/lit/ - Literature

my condolences anon

I regret learning english and spanish at school, should be french and mandarin instead. It's too late now and I'm too dumb.

>knowing you will never have the sort of brain power that great thinkers have
>knowing your reading speed is average and you'll probably finish less than a thousand books in your life
>knowing that you sip from the fountain while there's other people who are the fucking fountain.

>been writing a journal for almost a year
>writing often assumes someone other than myself will be reading it
>makes multiple self-aware references to the fact that it's probably a very boring journal to read and that it may never get published
>initially intended it to read as a hope-inspiring story of my change from a complete loser to a successful person, which would be published once I was happy and successful
>it's turned out to be a despair-inducing story of losing hope and becoming more numb and uncaring over the course of a year

Are there any books that address, in some capacity, dissatisfaction with the lack of intimacy in one’s relationships with other people? The reason I ask is because I find that while most of my interactions with friends, family, and coworkers are amicable, I feel as if though there is something missing, and that thing is obviously honesty. I get the impression that if we were to truthfully disclose our feelings, our fears, we would compromise the friendly and noncommital nature of our relationships. I’m sure many of you, and perhaps most people, can relate. So I turn to you with the hope that there is something out there that you believe captured this feeling with nuance and sensitivity. Thank you, and I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving.

>>11936883
>11936927
>the solution to scarcity is automation
>this is a baseless pessimistic assumption! Why can't we build automated systems which take the earth's resource limitations and replenishment rates into account?
The abyss of human stupidity. Hint: current production levels far, far, far outpace "replenishment" rates.

>>10341122
>people who rip on Nietzsche for tearing down what was already falling apart but then fail to mention the second and more important part of his programme, the positive message

>>9894855
>>9894881
>>9894917
Jeez, why do people do this? You didn't say a single worthwhile thing. Even though I would have been interested in hearing what you had to say.

>"you remind me of my little brother"

>>8939905
> there is no real point of competing with them as much as you should be friends with as many people as you can.

Try to meet everyone and enjoy the victory lap from now until September


Congrats, OP, if you're the same dude posting this on pol
God fucking dammit I wish I was 18 again

I'd post myself if I could

Lit I can't fucking stand it. I just look in the mirror and I get uglier and uglier the sadder I get. Sometimes I look at my face glow when I'm in an okay mood, then I just think I'm not beautiful enough and I quickly begin to look uglier and uglier. I think of all the people who have dates, and it makes me feel dead inside. Seeing people who have compassionate lovers, who don't have to feel alone, who have someone there to give them physical and mental comfort, they'll probably live longer. But here I am, this is my life, pain, ugliness, depression, too worthless to really be desirable to anyone, too stupid and self centered for anyone to ever really find my personality attractive. It was a fucking mistake that I was born. I feel so fucking dead inside. This counts as writing and literature, right?

>>8084647

>I think about the story featuring the Leftöver Crack concert frequently and weep out of unspeakable nostalgia for the mid-2000s
>2008 was 16 semesters ago

>Canadian "literature" tradition
Yuck. There are a few good authors, but by and large it's tripe.

>>7208896
Is there anything worse than slam poetry?
God I hate those people so much, especially when they perform in the Student Union Building. I just want to get my coffee and go to class, not hear whining about how le old white rich men are evul xDDDD
God slam poets sicken me.

>>6929947
why do you care what casuals say enough to make you furious? if you were well-read your brain should be above caring about trivial shit like this.

basically everyone who responded to this with any kind of sincerity is a retarded asshole. all of you.

>>6872968
>does that word even exist in english?

comic, exaggerated, asshat-ish