/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.19345794]

Are there any philosophical recommendations for mid-twenties White males with no degree, no job experience, and no hope? No Kermit, please.

[Anonymous No.19345809]

>no kermit
yes kermit

kermit suicide

[Anonymous No.19345820]

>>19345809
At this point, even suicide requires three years of experience.

[Anonymous No.19345823]

Philosophy is just a game. It won't change your life.

[Anonymous No.19345825]

>>19345794
Husserl.
Not that you'll understand it, but you might as well start early and avoid other useless shit.

[Anonymous No.19345865]

>>19345794
Have you ever sat down and read Engels Condition of the Working Class in England?

[Anonymous No.19345871]

Start with the Greeks

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!bGBGaUpA8kS No.19345886]

>>19345794
https://youtu.be/hBWDIzHldPg

[Anonymous No.19345937]

>>19345794
1) Walk into a local restaurant.
2) Ask for a job.
3) Fail? goto (1)
4) Profit.

It’s actually that simple. You’ll learn more in two weeks washing dishes than you have in the last two years reading /lit/-tier esoterica.

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>>19345937
He’ll learn he hates cleaning dishes

[Anonymous No.19346222]

>>19345794
I dunno if there is a specific philospher for "become a fucking electrician".

[Anonymous No.19346239]

>>19346222
It actually takes a lot of training to do that. Nigga needs to go to trade school

[Anonymous No.19346257]

>>19345794
Whatever will get you a job/degree and friends. So, stop being a lazy ass and actually do something

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>>19346239
Well it’s a good trade and dude is getting old. Harder to absorb new skills as you go they say.

[Anonymous No.19346268]

>>19345794
Become a postman
Join a communist party (it’ll suck but you’ll learn within two years which one to actually join)
Fuck some undergraduates with your blue collar show off

Also learn how to be handsome and confident. The men and women at work will teach you or you’ll suicide

[Anonymous No.19346301]

>>19346266
I guess its better than sitting around. Not easy to jump into a career when youve been stagnant that long though

[Anonymous No.19346314]

Walden
Zhuangzi

[Anonymous No.19346360]

>>19345794
I feel you anon

[Anonymous No.19346373]

>>19345886
>the portable nietzsche
what retard would read some shit like this? just fucking read nietzsche himself

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!bGBGaUpA8kS No.19346387]

>>19346373
It’s 99.8% Nietzsche.

[Anonymous No.19346398]

The Vedas
Steal This Book
Promethius Rising
Confederacy of Dunces
The Ego and its own
the celestine prophecy
the alchemist
the 4 agreements
das energi
rule of saint benedict
u.g. krushnamurti
fluxus
ubu roi
on the road
naked lunch
the dice man
the book of the law
don juan and the yonqui way
in search of lost time
ride the tiger
fire in the belly
the giving tree

[Anonymous No.19346408]

>>19346398
Cities of the Red Night > Naked Lunch

[Anonymous No.19346424]

>>19346373
It contains the full texts of Twilight of the Idols, The Antichrist, and Zarathustra, and curated selections from all his other works.

[Anonymous No.19346426]

seeking safety
dialectical behavior therapy
acceptance and commitment therapy
cognitive behavior therapy
behavior analysis
existential therapy
narrative therapy
rollo may
viktor frankl
rd liang
be here now
the artists way

[Anonymous No.19346462]

>>19345820
Just start as a self harm intern

[Anonymous No.19346516]

>>19345937

Yeah man you need to get a job (any job), if only for your own self-worth. Having money in your pocket is a powerful feeling.

[Anonymous No.19346525]

>>19345991
I miss him

[Anonymous No.19346708]

>>19345794
Myths to Live By - Campbell
Man and His Symbols - Jung 'n pals

[Anonymous No.19347058]

>>19346222
>become a fucking electrician
Why do I keep seeing this all over 4chan? Who is pushing this, who benefits?

[Anonymous No.19347061]

>>19345865
I read the intro and it said it's not very accurate and how Engels ripped off some other book.

[Anonymous No.19347074]

>>19347058
Electricians, plumbers, hvac all make money
Power gap
Welding
Huuuuuge power gap
Carpentry

Electricians charge upward of $100 an hour.

[Anonymous No.19347086]

>>19345794
>The Holy Quran
>Archery for Dummies

[Anonymous No.19347101]

>>19347074
>Electricians charge upward of $100 an hour.
Living electricians

[Anonymous No.19347104]

>>19347061
And the publisher of your edition was Rothbard press.

[Anonymous No.19347291]

>>19346398
>Steal This Book
Nah, I'll just pirate it instead.

[Anonymous No.19347301]

>>19345809
>>19345820
Wow nice guys. You know what's the difference between me and you? I didn't write it out.

[Anonymous No.19347314]

>>19345794
>mid twenties
You're fine anon. Just do something, anything, and your obsession about "lost time" will be shown to be an illusion. The important thing is to act. A bad plan is better than no plan at all.
Personally I would recommend you start with learning to meditate and making it a daily practice, as that helped me tremendously when I was in your situation. I'm now married (I love my wife very much!) and own a home.

[Anonymous No.19347326]

The following reply was generated automatically by an AI using OpenAI’s GPT-3

“ Oof, you've got your work cut out for you. To tackle the long game, I'd recommend reading some of the great modern philosophers (Locke, Hume, Rousseau, de Tocqueville) and the thinkers of the Aristotelian tradition (Aristotle, Aquinas, Hooker), which can be accessed through shorter handbooks (often hand-me-downs or on the cheap) or anthologies. As you read, be sure to take notes and try to trace the logical steps in the arguments, so you can start to build your own tools of thought.

Unfortunately, you're not likely to get your job back by slogging through books. The best you can do is try to get your sharpening skills up, because you are going to need them. As you read, be sure to get organized - take notes, compile information, read summaries. This way, when you get your next job, you can hit the ground running, using your notes to organize your thoughts, organize your tasks, and start sharpening your skills. Again, take notes.

Start to put these sharpening tools to use in the meantime by joining discussion forums, entering into the blogosphere, and making friends with successful people you meet in real life. You'll learn a lot about people, relationships, and business. You 'll also find that you can help people with your sharpening tools, so you start getting to know people, and they start to know you. Keep this up, use it to your advantage, and if you can try to focus on one area at a time - perhaps business, or perhaps art. Pick one area, deep it, and try to improve at it. Do the same with another area, and another.

Just keep sharpening.

And maybe don't read the comment section - if people are commenting on your college-aged self, it's probably best to keep your expectations at realistic levels. Otherwise, you'll probably get discouraged.”

[Anonymous No.19347671]

>>19346516
No. You feel powerless when you notice most of that money goes to taxes, rent, bills and other expenses.
It's only a powerful feeling when those expenses account for 10% of your income at most.

[Anonymous No.19348635]

Bump

[Anonymous No.19348680]

just spy on peasant farming villages in rural Africa with Google Earth and pretend you’re toiling beyond your corporeal limits, using your imagination and pacing back and forth in your parent’s NEET room. Inshallah I will be granted the suffering I desire and be made a saint—one day…..when I finish the Canon

[Anonymous No.19348693]

>>19346426
>RD Laing
The divided self is such a mood you should read it if you're schizoid/psychotic, however it offers no advice at all

[Anonymous No.19348701]

get a certificate in trades, plato, nietzsche