/lit/ - Literature

>Sitting on the bus
>You're not a bad looking guy and wearing a uniform that gets women's attention
>Qt3.14 comes and sits in front of you, facing you, despite there being tons more empty spots
Do you take a book out of your backpack and start reading? What do?

>>19880245
You don't remember them because you didn't use them to affect any sort of change in your life. I know this because if you did, you'd remember them.

>>19867768
not guy u responded to but they're just not feasible. Its impossible to try and struggle for control of civilization's steering wheel when in reality it doesn't have a steering wheel and no one is in control. The vast majority, especially including the ruling class which they elect, are moving through space and time and making decisions with only the most superficial understanding of themselves and their motivations without any idea of the subconscious, metaphysical forces which are controlling them. The actual reaction to Ted's work and actions were necessarily those that would've happened in any situation: The masses, which had no understanding of this man or his ideas, clung blindly to the media narrative which itself did not understand his or more importantly their own motivations, which were driven solely by the fear instilled through his bombings. He was immediately boiled down to a crazy, scary boogeyman without his real image ever really being considered by the public eye. Same reason nothing can be done about the inevitable collapse of our society or could ever be done about the collapse of any society: the individual cannot control the world but can only hope to understand the extent to which he is controlled, in doing so freeing himself and obtaining enlightenment.

What is the central question of being that you could coherantly answer in writing?

Why is it so much easier to watch a shitty stream I don't enjoy or go on an unfulfilling youtube binge than it is to pick up a book I enjoy reading?

>>19269108
This comment is so fucking retarded and out of left field, I have no idea what to say about it. Homeless people are not wild animals that spend 24/7 looking for food, and a lot of them have no desire to stop being homeless. They have leisure activities and friends, and the man's prose was good and in no way demeaning towards anyone, death can be a beautiful or bittersweet thing as well, and even if this isn't "moral" or "right" that is how some people's minds work. I think the man did a great job of capturing his characters emotions. Why would you dare to invalidate the way he wrote or the reality or motivations of his characters based on your shallow understanding and hasty assumptions.

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