Why is Veeky Forums - Literature being used as Veeky Forums - Pseudointellectualism?

Why is Veeky Forums - Literature being used as Veeky Forums - Pseudointellectualism?

Can we get a nonfiction board so the pseuds can be quarantined?

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>i dont understand them so they are pseud
Okay user. Maybe you need to read more.
>no its not that i dont understand them, they dont understand them selves
You just say that because you think your self above them, and don't understand you are no different

Kys

Thank you for perfectly demonstrating what was pointed out in the OP, pseudopal.

OP is not alone in this line of thought. There are periodic waves here of people that have no intention of engaging in any philosophical discussion - they only intend to shit on the board. It is tiresome.

Well, literature, especially when is tangential to philosophy, is the pseud's favourite field. It's obvious that this is gonna happen when there's no moderation.
>Projecting this much
Holy fuck user.

Two seperate opinions both agreeing with me, yet see OP as different from me.


Anyways, my point is that OP is one of the people that don't argue, and don't try to voice their opinion, instead look for gratification in the fact that their own opinions are agreed upom by the masses.

And when their paradigm is showed to be fraud, they use ad hominem to argue.

Case in point, philosophy is literature, and their 'meta' post is a perfect fucking example of the hypocrisies they value, or else it would not of been posted.

if you post anime girls you are just as bad desu

Veeky Forums is a board for people who have never read a book in their life except self help books and Harry Potter/LOTR/etc.

it's also more generally a board for people who have no readily apparent redeeming qualities like attractiveness or success or good nature, so they center their whole existence around convincing themselves (and others) that they have the one redeeming quality which can't be tested at a glance: intelligence

their whole existence is a bluffing game of trying to hide their complete worthlessness from others

I agree, but that is the jist of Veeky Forums, and all internet life.

So this is ad hominem at best, and shows that you sir, are the jaded asshole.

>but that is the jist of Veeky Forums, and all internet life.
no, just Veeky Forums

Yes, because you saying this proves my experience wrong

You are the pseud. Probably just bait.

>look for gratification in the fact that their own opinions are agreed upom by the masses.
I come here for everyone to shit on me. Veeky Forums is my hurt locker. Sometimes the assaults are cogent - sometimes not.

but I know I'm a brainlet
I can only read 10-13 pages of moby dick an hour

It already exists.
Just need to change the rules for Veeky Forums

>why is Veeky Forums being used to discuss non-historical topics like metaphysics? Can we get /fag/ for the discussion of pretentious subjects?
Its most appropriate for philosophy to be discussed here - not only does the discussion of fiction often include an element of this but philosophy itself is widely regarded as 'literature'. One of the best things about Veeky Forums is that there are not a billion boards. If you want a forum dedicated to your specific esoteric novella and its fan fiction then go to either 8chn or plebbit. Philosophical discussion is not so overwhelming as to drown out all other threads.

Veeky Forums desu yo ne

>Philosophical discussion is not so overwhelming as to drown out all other threads.
>other threads
kek wouldn't want those booktuber threads to get derailed

/phil/ when

im talking about the (admittedly few) threads like the moby dick thread, the generals or the more numerous generic threads like 'bookshelf thread' or 'cover thread'.

Veeky Forums is literally the worst board on earth, whenever I want to discuss history I just vaguely connect it to literature and post it here and it's 1000x better

Go back to

I've been advocating for the creation of a philosophy board for months now. Ever since Jodan Petercuck this board has become more an "Let's discuss this authors idea" or "philosophy *meme*" board than an actual literature board.
I've only been here for three years but I remember that the worst I saw when I started coming here was Stirner threads.

/phi/ NOW, LETS STORM Q&A AND DEMAND OUR RIGHTS TO BE GIVEN BACK

This will never happen because it is a good idea and Hiromoot is getting paid to keep Veeky Forums in a messy state.

Peterson perfectly represents the intellectual poverty of the contemporary, adolescent "alt-right" reactionary. They literally have no idea what Marxism and post-modernism are, obfuscate the discussion by equating the two and ignore decades of academic discussion to promote a very weak political philosophy. I'm inclined to think that Peterson has to be aware of the bullshit he regularly spews, but he's figured out a good way to appeal to the /polr9k/ mentality for cash.

>represents the intellectual poverty of the contemporary, adolescent "alt-right" reactionary.
peterson disavows the alt right constantly and is attacked by it. Peterson is a bumbling old man who has read too many books and, like anyone, is capable of saying "pls dont curtail muh individualism". The alt right (defined as ethnonationalism) is fundamentally opposed to peterson's radical individuality. You clearly have no idea what the alt right and national socialism are.
I really dont get why people care so much about memerson. Ultimately, hes no more than any other youtuber except he happens to be an old fart who can spout nonesense about taoist and pre-christian myths to confuse the audience and baffle them into thinking hes some genius.

I just got into reading literature and I honestly can't tell if half this board is either incredibly well educated or incredibly well retarded. The shit people argue about, I can't help but lean towards the opinion it's all pure bullshit.

You mean, people will go on the internet and TELL LIES?!

He's a psychiatrist with a shit load od experience who's brilliant but off the deep end.

He wouldn't be working at a University if his lectures were of no value. Don't blame him personally just because idiots who have never even read the books he's published want to post here instead of the cess/pol/

The problem is we have an huge amount of ideologues that don't want to post in /pol/
You see this in any thread where the thread topic is an incredibly vague question, where people will imprint their pet ideology onto it.
Veeky Forums is what /pol/ would be if it was a blue board and didn't have an all-encompassing ideology

The quality of the board has gone downhill, but it should be easy for you to see which posts are bullshit and which aren't. The non-bullshit posts always appeal to a form of reason that is clearly illustrated in the post itself, no "ur wrong, go read X" nonsense.

Trips of truth
If you can't sort between valid and invalid posts yet you need to lurk moar

That type of post seems to be the most prevelant on the board, so it's easy to be led into thinking that it was accepted. Reason appears to be a rare thing here, so I'm glad for these posts.

>He wouldn't be working at a University if his lectures were of no value.
Oh boy have I got news for you...

Except his university is actively trying to get him fired atm for wrongthink

That is me in a nutshell. At least I'm trying though.

If you actually think a philosophy board would work out well, you are a complete moron.

This. Even at the board's peak, it wouldn't have been any better than something like 420chan's Social Sciences, which is basically a non-stop train of pointless New Age scribble.

he is a good psychologist and his analysis of people is fine but as soon as he starts opening his mouth about society at large and a greater philosophy he becomes confused and incoherent. He should stick to his self help books and personal improvement schemes instead of wobbling around babbling contradictory ideas (he himself has admitted the contradiction in his 'unite around individuality' idea and has said 'facts are not necessarily true' because his ideology is waffle and completely malformed)
>He wouldn't be working at a University if his lectures were of no value
you dony actually believe this do you? I mean, im not saying that they are of no value (again, he is a capable psychologist) but you do know how fucked up universities are right?
Ultimately, i think he isnt so stupid but he cannot overcome sentiment and let go of his hyper-individualism in the face of reality which demands compromise and cannot abide such absolutist ideology.

That still doesn't confirm your initial claim. I know logic isn't Veeky Forums's strong point but come on.

Containment board

Fucking this. I'm fine with political discussion that is based on actual books, but as of late all the /pol/tards on this board just want to shitpost in threads that only mention the authors of books that fit their ideology. If every one of those "is x author right wing?" and "any good books on fascism?" disappeared this board would instantly improve

Yet left-wing threads about marxism and feminism and shit are OK? You're a dumb hypocrite.

Functionally identical to the right. Replace "jews" with "the rich"

lrn2read

His emphasis on the individual is exactly why he has such a draw. He's a professor not an activist he doesn't need to sacrifice his principles for utility

Yeah a philosophy board would just be Veeky Forums except we can't call people out for being illiterate

/qa/ here: that sounds fun. Please do it.