I'm at a point in my life where I think I have a pretty good idea of what most people are like if I spend enough time with them, even if they aren't open about it. Except rich people, especially rich women. They're completely opaque, I can never know what they truly think or whether they really believe what they're saying. There's some non-rich people who also do that to me, but *all* rich people do it. It's like being unreadable is the essential skill to get there.I also recently heard of the "novel of manners" genre, is there something like that for the modern west?
>>25180706Not if you are educated
>>25180712That sounds right, what is it like?
>>25180717Like having a large foundation i built in early childhood to slowly build a house on top of.
>>25180706lol kid modern rich people dont have manners, they have circumstances and accessperhaps in the past manners mattered. unless youre dealing with serious wealth and somebody who managed to not become a complete asshole.but yeah, real money can do your whole life's achievements in an afternoon. cant really go around saying that, unless its to the bros at the club
>>25180712*not if you aren't educated. Luckily yiu are on /lit/ so you mustvenjoy reading. Not sure how far behind you are. If very far behind start learning about critical thinking and learning comprehesion skills. If you are at a normal baseline pick a few greek philosophers and progress into more and more modern thinkers.
>>25180758I'm educated in the technical skills sense but not in the society sense. At all.>If you are at a normal baseline pick a few greek philosophers and progress into more and more modern thinkersThis is what I imagined based on >>25180712. I hope it's the actual answer. Thanks anons.
>>25180706You just grew poor. You have representations and cliches that help you understand the world but you haven't built one for this part of reality yet. They're just as idiotic as the rest of them
>>25180932dont tell me a millionaire is rich to you
