• VeryFrugal@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Life is too short to read shitty self help books that’s written by influencers(yuck) or some LLM shit books. Read the classics.

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      3 days ago

      You gotta find your favorite classics. I can’t read some old 19th century British lady writing about 18th century British teenagers getting married to their cousins, but I fuck with HP Lovecraft and HG Wells

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      2 days ago

      There are loads of great contemporary writers. Some of the best books I’ve ever read have come out in the past 4 years.

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      2 days ago

      I swear Bad Lieutenant (the movie) is a modern adaptation of Musset’s Lorrenzaccio (the theatre play, but we read it in class).

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      The only book I’ve read from an “influencer” is How to Win at Chess by Levy Rozman (@GothamChess), and mostly because it was one of two books on chess at my local library. He runs a chess training website (chessly), so he actually has some creds there.

      I also bought The Civilian Rights Handbook by John Lang (@AuditTheAudit) because I wanted to support him thought the book might be genuinely interesting to read and loan.

      Other than that, I mostly read from regular authors, either past or present.

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        2 days ago

        Levy is the only youtuber where I can forgive clickbait because he goes so over the top with it.