A lot of trouble in fairy tails would have been avoided if, as soon as the ugly person with black hair appeared, the blonde haired people just killed them.
literature that helps you come to terms with the life you lived ( and regretted )I am in extreme distress because I grew very old and dont have a wife and family that I always wanted. Need some books to help me cope with the missed opportunities in my life
>>24971815Nice post. merry christmas
>>24968570Weird fetish.
>>24968459You're 30. You have plenty of time. Most retards here are in their early 20s and have shit diets. Dont listen to them.
>>24968465You cannot derive meaning from biology, there's no such thing as meaning or purpose in science.
>>24968459Chesterton is great at presenting a reality that is broader and deeper than the simple modern perspective of economics and biology.
>More fluent in English than in my own native tongueHow do I undo this shame, friends?
I wish that I could have this happen to me but with French insteadI am sick of the English language
>>24970548>How do I undo this shameI'm sorry anon, but it's impossible to undo being born in a irrelevant shithole without a worthwhile culture.
>>24970606It's always stirring to watch an anglo faced with anything it doesn't innately comprehend. Like watching a toddler throw away a toy because it doesn't produce the exact type of rattle it expected.
>>24970548You could stop caringThen you won’t feel shameA buddy of mine has trouble with Chinese characters The weird part is he’s a native hong konger
>>24970620>unprovoked crying about anglos Good evening saar!
LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring - Chapter 6https://youtu.be/KXMW-OkqicA?si=XYK6YbQzMxMSNQvbMerry Christmas!
>>24971657holy shit. was not expecting that.
>>24971657Is nothing sacred?
>>24972154What blows my mind is that there’s an audience. Youtube has had “massage” channels and breastfeeding channels and other shit that existed just for gooners. Meanwhile type porn into bing video search and get ten gorillion results. So who’s watching softcore porn? Actual children with locked computers? People at work? It never made any sense. Then there was the whole “default camera file name” era of kids uploading and the comment sections were 100% brownoids yammering something about how sexy they were.
>>24971657Enjoy it while you can losers, this is in violation of YouTube's terms.
>>24971657whore fatigue
if you don't own this in 2025, you don't love literature.
>>24968736>you WILL support amazon my kindle is second hand>you WILL make digital purchases nope. Anna's and MAM>you WILL keep spyware on you at all times jailbroken + have not turned on the wifi on it even once>you will own NOTHING (and enjoy it)I don't know anon, my library of epubs and its 3 separate backups would argue otherwise try again, or better yet learn a thing or two about how to use technology to your advantage
>>24966640>>24966646I've had my Kobo Nia since 2020 and it's kept chugging along. Not sure what the fuck you guys are doing lol
>>24970953>i duct taped my face
>>24966046I bought my first kindle around 2012 when i was 18 and i lost it in 2018 when i forgot it in a bus when i was traveling around europe. I bought it again in 2023. I only have positive experiences with it. It does its job well. I never bought an ebook for it. I dont know whats the deal with jailbreaking it, i never saw the need for that. I love the fact that so many books are easily available with it, most of which arent available in physical copies.Lately I've been getting physical books cause I learned to like reading physical books and having them on my bookshelfI like the fact that the screen is e-ink so its not so tireing on eyes like the smartphone screen
>>24966302My kobo clara bw developed dead pixels right in the middle after the first ever full charge so dark mode is completely unusable now. it’s only 18 days old basically new so i rewrapped it and gave it to my dumb as fuck 13 yr old nephew for christmas so he can read one piece better.
So what did everyone get for Christmas?picrel is the kindle book hauls I got, plus I got 125 dollars in Barnes & Noble credits, which I'm probably to use to get some Marx, Smith, Hegel, and Tocqueville and maybe others, possibly a history of China or something. I also got tons of coffee, some food items and a few articles of clothing. more to come.
>>24971881*peak patrician zoomer
>>24971755I hate those Pynchon covers
I'm pretty happy
aiming for one a monththen it's my birthday and I can get more
>>24970926Only two this year but I'm happy with them
what was the best book you read this year?
>>24972363>Surah of the CowWhat were they thinking?
>>24972383Basically that.The Mishnah is a nightmare to read from cover to cover, though if you've already read some Talmud it shouldn't come to you as a suprise.Happy reading.
>>24972388Ah, okay. Sorry, I guess we were just talking past each other. 4chan probably isn't the best place to talk about these kinds of topics lol. I'm fairly well versed in both Talmud and Mishna, sorry if our exchange seemed off. Have a good one.
>>24971807Your loss, moron
>>24971290Finally got around to reading pic rel and thought it was fantastic.
>That only can be called science (wissenschaft) proper whose certainty is apodictic: cognition that can merely contain empirical certainty is only improperly called science. A whole of cognition which is systematic is for this reason called science, and, when the connection of cognition in this system is a system of causes and effects, rational science. But when the grounds or principles it contains are in the last resort merely empirical, as, for instance, in chemistry, and the laws from which the reason explains the given facts are merely empirical laws, they then carry no consciousness of their necessity with them (they are not apodictically certain), and thus the whole does not in strictness deserve the name of science; chemistry indeed should be rather termed systematic art than science.-Kant, Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, Preface
>>does science improperly
>>24971443>>free-wheels inductively from presuppositions to desired ends>>calls it knowledge anywayANY technology immediately refutes Kant, it is enough to make you wonder how someone who knows how to write, could actually twist themselves to write so ignorantly in praise of ignorance of how writing is possible
>>24970908but but Kant said the critique of pure reason is to old metaphysics like chemistry is to alchemy...what now did he mean by that ?if chemistry is systematic art ?wouldnt he call the critique a science ?
>>24972475(°□°)︵ ━ AHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>24972475no nononono this can't be. this can't be. no fuck i can't breathe. i can't breath. [...........!!!!!!!!]
This is better than War and Peace.The only issue I have with it was not making a small note at the end, one small paragraph even, that the veterans of the War went to Rio de Janeiro and created there the very first Favela
>>24970937He has a natural style, and you're missing out, but I've read a Romanian translation. Maybe English, being a more streamlined language, makes it sound Kafkaesque.
bump
>>24970937Go back to your sanderson buttplugs, faggot.
>>24968973How hard is it to read in spanish?
another line that seems a bit forced>Things that were understandable because they had been vaguely known since time immemorial, things taken in along with the milk of one’s mother’s breast.
No one on this board has anything interesting or useful to say. There’s nothing to be gained from reading the your posts. No books I haven’t heard of, and no unique insights I can’t find elsewhere.I guess it’s just in your nature to drive away any actual discussion in favor of shitflinging and circlejerking the same 5 topics over and over. Bunch of bitter losers that fancy themselves fart huffing elitists.
>>24972297ChurchofBedrock.aternos.meMinecraft Server
>>24972297What exactly are you adding to the conversation, because it seems like you're just whining like a little bitch.
>>24972305>deep friedAll of it.
>>24972297>There’s nothing to be gained from reading the your posts. No books I haven’t heard of, and no unique insights I can’t find elsewhere.You just reached the level of culture of the average /lit/izen (which is low), and now rightly see that this place has nothing to offer (anymore). That and also the fact that over the past 10 years this website has been invaded by normalfags.You might still come here hoping to recreate those experiences of coming across esoteric books/knowledge/topics like when you were new to /lit/erature. You have also probably matured from wanting to flex your knowledge at random internet strangers. Therefore it's time to realize that you should focus on reading more books instead of ever wasting time on this board again. The bibliography section of books are all the recs you need.Happy New Year.
>>24972399And yet here you are.
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
>>24970041>Are there any prominent ruins, abandoned places or remains of great cities in your setting?Main setting is basically a portal fantasy. Certain portals aren't just sealed off, but have whole fuck off dungeons to kill off anyone who isn't very strong or clever from getting anywhere near portals that lead to dangerous places. Which leads to>Have there been any kind of large scale disasters in your setting?The main portals sealed in this way lead to "the land of the immortals". The Immortals were absurdity powerful mages who eventually warped and twisted the main realm they existed on during the Assertion War.Now it's a chaotic wasteland filled with monsters, mutants, and deadly dungeons filled with the most forbidden of forbidden bits of knowledge and magic in the multivers. I am basically saving this info for the very end of the book I am currently working on.A last revelation and explanation of why the vampire lord is where he is and what event was powerful enough to force him into torpor (vampire death sleep).Basically he used to live in the same realm as the Immortals, nearly died and watched everything he loved or cared about be destroyed in seconds due to the indirect effects of two of the Immortals fighting during the Assertion War, and with his last remaining strength ran through a portal that he sealed behind him, made a few minions to set some stuff up in the new world, and then dropped nearly dead in a sarcophgos to very slowly recover and await a point in time when the Immortals are gone.Beyond that most ruins get reused in pretty short order by someone or something. Nothing stays truly abandoned for all that long.
>>24971962Then it would never get build.
>>24971965Something like that should be highly dependent on the rest of the setting.Like if I started describing wuxia style temples with cultivation as a center piece of the culture and influences but you are writing a urban fantasy set in the near future my input would be useless. I say decide what fits your setting then look at real world architecture for inspiration.It's simple, relatively quick, and works unless your world is very weird. In which case use other inspiration, like natural forms or artwork that hits a similar vibe you are going for.
>>24970041>What's theatre like in your setting? Are there any great acting troupes performing the equivalent of Shakespeare?No because I don't feel like writing that shit and theater kids always annoyed me as a kid as brown nosing attention whores who would do literally anything for external validation. The fuck does this question have to do with the rest?
English is such a shit language. For me the nail in the coffin for English was when I learned that the problem of ambiguity between argument and explanation, where all you have to disambiguate is context, which they talk about in logic books, is not something which is universal in logic, but rather is a problem of English. Other languages don't have this problem. English is a low IQ language. All it's good for is dumbing down the masses.
>>24970466Did you even read my post? No. Do you even know what a cognate is, no.
>>24970466>>24970481Imagine sitting here on Christmas day, at this time so early and debating language.
>>24970466And you also didn't click my link, which says:>Romanian 24 weeks>French 30 weeks>German 36 weeksfor an English speaker to reach the same levelThis is Foreign Service Institute data.You have more cognates in German, but the grammar is harder to learn and that cancels out the cognates, making German overall more difficult for an English speaker, making it take more time to reach the same level of proficiency. French is easier to learn than German.
>>24965277>>24966373>english is such an illogical, unclear language that all anglo philosophers have to become hyper autistic analytics to compensate.>french and german are so clear that continental philosphers have to become hyper-obscurantists to compensate
>>24969937>I'm too retarded to appreciate that a native speaker's intuition invalidates the obsessive, hyper-autistic nonsense I've been seething over, so here is my attempt to mock someone else's opinion.
I have been reading Chinese classics lately and finished this one. Out of all of the ones I've read so far, this has to be the greatest.Has /lit/ read traditional Chinese classics like Romance of the 3 kingdoms, Journey to the west, Dream of Red Chamber, Investiture of the Gods, and others?
>>24970597which one was raise the red lantern based on? that was probably zhang yimou's best movie
>>24971144Wives and Concubines
>>24970749You're reading translations so it doesn't matter anyway. 看不懂中文就没法享受到三国演义字眼的美丽和贴切。>>24970597>>24970725True and correct takes. Those classics are also like 100 chapters and most Chinese people don't read them they only know the stories through TV and films. No Chinese person will ever tell you to actually READ journey to the west they tell you to watch the film.Philosophy like zhuangzi mengzi Confucius etc is worth reading but it's in classical Chinese which is not the same as modern Chinese and most Chinese people today need translations or a lot of footnotes to understand it.
>>24970597>The 4 classic Chinese novels aren't classicsShut the fuck up lol
>>24966715so excited to see someone else posting this. stephen owen is a great scholar and i love his fidelity as a translator.
Do you prefer Sophocles or Euripides?
>>24967390Eupolis because I think it's amusing he got murdered by Alcibiades for calling him a tranny
>>24967900Antigone is such an interesting story though, hard not to be with a plot that interesting.
>>24967498With what they were doing I make this modern comparison. Sophocles is like classic Hollywood (ie Gone with the wind and 1930s romances and dramas) while Euripides is new Hollywood (godfather, revisionist westerns, crime movies of 70s). What they are doing is so completely different it is insane to rate one against another.
Euripides is too much of a smug redditor to hold a candle to the sublimity of either Sophocles or Aeschylus.
>>24967390>Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete formAnyhow, I prefer Euripides because I'm biased. I think he was the first Greek dramatist I read when I was a kid.
Renaissance edition>τὸ πρότερον νῆμα·>>24914151>Μέγα τὸ Ἑλληνιστί/Ῥωμαϊστί·https://mega dot nz/folder/FHdXFZ4A#mWgaKv4SeG-2Rx7iMZ6EKw>Mέγα τὸ ANE·https://mega dot nz/folder/YfsmFRxA#pz58Q6aTDkwn9Ot6G68NRg>Work in progress FAQhttps://rentry dot co/n8nrkoAll Classical languages are welcome.
>>24970000The Divine Comedy was like the Costco of literature back in its day.
μακάριον γενέθλιον ὦ /κλγ/ίται! διηγεῖσθ' ἅ 'ποιῆσατ' ἢ ' φάγετε σήμερον· ἐγὼ δὴ τηθίδ' ὁμίλησα ξὺν τοῖς τοκεῦσιν καὶ πόλλ' ἔφαγον ἥδιστα ὧν ἦν τράγος ἐξωπτημένος, βοῦς ἡψημένος κἀπιχώριόν τι ὄψον ἐκ βοείου ζωμοῦ τ' ἄρτου τε καὶ τυροῦ οὖ τοὔνομ' οὔκ ἐστιν εἰπεῖν Ἀττικιστί· ὦν πλὴν καρποὶ καὶ τραγημάτιαδεήσει μετὰ τοσούτων δείπνων τὸ θρυλούμενον νηστεύειν τι!
one thing I heard a few times is that it's rather the Greeks who were kinda alien, it's from the Romans onwards that we start to be able to see ourselves more
Is Wheelock's Latin recommended? I remember using Cambridge in school. Unsure if I'd like the lingua latina method. I like textbooks
>>24969193>Opinions on old norse?þat er gott mál>>24969446in theory you could 'learn' it, but it's a reconstructed language, and you'd probably taint your output with too much modern idiom etcit'd be a philological exercise rather than true language learning and your only use of it would be to make educated guesses on what an attested word in a descending language would have looked like in PGmc
