/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16142833]

Has your reading habits scared peopleaway, /lit/?

[Anonymous No.16142836]

>>16142833
Is that you Lara? i've been waiting for you my dead.
How have you been?

[Anonymous No.16142837]

No because i stay away from them in the first place.

[Anonymous No.16142958]

Reading is for people with low sex drives. Why should I read when I can masturbate 6 times in a 12 hour span? Literally no point.

[Anonymous No.16143186]

>>16142833
No, but it will. I just ordered around 30 dissident meme books. The number of times "Hitler" will be seen on my shelves alone should be enough to insure my celibacy for years to come.

[Anonymous No.16143194]

No, but it will. I just ordered around 30 dissident meme books. The number of times "Hitler" will be seen on my shelves alone should be enough to ensure my celibacy for years to come.

[Anonymous No.16143246]

>>16142833
Is that the girl who sings songs and dresses from the 40's? I love her.

[Anonymous No.16143247]

>>16142958
I do both.

[Anonymous No.16143257]

>>16143194

weird...why would having Hitler books on your shelf ensure celibacy? Would the opposite be true if the Nazis won the war? Something something about conformity entailing access to sex, entailing submission to a standing power structure?

huh....weird, wowee

[Anonymous No.16143259]

>people ask what my hobbies are
>say reading
>"oh what stuff"
>uhh mainly classics I guess, I enjoy some greek stuff like homer & aristophenes but also more 20th century works like mishima, joyce, hesse, etc (trying to say people they might know in case they've read similar stuff/not be too obscure)
>"ohh wow that's pretty impressive haha"
>they then change the subject
I'm not trying to impress anyone but I also don't want to lie about the shit I read... I could mention the more obscure stuff instead but that seems more pretentious. I'm not trying to be but that's just the kind of stuff I like, I just hope I don't come across too badly.

[Anonymous No.16143277]

>>16143257
Just a joke. I'm an ultrachad, and write my favorite Hitler quotes on girl's tits while I'm fucking them.

[Anonymous No.16143284]

>>16143259
>he still tells normies he reads

What are you some sort of stuck up early twenties dweeb?

[Anonymous No.16143291]

>>16143259
>>16143284
It's fine to say you read, but
>uhh mainly classics I guess
Gimme a fucking break, man, nobody wants to hear "uh I guess" when you're talking about your passions. Puts some fucking gusto into it. Your face should light up at the opportunity to discuss what you love. That's what people want out of you. The content itself isn't as important.

[Anonymous No.16143329]

>>16143194
excited about your new book, karl ove

[Anonymous No.16143334]

She looks as if she takes it up the arse

[Anonymous No.16143374]

I tell people I'm an avid Sade reader. They seem to take it well but I can tell they must actually think it rather weird.

[Anonymous No.16143378]

>looking for work in old town
>go into the waterstones which was hiring
>guy asked me what I was reading as a casual question
>be honest and say no longer human
>"is that the kind of book you usually read?"
>"well it was the last book I read"
>didn't even like the book but feel too embarassed to go back in
>wouldn't have been arsed to write the short essay about why I want to work there either though

[Anonymous No.16143383]

>>16143247
Cope for low sex drive. There isn't a point of reading.

[Anonymous No.16143397]

>>16143334
All women do.

[Anonymous No.16143400]

>>16143397
sodomite cope and not giga chad.

[Anonymous No.16143405]

>>16143378
Why would you be embarrassed?

[Anonymous No.16143411]

>>16143378
I'll beat him up for embarrassing you like this.

[Anonymous No.16143415]

>>16143405
I just did. I didn't like the feeling of having to justify myself like that to somone I already didn't like before talking to him.

[Anonymous No.16143443]

>>16143291
Yes! And don’t just say broad categories, more like
>mostly classics but right now I’m reading this book called the brothers karamazov, it’s about...
And then draw words straight out of your love of literature, never once caring except to be passionate. When people are interested in you, it’s not your hobbies they care about, it’s you by way of your passions.

[Anonymous No.16143460]

>>16142833
In high school people thought i was gonna be a school shooter because I read serial killer books

[Anonymous No.16143459]

>>16143443
>When people are interested in you, it’s not your hobbies they care about, it’s you by way of your passions.
Based, fellow gigachad.

[Anonymous No.16143469]

>>16142833
Of course, that's how you filter pseuds.

[Anonymous No.16145358]

>>16142833
Cute and bump

[Anonymous No.16145379]

>>16143291
>Your face should light up at the opportunity to discuss what you love. That's what people want out of you. The content itself isn't as important.
And once you display that passion they zone out, change the topic, and may even give you shit for being "weird". What a boring, fruitless enterprise.

[Anonymous No.16145386]

>>16142833
daily reminder to hide jezebelposting threads, ignore jezebels, do not reply to jezebelposters

[Anonymous No.16145460]

>>16143415
>somone I already didn't like before talking to him.
based

[Anonymous No.16145488]

>>16142833
She would reject me brutally.

[Anonymous No.16145513]

>>16142833
>first and only time I got a girl in my room
>"haha you sure do have a lot of books anon"
>"of course I fucking do I've told you at least once I'm studying literature at uni"
>she works with children so I don't actually expect her to hold onto any useful information
>"so, do you, like, have lolita? teehee"
>"of course I fucking have lolita you dumb whore it's up there next to panzer leader"
>"panzer... anon, this book has a swastika on the cover"
>"yeah?"
>"are you a fuckign nazi?"
>"i dunno, kind of"
Anyway it probably would have been better to just push her down rather than let her look around.

[Anonymous No.16145529]

No but people have always been intimidated by my intelligence. Not that I flaunt it arrogantly, quite the contrary, but it's so effortless they realize immediately that I am their superior.

[Anonymous No.16145549]

>>16145513
Did you just learn the word fuck this week?

[Anonymous No.16145590]

>>16145549
No, that's just how it went.

[Anonymous No.16145644]

She looks like she'd be a jewess. I want to eat her hairy kike pussy.

[Anonymous No.16145674]

>>16142958
do whatever you want anon but personally I get sick of beating my dick eventually, it doesn’t feel as good the more you do it

[Anonymous No.16145706]

>>16143257
Hitler is not very fashionable right now and women love fashion. That being said tons of girls like racism but the majority don’t, especially in the city. Though if you are a catch I doubt a girl would care much unless she was religiously into politics, the average girl would likely abandon all her views (and often they do) for the right guy. so shower and haircut inkwells ;)

[Anonymous No.16145759]

>>16142833
I don’t know but I feel bad about mentioning it sometimes.

[Anonymous No.16145787]

Yes, specially because i sound like a schizo when I talk about books. When I was at college I tried to sound sophisticated, but eventually I always ended up like a nutjob talking about influences of the author wich was topic of the conversation. I just don't care anymore, so I give even more the schizo vibe when I speak about books and authors that I like and their ideas/aestethics. But it's okey, if someone actually has interest in books they don't have a problem talking with me. It's the same with weaboos, most of them seem repulsive, but when you speak with them about a common anime, it just doesn't matter

[Anonymous No.16146073]

>>16142958
Mate that is normie numbers when i was coomer i used to coom 15 times a day
>>16145674
Indeed, couldn`t agree more.

[Anonymous No.16146215]

>>16143246
>>16143334
>>16145358
>>16145386
>>16145488

[Anonymous No.16146755]

i stopped mentioning reading as my hobby and it's improved my dating success. i just say instead that i do nothing

[Anonymous No.16146922]

>>16142958
>Reading is for people with low sex drives.

not really, i have a big dick and my libido is of a satyr but i really like to read, i´m a curious person and no, i´m not a nigger, don´t offend me with such claims

[Anonymous No.16147139]

>>16145379
Most will, but some will be just as enthusiastic. You assume its a fruitless enterprise based on what evidence? A couple bad experiences? P

[Anonymous No.16147266]

>>16147139
My entire life

[Anonymous No.16147336]

>>16145379
>And once you display that passion they zone out
Wrong.
>and may even give you shit for being "weird".
So?
>What a boring, fruitless enterprise.
You're boring.

[Anonymous No.16147366]

>>16143460
When I was like 11 I read psychology textbooks and nonfiction by psychiatrists about school shootings. I also read Stephen King and this was well before Sandy Hook so I probably just seemed like a dark Tim Burton character.

[Anonymous No.16147377]

>>16147336
You seem to confuse bland, childish negation with actually having a point.

[Anonymous No.16147389]

>>16142833
ive been called a philosopher as an insult. people think philosphy means adhering only to logic.

[Anonymous No.16147411]

>>16142833
When people ask you about you reading as a hobby just tell them you read because TV and social media are garbage. If they go on to ask what sort of books just namedrop a few authors or say the Russians, modernists, philosophy, etc. If they don't change the subject only then should you sperg out. Don't bother trying to sound relatable, most people haven't read since school and won't have any idea what you're talking about anyways.

[Anonymous No.16147415]

>>16146755
Not doing anything probably does make you more relatable to the average person. Most people just watch netflix and what not when they get home until they go to sleep

[Anonymous No.16147422]

>>16142833
Yes ppl will see my personal library and realize I am a crazy person and disconnect from friendship. It hurts, but it's true.

[Anonymous No.16147584]

>>16147389

This never happened. You're 300 pounds and live with your mom.

[Anonymous No.16147592]

>>16147584
>tfw I live with my mom because she's very sick and can't be by herself right now
>everyone uses this as an insult on the internet

[Anonymous No.16147637]

>>16147592
You're doing the right thing even if it's tough. Stick through it anon, family is what's most important. Please cherish each moment you have with her. Remember, no matter what happens, life goes on, take it one step at a time.

[Anonymous No.16148355]

what do you mean reading habits? why would someone be scared away by someone who reads a lot?
why would someone be scared away by someone who might take notes by reading?
what qualifies as something that might scare someone away? Can you only read with a dildo in your ass or something?

[Anonymous No.16148366]

>>16147389
There's a certain kind of person who if you mentioned any philosophers to them will immediately get resentful and dismissive, and assume you're trying to signal being a big brain. I just don't bother anymore unless the person shows intellectual curiosity to me first

[Anonymous No.16148381]

>>16142833
Actually yes and I don't even read much.
As soon as they started to hear that I was reading they started to gradually distance themselves from me. Tbh that was for the best tho, good way to filter out people who are incapable of thinking.

[Anonymous No.16148398]

>>16147366
Reading psych at 11? Anon no joke you seem like a bright person I don't know anyone personally that reads those types of subjects at a young age.
After Sandy Hook happened my high school library took away all books about child killers, school shooters, and mass terrorism.

[dudelit No.16148400]

I went to college with this girl lol, I did some audio for her at a couple local shows at MTSU like 3/4 years ago, had some classes with her too

[Anonymous No.16148403]

>>16147584
Incredibly unbased post. Am not him but this anon
>>16148381

Have you ever stepped out of your house and talked to people in real life? Not all of them have the exact same interests as you, you know.

[今晚打老虎 No.16148418]

>>16142958
>he doesnt use whip one out every time he needs a book mark
>that feeling of satisfaction when the book you just finished is soak in baby batter
>he doesnt reward his reading habits with furious masturbation
>he hasnt rewired his brain to sport a boner every time he sees a book

[Anonymous No.16148529]

>>16146215
>>16142833
I'd fill her.

[Anonymous No.16148551]

>>16142833
Yeah, once a long time ago when I was a patronizing 19yo and deluded with self importance I drove away a beautiful girl 3 years older than me who liked me a lot because I was always telling her how her taste in books sucked (at the time I was reading stuff like Blood Meridian and other litcore, and she liked YA SFF). I really regret being so pigheaded but I'm a different man now.

[Anonymous No.16148642]

>>16148551
We live and we learn anon

[Anonymous No.16148741]

>>16142833
I hope it does

[Anonymous No.16149624]

>>16147377
You didn't have a point, so do I need one?

[Anonymous No.16149885]

>>16147584
this happened when i was in high school. my girlfriend was warned by her friend to be careful around philosophers because they are not very religious and they only care for logic.

[Anonymous No.16151220]

>>16145529
Exactly, people that I initially speak to and later become my friends often tell me that when they first met me they assumed I was either: older than I was, taller, and more Intelligent to some extent.

[Anonymous No.16151464]

>>16149885
kek this is hilarious like you're a fucking shaman with logic or some shit. Also that not all philosophies are so based in logic. There are so many more practical ones like Stoicism.

[Anonymous No.16151473]

>>16151220
>>16145529
Smart girls make me so fucking hard. Not the arrogant kind, but the ones that know they're smart and semi kind it but it just comes out. There was a chick at my workplace and she'd wear these glasses too hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm fuck it's time to COOM

[Anonymous No.16151638]

>>16149624
You can try a little harder than that.

[Anonymous No.16151676]

nah..its probably my face and my ultra right wing political opinions

[Anonymous No.16151741]

>>16145379
Has never once happened to me and I never hide my power levels, not even as a hardcore math nerd. You can't beat a love for life, or a true passion. Joy is infectious.

[Anonymous No.16152104]

>>16151741
I don't hide mine either, but I also accept that some people just don't give a shit.

[Anonymous No.16152462]

>>16142833
I was literally bullied for reading in school.

[Anonymous No.16152479]

Not my reading habits, but my whole way of being which is itself tied to my reading habits.

[Anonymous No.16153502]

Gingers

[Anonymous No.16153656]

>>16153502
yuck

[Anonymous No.16153978]

Eh, kind of. I sometimes led "sections" for our young adult Sunday school class. It was for people 23-33, but shifted more towards 26-36 by the time I got banned.

I also used to do the 18-22 college group sometimes.

I was 24-27 when this happened. We were a very open church so we talked about homosexuals, and abortion. Anyhow, I did a class on angels and that made me look at the books of Enoch. People were really interested in these old books that were taken seriously but then cut by most sects. Well, I did a class on the Gnostics after. I was always a "here is what people debated, you decide.," Kinda guy.

I was asked not to return to church. I can't be sure but I am pretty sure they asked my fiance to break up with me.

Ironically, being IRL banned be ovrer this made me take Gnostics seriously.

[Anonymous No.16154057]

>>16142833
No, the only people outside my family who know I read are my friends who also read.

[Anonymous No.16154239]

>>16152462
nigger detected

[Anonymous No.16154530]

>>16153978
>your lunacy is not allowed but ours is
fuck churches

[Anonymous No.16154612]

>>16151638
>you need to try harder than me
Nah.

[Anonymous No.16154858]

>>16142833
never speak to people that drink 2000 calories from a bucket the first time you meet them

just leave

[Anonymous No.16154889]

>>16142833
under the guise of literary grunge and street cred, I picked up some antisocial showering habits

[Anonymous No.16154993]

>>16153978
Prot? Cat? Orth?