/lit/ - Literature

A person's value is determined by the position he holds in society and his contributions to the people around him. Whether this is a good way to judge is debatable, but irrelevant. A person in a position of authority or power invariably has more respect than others. A rich person has wealth, a politician has people who believe in him. A priest or religious figurehead commands respect because of his knowledge of the holy scriptures and because of the important role religion plays in society. A scientist, inventor, an engineer for their creations. A artist, a writer, director, actor receives respect and value for his creative work. But by himself, a man commands no respect. On the other end you have the dredge of society, the failed humans who are always looked down upon by other people.If you contribute nothing to society, you get no respect. But society itself is a construct, not a tangible/physical 'thing'. Society comprises of people, so you could say that a man's value is derived from his contribution to other men. If you help somebody, that person will value you. But for most people it won't matter who helps them, they just want the help. This might be different for some real important stuff, in which case they might remember you, but helping people in small, petty everyday tasks won't get you anywhere. Which begs the question, how can someone measure his self-worth in an objective manner?

>tfw developed a tolerance for my favorite brand of whiskey
How am I going to be uninhibited now?

ebin

I used to think that vampire literature was pretty gay.
I still do but I'm more accepting of it now since I recently realized I am also gay.

did you make this thread solely to knock another off the catalog?

>>15380486
I only re-read for reference at the moment, though that's likely because I've never read anything that wasn't genreshit or incredibly entry-level
I kind of enjoy short stories or novellas for the reason of easy reference, though.

>>15378805
I beat my cock to this book

>>15380013
The Gunslinger and its sequel The Drawing of the Three

>>15380042
>age
25
>last good book you've read
I finished The Drawing of the Three yesterday morning
I'm only a few hours from finishing Interview with the Vampire though I doubt it will be tonight, I've done a lot of reading today and my head is pretty foggy
>what you do to pay the bills
Systems Technician for the local government

>>15380003
but its the kind of tired that sleep doesn't fix

>>15380020
shit grades, shit priorities, and shit talking

How do I stop my brain from feeling fried after reading most of the day?

>>15377721
he's got some nice prose, definitely better than King's though I enjoy the latter's material more

>>15378203
what are we talking about here?

>>15378889
Rude.
I'm a repressed homosexual but the thought of sucking off some random droog in the park at midnight disgusts me.

>>15378252
I got kicked out of Northwestern University in the Spring of 2014; I was undeclared at the time.
I ended up going to a state college and graduating with a BS in CS and Math; I've now been employed for 2 years as a IT Systems Technician for a local municipality by a guy who did the same thing as me 20 years ago.
I'm also reading more than ever.

>>15378235
I mean, EVERYONE has that weird thing they're into, literary and philosophical figures notwithstanding

>>15378269
I will do pretty much anything for a rate of $10/hour

>>15378310
why the specification of non-fiction?
I take small, less-than-a-sentence notes of ideas from whatever I read, especially if its for how I thought the plot would proceed but didn't.

>publishes a 41 page work about killing himself
>actually goes through with it years later
Absolute madman

>>15373114
its less degenerate than fapping

I've read Hamilton's version of this story and I honestly felt more for the characters than I thought I would: Echo's fate was downright tragic while Narcissus was based for not falling for pussy

>>15372976
I like both although my entry to King was The Gunslinger and its probably one of his best works.
The only thing close to horror I've read by him was IT and admittedly some of the early parts about the whispers in the drain did spook me.
I enjoyed the Stand for the meta-physical stuff (I'm also a Christcuck) but I don't really associate it with his DT series aside from Randall Flagg being a bad guy

I don't do non-anonymous/non-old-school-forum social media after I got catfished as a teen