Thread 24655761

When will you abandon your books, anon?

sounds a lot like some of jesus' sayings in the gospels

>>24655772
Jesus plagiarized it

>>24655774
this book didnt exist until the 1800s, written by a drunk english sailor. Sorry cupcake.

>>24655775
You’re funny

>>24655761 (OP)
>hear of the way
>the perfect sound hushed
pick one

>>24655783
Crazy how you immediately missed the point. I’m not even going to explain

>>24655761 (OP)
I see your mysticism and I raise you mine: A man only becomes a great reader once he abandons his books. The books are only in our mind. Let go of them and you will learn to speak to them.

>>24655791
>I-I'm not even going to explain!!
lmao cope

>>24655794
Hushed doesn’t mean inaudible you twit

>>24655798
>hushed
>/həSHt/
>adjective
>having a calm and still silence.
>si·lence
>/ˈsīləns/
>noun
>complete absence of sound.
cope on a rope

it's a litany of paradoxes
how the fuck do you fags not get this
fucking lol

>>24655810
Retard is pulling out a dictionary as if “hushed voice” isn’t one of the most common phrases in English. I can tell you’re ESL, by the way: you have a fixation on technicalities with zero knowledge of how the language is used practically.

>>24655821
i'm esl and understand the nuances of the english language better than most of you fags

>>24655821
Pretty sure it says somewhere something like "the dao that can be spoken isn't the true dao" but you havent even read your own slop lmao. just sperging out. hilarious

>>24655832
Keep laughing

>>24655825
The English that is understood by ESL isn’t the true English

>>24655810
“(of a voice or conversation) quiet and
serious.”

>>24655845
His deployment is "lmao" is an attempt to trigger social dominance hierarchies through simulated confidence displays. He's essentially broadcasting artificial amusement signals to suggest he finds your position so intellectually inferior that it provokes involuntary mirth responses.

exactly the same neurological impulses that drive chimps to display exaggerated relaxation postures when challenged by rivals.

>>24655850
i assure you i score better than you on english verbal iq tests. i have no trouble reading authors like joyce or melville. the mere fact of being a native anglophone doesn't make you superior. bragging about it is boorish. find something less idiotic to brag about.

>>24655861
The mere fact of being a native Anglophone does make me superior

>>24655825
>>24655832
Imagine not immediately knowing what a “hushed noise” means and running to a dictionary as your first response. Hilarious.

>>24655761 (OP)
So "the way" is an undefined concept that doesn't have any fixed meaning and can mean anything.
I'm not laughing out loud but it is bullshit.

>>24655862
i thought you were just joking so i deleted my post. but turns out you *are* a boor. and a bore. bye.

>>24655870
stop being autistic. try to contemplate the paradoxes. which are a way of uttering the unutterable. that your mind may contemplate if possible that which cannot be named. but no. babby needs pictures. clear meanings. logic! clarity!

>>24655871
You started it, Mr. Verbal IQ

>>24655891
wanna compare scores?

>>24655845
Ok

>>24655870
This

>>24655870
>So "the way" is an undefined concept that doesn't have any fixed meaning and can mean anything.
the way is everything and nothing, and it's not accessible to humans

this shit is retarded lol but might have seemed profound to uneducated chinese peasants

>>24655894
You first little boy

>>24655909
Since I know you’re dying to prove yourself. You must have some kind of guilt

>>24655909
the first verbal iq test that comes up on google is the psych today one. it's a pretty good test. i basically aced it (150). you don't need to believe me. i do doubt that you can score that high on it.

why am i being a dick about this? because you insist on saying "esl" with a sneer. which ultimately is just such a boring thing to brag about. just crass chauvinism. find something more interesting to brag about.

>>24655930
Well I got 151

>>24655934
sure you did. and in such little time. a real marvel.

>>24655934
truth is i posted the test on /lit/ a long time ago and no one even came near 140.

but alas my prose is still rife with solecisms. it veers purple -- and off-track. i'm not a natural like you. woe is me.

sleepytime now. me sleep. bye bye. love u.

>>24655950
I extend my congratulations to you, Nimrod, the great and skilled Speaker. I apologize for prodding a tender spot of your conscience. Know that, under the guise of an anonymous chat board, I have been somewhat flippant and derogatory. Enjoy the works of Joyce and Melville. Read them and understand them, and strive to connect with others in a non-native language. Stand proudly across the gap of words, testing the space between them and exploring human connection through language. The gap is truly an abyss, but by continuing to express yourself in multiple modalities you will fly above it.

Damn it
I don't want to study Classical Chinese anymore but seeing it makes me want to study it again

>>24655930
Bragging about your “verbal iq” score is crass chauvinism