Bullshit-books
 

Those "How to improve your life so it doesn't suck like all hell" books, and any autobiographies by celebrities reallllyyyyy annoy me.

O.O
I refuse to accept that "Men Are From Mars and Woman Are From Venus" is a logical book. I simply refuse.

Especiall when the author is on marriage number four. "I'k OK, You're OK" has ruined a generation of high school counselors.

I know, it's kind of like a morbidly obese person being a dietician.
And high school counsellors have always been awful, the book just made them worse...

I've heard that "Princess Spider: True Experiences from a Dominatrix" sucks.

Do Penn and Teller have a book out?

The Secret is spreading like wildfire around here. Isn't the gist of the whole thing "If you think positively, good things will happen"?

And I think a lot of Buddhist books suffer from trying to be self help guides for non-Buddhists. I'm looking at YOU, Art Of Happiness! Its hard to figure out which books will help me learn more about my own religion and which books will tell me the bare basics I already know and how to apply that to my busy middle class family life o.O

I really dislike the principle of that book. I mean thinking positively is great and all... But it isn't like a magical force!!

Oh yes it is! I thought about eating a roll, and I achieved that dream by reaching over, grabbing one and putting it in my mouth. This book is a MIRACLE!

I don't like the books that claim they are teen guides to life but are really self-help books. I got one for Christmas last year...

Yes, they are that stupid. However, it is much more than that.

Humans, to a large extent, are weak. They see a challenge before them and cower, they run for help before attempting the challenge. They weaken themselves needlessly, medicating what the immune system can handle, censoring anything they could simply ignore, driving where they could walk, accepting processed garbage when they could cook, and the worst thing, accepting anything heard as fact instead of learning. People have long forgotten that every obstacle placed in your path is to be enjoyed, for every challenge provides the opportunity to grow, to become stronger, faster, smarter, and better. These books are but a prime example of human weakness, turning to the counsel of others for issues that only involve one's self.

Regarding the post above mine:

Self-Help books are an oxymoron. If one consult a book written by someone else, it is no longer self help, it is help. If one helps one's self, then one didn't need help to begin with. I believe the late comedian George Carlin made a remark with that gist.

who cares?

Shut the fuck up, Steppenwolf. You're genuinely curious as to who cares? Obviously the author cares, and everyone who replied to the thread cares.

Futhermore, you must recognize that every time you reply to a thread you dislike with 'who cares', that thread is bumped to the top of the page. A sensible person sees a post he doesn't care about and ignores it, but you're the goddamn worst kind of moron, one who addresses a problem by fucking contributing to it.

How do some of these books even get PUBLISHED?

Here are a few facts that I thought was pretty well-known until recently:
1. Publishers publish what they think will sell well. Since most self-help books work on some people but don't work on most of the people who buy them (morons), self-help books are very easy to sell.
2. There are smaller publishing companies who will publish even moar crap.
3. If you don't feel like going through the trouble of publishing through either of the above, you can publish a book yourself and get it printed (or print it yourself, though I wouldn't suggest that).

Any book in Oprah's fuckin' book club

you didn't get it and obviously I'm not going to explain it here .
I don't have any responsability for bumping threads .
You shut the fuck up . If you don't like me before you know me it's your problem , not mine

Well said.