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I need to stop browsing this board for a bit because I now have an 80 book backlog

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I read this diminutive and delightful short story by Carson McCullers earlier. I think some anons here might resonate with and enjoy it.

1/3

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>>25323562

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>>25323562
>>25323563
3/3

Hope you all enjoy! and hopefully I don't regret making a new thread for it.

When reading, are you able to actually hold the descriptions of clothing and appearance for multiple characters in your minds-eye throughout a scene? Sometimes it's just too much detail. I especially have trouble keeping any facial description in mind. Something like nice grey suit or tattered factory uniform is all I can do at most. Again, this is for multiple characters interacting in a scene, when the author describes the appearance of each.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the descriptions are thus superfluous and unnecessary -- there's still concerns of rhythm and atmosphere, of course -- but yeah, rarely do the author's own descriptions of appearance hold for longer than a page.

Repentance is rewarded like everything childlike, with all the hyper-contingency of caprice, because it is spontaneous, because it is disinterested, and beyond the dignity of the person: its sine qua non is its own dissolution as finality. That is to say, humankind in general is dignified only because the individual self-annihilates. Nothingness, as Heidegger put it, discoursing over Being, is also a function of humanity—which he called Dasein (Being-There)—because it is transient. This peculiarity of its nature is intolerable, and that is why it manifests itself in tearful, purifying repentance. Human beings become human by becoming another person, like a prudent act of transmutation, only this change is substantial, and this idea unfolds, but not like the flesh which is tenuous in Merleau-Ponty and the phenomenologists. To digress a bit: the enchantment or bewitchment of our language is permissible, though some say that their struggle is anti-philosophical, a magic act; but if take on principle that we have an identity, we take it seriously, and enough have already done so not to continue denying that the concept has a value worthy of being defended. Do we postulate what is most valuable as a mere postulate, or as something fleeting? If anything, we are willing to fight to make it stay, and the most valuable thing, if we believe in eternity, can only be the eternal. In the end, we remain in ignorance: we will know who we are after death, and then we cannot answer our critics; we will have passed into the perpetual domain of necessary facts, unless Oscar Wilde helps us, from heaven and free from imprisonment. But repentance, like transfiguration, is eternal. Then the drama of life begins with a wail, and finds its climax in weeping.

>>25323604
I see.

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>>25323608
>I see
Sure you fucking do

If you hear a sound, don't turn around.

>>25323614
I did read it but I'm nervous to spend time parsing it because of the fear it may be AI slop. Such is the state of the internet today. Sad.

>>25323617
I may not raise my heart being
Wrong, and if God raise it up
It would escape my body when
It should stay in my chest
Where it belongs. Oppression
Long but stands upon us calm.
We watch and wait, or weep who can,
And have seen injury.
For a great decade’s devastation.
Bereavement is but time’s
Consolation, waiting anxious for
Some special visitor sublime,
To greet the day, we’ve still expected
Some kind of true reward.

Happiness seems like the hardest thing to write because when people read fiction they want excitement and drama, not happiness, and the joy of another (even if fictional) annoys them. We'll accept and immerse ourselves in all kinds of described misery and torment but become fedora wearing cynical critics as soon as things go well.

>>25323628
Hence why the fundamental genres are comic and tragic -- you either need a downfall, or comedy. Just straight slight of life happiness ain't entertaining nor didactic.

Animation guy, please stop raping me thx.

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>>25323649
"Nice" little Pepe meme they have of it n /pol/

>>25323632
It's still sad, and I worry about what it'll mean for a world without true struggle.

I want to contribute something of quality to this board and to /his/. An effort post to make up for my shitposting

post something funny, to confirm it.

Prove to me I'm not a schizo

>>25323554
When we studied the causes of the early migrations of the white race southward and westward, we found that these movements resulted from intense pressure exerted in the northeast by countless hordes of yellow people. Even before the arrival of the white Hamites, Semites, and Arians, the Finnish Tsunami, encountering little resistance among the black nations of China, had spread among them, carrying its conquests and consequently its intermingling far and wide. Given the devastating and brutal nature of this race, there was necessarily excessive plunder. Subjected to merciless dispossession, numerous bands of black people fled and dispersed wherever they could. Some reached the mountains, others the islands of Formosa, Ni-phon, Yeso, and the Kuriles, and, passing behind the masses of their persecutors, came in their turn to conquer, either remaining pure or mingled with the blood of the aggressors, the American lands abandoned by the latter. There, they joined the yellow stragglers who had not followed the great migration.

This is from the so-called grandfather of fascism btw. To mark it in his own words, nothing beats the energy of the first creation. His essay is a far too under-appreciated goldmine of comical quotes so hilarious that they put the unironicness of the work in question.

Primitive crudeness had permeated every aspect of the Celt's customs. Like the Iberian, the Etruscan, the Thracian, and the Slav, his unimaginative sensuality commonly led him to gorge himself on meat and spirits, simply to experience an increase in physical well-being. However, the documents tell us that this habit had an even stronger hold on the Gaul the closer he came to the lower classes (1). The chieftains only half-indulged in it. Among the common people, more closely assimilated to the slave population, one often encountered men whom constant drunkenness had gradually led to complete idiocy.

(1) Am. Thierry, Hist. des Gaulois, t. II, p. 62. This love of drunkenness should not be confused with the vigorous consumption that the Arians, Greeks, and Scandinavians prided themselves on. For the latter peoples, it was solely a sign of strength in heroes. Nowhere is there any allusion to suggest that drunkenness was a result of it and thus seemed excusable.

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>>25323554
I'm so fucking annoyed today. Everything is annoying me right now. Even things I usually like, or things that should piss me off only annoy me. I'm annoyed that people kill people. I'm annoyed that politicians are corrupt. I'm annoyed that fast fashion exists. I'm annoyed that people read Colleen Hoover books. I'm annoyed that people fist-fight each other in the street over a new children's toy every month. I'm annoyed that we're destroying the environment. I'm annoyed it's not raining right now. I'm annoyed, I'm annoyed, I'm annoyed.

I think an economic crash would help me lose weight.

>>25323726
'zempic no diffed being a fatty

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>>25323554
I had a traumatic anxiety/panic attack 8 months ago and have never felt the same since

>>25323772
what happened uwu? Did the pervert in the park have a present for you in his pants??

>>25323772
Man up pussy, hit the gym, read a book, take a shower, walk it off.

Historians are just glorified pimps who prostitute the defenseless past to the abuse of the present's sovereign.

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>>25323777
>what happened uwu? Did the pervert in the park have a present for you in his pants??

no something involving death and someone close to be was murdered, and I heard about it and then I had three weeks of horrendous anxiety where I could not stand or even stay awake for weeks, then I had a panic attack because I kept trying to monitor my feelings. I went temporarily blind during the panic attack for about 10 minutes where I did not see anything at all and started vomiting everywhere and shaking so much and sweating I got dehydrated, the last 8 months I have had over 60 symptoms of anxiety, it went from maybe a 10 down to a 8.9.

even to this day I just feel "off" and cannot relax, its like I was changed overnight
>>25323783
boomer tier advice that is only slightly beneficial, really not even advice just trite platitudes

>>25323823
Who killed your friend?

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>>25323825
It wasn't a friend but a family member and they were stabbed to death and almost decapitated, I don't want to say more because I don't want ppl finding the case lmao. but I legit changed my personality over night after that initial buildup of anxiety, I've never felt anything like it, I really wouldn't wish it on anyone

I had such great plans desu, my friend I met in Uni who lives in Saudi Arabia was going to let me stay with his rich ass family in jeddah for months and we were going to have a good time, now that is gone and I have no desire to travel. I got a job offer that would have had me start in October last year and I would have took home 95k after taxes, starting and would have made up to 120k in five years.

I am now obsessed with loss and dying and before my anxiety attack I never was

now I gained 140lbs in 8 months and work as a night delivery driver writing Star Wars fiction

>>25323838
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It wasn't a friend but a family member and they were stabbed to death and almost decapitated,

this also happended to me but I just said "maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan DATS CRAZY!" and got some snacks to calm down.

>now I gained 140lbs in 8 months
Sounds like you got some snacks too... Hmmmmm maybe try opting for the quality stuff. Good snacks cost premium for a reason!

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>>25323849
um okay

>>25323853
Another good deed done.
No need to thank me, helping other people is its own reward :)

I just want to get back to my people

>>25323838
Why didnt he just shoot him?

Static ip is being held hostage with a perma
Not sure what the play is while moving to another location

I just wanna fuck

Im retired with autismbux but I wanna leave that income for rent food and indexfunds. Gotta use my time to find a way to get money
I need to learn a way to make like 1.5k dollars a month online, so I got travel money.
THIS IS PARAMOUNT TO MY MENTAL STABILITY

>>25323912
sell your bussy

>>25323923
my badussy? Feel like those degens take whatever hole they can get and give it out in equal desperation. Aint no money to be made there.

i'm annoyed that this week there were no good new music released. that FEAR album by the guy from unknown mortal orchestra is ok but it's basically just 20 minutes of guitar noodling, ok if super high, but nothing remarkable. that horsegiirl album is mid, probably a banger or two but do u really want to listen to it all to find them? i do not.

You haven't lived until you've worn nose strips to bed
>>25323560
I have similar issues

I think we're fished for.

Well you can’t be nice to guys because that’s gay, and you can’t be nice to women or else you’re hitting on them, so I end up being mean to everyone and hating myself for being too stupid not to be who I’m supposed to be

I HATE THE ANTICHRIST I HATE THE ANTICHRIST

Battlestar Galactica is surprisingly bad.

You are about to witness the strength of street knowledge

>>25324041
Monies?

Midwits always lose.

>>25324058
Losewits... always mid

if i dont touch my penis in a sexual manner today, I will consider this a day filled with glory.

I'm scared of midgets rising up and taking over the world.

How about you just tell me what I'm doing that annoys you.

The pool training session of my SCUBA course was yesterday, I need to be able to swim 200 m nonstop and it quickly became apparent that my swimming skills lack a certain level of competency. I was able to pass the float test without a hitch surprisingly and one of my instructors bet I couldn't do two laps swimming on my back (I managed to do so). They seemed pretty surprised that I seem to have less trouble swimming on my back than I do on my stomach, I dunno mang..

Anyhoo, there's room for improvement. They said my entry dive was the best they'd seen in a long while and that I don't appear to be afraid of the water which is good (I used to swim a lot more when I was younger than I have in the past 10-15 years)

Apparently they've trained people who have been far less comfortable in the water than I (some of which were terrified to even put their faces in the water apparently)

Anyhoo, it was fun. I had forgotten just how appealing swimming was (it's definitely far less tiring than terrestrial exercise is many ways)

Oh well, there's room for improvement. I passed the online test the same day with a score of 45 out of 50 correct too. My instructors are two pretty cool dudes, one is a seven foot tall British dude who works for our local parks and rec and the other is an American certified cave diver.

I'm probably just going to have to get a seasonal pool pass and try doing laps in-between classes. I was anywhere near as wiped out afterwards as I would have initially expected. (guess I'm in better shape than I thought)

This is pretty fun boys, never would have thought ten or fifteen years ago that my autistic ass would ever embark upon such an endeavor.

I thank God for this opportunity.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IjrVTRiscE
holy shit what a jam

>>25324209
Thanks for that boring blogpost nigger

>>25324246
Why don't you cry about it some more, BITCH?

>"Don't be that fag that that extracts the archive and watches the pictures with windows image viewer"

Why is this frowned upon with manga? Don't dedicated comic reading programs do the exact same when they open a CBZ or CBR file?

Manga isn't literature.

ff7 rev, RE veronica, stellar blade 2, star wars XCOM

>>25324258
A list of absolute S H I T

Which hero could survive the stock market tanking 40%

>>25324246
>Write Your Thoughts Thread
>NOOOOOOOOOO, NOT LIKE THAAAAT!!!
Why don't you just commit suicide?

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>>25324260
I will play and enjoy SW XCOM and you will seethe impotently.

>Being a Star Goys fan in 2026
Why haven't you just killed yourself already?

I reconnected with an old friend. We texted for a few days, said we should meet up soon, then they stopped responding. Now I'm alone again. I wish I were normal.

>>25324271
i'm an XCOM fan first THOUGH

>>25324267
the guy with a lot of "dry powder" to buy bargains. i'm still eating good off dividends from some reits i picked up for a song during the 08 crash. i say let it rip, let's goooo

>>25324251
>>25324255
I guess the metadata is lost and you can't track progress, but like...organization isn't a problem and unless you're senile you should be able to remember up to which chapter you read a manga. Plus most digital releases of manga join tend to two-page spreads into one PNG.

Stop making me come to terms with how bad of a person I am.

>>25324277
I wouldn't count on it, but this is getting ridiculous. A market shouldn't be pumping on the verge of a black swan event.

Comic books and asian comic books (manga) aren't literature.

>>25324279
No. Change your evil ways.

>>25324285
Anime/Manga website. Feel free to leave.

>>25324271
>being rude on the internet in 2026
Why haven't you tried being nice to other people already? :)

>>25324293
Nah, nope. Shan't. Feel free to blow your brains out in frustration at my continued presence however.

>>25324299
Because (You) make me fucking SICK.

i'm gonna be completely honest, drum solos suck. and say ya but moby di.. no it's too fucking long and baroque.

>>25324293
He's right though. Comic books aren't literature.

>>25324305
Nobody cares about drum solos. Only guitar solos truly matter.

>>25324304
sometimes a little bile gets rid of the vile :))

>>25324309
nobody cares about bass solos, but ppl will pretend to enjoy drum solos.

>>25324316
Nah, nope. I disagree.

>>25324321
recommend me a slammin bass solo pref from a boomer rock band not some jazz shit but i'll take it also i'd even accept nu metal cringe if it goes super hard like korn or whatever

>>25323721
Yeah, I just keep having more and more days like this. Every attempt to go outside just annoys me more because everyone has a look of unintelligence/fear plastered across their face and people are unreachable, impossible.
Reading sometimes helps but I can't read all fucking day and I don't care for movies or almost any of the slop on youtube to even use as background noise.
I'd go out on my bike more but if I do that too often it would get stale as well. Shit's just brutal, man.

>>25324331
>nu metal
>cringe
Ah, so you're a fucking FAGGOT. No reccs for (You) then.

Maybe I'll just go play the out-of-tune hobo piano that's a town over. Not like it matters anyway. Maybe I'll at least annoy a few normies

platos allegory of the cave about ultimate reality of outside world and Bodhidharma staring at a wall to reach enlightenment, to be detached from the outside world and focus on the inner self seem to contradict each other

>>25324396
You thought there was only one answer?

>>25323554
every time I look at my spice rack on my kitchen table I get Scarborough Fair stuck in my head

>>25324435
Every time I stare at the complex math theorems I'm solving on the hallway blackboard outside of a random classroom at the university I'm janitor at in Boston I get Elliot Smith stuck in my head.

Turns out a woman wasn't the thing that would fix me... I feel the same and even worse in a way... At least when I was alone I was alone.

>>25324459
Only thing worse than being alone is being alone in a relationship.

>>25324459
Yeah, true. I still don't feel bad about fucking my old friend's ex-girlfriend, who was also one of my ex-girlfriends best friends. We're not friends anymore, obviously.
But yeah that was almost 5 years ago now and I'm lonely and tired of people and trying.

I have to decide whether to move back to my hometown or to stay where I currently am

And I only have a month to decide

And I’ll probably never see you again either way

And I feel awful about all of it

>>25324468
Try to do anything other than go back anon, trust me on this. There is nothing nostalgic about it, even if you think you still have friends there. It won't be anything like when you were younger and you'll feel like a complete and utter failure (and worse if you don't already).
This is especially true if you're from a shithole small town. Just try to go somewhere else even if this whole planet is cooked.