/lit/ - Literature

>>11382297
>He thinks weed is better than alcohol

>>11307074
http://www.daggermag.com/chas.html
>"I studied english literature," Charls continued. "When I first started I wanted to write for games. I was going in at first to do programming, and then I read this story about what to study when you're in college by Chris Crawford, and he suggested you do something that will strengthen your mind. I studied English and started doing the classics. Before I went to college I was pretty dumb, and I wasn't really good at anything. People in my life suggested I go into teaching to get a pension -- for me that's a recipe for desolation. Maybe I'm lucky, that what I studied in college kind of helped me and made me smarter. Those were the happiest days of my life, studying Greek tragedy and Roman tragedy with my favorite professors. Maybe I don't use my time wisely enough… but in the dark days, the price of enlightenment is forever serfdom."

>>11250248
>26
>somewhere outside Raleigh, NC
>I'm /starting with the greeks/, but specifically am reading Simone Weil's essay on the Iliad
>No, not really. Things are better than they were: I'm done with school and have an interesting and decent (albeit unrelated to my degree and probably dead-end) job, and I'm modestly better at conversation and taking care of myself and generally moving through the world. But I'm still sad and lonely and anxious and struggling to create meaning in my life. At least I'm optimistic that I will.