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Which book influenced you the most. Explain how or why

submitted by Panic to books 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 15:22:32 ago (+13/-0)     (books)



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[ - ] germ22 9 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 15:33:29 ago (+9/-0)

" Tabellen buch Metal" German reference book for machining and metal working. The first book that paved the way for my career in machining and mechanical engineering.

[ - ] Jimmycrackerson 8 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 16:35:22 ago (+8/-0)*

I read the entire Redwall series as a teenager (22 books) and have since re-read most of them. Almost every book follows the same theme.

The good woodland animals live a productive and peaceful life. The vermin animals invade, destroy, and kill. The once peaceful animals are forced to take up arms and kill the vermin, to keep their society.

Key difference is the woodland animal leadership isn't kiked. They are praised for killing vermin. Not locked up amongst the vermin for the duration of their lives.

[ - ] namefagsrgay 3 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 19:16:33 ago (+3/-0)

The white species needs to Eulalia the fuck up.

[ - ] beece 7 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 15:30:47 ago (+7/-0)

Book "Operation Snow", by Koster- shocked to learn of the traitors that started WW2 for the US were both jewish and American. Also shocked on how little this truth is disseminated.

[ - ] Drstrangestgov 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 16:44:13 ago (+1/-0)

Fucking labor partiers, man.

[ - ] HelenHighwater 6 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 15:38:03 ago (+6/-0)

Cliche as it sounds, 1984 left a mark
Steppenwolf by Hesse was pretty impactful from a humility 'self-examination' point of view. Being and nothingness by Satre still follows me around sometimes.
Pretty much anything (that's not a title) by Jung

[ - ] Oz5711 2 points 6 monthsOct 27, 2024 01:32:30 ago (+2/-0)

i was going to call my choice of 1984 a cliche as well, but it taught me really early on to question everyone

[ - ] HomerSampson 4 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 20:29:50 ago (+4/-0)

" Real Ultimate Power", Robert Hamburger. "Make the most of your life. If you live life passively, you are wasting a precious gift. Our time on Earth is Finite. and valuable-to carelessly waste it is a crime of the mind and soul. But Death is a gift to.

[ - ] Trope 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 23:00:21 ago (+1/-0)

I’ll put this one on my list of books to read.

[ - ] dass 1 point 6 monthsOct 27, 2024 01:54:31 ago (+1/-0)

Yea, same.

[ - ] Indoctrinated_USA 4 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 18:17:58 ago (+4/-0)

Beyond Good and Evil.
It introduced me to systems of thought more complex than I'd previously encountered.
Because of it I changed my degree from MIS to Philosophy.

[ - ] con77 4 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 16:56:01 ago (+4/-0)

Freakonomics
The crime rate fell exactly 18 years after the introduction of Roe V Wade.

Confessions of an economic hit man.
US corporations keep latin American countries in debt.
Essentially making them slaves.

Chuck Yeagers autobiography.
"Always drive Chevy trucks. Don't play cards. Avoid loose women."
Words to live by.

Killing Patton
Patton was going to testify before congress that the Soviet union was holding American prisoners.

The Art of the Deal
I read it when it first came out.

[ - ] zongongo 4 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 19:28:57 ago (+4/-0)

I read " Confessions Of An Economic Hit Man"
John Perkins.
Not my #1 but I recommend it.

[ - ] dass 1 point 6 monthsOct 27, 2024 00:05:28 ago (+1/-0)*

Cool.
Yea, mine was Silent weapons for Quiet wars pdf.
Made a profound impact on how i began to more closely view, analyze dissect the ever present and ongoing geo-political/ economic machinations of the entire world and institutions like WEF/ Bilderbergers/ UN/ and international banking and the role of inflation and monetary policy for driving large scale societal factors etc.
https://stopthecrime.net/docs/SILENT%20WEAPONS%20for%20QUIET%20WARS.pdf

Use to read that thing all the time to glean a better understanding of the reality around me.

'War is therefore the balancing of the system by killing the true creditors (the public - which we have taught to exchange true value for inflated currency) and falling back on whatever is left of thoe resources of Nature and regeneration of those resources'.
'Until such energy dominance is absolutely established, the consent of the people to labor and let others handle their affairs must be taken into consideration, since failure to do so could cause the people to interfere in the final transfer of energy sources to the control of the elite. It is essential to recognize at this time, public consent is still an essential key to the release of energy in the process of economic amplification. Therefore, consent as an energy release mechanism will now be considered.'

[ - ] Anus_Expander 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 20:13:38 ago (+2/-0)

Freakanomics is a great read

[ - ] Panic [op] 3 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 15:28:15 ago (+3/-0)*

For me it was Walden by Henry David Thoreau. He was the only person in American history to experience real freedom. My role model.

Just went into the woods, built his tiny home by hand. Henry David Thoreau lived at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts for two years, two months, and two days, from July 1845 to September 1847.

Lived on his own terms. Nice.

[ - ] Stonkmar 3 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 17:36:23 ago (+3/-0)

Didn't he already have money and a friend's land to 'live' on?

[ - ] jfroybees 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 17:39:37 ago (+2/-0)

Would that we all could claim some land, build on it and keep it without intrusions.

[ - ] Panic [op] 0 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 21:06:56 ago (+0/-0)

Didn't he already have money and a friend's land to 'live' on?
As I recall, yes. Ralph Waldo Emerson owned the land. Both were from wealthy families.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 20:10:08 ago (+2/-0)

He lived a short walk from town, and had his clothes laundered there 😂

[ - ] Panic [op] 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 21:10:34 ago (+1/-0)

Thank goodness for that. He'd smell pretty ripe otherwise.

[ - ] HelenHighwater 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 15:31:20 ago (+1/-0)

Read both him and emerson. The concept is amazing, the storytelling is dry...really dry.

[ - ] Panic [op] 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 15:35:28 ago (+2/-0)

Plus, Thoreau wrote a small book called On Civil Disobedience. Yes, it started with him and Emerson.

[ - ] Panic [op] 0 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 15:36:10 ago (+0/-0)

Aaaand, YOUR favorite book is?

[ - ] HelenHighwater 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 15:39:02 ago (+2/-0)

See my other comment.

[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 23:19:31 ago (+2/-0)

The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton. I read it long before the movie came out, I think I was 10. Kind of related to it and in fact some of my youthful years ended up along the lines of the characters.

[ - ] Dindu 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 21:39:01 ago (+2/-0)

On the Road caused me to see life the wrong way and waste many years.

[ - ] o0shad0o 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 21:13:59 ago (+2/-0)

There are two books I read that really influenced my way of thinking.

Godel, Escher, Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid. I read this book as a child. This scientific and philosophical book taught me ways to think outside the box that really helped me devise solutions to problems.

The Illuminatus Trilogy. This book, despite being highly fantastic, really opened my eyes to how not only did we have people playing the Great Game, trying to take over the world, but that there wasn't only one side fighting. It also contained a system of numerology, which of course was bullcrap, but turned out a wonderful way to generate mnemonics and memorize numbers.

[ - ] ButtToucha9000 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 20:29:24 ago (+2/-0)

The original dune series.

[ - ] MaryXmas 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 21:04:28 ago (+2/-0)

Jessica...

[ - ] PostWallHelena 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 21:57:29 ago (+2/-0)

Great series, great writer. I read a book of his short stories that blew my mind.

[ - ] Drstrangestgov 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 16:43:28 ago (+3/-1)

A confederacy of dunces. Because it showed me how peoples perception of you depends upon the perceiver.

[ - ] beece 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 19:16:16 ago (+2/-0)

I thought that A confederacy of dunces book sucked. Interesting....it won the pulitzer.

[ - ] Drstrangestgov 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 20:03:12 ago (+1/-0)

It struck a chord with me because I could relate to the protagonist

[ - ] Anus_Expander 2 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 20:13:03 ago (+2/-0)

It sucked so bad, I couldn't finish the first chapter. Before the writer killed himself, every publisher in the US turned it down. His mother got it published after he roped.

[ - ] HomerSampson 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 20:52:37 ago (+1/-0)

Book was as shitty as catcher in the rye.
Cucker Max is a faggot

[ - ] Panic [op] 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 21:23:51 ago (+1/-0)

I LOVED that book. Being from New Orleans myself, I knew all the places and people similar to the characters. Even dated a (((girl))) like Myrna Minkoff.

[ - ] Drstrangestgov 0 points 6 monthsOct 29, 2024 09:54:03 ago (+0/-0)

That outrageous minx!

[ - ] WhatColorIsYourTigerCage 1 point 6 monthsOct 27, 2024 07:16:14 ago (+1/-0)

The Bible

[ - ] Wahaha 1 point 6 monthsOct 27, 2024 04:47:35 ago (+1/-0)

That's difficult to pinpoint, but The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind (1895) seems like a good pick. A memorable tidbit from it is that witness reports are the least reliable source of information and the more witnesses you have that say the exact same thing the more likely it is for that information to be completely wrong.

[ - ] albatrosv15 1 point 6 monthsOct 27, 2024 03:31:39 ago (+1/-0)

Grimms tales. Pretty grim.

[ - ] mannerbund 1 point 6 monthsOct 27, 2024 02:47:06 ago (+1/-0)

The works of plato. It started with his dialogue on justice. It opened me up to a grey world where even simple things can be complex once you start to analyze them. It eventually led me to think critically about many aspects of life and is a big factor in why I am here on this site today.

[ - ] dass 1 point 6 monthsOct 27, 2024 01:58:01 ago (+1/-0)

'My two Dads' and the internationally acclaimed sequel - 'Mom, Dad and their new boyfriend'.
close third was 'I'm not a real boy, i'm an attack helicopter'.

[ - ] Trumpman1488 1 point 6 monthsOct 27, 2024 01:01:15 ago (+1/-0)

The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump and How to Attract Asian Women by Tan Ming

[ - ] bohmoonx 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 23:55:18 ago (+1/-0)

Ralph Waldo Emerson "Self Reliance". Why do you want to know?

[ - ] Panic [op] 0 points 6 monthsOct 27, 2024 14:58:26 ago (+0/-0)

Curious about books that influence folks.
Self Reliance
Good choice!

[ - ] Prairie 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 23:52:34 ago (+1/-0)

I read Daniel Dennet's Elbow Room several times. It's fairly short and cuts through the many BS definitions of free will.

[ - ] Doglegwarrior 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 23:23:09 ago (+1/-0)

3 books for three different reasons

1. The dungeon and dragons book about creatures it was the book that my 3rd grade reading specialist allowed me to read that took me from a shitty reader to above average

2. Catch 22... book that had me laughing then choking up in one paragraph showed me the power of words to affect the real world... almost got catch22 as a tattoo I'm tattoo free but it has been a life philosophy in a weird way

3. 1984 showed me the future we are currently living in I just didn't know it was the jews that were big brother on a global scale.. Sadly I think they have basically won unless there is some great awakining

[ - ] Trope 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 23:08:07 ago (+1/-0)

Too many to list. If you’ve ever wanted to better understand something, then surely there are men out there older and more experienced than we. And of those men, some of them have written great books sharing their wisdom.

Found two great books detailing the psychology of women. They are absolutely emotion and, I’d argue they are outright illogical. However, there is a definite pattern to them of which man can build logic around.

There are also many great books on business, how taxes work, parenting, and all kinds of topics. Not to mention health and nutrition. Just finished a book on endocrine disrupters. We are far beyond “Turning the freaking frogs gay.” Levels in the rivers, lakes, and municipal water supplies.

[ - ] calx 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 22:59:10 ago (+1/-0)

The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin.

He shattered my mind with the history of banking exposing the true rulers of this God forsake planet. I had no idea. How utterly worthless all my history/economics classes were. I learned more from this book than all my "classes" combined going well into college.

[ - ] Doglegwarrior 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 23:28:18 ago (+1/-0)

I had three books listed is should have been 4... this should be mandatory reading it should name the jew harder

[ - ] Looneyskiprooney 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 21:35:57 ago (+1/-0)

History of Human Stupidity by Pitkin. An oldie but goody. Helped me see the forest through the trees.

[ - ] Anus_Expander 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 20:08:25 ago (+1/-0)

The Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat shaped my entire adult life

[ - ] Hugh 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 18:47:15 ago (+1/-0)

The Great Impersonation: shocking, enlightening - answered all my questions on the Bible, history, race and everything else. Outlined the 7,000 year war between the "canaanites" and the White (Adamic) race.

https://www.moneytreepublishing.com/shop/the-great-impersonation

[ - ] RMGoetbbels 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 18:14:46 ago (+1/-0)

The Tao of Poo.

Around 1997 or so I found myself wanting to kill niggers and jews en masse in the most vicious way possible, that book helped to calm me down.

I'm better now.

[ - ] Panic [op] 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 21:15:04 ago (+1/-0)

The Tao of Poo.
You must have meant 'The Tao of Pooh' as in Winnie the Pooh.

Great idea. My next book ill be called 'The Tao of Poo Poo. But maybe not. The concept stinks.

[ - ] Stonkmar 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 17:40:00 ago (+1/-0)

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Still scares me to this day; both stories and drawings are nightmare fuel (especially for a 10 year old).
All three editions are on my bookshelf and have been highly recommended to my boys, but there've been no takers...yet.

[ - ] Fishsticksforever 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 16:59:24 ago (+1/-0)

London, by Edward Rutherfurd

I first read it while in jail for 30 days for a second DUI, where I caused no harm.

It tells a story of England from the Druid times, up until WWII.

The antagonist is named Silversleeves...

[ - ] Doglegwarrior 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 23:26:54 ago (+1/-0)

Look into the druids... there is almost zero historical information about them shockingly little. It surprized the hell out of me everything about druids is hearsay or made up

[ - ] WNwoman 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 16:38:33 ago (+1/-0)

I got a lot out of reading both The Gift of Fear and How to Judge People By What They Look Like. They share a common theme of following your gut instincts and not letting social conditioning or guilt override your thinking and decision making. If you are a parent you really should read the first one.

[ - ] HonkyMcNiggerSpic 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 16:28:42 ago (+1/-0)

Books? What kind of retard nerd reads muh books? Probably the same ones who read the instructions when assembling something. gay

[ - ] con77 3 points 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 16:59:30 ago (+3/-0)

I'm gonna grab you by the ear young man!

[ - ] Trope 1 point 6 monthsOct 26, 2024 23:01:52 ago (+1/-0)

I read books and instructional manuals when required. The process is, as you say, gay but gayness becomes both knowledge and wisdom.