/lit/ - Literature

DAILY REMINDER:

Patrick Bateman from the novel American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis is closest modern (not contemporary) representation of Nietzsche's man overcoming himself and striving to grow the seed for the Übermensch to come.

The novel depicts perfectly how Patrick is stuck in the cement that is conformity and the need to conform to the moral standards and customs of this apollonian social structure we live in.

Later on we come to know the character better and realize that he manifests his psychopathy in the little details of the world that he angers over. He wants to be the best and always stand out from the societal ladder.

His true self came out as he was the most accurate representation of how an extreme nihilist has to take the fundamental steps in his life in order to finally overcome what man is. Unfortunately for Patrick, he revealed himself to be a psycho killer; this is what substantially gives life to the plot of the story.

Please remember that Nietzsche is a prophet, not a philosopher.

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Warby Parker. Loathe them. A cheap Chinese plastic, garbage additives to give the illusion of acetate, and finished with a veneer that eventually wears out into your skin. A fictile, a claptrap frame and a slapdash lenses. Puffed-up pseud poser brand.
The Chamberlain. An obvious and shameless imitation of Oliver Peoples NDG.