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On November 21 2014 03:38 Requizen wrote:
This is legit a first world problem, but there's too many things I want to do with my time now and I'm depressed that I can't do everything at once. It's really weird to think back a few years and remember that I had nothing going on and I was bored out of my mind every day to the point of depression.
Bouncing from depression to depression has to be rough. I couldn't even imagine being depressed. I'm unhappy for like 2-3 hours max and then I just find something that makes me appreciate my life. Maybe I have emotional ADD?
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Czech Republic11293 Posts
The Screwtape Letters look pretty fucking fun
Do we have some more historical stuff suggestions? I think that's more what my teacher had in mind, although I don't think he'd refuse the Screwtape Letters either.
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If you're allowed to do a movie, write about Midnight Meat Train.
On November 21 2014 01:16 Duvon wrote:Show nested quote +On November 21 2014 00:33 Gahlo wrote:On November 20 2014 23:57 Requizen wrote:
Getting bored of a game doesn't mean it's always going to be boring to you. I got bored of WoW after playing for like 5-6 years straight, but lately I've been having fun leveling, doing dungeons, and just generally playing. I just needed a 2 year break from it.
A lot of people left during Cata/Mists, and with Warlords looking like a much better expansion (supposedly less tier downtime, Garrisons, no flying so more immersive world, nostalgia trip with Outlands, etc), I know plenty of people that are interested in trying again. Doesn't hurt that this is the first xpac since WotLK that isn't a bunch of filler. I didn't play pandaria, but I'd argue that the zones they did put into Cataclysm were well done. The story was streamlined, but it was coherrent and (IMO) quite good in the immersion level.
What I mean is, if we put WoW in the in the Warcraft storyline, there is a jarring halt in the story post Lich King. The entirety of Cataclysm and Pandaria are unnecessary.
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On November 21 2014 04:31 Scip wrote:
so I have to write an essay on some kind of philosophical book or writing or w/e. From any period ever. It's all a big mess and it's all dumb as shit. You guys helped me a lot when choosing what books to read for my final exams, what are some good philosophical books I could write an essay on? Nothing too long, but maybe something you found mildly interesting?
On Liberty, The Republic, On the Genealogy of Morality, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Prince, The Stranger, Candide, Siddhartha, The God Delusion, The Communist Manifesto, Leviathan, Walden, The Social Contract, Uotpia, Politica, Apology, or Anthem (which is short enough to make Ayn Rand somewhat thought provoking).
Pick your poison.
The Prince is always fun.
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On November 21 2014 05:09 Scip wrote:
The Screwtape Letters look pretty fucking fun
Do we have some more historical stuff suggestions? I think that's more what my teacher had in mind, although I don't think he'd refuse the Screwtape Letters either.
The Prince is a good piece. Only 160 some pages, and pretty important piece of work.
Art of War, and Book of 5 Rings are good choices as well.
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The Art of War is dubiously philosophical.
I'd rather recommend Clausewitz tbh.
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On November 21 2014 05:09 Gahlo wrote:If you're allowed to do a movie, write about Midnight Meat Train. Show nested quote +On November 21 2014 01:16 Duvon wrote:On November 21 2014 00:33 Gahlo wrote:On November 20 2014 23:57 Requizen wrote:
Getting bored of a game doesn't mean it's always going to be boring to you. I got bored of WoW after playing for like 5-6 years straight, but lately I've been having fun leveling, doing dungeons, and just generally playing. I just needed a 2 year break from it.
A lot of people left during Cata/Mists, and with Warlords looking like a much better expansion (supposedly less tier downtime, Garrisons, no flying so more immersive world, nostalgia trip with Outlands, etc), I know plenty of people that are interested in trying again. Doesn't hurt that this is the first xpac since WotLK that isn't a bunch of filler. I didn't play pandaria, but I'd argue that the zones they did put into Cataclysm were well done. The story was streamlined, but it was coherrent and (IMO) quite good in the immersion level. What I mean is, if we put WoW in the in the Warcraft storyline, there is a jarring halt in the story post Lich King. The entirety of Cataclysm and Pandaria are unnecessary.
I'm not sure I follow you here. Deathwing wasn't in Warcraft 3, but he's a pretty important Warcraft lore figure regardless.
On a separate topic, the Q3 2014 report I mentioned previously covered the quarter ending on September 30th, so the timeline for the gain of 2.6 million subscribers is a month and a half, not 2 weeks. Still very impressive.
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War and Peace is a favorite in my family.
Orwell is the easy choice.
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Czech Republic11293 Posts
On November 21 2014 05:16 Lord Tolkien wrote:Show nested quote +On November 21 2014 04:31 Scip wrote:
so I have to write an essay on some kind of philosophical book or writing or w/e. From any period ever. It's all a big mess and it's all dumb as shit. You guys helped me a lot when choosing what books to read for my final exams, what are some good philosophical books I could write an essay on? Nothing too long, but maybe something you found mildly interesting? On Liberty, The Republic, On the Genealogy of Morality, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Prince, The Stranger, Candide, Siddhartha, The God Delusion, The Communist Manifesto, Leviathan, Walden, The Social Contract, Uotpia, Politica, Apology, or Anthem (which is short enough to make Ayn Rand somewhat thought provoking). Pick your poison. The Prince is always fun.
Alright, thanks for the reccomendations! I think I'll go with Candide if my teacher won't like the idea of The Screwtape Letters, making fun of Leibnitz's idea of the best possible world sounds fun
also Voltaire is a beast
actually I'm not sure, it sounds rather silly. Fucking hell, philosophy why
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Candide is actually pretty easy to study, and because it's in the context of Les Lumières, if you know some stuff (especially Diderot and Rousseau) you can very easily link it to what Voltaire says in Candide to beef up your analysis.
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On November 21 2014 05:58 Scip wrote:Show nested quote +On November 21 2014 05:16 Lord Tolkien wrote:On November 21 2014 04:31 Scip wrote:
so I have to write an essay on some kind of philosophical book or writing or w/e. From any period ever. It's all a big mess and it's all dumb as shit. You guys helped me a lot when choosing what books to read for my final exams, what are some good philosophical books I could write an essay on? Nothing too long, but maybe something you found mildly interesting? On Liberty, The Republic, On the Genealogy of Morality, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Prince, The Stranger, Candide, Siddhartha, The God Delusion, The Communist Manifesto, Leviathan, Walden, The Social Contract, Uotpia, Politica, Apology, or Anthem (which is short enough to make Ayn Rand somewhat thought provoking). Pick your poison. The Prince is always fun. Alright, thanks for the reccomendations! I think I'll go with Candide if my teacher won't like the idea of The Screwtape Letters, making fun of Leibnitz's idea of the best possible world sounds fun also Voltaire is a beast actually I'm not sure, it sounds rather silly. Fucking hell, philosophy why
Just drop philosophy  One of the best decisions I made.
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On November 21 2014 06:09 Fildun wrote:Show nested quote +On November 21 2014 05:58 Scip wrote:On November 21 2014 05:16 Lord Tolkien wrote:On November 21 2014 04:31 Scip wrote:
so I have to write an essay on some kind of philosophical book or writing or w/e. From any period ever. It's all a big mess and it's all dumb as shit. You guys helped me a lot when choosing what books to read for my final exams, what are some good philosophical books I could write an essay on? Nothing too long, but maybe something you found mildly interesting? On Liberty, The Republic, On the Genealogy of Morality, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Prince, The Stranger, Candide, Siddhartha, The God Delusion, The Communist Manifesto, Leviathan, Walden, The Social Contract, Uotpia, Politica, Apology, or Anthem (which is short enough to make Ayn Rand somewhat thought provoking). Pick your poison. The Prince is always fun. Alright, thanks for the reccomendations! I think I'll go with Candide if my teacher won't like the idea of The Screwtape Letters, making fun of Leibnitz's idea of the best possible world sounds fun also Voltaire is a beast actually I'm not sure, it sounds rather silly. Fucking hell, philosophy why Just drop philosophy One of the best decisions I made.
He's in high school
edit - I'm assuming that you can't drop classes in euro high school - this could be a false assumption
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On November 21 2014 06:10 jcarlsoniv wrote:Show nested quote +On November 21 2014 06:09 Fildun wrote:On November 21 2014 05:58 Scip wrote:On November 21 2014 05:16 Lord Tolkien wrote:On November 21 2014 04:31 Scip wrote:
so I have to write an essay on some kind of philosophical book or writing or w/e. From any period ever. It's all a big mess and it's all dumb as shit. You guys helped me a lot when choosing what books to read for my final exams, what are some good philosophical books I could write an essay on? Nothing too long, but maybe something you found mildly interesting? On Liberty, The Republic, On the Genealogy of Morality, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Prince, The Stranger, Candide, Siddhartha, The God Delusion, The Communist Manifesto, Leviathan, Walden, The Social Contract, Uotpia, Politica, Apology, or Anthem (which is short enough to make Ayn Rand somewhat thought provoking). Pick your poison. The Prince is always fun. Alright, thanks for the reccomendations! I think I'll go with Candide if my teacher won't like the idea of The Screwtape Letters, making fun of Leibnitz's idea of the best possible world sounds fun also Voltaire is a beast actually I'm not sure, it sounds rather silly. Fucking hell, philosophy why Just drop philosophy One of the best decisions I made. He's in high school edit - I'm assuming that you can't drop classes in euro high school - this could be a false assumption
In Netherlands you can, not sure about Czech Rep. Well, you still need a minimum amount of classes and I guess Scip doesn't have one or two "backup classes" so he's pretty boned.
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Hope I'm not too late to the Philosophy discussion.
You should check out Walden or Civil Disobedience.
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no, you can't drop any classes in high school ever over here, wtf? You can get slightly different classes if you go to a different high school but yeah.
Actually, I think I'd prefer something more personal, rather than something that deals with politics and how society should be structured and shit like that. I don't know anything about society and I'm not about to start learning about it, so something that deals with shit like experience, knowledge, conscience, idk stuff like that probably better suited for me.
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Eh, I guess Dutch system is just weird. All I know is that we did jack shit at high school and still got good grades. And something about a flying penguin.
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I think Spinoza wrote about things like independance of mind, what makes a man "enslave" himself (read: puts himself under the influence of another, or willingly follows his suggestions) and some such. But it's been awhile and I didn't read too much.
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On November 21 2014 06:15 Scip wrote:
no, you can't drop any classes in high school ever over here, wtf? You can get slightly different classes if you go to a different high school but yeah.
Actually, I think I'd prefer something more personal, rather than something that deals with politics and how society should be structured and shit like that. I don't know anything about society and I'm not about to start learning about it, so something that deals with shit like experience, knowledge, conscience, idk stuff like that probably better suited for me.
Truth as Subjectivity, Critique of Pure Reason, The Rebel, Nietzche, or Waiting for Godot (I recommend this).
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This hunter card is...interesting. Given RNG, 50% chance of turn 2 Highmane, 50% chance of wasting two mana.
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humboldt sounds like he has what you want
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I guess I'm too late, but Animal Farm is quick, easy, and fun to read. It's impossible to not get the message. Fight the red menace~
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