/lit/ - Literature

>>22866172
Are there, like, even 1000 short stories though?

>>22421982
>if it won a Hugo that means it's good

>>22340627
>have their stamp of approval

>>19971044
NPC is about blindly following "authoritative sources", like the Ministry of Truth

>What am I in for?
>Is it worth a read?
>Books for this feel?
>Books that explain this?
>Best translation?
>How to start with him?
>What did he mean by this?
>What did I think of this?
>What does /lit/ think of this?
>Why is this?
>Should I do this?
>What do you think I should do?

had any author in the history of humanity ever posited that they personally lack a soul, while others have one? A religious text or theorization from a souled entity would suffice, but would not be ideal

>>18205824
>reactionary

>>16744561

>>16256699
becoming an NPC

>>16224247
>>16223468
>someone says something that collides with my narrow world view
>pulls out the safety strawman

imagine not believing in your own consciousness. is there anything more NPC than that?

>>15975380

>>15565815
> 19th-century intellectuals

>>15177210
>If you can't explain it to a ten year old
This is a peak NPC phrase. Reasoning like this is why education is retrofitted to accommodate the lowest common denominator (which includes people who's intelligence barely rank above animals). It isn't that you are too retarded to grasp a concept, it must be the fault of the person explaining for not dragging the discussion down to primate grunting and whistling.

>>15099141
>all my actions must have economic value

So I got a job and now I understand the NPC.

When you're doing menial work, physical or not, your mind rarely if ever wanders. It's focused on the task at hand and by the end of the day you're so tired and sick of people you want nothing more than to medicate yourself with food, alcohol, tv and sex. You never stop and think and neither do your colleagues, you're all just swept along in this collective nightmare for just enough money to continue going to your shit job.

>>14308698
>>14309239
>person bought [consumer product]
>advertising states [consumer product] = cool and attractive
>person = cool and attractive

>>14019513
>pop music

What if npcs are the enlightened ones?

>no toughts
>mind only in the present
>total peace at all times

You know I will get married soon and you know what else?
I don't think I love her.
I'm just doing it cause I'm 30 and I figured its time to tight the knot.
I don't think I've ever loved anyone.
I think I had a crush in highschool that was it.

>>13488095
Cope
Seething
Yikes
Oof
Have Sex

>>13456315

>>13417808
>Fascist reactionary trash where kings are the good guys by simply being kings and having the right blood.

So I got a job and now I understand the NPC.

When you're doing menial work, physical or not, your mind rarely if ever wanders. It's focused on the task at hand and by the end of the day you're so tired and sick of people you want nothing more than to medicate yourself with food, alcohol, tv and sex. You never stop and think and neither do your colleagues, you're all just swept along in this collective nightmare for just enough money to continue going to your shit job.