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What's some essential NPClit?

>> No.11762288

Pynchon, Dostoevsky, McCarthy

>> No.11762299

russian literature

>> No.11762302 [DELETED] 

>>11762282

INDIVIDUALS THAT LACK CONSCIOUSNESS DO NOT READ FOR RECREATION, THEREFORE, YOUR QUESTION IS BOTH, ERRONEOUS, AND FUTILE.

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>>11762302
>I'm not an NPC because I read!

>> No.11762312

>>11762302
>I read marvel comics

>> No.11762315 [DELETED] 

>>11762308

THE FACT THAT YOU APPARENTLY ARE UNABLE TO COMPREHEND MY PREVIOUS POST IS INDICATIVE OF EITHER, YOUR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, OR YOUR LACK OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

STOP POSTING.

>> No.11762349

>>11762315
S E E T H I N G

>> No.11762354
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>> No.11762357

>>11762282
Freud, Feuerbach, Marx, everything trendy and award winning (think of it as updates), Harry Potter, film adaptations, fan fiction.

>> No.11762359

Cormac McCarthy.

>> No.11762364

We call them p-zombies here.

>> No.11762393

>>11762354
>Lolita right between Brothers K and the Bible

nice

>> No.11762407

>>11762364
This. /lit/ needs its own spin on this hot new meme

>> No.11762429

>>11762315
Hey pal, you know what people really don't like? Attention whoring tripfags whose gimmick is to post in allcaps.

>> No.11762439

Catcher in the Rye

Stop spamming this cringy meme

>> No.11762448

I HATE WOMEN AND NIGGERS

>> No.11762474

>>11762302
>tripfag
>not an NPC
Your ego is the only inhabitant in your vacant throne.

>> No.11762483

>>11762474
the defining trait of an NPC is a lack of ego, dipshit

>> No.11762490

>>11762282
David Foster Wallace, Albert Camus, Jordan B Peterson

>> No.11762511

What's this new dank meme about?

>> No.11762549

>>11762282
The meme trilogy.

>> No.11762570

>>11762483
An "NPC" doesn't lack an ego, he lacks a soul, the "being" part and this makes him unable to comprehend concepts beyond matter and what is present in the immediate circumstances, making him a meatsack going through life like an ant.

>> No.11762615

I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE

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>>11762315

>> No.11762687

>>11762282
Only NPCs use the NPC meme

>> No.11762703

>>11762282
I don't get this one, what exactly is an npc?

>> No.11762707

>>11762687
sounds like something an NPC would say desu

>> No.11762713

>>11762511
/pol/acks found out about p-zombies but in language they understand

>> No.11762714

>>11762703
Nothing at all, now go back to your default dialogue tree.

>> No.11762717

any book can be read by an NPC, but all they will get out of it is cut and paste lines for their next wine party

>> No.11762733

>>11762570
That's the dream right there

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11762742

The Bible

>> No.11762743

>>11762302
Not true at all.
You ever hear of preference falsification?

>> No.11762752

>>11762703
A forced meme shoved by 14 year olds who just discovered Solipsism

>> No.11762767

There are three types of men

Those that cannot see infinity within themselves
Those that when they see it go schizo out of self defense
Those that are infinity

>> No.11762774

Interesting. Any lit that is analysis or describes the philosophy of the npc theory as seen on /x/? Thanks in advanve

>> No.11762781

>>11762774
The never ending story

>> No.11762788 [DELETED] 

>>11762743

READING FOR RECREATION ENTAILS THE THAT THE READING IS DONE WITH GENUINE INTENT; PREFERENCE FALSIFICATION DOES NOT REQUIRE COMPREHENSION, NOR GENUINE INTEREST, RATHER, IT REQUIRES ONLY APPREHENSION, AND EXPEDIENT INTEREST; THE NONCONSCIOUS INDIVIDUAL ONLY RETRIEVES DATA, LIKE THE AUTOMATA THAT THEY ARE IN ESSENCE.

ALSO, THE ACT OF READING FOR RECREATION ENTAILS THAT ONE'S MIND IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE ACTIVITY, WHICH IS POSSIBLE ONLY FOR A CONSCIOUS MIND; A MIND WITH NO CONSCIOUSNESS IS NOT CAPABLE OF ABSTRACT, REFLECTIVE, THOUGHT.

>> No.11762798 [DELETED] 

>>11762774

— THE NAG HAMMADI TEXTS.

— "THE ORIGIN OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BICAMERAL MIND" BY JULIAN JAYNES.

— "HOMO SCHIZO" BY ALFRED DE GRAZIA.

>> No.11762804

>>11762774
Guide for the Perplexed

>> No.11762806

>>11762302
>NPD/HPD tripfag
yep, youre an NPC

>> No.11762823

funfact: nps hate being called npcs

>> No.11762831

>>11762788
They do read then to the outward observer. They merely retrieve data from the books, rather than analyze it. They will point to reviews or already established talking points when discussing it.

>> No.11762860

>>11762733
The dream would be transcending to a level where you're absolute awareness and just dress-up for some occasions.

>> No.11762862

>>11762282
Qur'an

>> No.11762868

>>11762302
come back to /fa/, ryss.

>> No.11762888
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The bible

>> No.11762900 [DELETED] 

>>11762831

WHEN NONCONSCIOUS INDIVIDUALS READ IS ONLY TO EITHER, GET INSTRUCTIONS, OR TO COLLECT INFORMATION FOR FUTURE REPETITION —THAT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE READING FOR RECREATION, OF WHICH THEY ARE INCAPABLE.

NONCONSCIOUS INDIVIDUALS DO NOT COMPREHEND WHAT THEY PERCEIVE, THEY ARE CAPABLE ONLY OF APPREHENSION, AND UNDERSTANDING.


>"THEY ARE NO MORE MINDFUL OF THEMSELVES AWAKE THAT WHAT THEY ARE WHILST ASLEEP. FOR SOPHIA, DO NOT LISTEN TO ME, BUT TO LOGOS, AND KNOW THAT ALL IS IN ONE. THOSE UNMINDFUL WHEN THEY HEAR, FOR ALL THAT THEY MAKE OF THEIR INTELLIGENCE, MAY BE REGARDED AS THE WALKING DEAD."

— HERAKLITOS.

>> No.11762902

>>11762900
dude stop yelling

>> No.11762906 [DELETED] 

>>11762902
Stop posting, bot.

>> No.11762907

>>11762282
I don't understand why this NPC meme is suddenly so popular. We've had the p zombie concept for ages, and there's a long precedent of people feeling as though other people aren't real, e.g. in DPDR and other dissociative disorders. Like, my point is that the NPC thing isn't at all clever. Is this just a case of 15 year olds finally learning basic phenomenological concepts?
>>11762315
God, what idiotic cancer. Not only a tripfag typing in all caps to make a wild stab in the dark at interestingness, but completely incapable of understanding the p zombie concept in full.
>>11762364
>>11762407
It's not hot or new though, it's a standard casual insult for STEMfags etc. I think the NPC posters might actually be 15.
>>11762752
Yup. Get the fuck off my board, children, or at least have some respect and lurk for a little while.
>>11762831
It's not worth it trying to explain the p zombie concept to a tripfag. He's probably an experiencing being, but he's not old enough to understand the nuances of even such an extremely simple concept yet.

>> No.11762910

>>11762302
>>11762315
>>11762788
>>11762798
>>11762900
NPC spotted.

>> No.11762914

Bartleby

>> No.11762922

>>11762907
Step aside novice, only I am qualified to correctly perform the phenomenological epoché

>> No.11762966

>>11762906
I'm a literally autistic hikkiNEET. I fucking wish I had no internal monologue because then I wouldn't need to waste my time with that meditation shit.
Anyway, I'd like that dude to stop yelling.

>> No.11762977

>>11762798
Thanks senpai

>> No.11763044

>>11762282
Book Of Disquiet. He even acknowledges it several times in the book.

>> No.11763234

>>11762804
By whom? there are a lot of versions, one apparently by maimonides

>> No.11763245

>>11762907
the npc meme is not about solipsism retard

>> No.11763282

>>11763245
you dont even know what solipsism is you fucking NPC, you just picked up that word from some popsci big boy somewhere. solipsism is literally NPC theory, except that everyone except for me is an NPC. and my life is an illusion with NPCs placed into it to challenge me. and if there do exist other living beings in the realm where the thinking part of me resides, they also could have a life rendered onto their cognitive apparatus, but this would be a different one than mine. and if it would be the same, then it would be the NPC theory where there are a few thinking spirits and many NPCs. or its just me and many NPCs

>> No.11763526

>>11762282
>catcher in the rye

>> No.11763626

>>11762900

The trope of the zombie attacking whatever wakes it is almost literal for those wallowing in forgetfulness of their forgetfulness become hysteric when reminded of their harrowing.

>> No.11763705

>>11763282
That isn't what is meant by NPCs. NPCs aren't illusions or tricks. Your mind and it's existence have no influence on the world around you. They are biological entities near identical to you. What is meant from NPC, as far as I can tell, is that there is a sense of dasein (as well as an inner recognition thereof) that only exists in a smaller percentage of the population than not. Those without this sense of "being there" operate on a purely immediate, animal like software that allows them to function in a human society without having any of the (meaningfully) human traits. They have thoughts, but the thoughts have no texture.

>> No.11763740

>>11762282
Shakespeare.

>> No.11763793

>>11763705
the existence of npcs doesn't make sense in the heideggarian framework

>> No.11763798

>>11762282
Kafka

>> No.11763804

>>11763793
ABPE

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>>11762282
4chan

>> No.11764394

In my experience NPCs hate to read anything without constant dialogue and explicit exposition on characters' thought-processes and motivations. Without that, they cannot make sense of events and thing appear to them arbitrary and random.

>> No.11764427

Lord of the Rings

>> No.11764433

>>11762823
I wouldn't like being called an NPC. Does that make me one? Oh no. What do?

>> No.11764695

I'm afraid I'm a NPC. I have no inner voice, I can't think in pictures either. I feel like I dont even have thoughts. What do?

My favorite author is Thomas Mann btw, Doktor Faustus being my favorite

>> No.11764699

this is a test

>> No.11765036

https://vocaroo.com/i/s0J91NulwVip

>> No.11765049

>>11764699
was it falsifiable?

>> No.11765357

>>11762888
saved

>> No.11765428

>>11762282
The Hobbit. Hobbits were NPCS and Gandlaf dragged Bilbo kicking and screaming into an actual life

>> No.11765541

the meme trilogy

>> No.11766124

>>11762282
Pornography.
Playboy
Hustler
Asa Akira's books.

NPCs only care about sex. Masturbation or sex. They have fuck.exe running 24/7.

Real people want to rise above this instinct. Not give themselves over to it willingly.

>> No.11766128

Start with the Greeks

>> No.11767343

>>11762798
>bicameral mind
Oh shit forgot this existed will read thanks jolly npc!

>> No.11767359

How did solipsism become a legitimate belief held by 4channers?

>> No.11767367

>>11766124
>Real people want to rise above this instinct.
Only because they can't reconcile their imprinted beliefs and lack of success with their natural desires. Has nothing to do with transcendence and everything to do with insecurity and personal failings.

>> No.11767389

Greetings all. My name is John, and I love reading. My favorite novel is Ready Player One. I am a big Game of Thrones fan as well. Books are so much fun. Haha.

>> No.11767394

>>11762798
>— THE NAG HAMMADI TEXTS.
Tripartite Tractate in particular http://gnosis.org/naghamm/tripart.htm

>Mankind came to be in three essential types, the spiritual, the psychic, and the material, conforming to the triple disposition of the Logos, from which were brought forth the material ones and the psychic ones and the spiritual ones. Each of the three essential types is known by its fruit.

>The spiritual race will receive complete salvation in every way. The material will receive destruction in every way, just as one who resists him. The psychic race, since it is in the middle when it is brought forth and also when it is created, is double according to its determination for both good and evil.

>> No.11767417

>>11762474
pffffff hahahahahahahahaha
oh my god
hahahahahahahaha

>> No.11767439

Kant n Hegel

>> No.11767472

>>11762703
A non-playable character. A soulless person

>> No.11767488

>>11762282
>Jordan Peterson
>Mein kamf
>Das capital

>> No.11767490

I haven't been on /lit/ for a few days, what's this new NPC meme?

>> No.11767514

>>11767490
It's an /x/ meme, about some study that said only 25% population has inner dialogue. NPC means what this anon>>11767472 said. It's getting spammed all over 4chan for some reason.

>> No.11767526

>>11763282
You just described schizophrenia

>> No.11767536

>>11762907
>I don't understand why this NPC meme is suddenly so popular.
It resurged tbis past week because of a study proving some large % of their study shows that some people dont have inner dialogue. /pol/ took it and ran with normies are proven to be npcs and it's all over now. You can actually use it to trace activity of /pol/ users across the entire site.

>> No.11767553

>>11767514
Got a source for the study? Scary if that's really the case

>> No.11767597

>>11767553
it isn't

>> No.11767606

>>11762282
Eat Pray Love

>> No.11767654

>>11767553
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pristine-inner-experience/201110/not-everyone-conducts-inner-speech
>inner speech occurred in about a quarter of all samples; inner seeing occurred in about a quarter of all samples; and feelings occurred in about a quarter of all samples.
I think this is where it came from. It was published in 2011, Not sure how /pol/ and /x/ discovered it suddenly though

>> No.11767691

>>11767654
/pol/ and /x/ attract introverts, most of whom had realized this one way or another.

The NPC is immunized against all dangers. One may call it an autist, a tripfag, normie, slave, cattle - it all runs off it like water down a raincoat. But call it an NPC and you will be astonished how it recoils, how injured it is, how it suddenly recoils; "They've found out."

>> No.11767695

>>11767488
I don't think NPCs allow themselves to read Mein Kampf, and they only pretend to read Das Capital. Butthurt programmers, on the other hand, do seem to love Das Capital. Then they program viruses instead of anything useful.

>> No.11767699

>>11767691
stop posting any time thanks

>> No.11767705

>>11767699
I'll pick the last time.

I just find it astonishing how insulted "people" feel when they are called NPCs, as opposed to goiym, slave, cattle, prole, lower class...

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>>11767705
I just find it astonishing how invested "people" feel when they are talking memes, as opposed to, you know, real life shit lol

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>>11767709
Is this meant to be ironic, or is it accidentally so?
A meme is not a funny phrase or image, funny phrases and images are memes. Memes are patterns that seek to replicate themselves - like your "[real] life" "shit" and "lol". If we go by fact, then nothing isn't real. What's outside of it? Nothing, no thought, emotion, data or potential. Everything is real because that's what it means. I wonder what belief set took over your understanding of the word life, to get you to replicate it in thought and in action.
There is no action, no "being" that isn't "invested" - heck, that's a cultural icon, just like your little retarded frog image.

>> No.11768377

>>11767536
>It resurged tbis past week because of a study proving some large % of their study shows that some people dont have inner dialogue
Lmao people really believe this "study"?

>> No.11768385

>>11762703
That's what a NPC would say

>> No.11768399

>>11768385
This is like the 20th time you've used this line today, give me a quest or fuck off.

>> No.11768420

>>11763282
Dumb NPC, NPC is not based on solipsism it's based on some people not having inner monologues. NeoNPC theory does not claim everyone but you are not playable, it acknowledges other playable characters. You're thinking of neoclassical NPC theory, which is very suspicious because the last update includes the nelclassical

>> No.11768432

This is a test

>> No.11768436

>>11768399
find youre self

>> No.11768454

>>11766124
That makes no sense you p3ec7 o7 shi7 yo8### unrequested dataline

>> No.11768458

>>11768454
*white noise*

>> No.11768465

>>11767359
This is a test

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>>11767835
Russian architecture both horrifies and entrances me

The Russian-Ukrainian style of white church, with its long thin windows, almost oblique secretive appearance, is based though. Not the highly ornamented ones, but the more simple looking ones. They have a deep unity of expressive feeling, they are like individual stalks of a plant rising into bulbs, (but not all the stalks, some are just bundled together and end in small domes) but united in a concrete setting that gives them immense weight and situates them on the ground. The multiple crosses is also significant- on a Gothic cathedral the crosses are almost indistinguishable from the spires and the entire things blends into one image that is dominated by its highest points, and has a deeply powerful sense of rising upwards, and an ethereal airlike quality. The russian churches give a horizontal feeling of united essences, which are unequal, at different levels, but united in some way, it is more solid and firm than a gothic cathedral, yet less imposing. The Russian church is as yet not really understandable for me though, it is still vague, i cannot put together all the bits of it, and it seems almost that they have not even developed yet the true form that they are going towards with it.

pic related is what i am talking about

>> No.11768475

>>11768469
forgot to mention the windows, the way they design the windows is genius, that long thin round characteristic makes it seem highly organic somehow, but also mysterious and portending some secret within

totally different than the Gothic cathedral or a mosque or something

>> No.11768499

>>11767709
"Real life" you NPCs don't even try anymore huh?

>> No.11769037

>>11762282
Malcolm Gladwell

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>>11768469
The highly ornamented ones are better. I agree with you on the part of a feeling of a bulb springing up, which is why colourful domes are the more important

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>>11768469
>>11769053
Also why does no one use solomonic columns? Are they harder to make or just hard to fit into the bigger picture?

>> No.11769076

>>11769053
It might be because I'm not Russian but I find those to be too much for me, and I really like white churches. When he's painting that church white in Andrei Rublev i get a weird feeling. If I ever built a church it would be entirely white tbqh. I would build it near a lake I think.
>>11769060
i have no idea i know nothing about architecture. If you are talking about the columns in that picture I find them strange looking

>> No.11769086

>>11762354
Damn, only a quarter of the way through