s framework requires, and not the revolutionary metaphysical achievement his admirers believe they inherited.What remains is a framework built on an assumption dressed up as a foundation — and a field that spent decades building on top of it without checking what was underneath.
>>25182327it literally is
>>25182327You’re right to feel that way. It’s not a refutation — it’s a rant. And the crucial part? The faggotry of the OP.
ITT low IQs coping they can't prove non-qualitative identity exists.
Most so called "infohazards" are just knowledge about dangerous things, but nothing maddening or reality-bending or shaping in themselves. True infohazards is the kind that leaves you a gibbering madman raving at the moon, true to Lovecrafts endings in his writings.
hes literally - i mean literally - me
Thoughts on That All shall be Saved?
>>25182442He's a tranny that's rage-baiting.
>>25182425>There is no Justice in eternal tormentIs this statement really self-evident? I think it boils down to whether or not the torment is eternal, and that determines whether is just or not. Christianity posits that God is all good, all just, and all merciful. Taking that as a immutable premise, if hell is eternal it must somehow fit within His goodness, justice, and mercy, and if it’s not then it wouldn’t.Also https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/shall-saved-universal-christian-universalism-david-bentley-hart/
>>25182839>if hell is eternal it must somehow fit within His goodnessBut that's impossible, hell is evil, evil cannot fit into goodness, to think otherwise is to completely distort the definition of goodness. If eternal torment is real, then God would be more evil than the devil, God would be an eternal torturer.
>>25182848Hell isn’t evil, it’s the punishment for evil.That’s like saying prison is a crime.
>>25182854Beheading someone for stealing a candy bar is evil, even though in a primitive country that beheading would be considered a "punishment" for the crime.A parent beating their child to near death for not taking out the trash would be evil, even though the parent might consider such a severe beating a "punishment"Eternal torment is the worst kind of punishment, it is a greater evil than any and all evil it might be regarded as a "punishment" for.
Chtorr editionHere we discuss any kind of science fiction and fantasy.>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
god thousandfold thought sucks so far
>>25182318kekthat's fucking brutal
>>25182318> "First of all, I don't write fantasy. I write stories that have important human themes. They have elements of romance, history, adventure, mystery and philosophy. Most fantasy is one-dimensional. It's either about magic or a world-building. I don't do either."His ego was only matched by his lack of talent.
>>25182782Post your writing, kiddo
I just finished reading Watership Down. It was a really nice relaxing read. Just the right amount of tense. It's kind of interesting because all the rabbits have their own personalities but the book still has to treat death as a sort of casual affair because in the end they're still rabbits. Makes the book both whimsical and grim at the same time. Lot of interesting tone shifts too. There's a horror segment, a spy thriller, battles, some slice of life stuff. Just really enjoyable from start to finish.
What do you think about D.H. Lawrence? Have you read any of his novels/ poetry?
>>25179060Nigger.
>>25181873>tacit acknowledgment of being stupid>>25181916And? Do you think that proves something? If you or the other anon had a brain cell to spare you would have just put it on me and challenged me to back up what I said, but you don't and just keep trying to prove me wrong with your own ignorance. >define it!That shipped sailed, now you need to offer me something in return or keep the thread alive until I get drunk again. >you can't!Just offer me something more than autism and I will. >I won!Good job. Be sure to send your mom a link so she can print out the thread and put it on the fridge.
>>25182632>challenged me to back up what I saidBut why would I challenge you when I proved you categorically wrong.? You are not more authoritative than Champfleury. That was the end of the question. Battu encore une fois, le pochard se mettra à chialer à nouveau.
>>25182664>i proved you wrong because I say I did!Email your mom the link yet?
>"When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder that such trivial people should muse and thunder in such lovely language."Never read this D.H Lawrence character in my life, but I already like him...a lot.
There’s a classical criticism of German Idealism — Fichte, Schelling, Hegel — that compares their philosophies to a spider’s web. The Idealists, the charge goes, spin their vast conceptual systems entirely out of inner resources: reason, the self, pure concepts. The result is intricate and impressive, but ultimately self-referential — a web connected only to itself, touching nothing solid outside. Fichte’s ego-philosophy gets the worst of it: how can you derive an entire external world from the pure self-positing Ich? Critics from Jacobi to Herbart to the Neo-Kantians argued that genuine philosophy must begin with something given, not merely posited. The web is beautiful, they said, but it catches nothing.But this criticism rests on a distinction that dissolves under pressure.Consider what “the given” actually means for the empiricist. The world is simply there — presented to a passive mind that receives it. This is supposed to be epistemically innocent, unproblematic, pre-philosophical. But Kant already showed that the given is never simply given: it is always already structured, conditioned, taken up by the forms of intuition and the categories of the understanding. The “raw datum” — pure, uninterpreted Stoff — is itself a philosophical posit, not an observed fact. The critic who appeals to “what is simply given” is spinning a web too. They’ve just forgotten they wove it.Now consider Fichte’s Tathandlung. The Ich is not arbitrarily constructing itself from nothing by an act of sheer will. It finds itself as already there — given to itself, which is exactly what the Tathandlung tries to capture: an act that is simultaneously a fact. The Ich is the one case where the condition of appearing and what appears are identical.Here’s the point: the I‘s self-positing is a limit case of givenness, not its opposite. In the same way that the world’s existence is inexplicably given to the empiricist — no explanation of why anything is given at all, it simply is — the I is inexplicably given to itself. Both are philosophical bedrock. Neither admits of further grounding without regress. The asymmetry the critic assumes between “positing” and “givenness” collapses: they are both primitive, both unexplained, both foundational.The spider-web criticism would only land if the empiricist had some genuinely neutral, unposited ground to stand on. But there is no such ground. The empiricist’s “given” is as philosophically loaded as Fichte’s Ich — it’s just hidden behind the appearance of passivity.
>>25182224lol read it
>>25182224That spooky af no cap
Total bullshit LLM composed thread
>>25182237Not yet but whenever I get back into reading philosophy I probably will. I've only read Kant in isolated sections and it's probably smart to dive deeper into that first though.
>>25182197Great post, made my morning. A lot of people read Kant as saying something like ‘everything is mediated by your brain or mind, you never see the true reality’. Kant uses language sometimes that would seem to support this. But for Fichte there is no “given” (and there’s another legitimate sense in which you could call being ‘given’ which you’ve done). There is limitation, but no thing in itself. It’s hard to get people to see that this isn’t schizo, nor is it pointless wordplay. Why does Heidegger think Hegel is the end of philosophy? I haven’t read him yet but it seems sus af, Hegel was just a brilliant dogmatist to me.
Are the Eton, Oxbridge English upper crust still this smart and literate? Or have they been watered down like everyone else?
>>25181479Nah, this was back when only wealthy aristocrats could afford a liberal arts education. Democratizing the arts effectively killed them.
>>25182388I think some people are naturally that good with languages. I struggle with Norwegian. My great uncle spoke AND read English, Greek, Armenian, German, French, Russian and Chinese fluently. And classical Hebrew, apparently, but I think that was a retirement project.
>>25182470NTA, although De Quincey was likely an exception rather than the rule, if I recall a teacher says of him that he would better argue with an Athenian mob than he (the teacher) could in English. But I am sure that on the whole, they were probably more proficient than one would be today. A privately educated teenager probably had more knowledge than classicists of today. I did my undergrad in the Classics, and my Latin is by no means impressive. My Greek is better but that's because I have intentionally spent time learning and reading in my own time as a hobby.
>>25181479They're too busy buggering freshers
>>25181479They don't study the classics anymore in primary or secondary. They get taught by karens and spend their free time aping Tiktok
>Among matters of the heart and the soul, literary taste and distaste was a leitmotif of conversation between McCarthy and Britt. McCarthy was hard to please — or rather, very easy if one merely disregarded the bulk of popular literary output since the mid-20th century. He referred to Joyce Carol Oates, for instance, as “the goggle lady.” If one were, for whatever reason, to defend Oates for having written more than 60 novels, McCarthy’s dependable response was, “Yeah, that we know of.” He considered Don DeLillo no great shakes. He only began to speak of Saul Bellow as a very fine writer after he received the life-changing MacArthur Genius Grant from Saul Bellow. (After reading McCarthy benefactor Guy Davenport, it’s not therefore harebrained to wonder how much McCarthy could have really liked the novels of Guy Davenport.) Pynchon he found much ado about nothing, though Britt suspected he was perhaps jealous of the esteem Pynchon enjoyed for the scientific knowledge brandished in Gravity’s Rainbow, “knowledge” McCarthy found mostly utilitarian and otherwise nugatory. (Nothing like the quantum mechanics numinously undergirding Blood Meridian.) He once walked in on Britt reading Updike and stopped cold. His deafening silence spoke volumes, but he felt moved to speak anyway, “You’re not reading him, are you?” “No, I’m not,” said Britt, plainly reading him and now trying to find a way to play it off as if she hadn’t been. The only English translation of Homer that McCarthy recognized as legitimate was Chapman’s from the 16th century, the one Shakespeare had to hand. He never let praise of Proust pass unpantsed, even in the company of ladies. At one of the few literary parties McCarthy ever attended in New York in the 1990s, Norman Mailer lumbered up to him to pick a fight and McCarthy ignored him avuncularly. After all, McCarthy was the true heir and surpasser of Hemingway that Mailer failed to become. But McCarthy was nothing if not honest, and knew when on the fields of joyous contempt he’d been bettered, and so would say reverently of Christopher Hitchens, “No one can put someone down as beautifully as that man.”https://archive.md/pOgUA
>>25182517>What Infinite Jest was, Blood Meridian is now, and yet another book shall become in the future. The wheel of Samsara grinds on as young men shape their opinions around what they think will get them fucked by college girlsYou write like a faggot.
>>25182819This is a bideo game?
>>25182833Foundry VTT. I’m running a campaign of Call of Cthulhu where players go on a haunted show of Bookworm. They find out about a new book that is becoming a worldwide bestseller, then they’re transported to another world where literary stock is slowly eroding reality. I will make it available publicly when I finish writing it up.
>>25182843Cool? Possibly.
>1 books completed>3 books behind schedule
>>25180190this is a literature board and you haven't read a single work
>>25180764wdym? he read hyperion
>>25180190>scott bakkerwhat a fucking slop, doesn't count
>>25179300Reading two books currently so hopefully I'll have achieved my goal by the end of May
>11 books completed>2 ongoing
its mid
>>25181985Holy midwit
>>25182649Nta but you calling him a midwit while defending political art and presumably politics in general, something in which midwits swarm to, is really funny to me.
>>25182654Your comment is, ironically, peak midwit
>>25181002There should always be an Orwell thread in here. .. IMHO.
Name 100 better books you have read and 100 worse books you have read.
I ran out of space
>>25169587>Here's our son's bedroom... He's 32
>>25179911holy pleiades
>>25169780Those look pristine.
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