I am an average 26yo man.

[Anonymous No.19020996]

What book should I start to read right now to have the best possible positive impact on my life?
>no Bible or similar meme answers pls
I am profoundly unhappy and dissatisfied with studies, work, marriage, and life, and I fear I might one day soon decide to everything give up.

[Anonymous No.19021004]

Twelve rules 4 life. Not even memeing

[Anonymous No.19021023]

Actualise your fear by abandoning everything. Search for monasteries in your city and join one. Most have limited internet access which would mean you'd finally leave this shithole too.

[Anonymous No.19021052]

>>19020996

[Anonymous No.19021058]

>>19020996
I'm 26 too. It's a really depressing age

[Anonymous No.19021091]

>>19021058
>>19020996
I'm twenty, do you think the future will be better, and where do you think you went wrong?

[Anonymous No.19021101]

>>19020996
Welcome to the NHK. Just as a "don't become this" sorta read.

[Anonymous No.19021113]

>>19021101
the anime is pretty great too, I listen to the OP from time to time.

[Anonymous No.19021130]

>>19021091
its downhill after 22

[Anonymous No.19021146]

>>19020996
>The Bible
>foundation stone for the mental wellbeing for billions of people over thousands of years
>meme
Read the Bible.

[Anonymous No.19021156]

>>19021130
23 y/o here. Life couldn't be better.

[Anonymous No.19021168]

>>19020996

[Anonymous No.19021173]

>>19020996

[Anonymous No.19021175]

>>19020996
Study a dead language instead, like Latin or Greek. One of the benefits is that it puts you more in touch with your native language; another is that it's invigorating (especially the Greek) once you begin to understand that the processing of information was very different in Ancient (indeed, superior) times you'll discover better ways to tackle modern problems, just by thinking differently, i.e. by getting out of the mental rut you find yourself in now. Also, just having a little side project that you enjoy may even make you happier over-all than you are at present, and therefore a benefit for those who live around you as well.

[Anonymous No.19021211]

>>19020996
At 27 I became engrossed in stoicism which was great because I found real pleasure and therapeutic value writing about different letters from Seneca or passages from Epictetus.

This interest lead to existentialistic authors which referenced other great works and had me unironically begin learning Greek/Latin authors with passion because I wanted to learn what they were talking about.

Scoffing at stoicism is fashionable but it lead me on a journey I don't regret and have found genuine meaning in applying what I learned from them in my own life.

For someone your age I would recommend starting a journal and jotting down your thoughts about these works. It's a solid way to build critical thinking which helped me find purpose and stop drifting book to book.

[Anonymous No.19021215]

>>19021130
It bothers me when people say things like this because truthfully, it's not a universal truth. Anon 23 maybe having a bad time, but anon 20 cold have a great time at 23.

[Anonymous No.19021217]

>>19020996
Read pic related. I was a drug addicted loser at 26 and didn't get sober until 33. I went to business school and got my real estate license and COMPLETELY turned my life around, and even though I've read a lot of books that helped, I truly believe that it all really started when I read pic related, which was required reading at the college I went to. Try it out.

>>19021058
>I'm 26 too. It's a really depressing age
It really is, and it's easy to think that it's the end of the road in your mid 20s, but something quite fascinating happens in your early 30s and it's difficult for me to explain but I've met others that felt the same way, and the only way I can describe it is just one giant "FUCK IT," like you know what feeling like shit feels like, so why not at least try to go down the other route? What's the worst that could happen? Failure? Well, okay then, it can't get worse than this, right? And if it does at least I can say that I tried to get myself out of it. And then something wonderful starts to happen, or at least it did to me. I realized (and this is the part that's hard for me to explain) everyone is either faking it, full of shit, or by faking it and being a little full of shit you make it...I know it sounds dumb but I've come to realize that this is why older people in their late 30s and 40s have this "fakeness" to them, if you've noticed. Almost like their bodies are inhabited by aliens—pod people and all they talk about is "routes to work" and other nonsense; because that's IT that's what happiness really is or at least that's the road to it, and then everything else falls to place. I'm not explaining this correctly because I don't think anyone can which is why our teachers were always saying things like "don't drugs because they're just bad ookaaay?" because there's no real way TO explain it.

[Anonymous No.19021220]

>>19021211
Best advice ITT

[Anonymous No.19021229]

>>19020996
Read for pleasure. If your life is shit for some other reason reading a book won't fix it.

[Anonymous No.19021233]

26 is not an age to think deep thoughts it is an age to try to get laid, go outside and do shit and start getting a real career.

[Anonymous No.19021285]

>>19021233
>try to get laid
i'm 5'6"

[Anonymous No.19021293]

>>19021091
I'm also 26. It was worse for my in my teens and early 20s, when I believed acting in the world could benefit me (not saying the Jordan Peterson stuff is completely wrong, in the end it just didn't jive with me). I'm now a NEET and get my kicks from aesthetic reflections, drawing, and so on. Also I've found that my imagination compensates remarkably well for the things that I've left behind - as soon as I stopped dating I began having these pleasant dreams of extraordinarily beautiful girls. My sub-vocal chatter has also improved; I get tons of ideas and my journals quickly fill up

[Anonymous No.19021304]

>>19021293
based aesthete. i'm the same

[Anonymous No.19021336]

>>19021233
>start getting a real career.
Only way to do that in modern SOCIETY is to study and shieet

[Anonymous No.19021344]

Why won't you fucking idiots ever LISTEN. When will you realize the meme answers are the answer? Maybe never. You want to stay in your pit wallowing in the mud rather than crawl up to the light, dumb arrogant slaves.
But I will persist, for I am a ceaselessly enduring torchbearer, and repeat myself again.
Start with the greeks.

[Anonymous No.19021368]

>>19020996
Read some Anthony Robbins (pbuh). Awaken the giant within is a good one. Don't fall for the self help is a meme meme

[Anonymous No.19021382]

>>19020996
Epicurus. You have to sort yourself out.
Learn to love yourself and your possibilities.
Posting this shitty meme guy is cancerous. Get off the internet is what I recommend most of all

[Anonymous No.19021425]

>>19021217
>and the only way I can describe it is just one giant "FUCK IT," like you know what feeling like shit feels like, so why not at least try to go down the other route?
I wish I had that. I'm 26 and in the final year of my doctorate degree, but having seen "how the sausage is made" in academia, so to speak, has made me very reluctant about working in it.
I often dream about starting my own publishing house. I'm not from an anglo country so the market is a bit underdeveloped and I think I could fill some of the gaps, but then I think about failure and losing all the money I've saved so far, and it seems like a bad option as well.

[Anonymous No.19021465]

>>19020996
I'm 25 and feel like my life is over

[Anonymous No.19021471]

>>19021465
Life is long faggot.

[Anonymous No.19021490]

>>19021465
Make the most of the few hours you have to yourself. Find ways to improve the things you dislike. Removing a little bit of discontent each day adds up.

[Anonymous No.19021503]

>>19020996
Hate to break it to you, but you're well below average

[Anonymous No.19021563]

>>19021503
fuck you

[Anonymous No.19021577]

It may not sort out your life, but it is a nice pick-me-up.

[Anonymous No.19021584]

>>19021344
love this guy

[Anon 20 No.19021586]

>>19021215
Right now I'm having a mediocre time, honestly. But I don't feel alone and I have a job, go to uni, read a lot and pursue artistic endeavours, but it's bothering me that it's just for me. I'm also bothered by being single and a virgin, being sincere here, because people might think I'm gay or some otherwise repressed person which I'm not at all; I'm also short though (5'10') >>19021285 but I've found that most academics and artists are for some reason, so that doesn't bother me anymore. I do enough fitness wise to weigh that up against my lacking height.

[Anonymous No.19021608]

I'm 28 and utterly indifferent to the fact. Pretty much the same health-wise as I was two years ago. You'll get over it in like a year or two anon. Time keeps going.

[Anonymous No.19021619]

>>19021563
Truth hurts, man

[Anonymous No.19021637]

>>19021586
5'10" is an okay height. Don't let the lookism fags poison you

[Anonymous No.19021691]

>>19021637
Okay to you. Not to most of the holes.

[Anonymous No.19021705]

>>19021691
Okay. I don't think that attitude is going to help you but do what you want.

[Anonymous No.19021709]

>>19021217
I don't mean to put your views down.. but what does it mean? They get some Stockholm syndrome and really all become mono-psyche? I don't get it.

[Anonymous No.19021737]

im in a similar boat so I have decided to start reading the modern philosophical cannon. Starting with Descartes

[Anonymous No.19021740]

>>19021091
Having Facebook during my formative year. We 1995 boys really got the worst deal

[Anonymous No.19021760]

>>19021233
Delusional. That’s when you’re 14-20. When you’re 26 you’re expected to have your shit together. If you misses the mark, then bye bye

[Anonymous No.19021804]

this thread is fucking pathetic

[Anonymous No.19021864]

>>19021804
Don't blame my thread, I just wanted book recommendations for a young man who feels like shit. Many young men feel like shit, not my fault that random incels came here to complain about "holes" and height

[Anonymous No.19021870]

>>19020996
The World as Will and Representation

[Anonymous No.19021894]

>>19021146
I guess if you stick to the OT conquering and pillaging stories it could be good for a man in his twenties

[Anonymous No.19021926]

>>19021864
"Give me books to put on my Amazon wishlist" threads are always the worst form of discussion. Maybe 10% of the posts will be a genuine rec with an explanation as to why it is worth reading, but another half are just "Bible" or "Start with the Greeks" and the remainder non-literary whining about x as in "books about x"

[Anonymous No.19021985]

>>19021864
I do blame you, arrogant child. You casually disregard the Bible and other foundational texts. You don't even have eyes, idiot. Wake the fuck up and shed your pathetic Ego.

[Anonymous No.19022010]

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[Anonymous No.19022422]

>>19020996
fuck this shit bros. boomers had it so easy

[Anonymous No.19022439]

>>19021217
This guy is a spawn of the detritus of society in recommending this book. Read Christopher Lasch's culture of narcissism and comprehemd your own predicament pal.

[Anonymous No.19022819]

>>19020996
>average
>married at 26
>is complaining on 4chan
I think I've finally decided to end my life, bros.

[Anonymous No.19022830]

>>19021052
giga based

[Anonymous No.19022855]

>>19021336
My cousin just got a job as a truck driver and will make 100k

[Anonymous No.19022892]

Pic related and whatever
>>19022819
said.
Go fuck yourself non-virgin.

[Anonymous No.19022918]

>>19020996

[Anonymous No.19023036]

>>19021004
this fr

[Anonymous No.19023359]

>>19021052
based

[Anonymous No.19023373]

>>19021058
Same and agreed.
>>19020996
Journey to the end of the night

[Anonymous No.19023383]

>>19021293
Same here, except I'm lagging 5 years behind you. There's nothing in the world for me; all I need to do is create and refine, create and refine.

>>19021503
If you think you're below average, you are not below average. Have courage and believe in yourselves, anons; you're the best supporter and critic you'll ever have, so don't shit on yourself.

[Anonymous No.19024184]

>>19021052
based i read these when i was younger

[Anonymous No.19024219]

>>19020996
become a freezone scientologist - my life has never been better

[Anonymous No.19024268]

The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius is recommended a lot for good reason. It shows you how to be resilient in the face of suffering.
>>19021168
>>19021217
Also these

[Anonymous No.19024372]

The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono
https://youtu.be/x6ABGcXHTlc

[Anonymous No.19024570]

> thinks he can read a book to escape the dystopia

No book will save you. You are a dumb worker drone in a hive. You've already taken on the yoke with your wife and job. Work for 40 more years you fucking slave.

Drop out of society like some of us have. It's the only way.

[Anonymous No.19024767]

>>19024570
what if I like work but am still blackpilled

[Anonymous No.19024930]

>>19020996
beginner:
power of now
men are from mars, women are from venus
money: master the game

advanced:
models by mark manson
psychocybernetics
the mind illuminated
way of the superior man

[Anonymous No.19024942]

I, too, am 26. Anyone else?

[Anonymous No.19024946]

>>19020996
Self Help Kino list

Beginner:

Nutrition: The Ultramind solution
Social skills: How to win friends and influence people
Transcendence: The Power of Now
Relationships: Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

Advanced:

Self Improvement: Psychocybernetics
Finance: Money Master the game
Transcendence: The Mind Illuminated
Relationships: Way of the Superior Man
Attraction: Models by Mark Manson

[Anonymous No.19024952]

>>19020996
> I am profoundly unhappy and dissatisfied with studies, work, marriage, and life, and I fear I might one day soon decide to everything give up.
Books are not gonna help you. I suggest LSD

[Anonymous No.19024958]

>>19020996
go do mushrooms

[Anonymous No.19024977]

>>19024942
I am also 26 years old. Pls stop the aging. Really thought I'd be dead by 22.

[Anonymous No.19024985]

>>19020996
My mid 20s were awful. Late 20s much better.

[Anonymous No.19024991]

>>19022819
that is the lesson you take from this? Not the fact that even if you got married you'd still be in the same spot complaining on 4chan?

[Anonymous No.19025476]

>>19021101
>>19021113
Now. He will never leave his house or get a job.

[Anonymous No.19026137]

Look man, meaning is cheap. Learning to love life, and the things that can potentially give it meaning is the difficult part. When Yeats found himself in crisis he studied ancient monuments of magnificence, looking for new, joyous, ways of seeing the world. You can do that, or look else where, but being receptive to the joy, trapped in a great book, in painted art, or music, is really up to you.

Regardless i recommend the poetry of Shakespeare, Pope, Byron, Auden, Eliot, and most other great poets in between. Find some not too new anthology and just go through that. These poets see the world the way you wish to see it. They are the best teachers you can ever have.

[Anonymous No.19026160]

>>19024958
will they damage my mind?

[Anonymous No.19026213]

>>19021052
Beyond based.

[Anonymous No.19026222]

>>19021004
This. Peterson gets memed but for people like OP it's what they need.

[Anonymous No.19026321]

>>19021864
maybe stop being a fucking idiot mate, that seems to be your first problem

[Anonymous No.19026377]

>>19020996
>no Bible
>I fear I might one day soon decide to everything give up

[Anonymous No.19027072]

>>19020996
why is it so difficult to be happy, bros? why do young males - who by all accounts should be the most engaged, active, happy, and powerful - seem to suffer in life? what literature deals with this apparent contradiction?

[Anonymous No.19027078]

>>19020996
if i was the average 26 year old man i would simply pin test and join a boxing gym

[Anonymous No.19027439]

>>19027072
>what literature deals with this apparent contradiction?
Wisdom of Solomon.
Ecclesiastes.

[Anonymous No.19027570]

>>19021168
literally came to post this, unironically best itt

[Anonymous No.19027577]

>>19021052
based

[Anonymous No.19027584]

>>19021146
No it's not, retard.

[Anonymous No.19027587]

Idk what book but a book about someone who does something they love with skill.

[Anonymous No.19027589]

>>19022010
worst post in this thread

[Anonymous No.19027756]

>>19020996
Journey to the Edge of the Night By Celine and The Joyful Wisdom by Nietzsche can be good introductions to literature and philosophy. Especially if you’re the typical doomer type

[Anonymous No.19027761]

>>19027072
we have the biggest blessings therefore the biggest burdens.

[Anonymous No.19027767]

>>19020996
The Enneads by Plotinus

[Anonymous No.19027774]

>>19021217
Im 31 and still didnt have fuck it moment.

[Anonymous No.19027775]

>>19021211
> I would recommend starting a journal
Also don’t forget to stop if it’s just schizo ramblings that puts you down

[Anonymous No.19027781]

>>19022010
Wtf is wrong with this kike

[Anonymous No.19027794]

>>19021004
Peterson is a charlatan and you know that.

For OP: Read something that, rather than dripping with positivity, vaccinates you with negativity, so that you know that the lives of many other people are also full of strife, or at least, any actually thinking ones.

[Anonymous No.19027893]

>>19021425
>I think about failure and losing all the money I've saved so far, and it seems like a bad option
What use does money have if not to allow you to live life as you want?

[Anonymous No.19028074]

>>19027072

I personally find I do my best physical and mental work with people behind me. I’m speculating here but perhaps, as people become more unfit and sedentary, and culture and academics (at least in the humanities) turn towards the weird and wacky, you’re not going to have many people willing to rally round you. For me at least, the zenith of my physical and mental pursuits are extremely lonely places, though I’d love to share them.

[Anonymous No.19028121]

>>19020996
>posting on 4chan
>average man

[Anonymous No.19028134]

>>19028121
4chan is absolutely average

[Anonymous No.19028145]

Mate, don't worry about reading the "right book". Life is something for you to figure out, or perhaps stop trying to figure out. I assume there is something that you want that you don't have, so make steps towards it. If I had to recommend a book it would be "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill (this guy inspired Dale Carnegie for the other poster who recommended his book), because this book is all about turning your desires into a reality.

If there is something wrong with your moods and emotions, please don't assume it's because you haven't found the right "life answers." Think about seeing a psych maybe.

There is no answer to all your questions though, so if you are looking for some "aha" moment where everything makes sense now then I would tell you that you are on the wrong path. And if you do get such a moment, it will only disappoint you in some time when you realize it isn't an answer to everything (no such thing).

So, accept reality, then figure out what you want from it. Also assuming this is all just about sexual frustration, then you being 5'6 isn't what is stopping you from getting laid (though of course it would help, but if that is something you obsess about then it goes to show how weak minded you are which would explain your frustrations in life.)

[Anonymous No.19028168]

>>19028145
>(((If there is something wrong with your moods and emotions, please don't assume it's because you haven't found the right "life answers." Think about seeing a psych maybe.)))

[Anonymous No.19028236]

>>19028134
No, everyone here is below average.

[Anonymous No.19028557]

>>19027794
12r4l isnt dripping with positivity at all. You obviously havent read it. Funnily enough your last sentence fits 12r4l quite good.

[Anonymous No.19028579]

>>19020996
Oblomov

[Anonymous No.19029996]

>>19021691
I don't think your height is the culprit of lack of pussy.

[Anonymous No.19030888]

>>19022422
wrong
had to walk up hill in snow to and fro...

[Anonymous No.19030929]

>>19020996
The bible anon. You’ll be hooked to it once you get into it. It’s literally the greatest story ever told.

t. Former atheist that’s now an agnostic bible enjoyer. anyway no bs it’s literally a really good book.

[Anonymous No.19030943]

>>19020996
Stoner or The Crying of Lot 49

What it means to live a life and why it's weird these days

[Anonymous No.19030946]

>>19020996
If it's a lack meaning you're struggling with then I would genuinely suggest reading Friedrich Nietzsche. If you are struggling to be positive then read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl instead.

[Anonymous No.19030956]

>>19030946
I wonder how bad things would have to get for even these elaborate coping mechanisms to be ineffective

[Anonymous No.19030970]

Until I see threads like these I forget how much of a sadsack a lot of you are. I'm the same age as all of you and I'm still well in my prime.

[Anonymous No.19030975]

>>19022918
Greg's a sociopathic asshole and those books should be burned

[Anonymous No.19031003]

>>19020996
Read for its own sake, or at least to escape yourself.
Read something that you think you'll find fulfilling, and take some notes. Do that as much as you can stomach it, then go lift or punch people or something. Or do both while reading at the same time. It'll help you cope.

You need to find what you're missing, and see if you can't have your current way of life marry up with the needs you're not expressing. If not, just cut it all off and live with yourself afterwards. Either way, reading and lifting will make you feel better and will prepare you for the rough times.

>>19030943
I dunno, reading Stoner might make him kill himself.

[Anonymous No.19031058]

>>19020996
>What book should I start to read right now to have the best possible positive impact on my life?

Books don't do that. Join the military.

[Anonymous No.19031165]

>>19031058
>become a zogbot bro

[Anonymous No.19032048]

>>19020996

I'm 27. Not in great shape because I'm finishing a degree and still getting my life together. Former NEET. Although having little going for you at this age is better than being truly stuck, mired in debt, bad relationships, and deadend career. Because you are stuck keeping already existing obligations with little room for upward mobility. But I definitely would trade success in my early 20s for the life I have now

[Anonymous No.19032062]

>>19021052
Only actual based answer in this thread

[Anonymous No.19032074]

>>19020996
There's no such thing. Too many books, too many topics that might somehow be of benefit to you.
The important thing is to change your way of thinking, if that's even possible. There's no "one thing." Never is, never will be. You need to decide what you need, start somewhere and figure it out. No one can do it for you.

[Anonymous No.19032078]

>>19031058
Ah yes, the mid-late 20s guy who joins the military to find a purpose in life. Lmao. Your life is lost in joining the military.

[Anonymous No.19032393]

Not all of them have books, but Kurt Vonnegut, Frank Zappa, Hunter S. Thompson, and George Carlin are all pretty much who I go to for sage advise. Everything they sang, wrote, and said is extremely relevant for the average schmuck living in the U.S.A. (assuming you live here). People here will tell you the real answer is to become some kinda ubermensch or a troglodyte, but realistically we all came up in a shitty school system, worked in a shitty labor force, and forcefed simplistic binary socio-poltico-religio values that you don't really begin to question until your so ingrained in the "American Dream" your only choice is to just find a way to survive by what little principles you can afford to live by. Reject consumerism, read some books, make art, fuck with people for fun, and make sure that when you die your wife and kid actually miss you.

[Anonymous No.19032404]

>>19031058
...absolutley fucking don't listen to this guy. The military is the choice you make when you just wanna know what premature braindeath feels like. Been in five years, and the only improvement I can cite is that I know now I've never been so miserable and without purpose or agency. Also, all my co-workers are hicks, niggers, dykes, fuckbois, and basedbois.

[Anonymous No.19032414]

>>19020996
You don't want to read the Bible out of apathy or resentment I'm sure, but I don't care. My true recommendation is The Pilgrim's Progress.

[Anonymous No.19032415]

>>19032404
Basedbois, faggots, spics, etc.

[Anonymous No.19032501]

>>19030970
sin of pride

[Anonymous No.19033080]

>>19021091
Spending my time on weed and video games and 4chan and Youtube and facebook

[Anonymous No.19033096]

>>19020996
Peter Sloterdijk - You must change your life

[Anonymous No.19033207]

>>19026160
Not unless you take them regularly or in heroic dosages

[Anonymous No.19033245]

>>19021052
Kek, based

[Anonymous No.19033404]

>>19031165
it doesn't matter who you fight for. it only matters that you can fight.

[Anonymous No.19033418]

>>19033404
Good goy

[Anonymous No.19033618]

Reading "Action! Race War to Door Wars" by Joe Owens changed my life

[Anonymous No.19033761]

>>19021052
Holy mother of based I love this and the flip-o-rama

[Anonymous No.19033798]

>>19021233
>26 is not an age to think deep thoughts

All I do is think "deep" thoughts

[Anonymous No.19033812]

>>19021233
>it is an age to try to get laid
just have a coooooooombrain bro

[Anonymous No.19033833]

>>19020996
I don't remember anything about being 26. 29 was the worst year for me. However things got better for me in my 30s, and not because of any real change in circumstances.

[Anonymous No.19033845]

>>19021586
>5'10"
Fuck off. That's above average in most of the world, and most girls can't tell the difference between 5'10" and 6'. Try being 5'7" like me, pal.

[Anonymous No.19033982]

>>19021577
its dog shit

[Anonymous No.19034011]

>>19021173
ehhh, covers like this one always bear a promise of a great adventure and prose, but then the book is usually underwhelming

[Korea No.19034017]

>>19033982
Can I have an ashtray!

[Anonymous No.19034046]

>>19033845
>5'7
i agree, 5'4-5'7 is absolutely the worst, you're not short enough for it to be considered disorder, yet not tall enough to be somewhat passing as a non-manlet

[Anonymous No.19034063]

>>19034046
>passing as a non-manlet
cope. you're absolutely a manlet at that height

[Anonymous No.19034075]

>>19034063
my point exactly, at 5'10, 5'11 there's a chance, less than that and you're done for good

[Anonymous No.19034078]

>>19034063
That's what he said. At 5'4-5'7 you can't pass as a non-manlet.

[Anonymous No.19034081]

>>19034078
oh i read "yet tall enough to be..."
my mistake

[Anonymous No.19034090]

>>19034075
I’m 5’8 and it really isn’t bad at all, do you live in a very tall country or something

[Anonymous No.19034102]

>>19034090
Some people just take the height memes on 4chan to heart. Being slightly below average height isn't bad at all. It might hold you back from playing certain sports professionally but otherwise it shouldn't affect your life in any significant way.

[Anonymous No.19034105]

>>19021691
If you’re struggling to get pussy at 5’10 you’ve got other issues (i.e. ugly face, lame personality) my friend

[Anonymous No.19034107]

>>19034090
for me it's the girls, younger than me growing taller and taller nowadays. it's probably due to proper nutrition, so they're all 5'7 as a standard, so same as me, even taller sometimes, which is making me uncomfortable, not to mention boys at elementary school being around my height.
>>19034102
i want to believe

[Anonymous No.19034119]

>>19034107
That hasn’t been my experience at all honestly, I’m in my early twenties and almost every girl I meet is a good bit shorter than me
I’ve also fucked a couple girls my height and taller
You sure it’s not in your head?

[Anonymous No.19034134]

>>19034119
i hope it is
i try to not let this bother me too much, but there's always fear of me being perceived as a try-hard for being (or trying to be) confident manlet
but in all honesty, sometimes (i'm 24) i see teenagers going back from school being taller than me, though most is around my height.

[Anonymous No.19034403]

>>19023036
The zoomer meme is the best one this year.

[Anonymous No.19035158]

>>19034403
No

[Anonymous No.19035950]

Unironically everyone in this thread is right. The military guys, the guys who post Bible, JP, greeks, whatever.
Everything works in providing you meaning because you're a meme machine.
meme machine, meme machine
I'm a motherfucking meme machine
Without memes I will die

[Anonymous No.19036144]

I never post but I'm also 26 and this thread makes an impression on me. I have that proclivity to sadness and overthinking which I suspect lands you in these feelings of hopelessness. School was a massive trigger for me which landed me in (what then felt like) hoplessness pretty early which I now am immensly grateful for. In the end I think it came down to dishonesty. School didn't feel sincere at all. Of course not event the teachers wanted to be there and I understood that. Everyone is acting. This isn't a profound insight but knowing that you don't HAVE to act IS.

Like for example, I try to be serious with tinder and dating right now but getting to know what someone thinks about anything is just seemingly impossible. Some people may just actually not think or care deeply about anything (doubt it) but I sure do. You can go full autist and say and do whatever you want, diogenes style, but it's not necessary, just start being honest with yourself.

So in my view a big source of unhappiness is being insincere, and insincerity is infectious. Maybe this sounds stupid but I think of it as radiation vs. convergence. Don't try to collect or hold on to ideas, try to create new ones. Blake said "I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.". Something like that. Don't be a slave.

Recommendations along this line: Emerson (self-reliance especially), Erich Fromm (To Have or to Be), some zen stuff maybe like Zen Flesh Zen Bones (obviously avoid anything trying to explain zen). Check out the the philosophical concept of the rhizome. If you're into philosophy pair with Reasons and Persons by Parfit, not so much for the arguments but the for the idea that personality is not even that important.