/lit/ - Literature

>>13627268

>start reading philosophy
>get bored and read fiction instead

It's not working for me.

>>13627268
based fuck fiction poster

>>13627275
>he finds philosophy boring
Brainlet detected.

Why yes, I do think philosophical fiction is the highest form of literature. How could you tell?

>>13627268
its normal for young people to be absolutists, as you age you begin to enjoy a glass of fine wine as well as a cheap icecream cone.

if you try to avoid this you will not learn or mature correctly. your 20s are a time of wild passion and absolute surrender to ideology and extreme intellectual positions. then you live to reach 30, and you see a lot of things, stupid people, disabled people, clever people, dishonest ones, you realise that animals are treated unfairly but are also inferior to humans, but we are all living creatures and at least most living things are honest and true to themselves, whereas most humans and the societies and civilizations they build are hypocrisies stacked on top of each other, then you hit your 40s and you have lots of little kids and you realise it's not all bad, because every new generation is a fresh start, and we stack knowledge throughout time and improve, and you did your part and can die happy in your 80s when you see your children have their own children and you are reminded of all those memories of your youth, your fire and passion rekindled in the exploration of life.

>>13627468
t. lit boomer

Completely normal.

>>13627468
I'm glad you found something that works for you. But I don't think this happiness is attainable for everyone in actual terms.

>>13627666
>implying happiness is external and does not come with waves and in circular motion

Fuck fiction trannies

>love fiction
>get halfway through world classics after bachelor
>get enrolled in lit. theory master (2 years ago)
>philosophy, philosophy, philosophy
>struggle for time for fiction
>now in a phd.
>struggle intensifies

i'm still glad that I can read short stories when I have nothing to do.

>>13627666
oh you got me devilanon, i was just trolling hoping to go "haha" in about 70 years when ur all still miserable and you pinned your entire hopes on my lifetime meme.

>>13627268
I had the opposite reaction. Fiction started to make sense on many levels.

>>13627695
>the selfish gene
>wealth of nations
>the republic

Baby's first non fiction books

>>13627468
tl;dr
>when you're young you pretend to be radical by submitting yourself to extremist ideologies against the status quo
>when you get old, you stop being radical by submitting yourself by the extremist ideology of the status quo

>>13627268
read saramagu, pamuk etc

dfw said at some point that he felt as if he was using all of himself when writing literature, and only half of himself writing his senior philosophy paper. i feel that way with writing. i agree with >>13627468 even though im only 21. ive found that i , while a believer in the universal, love the particular much more than the totality of it all. and i think im a bit happier with that . but it isnt as if i havea choice.

i always seem to kill threads.

Why would I read a fictional story when I can watch a movie or play a game? I find it much easier to get immersed into those mediums than books so I enjoy them more when It comes to fiction

>>13627268
This is normal, you have autism.

>>13627268
95% of fiction is a waste of time so you are right

>>13627468
so you become a meek beta faggot with no convictions at all? well, i'm exactly that already. might as well kys myself. i don't want to be a boomer

>>13627268
Wait until you start seeing philosophy as a particularly daring form of fiction.

>>13627680
>implying thought is not like a little boat upon the sea

What is the point of philosophy even? It's all unscientific drivel which never answers any questions. There is no hard data, empty words and opinions.

>>13628339
what's the point of a science that answers questions by tacitly asking you to submit before it?

>>13627468
If you think you know what absolutism means, you're a brainlet.

>>13627268
/lit/ is so autistic it hurts. If you can't enjoy fiction you're not human, you're a robot.

>>13627268
>>>13626412
>>>13626991
>>>13626462
Make up your mind, you ADHD-riddled sperg.
Say what you want about butterfly, but at least she's consistent and doesn't make a new thread every single time she changes her mind about something. You can't even settle on a name - first it was "Kierkegaard," then "Homer," now "Pessoa."
I'm on to you, you little shit.

>>13627695
based.

>>13627468
>then you hit your 40s and you have lots of little kids
40s? Are you kidding? That's the 30s!
>in your 80s when you see your children have their own children
80s? Are you fucking kidding? That's the 60s!

>>13627268
I have trouble reconciling OP-post with OP-pic. Could please someone help me?

>>13628366
based

Read better fiction. 99% of it is hot garbage.

>>13628692
>s when you see your children have their own children
>80s? Are y
tfw no tradwife robot .

>>13627468
>you realise that animals are treated unfairly but are also inferior to humans
cats can jump 10x their height
can you?

>>13627923
I know that feeling.

>>13627268
Yea. I can't read fiction any more.

Whenever I read fiction I have the constant nagging feeling that I could have wrote it better. (Dun written it) Whereas with philosophy I discover ideas that have never occurred to me

>>13627268
"no"

>>13627468
spoken like a true npc

>>13627468
>you realise that animals are treated unfairly but are also inferior to humans
We are animals just like them. Just because we craft some bullshit doesn't mean we are superior to them.

No anon

No

Unless of course you believe there is an objective truth out there, just waiting for your wise eyes to discover

Then yes, cast all heathens aside and read the True religion, Fact

Worship Truth, for there is only one

(And just how do you prove what is true? Because God says so?)

Muahahahahahaha

>>13627468
Is this how boomers rationalize their miserable existence? Embarrassing.

>>13627268
that's what happened to me
but also
>want to write a book
>don't give a hoot about fiction
>too dumb to write philosophy

>>13627268
Philosophy teaches you that while knowledge about nature and ideas can be accessed through the methods of science and rational discussion, what it is to be a human is better understood through pictoric arts, spirituality and literature, among other humanistic activities.

>>13630775
spoken like a truer npc

>>13627268
Faggot

>>13627834
Chad's crippling lack of self-awareness is a classic part of the Virgin/Chad meme. It's counterpoint rather than Good Thing / Bad Thing.

>>13627268
>start reading philosophy
>realize how much time can be wasted trying to answer with words made up problems
>stop reading philosophy

>>13627468
I liked the message you're trying to convey. People telling you off just prove the majority of /lit/ is in their 20's

>>13631339
>start reading philosophy
>realize how much time can be wasted trying to answer with words made up problems
>stop reading philosophy
>resume shitposting

>>13629574
With a jumpsuit I can.

>>13627468
this post started good but went to shit really fast

>>13630418
Have you ever tried writing fiction?