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>tfw work at book store
>more people ask for the "self transformation" (tarot, astrology, wicca and all that shit) section than the philosophy section
The absolute state...

>> No.18908373

>>18908356
A religious awakening is coming

>> No.18908422

>more people buy stuff that's popular right now
woah what a shocker

>> No.18908425

>>18908356
Based. Philosophy is gay and retarded.

>> No.18908429

No different from the late 90s when all that generic "How to rejuvenize your life and become a new person" "What your palm says about your future: A guide" "How to release your inner warrior and never feel sad again" "The Woman Code: how to be a wife and mother in the modern world" $8 shit flooded shelves

>> No.18908607

>>18908356
Based. Philosophy is gay and retarded.

>> No.18908619

the most accessible non-shit writer you could recommend to normalfags is Nabokov, at least that’s what the clerk in my neighboring bookstore seems to be successfully doing
go deeper than that and they become afraid of themes too deep or prose too complicated

>> No.18908622

>>18908356
Based. Philosophy is gay and retarded

>> No.18908639

>>18908356
Based. Philosophy is gay and retarded,

>> No.18909086

>>18908356
Based. Philosophy is gay and retarded.

>> No.18909103

>>18908356
Based. Philosophy is gay and retarded.

>> No.18909111

>>18908356
That's because they're interested in self-improvement and philosophy has little to do with self.

>> No.18909143

>>18908356
Based. Philosophy is gay and retarded.

>> No.18909198

>>18908619
what, do you mean that guy recommends Lolita to his normie customers?

>> No.18909217

>>18908356
The only thing philosophy teaches you is to ask better questions. Those people are looking for answers and to most of them, wrong answers are preferable to non-existent ones. So in short: philosophy is fake and gay.

>> No.18909522

>>18908425
>>18908607
>>18908622
>>18908639
>>18909086
>>18909103
>>18909143
You have to be 18 or over to post here

>> No.18909544

>>18908356
I'm pretty good at tarot

>> No.18909558

I'm going to go to your bookstore and ask for the philosophy section, and ask for your advice. As you stutter out your retarded undergraduate recommendations I'll flirt with you and act impressed by your ignorance. And just when you think you've met a cute girl who's into what you're into, I will laugh in your face and call my friends and invite them to laugh at this utter idiot who thought he could impress me with his entry level shit
I'm a girl btw

>> No.18909574

>>18908356
Philosophy is incredibly niche, wicca is in vogue, what did you expect?

>> No.18909613

>>18908356
Good. Let the masses keep their intellect in check. Self-improvement keeps them waging and whacky New Age shit keeps them in the dark. The last thing I want is mediocre retards spouting the doxography of classics they made up in their heads by scanning through them, "mentally photographing" each page because they can't be bothered to sit down and study challenging works.

>> No.18909689

>>18909558
if girl where booba?

>> No.18910735

>>18909558
I'd recommend the Ego and it's Own and watch you fall to your knees in awe

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18910753

I was a few days ago in a book store and asked for Aristotle, Sartre, Hamsun, and the girl laughed at me saying she can recommend me newest fantasy but I won't find actual novels or philosophy in a goddamn mall

>> No.18910763

>>18910753
Why were you at a bookstore in a mall?

>> No.18910786

>>18908429
Unironically i have spent around 30 minutes into learning how to read palms so if chatting with a girl and my autism was about to take over, i would offer to read their palm and make some funny shit based on what i have read. Would reccomend.
> $8 shit flooded shelves
liked this.

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>>18910763
I live abroad and while visiting my country I went into a shopping mall to buy some things, suddenly found a bookstore, and because now I want to read Aristotle, Sartre and Hamsun, I decided to buy some of their books, especially Ethics and Hunger. So I stood with a young girl working there, telling from memory about ten or fifteen titles
>Nicomachean Ethics? By Aristotle?
checks the assortment on the phone... 10 second later
>no, sorry
>Hunger by Hamsun?
>uh, no
>Politics by Aristotle?
>...no
>Existentialism is a humanism by Sartre?
>...uh
>Anything by Aristotle?
>...
>...we have new fantasy books, you want to check them out?

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18910984

I love the cat and his stuffy

>> No.18911341

>>18909522

They hated him because he told the truth.

>> No.18912556

>>18909558
Jokes on you, I sexually enjoy getting laughed at by women.

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18912577

It’s just funny and sad because people all over are hopelessly lost and retarded and this is all how it’s supposed to be and no one even realizes or acknowledges just how bass-akwards the whole scenario truly is.

>> No.18912588

>>18909558
ywnbaw

>> No.18914059

>>18908356

Honestly in some stores I'm surprised the philosophy section still exists. There's on BN branch I can think of which has gotten rid of it because it doesn't sell. Fortunately there's lots of good stores in my area so I can consoom interesting stuff if I look regularly.

>> No.18914148

>>18909558
Why are women so vile bros