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>be depressed computer programmer
>have lots of money but no gf
>use the money im not saving for sex tourism to buy a fuck ton of houellebecq novels
>drive around my city distributing them to various libraries, educational charities, half priced books, take a book leave a book little libraries, etc.
its not much, but its honest work. i am spreading awareness for a good cause

>> No.20186577

>>20186561
> saving for sex tourism
Just lose weight

>> No.20186583

>>20186577
i am in better shape than you. get fucked

>> No.20186585
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20186585

>>20186561
Is there a gay sex tourism industry? And if so, where is it?

>> No.20186588

>>20186583
Okay, than just stop being weird
GGEZ

>> No.20186592

>>20186588
>insult disguised as advice
fuck you

>> No.20186599

>>20186583
then get a gf

>> No.20186603

>>20186561

is programming worth it anon? I've started to learn kotlin for mobile app development. I'm tired of having no money

>> No.20186606

>>20186599
it's not easy

>> No.20186608

>>20186606
It is if you're not a complete asshat.

>> No.20186628

>>20186606
You're rich and fit. There's no excuse.

>> No.20186633

>>20186603
not OP, but do not fall for the
>learn to code!!
meme. There's almost no money in freelance, and the industry as a whole is very cutthroat. That said, if you're learning to work on your own passion projects or just the sake of learning something new, God speed anon

>> No.20186637

>>20186606
fucking absolute liar, your entire post is a fabrication. you fuck.

>> No.20186642

>>20186603
yeah don't listen to the people who say stem is "oversaturated". you get shit tons of money and the work really isnt that hard. and you dont really have to be too social.

the key is to play by your own rules. if you play the game, you're always gonna lose. lie on your resume, make fake references, fake it till you make it, etc. 99% of the things i learned i never have to use for my job.
and make sure when you sign on with a company to ask for RSUs. they bring total compensation up by a shit ton

>> No.20186643

>>20186608
>>20186628
>>20186637
you wouldn't get it

>> No.20186647

>>20186561
Dysgenic people like you should be publicly executed.

>> No.20186648

>>20186642
>RSU
what's that?

>> No.20186651

>>20186642
>t. diversity hire

>> No.20186662

>>20186648
its highly liquid stock that the company adds to your pay that you can cash out instantly. if you are moneymaxxing, company shares is the meta, not salary. the money i get from company stock is probably 2 - 3 times my salary.

>> No.20186720

>>20186633
>>20186642
so just learn enough to get by, cut throats, ask for stocks and then i'm okay? That seems very corporate and has almost nothing to do with programming itself, which makes sense I guess. i have very little empathy, but my autism gets in the way of manipulating social situations to my benefit. any advice for this?

>> No.20186776

>>20186561
wanna come to romania?
I'm looking for houellebecq's books in english but I can't find any and they are too expensive here

>> No.20186799

>>20186720
>so just learn enough to get by, cut throats, ask for stocks and then i'm okay? That seems very corporate and has almost nothing to do with programming itself, which makes sense I guess.
yeah how well you do your job doesn't really matter. i call guys who are really good at their job useful retards. because they get too caught up in their work but aren't focusing on impressing the the higher ups and climbing the ladder. there are a lot of these types, and a lot of assholes who suck at their job but are shrewd with workplace politics and diplomacy and quickly rise to the top.
but if you want advice for programming itself... learn a coveted skill that everybody doesn't already know. everybody knows java, sql, etc. but there are some things that are in demand that nobody knows about, and companies pay BIG money for. i am talking 500 Gs
>i have very little empathy, but my autism gets in the way of manipulating social situations to my benefit. any advice for this?
i am an autist too. read the prince by machiavelli. think of yourself as a prince, and the industry is 15th century italy. all my interaction with people at my job i basically try to LARP as what machiavelli perscribes. i legit reread it every month. if you can get down what he says, social interaction in the workplace boils down to just following a set of rules and applying them in the right places

>> No.20186811

>>20186776
they are not in Romanian?

>> No.20186815

>>20186799
>. but there are some things that are in demand that nobody knows about, and companies pay BIG money for. i am talking 500 Gs
like what? data science? AI?

>> No.20186833

>>20186662
Damn my boy is either lucky or a staff engineer. My company is pre ipo so its worth donkey dick

>> No.20186837

>>20186799
very wise, okay

>> No.20186841

>>20186837
this is not wise lmao wtf. wisdom is ethics, this is insane. being autistic isnt a hallpass to being a sociopath

>> No.20186844

>>20186811
you can find some of them in public libraries, but houellebecq it's no longer funny when translated into romanian; the language is extremely lengthy and elaborated so it brakes his style
you can order them, but given the fact that the average wage for someone with no studies is 3usd per hour I doubt you want to spend more than half a day working just so that you can buy a book
serotonin was really good desu

>> No.20186853

>>20186844
I'm not sure why would you go with English. He writes in French.

>> No.20186873

>>20186844
randomly did you go to umich?

>> No.20186892

>>20186853
I don't know french I'm too lazy to learn it
that's why I quit college
>>20186873
wtf is that?

>> No.20186928

>>20186841
>gf cheated but I didn't. at least i was ethical!
>i am trolled by my peers, but i cut them slack, at least i was ethical
>i am poor because i exploit nobody, at least i am ethical
fuck off retarded moralnigger. you fags provide a pretty decent critical thinking test. ethics is for people who are too fucking retarded to play any game that matters.

>> No.20186944

>>20186928
>ethics is for people who are too fucking retarded to play any game that matters.
If you think life's a game you've already lost

>> No.20186998

>>20186944
baste, don't listen to these seething corporate drones, now with all things considered I will become one myself but the hope if for me to make some money so I can give it all to my mom and then live in a cabin somewhere

>> No.20187055

>>20186944

no, of course "life" isn't a game. "life" is a retarded generality that is too non-specific to be talked about. However, over the course of one's life, you will encounter many microgames in the form of objectives, and rewards for those objectives. You can of course, freely shift between objectives, including moving away from competition altogether. However, you'll notice that greater rewards tend to be associated with competition. You want to make an intellectual contribution? Go to a university, and outperform your peers. You want to fuck beautiful women? Do something of high social value. You want to not constantly stress over bills, etc? financially secure yourself or move to a place where you're secure.

Ethics is something competitive people invented to ensure that they have a nice mass of slaves whipped into shape for when they win whatever game they are playing at.

>> No.20187512

>>20187055
>Ethics is something competitive people invented to ensure that they have a nice mass of slaves whipped into shape for when they win whatever game they are playing at.
Nice job reddit. Do you plan on beating your kids?

>> No.20187531

>>20187055
>However, you'll notice that greater rewards tend to be associated with competition. You want to make an intellectual contribution? Go to a university, and outperform your peers. You want to fuck beautiful women? Do something of high social value. You want to not constantly stress over bills, etc?
I'd be depressed if I valued these things too.

>> No.20187544

>>20186585
Botswana

>> No.20187569

>>20186799
what a fucking freak lol

>> No.20187605

>>20186585
gays can have sex anywhere being ugly as hell so there isn't a need for it

>> No.20187660

>>20187531
the principle applies to any domain. the only alternative is some form of egotistical neet-tier masturbation.

>>20187512
no, i plan to teach them how to beat people for their own gain

>> No.20187712

>>20186776
you can find Atomised on #bookz on undernet

>> No.20187803

>>20186608
go back

>> No.20188105

>>20187660
>the principle applies to any domain. the only alternative is some form of egotistical neet-tier masturbation.
Read the New Testament. You're wronger than you can imagine or believe.
>no, i plan to teach them how to beat people for their own gain
Slave

>> No.20188114

>>20187055
>no, of course "life" isn't a game. "life" is a retarded generality that is too non-specific to be talked about
oh look a generality

>> No.20188118

>>20186647
This post is bait

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>>20186561
okay but why
why give people houellebecq novels. Do you just want to see everyone as depressed as you are?

>> No.20188180

>>20186799
You are literally a stereotype

>> No.20188483

>>20188105
I have read the new testament. I've also read the old testament, the apocrypha, augustine, sections of aquinas and abelard, among others.

Masturbatory self-satisfaction from these mental fictions is just another kind of hedonistic coping. Hit yourself with a dose of god's love and you can't hear your stomach rumble anymore. It's a guaranteed way to retard any desires you have, desire which might otherwise lead you to alter your life for the better.

>> No.20188510

>>20186561
>be depressed NEET /lit/izen
>have no money and no gf
>download an ebook of Ted Kaczynski's Industrial Society and Our Future, print out several copies of it (I'm well aware of the irony of using technology to download and print an anti-tech book), and bind them
>drive around my city distributing them to various libraries, educational charities, half priced books, take a book leave a book little libraries, etc.
its not much, but its honest work. i am spreading awareness for a good cause

>> No.20188516

>>20188483
>Masturbatory self-satisfaction from these mental fictions is just another kind of hedonistic coping. Hit yourself with a dose of god's love and you can't hear your stomach rumble anymore. It's a guaranteed way to retard any desires you have, desire which might otherwise lead you to alter your life for the better.
>for the better
>has wrong definitions for better
wow shocked

>> No.20188519

>>20186585
Rehoboth Beach
Fire Island
Tel Aviv
San Francisco

>> No.20188548

>>20186799
I guarantee you're just a poser who nobody likes at work and its only more sad considering you're also just talking shit and still at school majoring in something gay like computer science

>> No.20188598

>>20186561
mmmm underboob

>> No.20188690

>>20188548
>>20188180
>>20187569
I know people get envious and triggered when somebody makes more money than them, but that’s just crabs in a bucket mentality. If you are so insecure about being a wageslave, maybe you should take my advice?

>> No.20188748

>>20187569
>be nice to the heckin corpos!!!!
what level of capitalism are you on son

>> No.20188848

>>20188516
Being trapped in a masturbatory loop vs making small gains in pursuit of worldly

Wonder which one is better

>> No.20188944

>>20188848
>Being trapped in a masturbatory loop vs making small gains in pursuit of worldly
Being in a loop of content or obsessed with things which will fall apart. You will retire, your retirement can crash, I'd say your wife or gf would die but obviously you are alone because of this attitude, and those books will be thrown away. You see a world that's not there.

>> No.20188986

>>20188690
meds

>> No.20189011

>>20186799
>i basically try to LARP as what machiavelli perscribes
Cringiest shit I've ever read. You're one of those guys who try to imitate Gordon Gekko and think they look cool.

>> No.20189349

>>20186592
If you were in shape you wouldn't take that as an insult.

>> No.20189354

>>20186643
Autist.

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>>20186799
So this is the true power of /lit/...

>> No.20189484

>>20186844
If you can’t afford them then don’t buy them, reading of off a screen can have downsides but it sure is better than not doing it at all.
Regarding french, you graduated highschool so you must have studied french and passed, you must have some knowledge of the language. With French and Romanian both being Romance languages you won’t have a hard time, and it won’t take that long either.

>> No.20189780

>>20186642
I quit the industry because of niggers like this guy.

>> No.20189848

>>20186844
Really doubt the romanian language version is not closer to the french one than the f*cking English one.

Houellebecq is not the type of author where translations take away too much anyway.

>> No.20190040

>>20186585
Oslo

>> No.20190043

>>20186776
Are you retarded? Why would you want to read a romance writer in a germanic language instead of another romance language?

>> No.20190293

>>20188944
>oh no I might lose the things I've obtained!!
you've codified a fear of failure my man. You've also equivocated real things in the world with the bullshit dogma you've been slurping your whole life. Of course if you believe that your idea of god and your idea of a house are both in your head, you'd prefer the so-called "better" idea. Too bad for you that having real things in the real world is the only thing you're ever going to have. If you're wondering about me, I only lack material wealth, but I'm the furthest thing from alone

>> No.20190391

>>20187569
>>20188180
>>20188986
>>20189780
>>20189376
seething responses from the eternal plebian only serve to prove him right

>> No.20190548

>>20190293
>You've also equivocated real things in the world with the bullshit dogma you've been slurping your whole life.
I have been Christian for 1.5 years and it's the only 1.5 years I've been alive. You equivocated these two.
>Of course if you believe that your idea of god and your idea of a house are both in your head, you'd prefer the so-called "better" idea.
You are so deep in your own immorality as to onceive of my religion as in my mind. It's not. If Sikhism were the true religion, I'd be a Sikh. If Mormonism was, I'd be Mormon. Jesus is the only figure beyond mere humanity we have. Face the music or pretend it was never played - the end is the same.
>Too bad for you that having real things in the real world is the only thing you're ever going to have. If you're wondering about me, I only lack material wealth, but I'm the furthest thing from alone
You should fathom the ecstasy of forgiving and knowing that no matter what happens in life you could smile, shrug, and forgive. How long will you have friends with the attitude of a maniac? How long can you pretend to strength when the ruler you measure it with is arbitrary? Could everyone act like you? Sure. That's called ancient Rome. Should they? Without Christ, maybe - if they were pathetic men, sure. Christ is not correct because he is faith, sure that's true, but Christ's truth is as apples falling, as the sun in nuclear reaction, and as the orbit of the moon. The uncreated is and it is the Word.

>> No.20190618

>>20190548
How does one suddenly become a Christian?

>> No.20190688

>>20190548
You've been submerged in Christian ideas from the day you were born. Secular "morality" IS just christian thinking. Even the pleasure is the same. Do you really think that the consumption of religious ecstasy is any different from consumption of other ecstasies? It has the same structure of excessive highs, coupled with the self-hating guilt. A christian feels the highs of forgiveness or belief, and then hates oneself for sinning, then pays their guilt of sin away by "helping" miserable people (usually by helping them also feel the christian ecstasy). A secular westerner feels the highs of whatever food, media, etc they consume, but then feels guilty that they have consumed it while there are starving african children. So then they purchase the chocolate bar that costs a dollar more because .15cents of that chocolate goes towards funding "charities".

>how can i pretend to strength when the ruler i measure it with is arbitrary?
yes. there are people out there in the world who arbitrate values, and strengths because they themselves are strong and valuable. Ironically, even Jesus himself was one of these people. When I am honest with myself, I see ways to nourish my strengths. This involves not deceiving myself about what matters. This involves being able to separate mental fictions from things that truly affect life.

Believing won't cure your depression. It'll help you cope through sour-grapes thinking and immediate religious ecstasies. When the ecstasies fade, the bitter sour-grapes thinking is all that will remain. Hopefully, you break out of this christian phase sooner rather than later. This will be my last post, i'll read your response but I won't say anymore

>> No.20190881

>>20190618
I read the Bible cover to cover.

>> No.20190889

>>20190688
>You've been submerged in Christian ideas from the day you were born.
And you of competitive capitalism.
>Do you really think that the consumption of religious ecstasy is any different from consumption of other ecstasies?
>consumption
Is your soul on NYSE or NASDAQ?
>pays their guilt of sin away by "helping" miserable people
Forgiveness is the payment. Wrong again.
>A secular westerner feels the highs of whatever food, media, etc they consume, but then feels guilty that they have consumed it while there are starving african children. So then they purchase the chocolate bar that costs a dollar more because .15cents of that chocolate goes towards funding "charities".
I just want to highlight that this is a fantastic point. It doesn't invalidate the buying of better chocolate but it is invalid because it apes true morality.
1/2

>> No.20190909

>>20190688
>there are people out there in the world who arbitrate values, and strengths because they themselves are strong and valuable.
Might makes right? Wouldn't the universe maker then be totally right if you extended this logic beyond the Earth?
>When I am honest with myself, I see ways to nourish my strengths. This involves not deceiving myself about what matters. This involves being able to separate mental fictions from things that truly affect life.
You criticized using the term life generically earlier and now it's your final resort. Why?
>Believing won't cure your depression.
Never was. I danced to the void and now I love the cross.
>It'll help you cope through sour-grapes thinking and immediate religious ecstasies.
How could I be bitter with forgiveness? Oh wait - I can't be.
>Hopefully, you break out of this christian phase sooner rather than later
cute
>This will be my last post, i'll read your response but I won't say anymore
Fair - you never did have anything to say. May I see you in eternity.

>> No.20190938

>>20186585
new york

>> No.20190971

>>20186642
>>20186662
Not particularly helpful without knowing what you get taxed on the RSUs or their vesting periods

>> No.20190990

>>20186799
Keep on being based

>> No.20191803
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>>20186799
>yeah how well you do your job doesn't really matter

This is the nastiest, blackest pill of the modern working era. You have to essentially rewire your mental programming to accept this reality. My early career floated around the idea that if I mastered my craft that I would be successful. This approach really applies only until you get your foot in the door of the big boy room. After that, the key to success is oratory skills and politics. Impressing your coworkers with your innovative idea that management doesn't understand is a wasted effort. The only person you need to manage is the person who can advance your pay or career. You only need to make your manager and your manager's manager happy. As an individual, you need to avoid anything that doesn't directly benefit you. This is where social skills and cunning shine as you'll need to politely and tactfully maneuver around the ambitious idiots who are a constant barrage of solutions looking for a problem.

Commit pic related to memory. Embrace the smart and lazy lifestyle. You need to be sharp, not tired and overworked. Let those who are willing, toil and chase.

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20192544

this book is peak /comfy/

>> No.20192585

>>20186561
I don't get it. Why do you like Houellebecq so much if the kind of middle aged sexual degenerates than his books depict? Stop being a loser

>> No.20192835

>>20190043
>Why would you want to read a romance writer
Michel has a thressome with some randomn black musicam, both dping his gf. Yes very romantic.

>> No.20193364

>>20186585
Used to be Algeria :(
take me back

>> No.20193373

>>20186585
brazil

>> No.20194375

>>20192585
esl retard?

>> No.20194389

>>20186561
this guy sucks and his writing and thinking is mediocre