Describe your current lot in life, get book recommendation

>working dead end job while applying for other, better paying ones to the end of saving money for helicopter pilot training (fuck going in the military at this historical moment)
>have enough money left over to plan and take a five-week road trip around the USA mi pais de origen
>only modern technological tools to be brought are my phone and the car, so I can focus purely on reading and writing free of screens in my spare time
>stoked as fuck to be doing something literary

Understand that it's a story about how far strength of will, self-pride, and a commitment to what you consider to be the "truth" can get you, instead of being one of those people who reads the book and thinks that the point is to get you to agree with the Nation of Islam's specific type of Islamic black nationalism.

My favorite chapter in the book was the one titled "Mascot", where he talks about how he realized early on in life that no matter how hard he worked, he'd never be accepted by white society as an equal to them, they'd always view him as the "successful black man." So he stopped trying to blend into white society, and instead started trying to become successful in his own right instead of attempting imitate an ideal he could never achieve

Herzog

I didnt like Stroszek, gonna watch Werckmeister Harmoniak now

No, the book "Herzog" by Saul Bellow, not Werner. Although if you haven't seen Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans you ought to, it's Nick Cage's best film (and it's actually well executed in the bargain)

oh, Thank you very much, will watch it!

>22 years old
>last gf got fat and I broke up with her
>cant find new gf, or any girl to fuck and talk to, really
>just transfered to new school
>one friend I had in high school has slowly becoming more and more distant from me and communication becomes less and less frequent
>no real purpose, studying something I'm not sure I want to do, but I'm a 22 year old sophomore and I don't want to waste my parents time or money
>lost a lot of weight but gyno won't leave
>both me and my brother, the only person I really feel emotionally attached to, have heart conditions and won't live too long.
I guess I just need a book to get a girl to tell me it'll all be okay

>finishing uni finally
>seldom friends
>still living with parents
>don't want to date anyone because I think no one would find me interesting
>constant wanderlust but no means of doing so
>fearful that if I get a job I'll be stuck in a town I hate for more years
>nervous to take any steps
>brother initally wanted me to move out West with him, but he has since been committed for major depressive disorder and on the verge of suicide
>feel bad that I can't help him, because I feel exactly as he does
>can't talk to anyone because I feel I'll mess it up by saying something stupid as I always do

>>feel bad that I can't help him, because I feel exactly as he does
Go out there and talk to him (don't do it over the phone), sounds like you could help each other work out of your respective fears.

Also, No Exit, if you don't mind reading a play.

>21
>No friends
>Hard worker
>Shit pay for work
>Academic Probation on the horizon
>Yearning for more than what I've got
>Broke
>Angry
>Tried
>Alone
>Very hard on myself

I wanna know what it's like to not be tired all the time from life beating you up so much

I'd like to, though he's all the way across the country. And I've never really been close to him, he didn't speak to me or my dad for 12 years, I don't know what I could say to him

Your initial idea of physical comfort and solidarity expression seems like a pretty good start. Don't end up like Levin and his alcoholic brother: only connecting in adulthood when death is imminent for one of you

Hmm thanks user, hopefully I can make this work.

>fat
>73 years old
>Chevy Chase

are you me?

> 24
> Medical Student
> Lonely KHV

Ernesto Sabato - El túnel

>20
>high school dropout
>sickly
>eye problems
>have to listen to audiobooks
>can't work
>can't go to school
>hard to go out, home all day
>no friends
>no gf
at least I have my Veeky Forums

>26
>NEET
>no degree
>no friends
>no girlfriend
>short
>ugly
>mute

>31 year old failed scientist stuck in dead end engineering job where I'll never publish again
>still struggling to pay off student debt
>wish I had chosen a creative career, but my own efforts at writing and art are abysmal
>unhappy with nihilist materialism, but too empirical to accept the supernatural
>find joy only in alcohol

>22 yo living the low end of middle class life in Brazil
>just got my second research grant approved, it's not much but it makes possible for me to travel once in a while
>have to listen to audiobooks in the car because have no time to actually read
>self-taught in english and french
>dating hip black girl who's a freak in bed and a laugh and a sweetie out of it
>struggling the most with being able to leave home to live in another state/country

>long term unemployed
>mid twenties
>virgin
>no social life
>not really depressed, but essentially given up

>crippling depression and bpd
>but new meds work!
>finished an internship at a theater
>working there again starting next week
>happy I'm finally working for the first time in my life
>worried I won't be able handle it
>I'm almost 27
>terrified of being old
>have a good relationship with family
>have 2 amazing friends
>but no one else, not even acquaintances
>have a nice (small) place to live
>terrified this isn't "real" life
>terrified my meds will stop working
>terrified I fucked up and wasted my life
>and, big one
>terrified I'm getting dumber and my brain is breaking down

So it's a mixed bag, I guess.

> 24 years old
> virgin and no drive to get out of my routine
> bored out of my mind in my cushy finance job in a Western capital
> drowned under student debt so I can't just quit
> feeling like I am missing out on so many things
> doing a lot of running and wandering around the city
> tasted Stirner last summer and can't get off that ironic, jaded and smug bender
> last good experiences were two years ago and I'm watching them drift away in the past

> I crave for new things, new outlooks, new novelties
> Living in the past is dread to me

Help me...

>marble sculptor, diver, 41
>last book: paul morphy the pride and sorrow of chess

I'd say anything by Hemmingway

Stoner

walden

Albert Camus, The Plague

Just fuck a corpse

Clarice Lispector - The Passion According to GH

Asylum by William Seabrook

White Nights by Dostoevsky

Butcher's Crossing

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

Read more philosophy

Write your own book and read that

Starting Strength

Babbitt

Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther

The Zen and Art of motorcycle maintenance

24
Lost job due to medical injury
Too early in job to earn medical leave
>short by 13 days
Was saving to go to school
Can't find work
Just used last of money to buy a gram of weed and some beer this weekend
Probably will be kicked out of apt soon
Can't live with mom, just moved out for second time and don't want to go back
Dad killed himself 3 years ago
>wasn't in my life anyway
Inspired but depressed right now, have a lot of real ideas but feels pointless
Don't want gf or wife because I can't support myself right now
Love life too much to want to kill myself
Too stuck in a rut to move
Feel like a vegetable one step from full brain function
Almost afraid to take that step
Know I'll leave behind an easy life for a hard one, though fulfilling
Torn between reality and existence, and earning my death

>Lost in life

Putain l'ami je suis dans exactement le même cas. la dernière fois que j'ai étreint une fille c'était aussi en 2013 quand je finissais ma terminale...

Lis tout simplement des bons gros romans classiques qui te distrairont de tes misères le temps que ton esprit s'emplisse de celles d'un personnage fictif...

perso j'ai lu l'éducation sentimentale, qui à eu l'effet désiré; là je commence la comédie humaine de Balzac dans l'espoir d'y retrouver la même chose.

Tiens bon, enfin: tenons bon!

I was a huge fan of Calvin and Hobbes when I was younger. The nostalgia I get from reading them is immense. But certain panels like this one, which appeal to an entirely different light at my age, give me a heartache somewhere between lost love and homesickness

>23
>Been interning for a while, but I just landed my first sweet full time job as a zookeeper
>have a 8/10 GF who worships the ground I walk on
>she even lets me fuck other girls, not even kidding (though desu the thrill wore off so I dont take advantage of the privilege often)
>have decent spending money, no debt, no college loans from my 4 years of BIO at a university, and a decent/used car that my parents gave me for graduating
>halfway through my first novel (probably shit but im having fun writing, my brother is helping edit so its cool no matter what)
>fit, lean, tall, attractive, and best of all, WHITE
>get to feel superior due to my lit interests
>all in all, a pretty sweet existence

>my only major worry, is I know it cant last forever. Someday it will all crash down

i know the feeling. i can't read it anymore, knowing that the more i do, the more i'll come to realize the innocence lost in greater relief.

at least the far side reminds me that i'm still innocent insofar as i've never learned a damn thing in my life.

>28
>high school dropout
>permanent neet

pls send help

Go into the trades, m8. Learn to weld or some shit.

What do you do now? Are you living with your parents?

nah

thanks

College freshman. 19. Spic. Content with life but not happy. Introvert. I like to think, debate and write.

Françaises, français.

En cette soirée calomnieuse où nous attendons… et apprêtons à nommer nos maitres. Nous désespérons ; face à nos pêchés, nos réalités, nos défauts et temps passés, oubliés et éloignés. C’est la peur qui nous étreint. L’indolence qui nous enferme. La rage.

Qu’importent dieux. Qu’importent pays et nations. Qu’importent filles, hommes, enfants et mourants. Nous faisons face à notre existence.

Lisez.

Non pour vous échapper car cela est vain. Vaniteux qu’est l’homme de croire échapper à son propre destin. Celui dont nous nous forçons à croire l’existence à coup d’idéal, mensonges et paroles affables.

La rage. Comme une main sur un cadavre que l’on souhaite toucher, découper, dépecer. La rage comme un appel à la morsure sur la vie, sur la mort, sur autrui… sur soi.

Lisez !

Mais pour comprendre. Désespérez pour mieux vous rebellez.

Ce n’est pas vous qui mourez.

C’est le monde qui s’efface.

Dieux que nous sommes.

Noyés.

>23 years old
>about to start a maths phd
>little prospect of employment since there isn't a lot of jobs in public research for my branch of maths.
>don't really care
>seems I haven't really been able to want something or care for something for a long time
>everything seems meaningless
>days go by one after the other, can't even tell if they're going slow or fast.
>Comfort comes from friends, drugs, books and movies. These are the only things that seem to give me an illusion of purpose.

I'm actually trying to get out of this mindset, but I find myself trapped.

don't read. go get drunk and stoned and try to have some sex. good luck,

The life of pi, not memeing

I'll try. I don't think I'm ready to have sex, and parties bore me. But weed and alcohol sound nice, and there might be more calm places to do such things with friends and meet new people.
Thanks.

> Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure
by Cédric Villani and Malcolm DeBevoise

Somebody ready to go that far in mathematics, ought to get hope through it.

And it's rather cheap on Amazon too.

Yeah

You're still living in a shit world where millions of people and animals suffer everyday.

> 27 years old
> living life easy mode
> good looking, intelligent, upper middle class
> was funny once
> bar exam in 2 months
> cant motivate myself for jack shit
> hate the state and its laws
> want to see it burn
> have fairly annoying tinnitus
> have been convicted several times for drugs and demonstrating
> when i see police i get agitated and start heavy breathing
> maybe some kind of ptsd or just pure hatred
> have gf but bitches are all over me asking for my number or chatting me up when i go out
> reject them all the time, which is killing me as the left out possibilities are already haunting me
> however i cannot start cheating again
> last gf dumped me because of it which send me down on binge lane, ending up in a hospital for 10 days with kidney failure
> have fear of concentration, mental health and intelligence deteriorating
> already am a bit psychotic and bipolar
> none of my friends share my political views
> feel alienated because of it
> moved back with father as he is intellectual aging actor
> completely disenchanted me
> he is a lonely coward
> injected heroin the first time a month ago
> tfw it don't get no better

also hate cars and particularly street signs

youtube.com/watch?v=vih2IHdqG0Q

33 battle axe 2 hatchets
Clean closets for 15
Interviewing for worst closets
But don't get to use the old bleach
Have to use simple green
Drink a 5th a week
Like naps on sunny days in green grass under trees

And now in proper English please.

The Great Gatsby

Thank you, but I read it already in freshman year.

I actually met Villani since then. I asked him how many consecutive days a m legged n dimensional man could wear the same boxer pants without having his dick in the same spot twice (it's 4 for a two legged three dimensional man). He didn't have an answer.

a clockwork orange, of course.

Eh. go read this website then:

sciences.ch

>27khv
>no education beyond secondary school
>never worked
>no friends
>no will to break my routine
>no idea what do in life

read that already

>23
>working full time for Jews
>no gf
>no prospects of having sex in the next year
>effectively no social life
>spend time alone listening to Wagner and slogging through MUH CLASSICS to buoy my flagging, almost non existent self esteem
>college friends more distant, closer friends making less effort to hang out
>write shitty aphorisms when I'm alone and sad
>isolate myself in the bathroom at my job on occasion to gather myself together

Basically falling apart on the inside desu. At least I have a job. Also stendhal is really enjoyable

do drugs.

Your post made me laugh several times. You have a sense of humor despite your earnest feelings of sadness. Things feel bad now but you're just a late bloomer. You'll eventually make it.

>19, finishing high school for the second time (with good grades this time, in a section I enjoy, and without drinking and getting high on weekdays)
>Probably going to get accepted by the Sorbonne because I applied for 5 different programs there and got great recomendation letters from my philosophy and lit teachers who are also essentially my friends.
>parents hit their (post-) midlife crisis so they decided they want to start a business in another country, meaning I can't really count on them for support or money.
>get rejected by Veeky Forums Qts in my class, but always in a nice way where they tell me I'm cute and shit, so psychologically it doesn't feel too bad on the ego.
>I thought I had a real romantic realtion with one though
>turns out she only wanted carnal sex and clearly told me she was attracted to some older guy who's married or something I think, and that I remind her of him,
>she was right, he's basically a more confident, muscular and better groomed me.
>Skinnyfat, permabags under my eyes, 3 years of getting high on whatever I could get my hands on made me a wanky clumsy fuck
>try to go running to get in shape and stuff, but it's hard.
>depressed whenever I don't have something to occupy my mind with. Which is why I force myself to always be reading/socialising/high on something
>about to vote for Mélenchon

>trying to learn everything you are supposed to learn in HS in one year so I can get into some kind of education
>i really have no desire to take part in anything aside from reading and doing drugs
>not doing drugs because I need to get my shit together makes me miserable
>i barely get any sleep because I start dream awake about stuff I will never do irl (talking smoothly and in a charming way with qt's)
>have to take pills to barely function
>parents have all the hope in the world in me, they think i'm really smart, while I'm just a neurotic mess
>waste most of my time reading poetry
>haven't take part in any kind of social activity in like three weeks, all social situations are vapid to me
>i don't have any authentic friendship
>i have wide hips (male)
>i had to download an app that blocks my phone for an hour to handle my adiction to this shithole
>suicidal every morning
>i'm a shallow boring person and it seems like will isnt enough to change that
>since the big depression that came along with my bipolar disorder coming to surface I feel like the person I used to be died and now im just LARPing me, living a life that isnt mine
>i lay in bed 90% of the time
>seeing how my family is mess with an sappy actitude fucks me up like nothing else, seeing my 60 years old playing around with my sisters's childs makes me want to kill myself because I know this is not going to last, they will grow up and life will either spit on their faces or they will just be like everyone else, well adjusted beings
Rec me something good, bros
>inb4 suicide
>inb4 meditations

lost illusions.

25 year old mostly normie with gf and salaried job, Trying to make peace with society, self, family

> I visited /pol/

Undo what /pol/ did to me

Thank you again but I'm not really looking for textbooks. I'm already reading a lot of mathematics for my internship.

would vote for mélenchon too.
coming from a german.
somebody needs to face the degenerate idiocy of schäuble and merkel

Les petits enfants du siècle de Christiane Rochefort

I drank alcohol and smoked weed and did acid during my teen years, and you are better off reading, belive me. Still go get drunk for once in a while, is fun, but don't end up puking like a retard, eat something before drinking, always

any other suggestions for ?

The red and the black bores me to death, what else should I try by him?

I guess.

Any book?

Well, I'm not much of a drinker/smoker. Weed is nice, but I never get too caught up with drugs to suffer them.

>you are better off reading
Anything you can recommend?

>>in love with a girl who hates me
Well at least you don't have a girl that likes you.

yeah no acid like that guy said, not quite yet, wait til you're in your early twenties and have at least some grasp on smoking marijuana. just don't smoke bud long term. make it a havit of once or twice a month. definitely spend your time trying to learn how to socialize and broaden your networking abilities, save everyone's name and number in your phone, if you make it sexual, don't expect numbers. try to remember names to faces. that's the hardest thing. remember people and they'll start remembering you. after a while you'll have a name for yourself, and will have friends of many different skills in your later oife, do favors for others and they may do them for you. pay that shit forward. read to keep the habit, but you're going to want to understand people and how to interact with them in your life. you'll flounder if you don't. good luck.

Kek, just dont go in there and try to interact with real people, realize that the whole red pill nonsense is just reverse sjwism, nacional socialism will never work, sexism and racism and retarded over generalizations, and everything thats wrong will collapse by its own weight

Weed is fucking gay, don't smoke that shit more than once a month

hm, a movable feast, and barthes 60 stories.

I'd vote Mélenchon too if I were French.

Lost and drunk for many a year .
2 lost marriages.
I left england
Now approaching 48 and ive never been happier. still learning about oneself and still growing .
And finally i can welcome death as ive become fearless .

Oh, and I rec you Gravity's Rainbow and Don Quixote :)

Start with Spinoza.

>tfw my magnum post if full of typos and that will keep it from getting (You)'s
Just kill me

men without women

>tfw this post has a typo too
>tfw I had to solve like one gorillion captchas to post this pathetic post
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

the whine to shine ratio itt is disturbing

>if full of typos then what?
really makes you think

What did you expect, is a thinly vailed r9k crossthread, you should be sharing feels too, you fucking smart ass

>vailed