>openly defies the most powerful entity in existenceWould it be fair to say that Milton's Satan/Lucifer is the bravest character ever thought of?
>>25010126I heard that Lucifer was actually the epithet of some unrelated king that Isaiah was criticizing or prophesying the downfall of or something
>>25010015Nimrod, the "First Atheist", was a Chad too. Satan and him should had team up.
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>>25011823>>25011815https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_UniverseImagine Yahweh's seething when a human had the audacity to call himself King of the Universe, instead of Yahweh. Based.
>>25011217You cannot trust a God who says "I will love and forgive anyone, no matter who you are and what you've done, as long as you love and forgive each other" unless God proves it by loving and forgiving even someone who has betrayed God.Love and forgive your neighbor, and you will see Judas in Heaven.
Reading books without first learning about memetics is incredibly dangerous. Without properly understanding the spread and evolution of ideas, you run a near 100% chance of infecting yourself with a memetic hazard. That is to say, you will start believing something harmful.See, ideas are selected for and compete in much the same way as living things. Unlike most life, however, ideas cannot exist on their own. They must parasitize a host to propagate and ensure their continued existence. Thus, ideas that are uniquely effective in steering the behavior of hosts towards the survival of the idea (rather than the host) are the ones that spread and endure. In this way people can become subverted by ideas. Loyal to a force outside of themselves, acting against themselves in service of an informational virus. This is no different from any other virus (or even your own genetics, but that itself could be considered an infohazard).Know the dangers. Immunize yourself.
>>25011704>>25011733>I choose to spread and replicate ideassure, same way your cells choose to spread and replicate viruses when infectedsame way an animal infected with a parasite chooses to spread and replicate the parasite
>>25011742There's no choice in the cellular realm, it's either the virus infects or it cannot. I can read about an idea and evaluate it, and take it in in part or in whole or not at all. Completely different thing, the cell cannot take in just one gene from the virus and say this is good but the rest is trash.
>>25011760There is no choice in the informational realm. Either the idea infects, or it cannot.>what is mutationFigure it out.
>>25010604true. the only cure is philosophy.
>>25011784There is choice. The idea may enter your mind but then you choose what to do with it, it can be effectively discarded and eventually forgotten. You consciously regulate how much you spread it, or what parts.
The results of the 2025 poll for /lit/'s Top 100 books.It was a lot of work running the polls and making the chart, but it's worth it to keep this board's annual tradition alive. Thanks for voting!
>>25008097That's a fake profile. It's obvious from a mile away. It looks like a cartoon character created to spout nonsense.Most likely, the Indian company that creates these profiles did so on behalf of Israel and its international disinformation agenda.
>>25010838Chapter two.
I think it's a big mistake to let people have as many votes as they want. You should vote for your top 3 max. People I think just voted for every book they read lel
>>25011735Then you get 80 books with one vote each
>>25011813newfag
What book do you read to prepare you for death
>>25010951like 13-17.
>>25011701yeah that’s what i thought
>>25009636Just suggestions, anon.
>>25007757You got 1 week left.
>>25010949Sounds likely
>I'M ERU ILÚVATAR / YAHWEH>I'M GONNA GIVE NPD TO MELKOR AND OCD TO MAIRON>I'M GONNA ALLOW PEDOPHILIA, CANNIBALISM AND OTHER AWFUL THINGS TO IMPROOOVE MY CREATION>NOOO, HUMANS CAN'T BECOME IMMORTAL>I'M NUUUKING NÚMENOR>YEAH, FËANOR RETAKE THE SILMARILS AND SUFFER, YOU'RE MY BITCHBravo, Tolkien.
Giving free will means accepting the consequences of giving free will.
>>25011757>*Paradise (free will without bad things) exists*>Eru / Yahweh: "Sorry not sorry mortal, you must suffer first here, nothing personal, goy. Enjoy your limited and manipulated free will.">"Also, if you do something bad during this trial, you will be condemn to Hell for all eternity, I don't care you are an imperfect creature."
> Those who reject at once the method of Wolf, and of the Critique of Pure Reason, can have no other aim but to shake off the fetters of science, to change labour into sport, certainty into opinion, and philosophy into philodoxy.
the normie mind cannot handle german metaphysik
>>25009862*Rapes you*How about now huh?
>>25008739>anything that cares about history, semantics and prejudice is philodoxycall me a philodoxist rather than a philosopher
>>25011712that's not what he said retard
>>25011803i'm reading a separate essay on philodoxy, dipshit
The highest form of literature is a play written in poetic meter, all the complexities of the novel with the flowery language of poetry
>>25010755Why are you yelling?
>>25010755The legendary cum genius is back!!!! Old fags get in here!!!!
>>25010790>The legendary cum genius is back!!!! Old fags get in here!!!!That was about as newfag as it gets.
>>25010790Oldfags know to NEVER reply to tripfags, it only encourages their faggotry.
>>25010853>t. election tourist
>how do I know? Very simple, I read it in a book>I prefer the book to the movie>Wikipedia? I don't accept any source of information that isn't a book. That includes lived experience. >Oh yes, I love me a new series. In fact a new translation is coming out soon of my favorite obscure Mediaeval poet from central Europe who wrote about any warfare and women's underwear using Christian allegory, can't wait to binge read it>I don't really date much because I find conversation boring. Unless it's about books.>Why would I talk to real people when I have books?>video games went downhill when they stopped being text-based.>If I didn't enjoy reading the script, why would I watch the movie?>Tarantino is a bad director, you can tell he doesn't read books, he just watches movies which has nothing to do with his craft >You're bored? I have just the thing for you, a lovely book.>I'm textually frustrated, I haven't had an opportunity to read all day>The world needs less people and more books>Why would I go out to eat when I have books and coffee at home?>I'm sorry, I didn't catch that, would you mind spelling it?>I'm not much of a texter, I prefer writing lettersComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25010498Looks good anon, will be reading him. Thank you.
>>25010520You might just like Metaphysical Poetry in general. There is a good penguin anthology. Here is from Thomas Carew>From our close ivy twines; there I’ll beholdThy barèd snow, and thy unbraided gold.There my enfranchised hand on every sideShall o’er thy naked polished iv’ry slide.No curtain there, though of transparent lawn,Shall be before thy virgin-treasure drawn;But the rich mine, to the enquiring eyeExposed, shall ready still for mintage lie,And we will coin young Cupids. There, a bedOf roses and fresh myrtles shall be spreadComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>25010544Indeed, that is of interest. Good share, checking out that penguin book.
>>25009597textbook example?
>>25010428Full nakedness! All joys are due to thee,As souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must beTo taste whole joys. Gems which you women useAre like Atlanta's balls, cast in men's views.Heh, balls.
>increases your creativity x25
>>25000362if you view it as a prescription, then sure, it's vague and nonspecificBut as a philosophy it's perfectly fine and I think just about everyone "gets" itIn short, when facing a decision pick the one that aligns closest to how we and other animals like us are built. above all else, avoid artificial compromises to fulfilling those needs.
>>25009286Sounds like bullshit. You'd be dead within a year, if not a few months. Some people are predisposed to a prion disease, called Fatal Insomnia, that does exactly as it's name suggests. One day, one of their proteins just fold the wrong way, in such a way that causes any similar ones near it to do the same Ice-9 style, and suddenly they can no longer sleep for the rest of their short lives.
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>>24989526Yes, a guy by the name of Donald Trump.
>>25009977who is this
So, we've all had plenty of time to read it by now. I'm halfway in and pretty dissapointed desu.
Houellebecq is washed regardless of where you stand on his politics
>>25007987My impression was that this novel was supposed to be his version of Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann. A somber, serious tale of slow decline, with Schopenhauerian undertones, and elements of a family novel. I vaguely remember that he said something to this effect, about having read Thomas Mann.
finally getting pussy ruined him as an author.you really can't write well if you're happy.
>>25008001>I'm reading the Dutch translationplease read my book when it comes out. i would like to get your opinion
>>25008001>I mean
at the edge of the world 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: >>24975576
>>25010386Bran kind of forgot about the incest
Is this dude serious?
>>25010386Bran has amnesia from that day. he knows there's something important that he saw but simply can't remember. Doesn't matter everyone in the entire seven kingdoms knows about Cersei and Jaime anyway.
>>25011175most people, including actors, are dumb, anon
grrm's date night with shae lolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNDugbZ6w5s
How true is this? And what would be the best (either highest quality or most illustrative) examples of each?
>>25010791women's romance>"Dear reader I married him*"*old, blind, ugly, house burned down, crazy ex wifemen's romance>Story of the Eye, Hogghmmm
>>25010791Not true at all. It’s a silly comic but if anyone took it as fact they would be dumber for it
>>25011647>oldNot really.>blindHe regains his sight.>uglyNot really.>house burned downHe's still wealthy.>crazy ex wifeShe's dead.
>>25010805>there's an absolute fuckton of harem romance novels for men out there, but these subreddits are pretty good at highlighting the best onesI feel like 0 men read this shlock and it's all dykish lesbians and FTMs.
>>25010791Low quality gay thread. Women's romance is just le man either "gives up thing for me" or "does thing for me" and taken to the extreme. It appeals to their self-centeredness and their envy of man being master of the universe. Men's romance is simply the projection of the desire to understand the mysteries of women.
/lit/ recs to get life experience?
All experiences in life are life experiences
>>25011347Ask a girl out on a date
>>25011347
>>25011347In the biz we call it the experience economy
>>25011353it's astonishing just how many terminal onliners don't consider this
If written erotica is aimed at straight women, why the fuck do they keep writing the sex scenes in a way that only describes how the female feels? and not the male??I want to read about the male characters body reactions and emotions during sex!
Intelligent men don't have sex
>>25005030Because, surprise, WOMEN WANT TO SELF INSERT AS THE WOMAN!
>>25011726Yes they do. Twilight was popular because of it.
>>25011728Why is OP so clueless then?
>>25009617>muh transphobiadie faggot
if you're a misanthrope or pessimist, you're lowkey just oversensitivethat's the main thing I have picked up from reading them>oh no a heccin BAD THING happened, how could life be so heccin cruelget over it you gay emotional pussy
>>25011713I'm not pessimistic, I'm cynical. And I'm not a misanthrope: as a Christian I believe in forgiving those who hurt you and loving your fellow man. However that doesn't preclude the fact that most people are stupid or cruel or both; hence the cynicism.
^ slave morality
>>25011713>oversensitivethe opposite, people are cruel therefore I don't care about their misery and death
