Hello there, Jow Forums. How are you this evening? It's been a minute.
My name is Nightmare John, but you can just call me John. I sleep badly because I have Nightmare Disorder. So I stay up late, I write a lot, and I try to stay comfy. I’d like you to join me! I read a lot, and I especially read philosophy, sociology, and mathematics. What are you reading, user? If you don’t want to talk about heavy stuff and simply just want to hang out, then get in here and relax.
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Also, quick bonus question: What are you drinking tonight? I'm going easy into the evening with a sixer of Heineken because that seems to be the standard in this country.
Parker Lee
I'll continue dumping comfy stuff, so jump in if you feel like it or don't.
Welcome my guy, what are you drinking tonight? What are you reading? I'm doing very good, actually. I finished my first semester of my master's degree with straight-A's. I even got an interview for an internship this summer coming up Tuesday, so yeah, tonight is pretty great. Hell yes, welcome my guy. What are you drinking? 10+ for all these pictures, you guys are on it.
Welcome my guy! Bonne soir, as they say. What are you drinking tonight? I've never had that, what type of alcohol is it? I'm currently reading a non-fiction book by a lawyer who went to Lviv in Ukraine to give a lecture and came by accident to explore his own family background and how his Jewish relatives were persecuted during the war. Quite a fascinating read, actually. I just finished reading earlier this week the Selected Writings of Mikhail Bakunin, which might be the most entertaining read on anarchism I've read thus far.
No idea what that is, can you give me a quick rundown? Yo, I loved that book when I first read it. I started with Dante's Divine Comedy, and then I expanded further into Milton. Holy moly I love that book. I find that people like me, and maybe you, can relate to the struggle Satan is experiencing throughout the poem, and also why we can sympathize with his vindictive vengeance towards the Creator. Somehow I find that it mirrors this strange feeling of loneliness and anger towards authority I think many young men relate to. How do you find it, thus far?
Thanks, I hope so too. I just got my psychiatrist to write me an official, English diagnosis, so that I might go wherever I want in the world and apply for prescriptions for certain drugs. I'm going to the Czech Republic in a month or so, so I might see if I can get myself a prescription for medicinal marijuana. I'm more or less dealing with my depression and ADD on my own, but my parasomnia is starting to tear at my psyche in a way that I am not comfortable with at all. Do you suffer from something, user?
I feel you, mate. Curing the body is one thing, but fixing the soul is something else. I really hope you manage to get over it, guess its better when you open up to other people about this stuff. If that makes you feel any better, I'm suffering from a couple of things too, alcoholism being probably the least serious. But anyway, getting back to the original topic... I'm currently reading Zweig, can't really name the book cause not sure how its translated from Russian.
William Brooks
I'm alright. drinking alone is my exciting plan. congrats for your master degree.
Hmmm... hard question. Honestly, it makes me see Biblical creation story in a whole new light and makes it seem more real. It shows the emotion and struggles of God, Satan, and Man in the beginning and it's really amazing yet awe-inspiring. Not sure if what I said makes sense honestly, but all in all a great read.
I get that many of you are probably doing poorly and some of you are maybe even struggling with some severe health issues. Perhaps you have it rough at work, perhaps some girl is playing with your heart, or perhaps you're just lonely. I don't know what you might be going through tonight, and I'm certainly not going to pretend that I know exactly how you feel. No one has experienced your pain before, even though you might not admit that to yourself. We're probably not so different when it is all said and done. I don't know if it's true, but you're undoubtedly young. You're feeling lost, and maybe angry. You're probably thinking to yourself that this could've been avoided and that it is entirely your fault that you find yourself in your room now, staring into the bright silver screen of a computer when you feel as if you should've been somewhere else. And maybe all that's true. Perhaps it's true. Who's to say? I'm loathing myself so much that I could never reasonably give myself the benefit of certainty in anything, so why treat my situation as determined by faith? I don't know if any of this is making any sense to you. Maybe I'm misguided, and this is all just unnecessary words that no-one will ever read. However, I do believe there to be something in these fragile sentences that I so haplessly type into my browser. I can't do much for you tonight, and maybe I'm selfish enough to do all of this for my good, but I'd like for you to know that I'm here if you ever feel like talking. And if I'm not here, some other faceless person with anxiety, depression, or general melancholy in their hearts will stand by, ready to give you that slight sensation of love and humanity that you've been deprived off for so long. It might not be much, but it is something.
Have you seen this wonderful video of this drunk, eastern-European guy who's asked what the most important thing with a woman is? At first he tries to say something about boobs, and then he just stares into the void of the club and says "The soul." Dunno, what you said just got me thinking. I would like to have a good soul, too.
Oh, tell me what its about, please? I love Russian litterature, Nabokov and Dostoyevsky being my clear favourites.
Well, you're no longer drinking alone. Cheers, faggot. Tell me something about yourself, my guy. Are you a NEET or are you a Wagie, or maybe even a student?
I completely agree. I think why the Nordic and Indian mythos are so compelling and even makes sense still, to a certain degree, is because they apply the notion of humanity to deities and gods. If they are falliable as we know man to be, it makes sense from a theological perspective that there will be inconsitencies and wicked acts of brutality in the holy scriptures and texts. Because, if God is like man and has the same impulses and feelings as we do, it makes sense, to a certain degree, why things ended up the way they did. Are you religious?
Nah, don't think I've ever seen it. Sounds interesting though.,
Its a great thing you are interested in Russian literature, its full of masterpieces. But I guess I'm being a bit biased here. Zweig isn't really a Russian writer. In fact, he is Austrian. A very interesting author, easy to read and captivating. He mostly focuses on outlining historical events, but also has some fiction.
Why do you prefer being alone, user? I like that answer because I appreciate honesty and people of faith. You're all practicing philosophy and highly respected theological systems all the time, in a much more advanced manner than most atheists. I find it impressive that you manage to retain your faith in this day and age. I used to be a Protestant for some time, but my faith evaporated as I grew older. I won't chastise you for your religion, although I would very much like to discuss it with you if you're up for it.
I'm an atheist, maybe even an anti-theist, if I'm sincere. I have high respect for religious people, but I find the idea in of itself to be of no real value in this day and age.
Oh no, you're not being biased at all. You have the world's greatest author and Christian philosopher on your side, so you win by default. Tell me the story of the book you're reading now.
>Tell me the story of the book you're reading now. Oh, there's not much to tell really. Zweig just takes certain moments in history and puts... a "literature" spin on it. Like the conquest of the New World or the fall of Constantinople. Its not too philosophical, but easy and pleasant to read.
Thanks for making this thread too. Really missed Jow Forums talking about lit stuff.
Kayden Nguyen
Nah, unfortunately. Probably I should get some other means of communication
