/lit/ - Literature

>>20709756
>>20709785
I will weigh in here and say that I don't think it's "inherently" ns. I'm honestly not sure exactly what that means in this context. Sure there are lots of influential ns bands that have shaped the genre, but that doesn't make the genre itself "inherently" neo-nazi. We could simply cite the thousands of decidedly not ns black metal bands as exhibits and call it at that. However, to make an analogy, take the political philosopher Carl Schmitt, who was right wing (a literal nazi, in fact). Yet his ideas have been influential with left wing academics. To suggest Agamben's ideas relating to biopower are somehow "inherently" fascist due to the influence of Schmitt would be absurd. I deliberately used an analogy that is explicitly in the realm of political ideas to illustrate this. The claim of black metal being "inherently" ns is even more tenuous. Music genres are essentially aesthetic groupings and even then, they are imprecise and fluid across time.

>>20709928
Nobody is seething. it's actually a remarkably civil conversation considering where it's taking place lol.

>>20064271
yeah it's a bit tricky. i mean i never lie or try to hide my powerlevel but i don't really try to force things either and just feel people out and if it comes up naturally in conversation i will kinda talk about something i like but try to keep things more subjective i.e why i relate to x or what i like about x. main thing is don't spaghetti about art and culture to people who are not interested.

i'll sometimes cushion things in self deprecating jokes about myself being a tryhard nerd but i'm usually joking around a lot anyway.

the other thing is to genuinely not feel superior or judgmental of people who have more normie taste. like, actually realizing that listening to some obscure drone artist or reading a postmodern doorstopper literally does not make you better than anyone else. this is the thing that actually requires work as most of us edgelords really pride ourselves on our taste and stake so much of our personality on the art and culture that we enjoy. but, if you have these attitudes they will come through in a way that is distasteful to people and rightfully so.

>>20041592
question for this thread. obviously ereaders are great and economical. i have a kindle paperwhite that suddnely decided to stop recognizing my desktop or laptop and i can't seem to fix. it also won't connect to wifi and has trouble holding a charge.

i'll look to get a new ereader soon. what is a good one? i see a lot of people mentioning kobo. is it better / more features than a kindle? it's easy enough for me to convert from epub to mobi in calibre. i don't really care about price since i'll use it for hundreds of hours and it will pay for itself anyway after a few months of pirated books. i just want the best device.

thanks