Lowkey: Tolstoy big mad, tryna kill the drip he lost. Dude’s ancient energy-dead, telling kids to yeet their fun — but Gen Z said "nah senpai," flex hard, make chaotic moves, and livemaxx. Frfr.

>>1566507
unc was crashing out over nuthin basically

>>1566469
Tolstoy preaches that people should become ascetics and refrain from the pleasures of life. However, it is only natural that he, an old man once enjoyed the sins of life and is now lacking in vitality, would preach that. It's also natural that the youth won't listen.

>>1566469
Knut Hamsun is criticizing what he sees as Tolstoy's moral and religious ideal of renunciation. He argues that when people grow old, exhausted, disappointed, or emotionally "dried up," they often begin preaching self-denial, humility, and rejection of worldly pleasures, not because they have transcended desire, but because they no longer have the vitality to live passionately. In Hamsun's view, this kind of spirituality can become life-denying: it suppresses instinct, joy, individuality, and human intensity under moral ideals. The quote contrasts old age, weariness, and resignation with youth's natural force and appetite for life, suggesting that renouncing life too early is against nature itself.

>>1566546
Protip: if an old person decides to have sex, the chances of this person ending in a hospital are high.

There is a time for everything.

>>1566507
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>>1566540
>>1566546 best explanation but all helped
>>1566547
Thank you