/lit/ - Literature

SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU STUPID FROG.

SHUT

UP.

FUCK YOU.

(also read books by economists like Principles of Political Economy by J.S. Mill, Manual of Political Economy by Pareto, The General Theory by Keynes, etc. etc. )

Based Auto-dad.

collected works of Joe Rogan

>>15292372
I think actual meaningful skills cannot be learned from books in isolation. Take a community college class on auto mechanics or go to a trade school for welding or something.

>>15292372
You shouldn't read a book for such a purpose until you have a task laid out ahead of you. For example, you see an opening for an apprentice to a carpenter. After reaching out, you should read a few general books on carpentry, and if you get the job, read more specific books pertinent to what kind of work he does.

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>>15292426
he says that he wants me to be a professional because i had a everything going for me and that i should compete with other people who also have the support of their parents. So trade school may not be the ideal for me.

>>15292439
are you a NEET

>>15292372
Good fiction gives you a chance to wander through the greatest minds that have walked the earth.

>Way of the Wolf
>The Little Book That Beats The Market
>The Laws of Human Nature

>>15292372
Sorry to hear about your dad. He seems to think being a cog in the machine is how it works, but really it's the ones who venture outside of that who run things (either that or who inherit their position). What he means by help people is make money for other people. You can be a wagie and still enjoy literature. I don't see where he thinks his shows he likely watches comes from without creative types.

>>15292372
>Dad finally said that i should stop reading fiction
The hypocrite probably watches hours of TV every week.

>>15292439
What's your position in life anon, tell me more about yourself.

>>15292763
>He seems to think being a cog in the machine is how it works, but really it's the ones who venture outside of that who run things

So venturing outside of being a cog lets you be a bigger cog? Fuck man if that's all we had on earth I'd fucking neck myself. Humans are vital, passionate, creative forces of nature, do whatever you want OP.

>>15292372
Study STEM then and make him happy, it will also be good for you. Listen to your dad, he seems to be right on this one

>>15293019
fuck off you dumb stem labcoat wearing last man faggot i bet you jerk off to ipcc reports while deepthroating anatomically correct sex toys you fucking pseud go read a book instead of doing some gay shit a la telling a man to toss away years of his life to please his father figure

>>15293055
Whatever. It's not like humanity fags are less of a bugmen writing their shitty repetitive and unoriginal papers but also being poor. This boy will ruin his life if he follows that path

>>15293065
Yeah? If he's not like you he's throwing his life away? Here's a thought: fuck you

>>15293078
>>15293055
>>15292909
based Nietzsche poster

>>15293078
Ok faggot, bet you don't talk like that when you beg for money in the street.

>>15293115
I'm an accountant I don't have to beg for money in the street bitch boy

>>15293132
Lmao an accountant railing against being a cog in the machine and talking about the passion in life, you got to be kidding

>>15293144
Fuck you I love accounting. It's fucking sick. What do you do sweaty?

>>15293162
CS/Econ. And I thought I was doing some boring shit but accounting....

>>15293180
>is still in school, not even in a career
>talks shit on people for having a career they're passionate about

Wow man imagine being you lmao that's gotta suck. If you said something like "I go to school and work as a ----.", I'd have respect for you but holy shit dude,

>>15293204
I'm genuinely curious. How the hell can someone be passionate about accounting?

>>15293219
I get paid a large amount of money to do a job that's very very easy if you approach it in a disconnected way. I'm not passionate about the subject of accounting, but rather my ability to perform within a field that I don't particularly have to try in. CS is quite similar. Since we're on /lit/, the book Radical Alterity by Guillaume/Baudrillard has a section where Baudrillard talks about the idea of affectation as a strategy of performance within a system of simulation. If you're into rather academic philosophy, that's exactly what I'm doing.

>>15292372
Learn a trade or an applied field of knowledge (such as medicine, engineering and law). Dedicate yourself to your work, but you don't have necessarily to stop reading fiction.

>>15292909
Yeah that. His dad just wants to control and contort OP to be like him.

>>15293376