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[Captain.Heroin]

Junky sucked. Burroughs is very overrated and his works only got popular because it was the "underbelly" content of his time.

I loved Naked Lunch but that's just me.

It was an incredibly harrowing read and I wouldn't recommend most people attempt to read something like that.

What kind of novels do you like to read man?

 

[MemphisX3]

I loved Naked Lunch but that's just me.

It was an incredibly harrowing read and I wouldn't recommend most people attempt to read something like that.

What kind of novels do you like to read man?

Lately I have stuck to philosophy and psychology. Trying to get into Plato and socrates. Gonna start "the republic" soon. I read it a few months back but I didnt retain any of it.

The laws of attraction
How to win friends and influence people
The 48 laws of power
The games we play
The human animal
Edit: the art of war
I read a some Grisham last year but he wa getting boring

The brethren
The racketeer
The reckoning

I am also big into music and crime biographies. In the last year I have read:

The black hand
Blood in the fields
Confessions of a cartel hitman
El narco

 

[MemphisX3]

I cant really do fiction. I stick to irl shit.


A few of the books were audiobooks though and it's difficult for me to retain the same amount of into as actual reading

 

[MemphisX3]

I recently read ice berg slim's "pimp" and it's in the same nature as Burroughs just gritty underground shit with no spectacular writing but I found it to be a good, exciting read

 

[MemphisX3]

If you enjoy being a cynical, manipulative piece of shit you should check out the 48 laws of power and "prince" bu machiavelli

 

[MrsGamp]

I loved Naked Lunch but that's just me.

It was an incredibly harrowing read and I wouldn't recommend most people attempt to read something like that.

What kind of novels do you like to read man?

OH Lotsa shit!
In the vein of Burroughs (pun not intended) I like Hubert Selby Junior - Last Exit to Brooklyn is one of the most harrowing things I've read.
But since you have intrigued me about the Lunch, might download it from B-ok ... Have been trying to get back into philosophy lately but shit, my heads too full of pills to deal with Hegel or Marx or even Zizek ...

 

[Jabberwocky]

I don't like manipulating people.

It's cruel.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

very cool selection of reading material imo

i would post what i read but i do that ad nauseam

 

[Captain.Heroin]

OH Lotsa shit!
In the vein of Burroughs (pun not intended) I like Hubert Selby Junior - Last Exit to Brooklyn is one of the most harrowing things I've read.
But since you have intrigued me about the Lunch, might download it from B-ok ... Have been trying to get back into philosophy lately but shit, my heads too full of pills to deal with Hegel or Marx or even Zizek ...

i think last exit is something I was told I should read once.

I am a fan of Schopenhauer, Camus.

 

[MemphisX3]

I don't like manipulating people.

It's cruel.

Yea, reading both books gave me a real sickening feeling. None the less they are extremely good reads. Those books are on a lot of politicians and CEOs favorites list.

It will also open your eyes on how NOT to be manipulated and what to look for

 

[Jabberwocky]

It will also open your eyes on how NOT to be manipulated and what to look for

True.

I think i have an ability to manipulate people, but i sort of keep it in my back pocket. Learned it from being manipulated from my dad or watching too many movies!

 

[MemphisX3]

i think last exit is something I was told I should read once.

I am a fan of Schopenhauer, Camus.

I dont know either of those people. Should I look them up?

 

[MemphisX3]

True.

I think i have an ability to manipulate people, but i sort of keep it in my back pocket. Learned it from being manipulated from my dad or watching too many movies!

When I got sober I was still really bad at manipulating people. I seriously had to consciously stop myself. Years of drugs sharpened that skill which was also in me from watching my parents and manipulating them and teachers and GFs in my younger years.


I no longer indulge in predatory behavior.

 

[Jabberwocky]

I no longer indulge in predatory behavior.

For me, my thing is, i don't go out of my way.

Therefore i do not consider myself a predator.

Also i am largely non violent. Especially when sober.

I don't like vengeful people. Like my exs, a lot of them i was like, "rude" to, and shit. They always doubled what i did and threw it in my face. Not hot at all.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

lots of to you guys

im just eating like a mofo and having beers

 

[Jabberwocky]

I can see how being a drug addict would temporarily make one a sociopath. It makes a lot of sense TBH.

 

[MemphisX3]

For me, my thing is, i don't go out of my way.

Therefore i do not consider myself a predator.

Also i am largely non violent. Especially when sober.

I don't like vengeful people. Like my exs, a lot of them i was like, "rude" to, and shit. They always doubled what i did and threw it in my face. Not hot at all.

Predatory behavior isnt specifically violence.

You dont have to go to them. Predators set up traps all the time. The internet is one of their best tools.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

I dont know either of those people. Should I look them up?

Camus wrote about meaning of life/absurdism extensively. Shopenhauer is a long-winded German philosopher and would bore most readers.

 

[Juniper Bruhmomentius]

I don't like manipulating people.

It's cruel.

Agreed, its a weakness of character.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Fuck internet meanies.

I want to see people face to face.

Most people think i'm a cop for how i present myself.

That said, most people like me when we meet. I would hope that's the case with everyone