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Hey, /lit/.
I feel odd. I've been commuting to school/uni/work for almost 8 years now (around 1,5 h a day). I always carry a book with me and spend the time on the train reading, unless I talk to a fellow commuter (a friend or, sometimes, a stranger - actually, several books served as good conversation starters). Still, I don't meet many friends on the train so I read most of the time.
I was riding back home late in the evening today when I felt something weird. I had pulled out a book and started reading it but suddenly noticed this girl sitting opposite from me who was about my age (I'm also a girl, btw). A situation in which I had found myself thousands of times before--reading a book, being surrounded by strangers--suddenly became unbearably awkward. What the fuck, I thought, why am I reading instead of engaging in a conversation with a person sitting right here? Then I felt weird for feeling weird. Then I racked my brains for a possible excuse for starting a conversation, but before I came up with anything, she plugged her ears with earphones. And then I resumed reading.
Have you ever been in a similar situation? Do you ever think to yourself: I should be ........ instead of reading? Or was my sudden flush of self-consciousness simply a result of too much time spent online or something? Pic somewhat related.

Also, I was reading Orientalism by Edward Said and she wore Harem pants. I thought it was funny.

>> No.611490

>Your mother comes in and tells you to clean your room while you're reading a copy of Atlas Shrugged
>Your mother does not appreciate fine literature

>> No.611492

22 yearrs old here- I constantly get the feeling that I'm wasting my life, not doing anything worthwhile... and I'm right, I don't go to school, still live at home with my mom, regular basement dwelling details.. I never get that feeling while I'm reading though. As long as you're headed towards something than I feel you're doing better than the majority of the visitors of this site.

>> No.611502

>>611492

Do you have your degree already? It's kind of hard to get a job now. Don't feel bad. :3

>> No.611513

>>611502
Hahahaha, no, I do not have a degree. I'm gonna end up working in a fucking factory for the rest of my life, I can feel it happening. It sucks, but I'm not driven enough to go to school. God damnit I hate Illinois

>> No.611520

>>611492
OP here, I'm also 22, also wasting my life, and I feel it even while reading. But that's irrelevant :) It just felt so weird today to realize that people are engaging in solitary activities like reading or listening to music when they're riding on a train together and maybe... just maybe... could benefit more from talking to each other instead. Any thoughts?

>> No.611523

>>611513

Go to a Community College. Shits easy. Bitches are hot. Do it. I'm going to CC in Colorado. All you need to get in is a HS degree or a GED. Loans and grants are easy to get to help pay for it too. I'm 22 and that's what I'm doing.

>> No.611525

>>611492
24 basement dweller r9k regualr here

i agree, that feeling you got, we have that usually most of the time, all day, every day. no joke.

>> No.611552

>>611520
The only thought I have on the issue at hand is that it's kind of ironic that engaging in the arts HAS become such a solitary activity because aren't art forms supposed to a) make you feel empathetic towards humanity as a whole and b) inspire you? I don't know, I've got to go to work, if you want to talk some more, add me on facebook: Eric E. Geye.

>> No.611554

>>611525

I love you robot. :3

>> No.611556

>>611552

lol ur name is gay

>> No.611575

>>611523
Holy shit another Coloradofag? I've never met another one on 4chan before. :U

>> No.611583

>>611575

There's a shitload on /b/. I don't know whether that's good or bad :/

Where do you live? I'm in Fort Collins.

>> No.611600

>>611583
Boulder. Hot damn! We're only like an hour apart.

>> No.611604

>>611600
>>611583

You guys should totally hook up, it's like fate or something.

>> No.611607

>>611600

I'm going to CU in a couple semesters. lulz

>> No.611608

>>611604

You want in? ;)

>> No.611614

>>611608
Baby I always want in. If you know what I mean.

HOW'S THAT FOR SMOOTH

>> No.611624

>>611614

Super smooth

>> No.611636

Does /lit/ ever get that feeling where you wake up and find yourself transformed in your bed into a monstrous vermin?

>> No.611639

>>611624
Hey, do you have AIM? It's always neat to chat with someone from the same area.

>> No.611640

>>611636
Story of every /lit/fag's life.

>> No.611653

>>611636

No, but sometimes my dick looks like some monstrous vermin from all of my fapping

>> No.611668 [DELETED] 

>>611639

jjoyce1921@hotmail.com

This is my msn messenger address for chatting with random people. I'll add you.

>> No.611678

>>611575

jjoyce1921@hotmail.com is my msn.

>> No.611682

>>611636
got me

>> No.611721

OP here. Seems like this thread might have started a friendship or something. Well, that's good. 'Cause if you two had just met on a train, you probably wouldn't talk to each other :)

>> No.611733

I used to have a 3 HOUR commute, 1.5 each WAY, and after less than a year I went totally insane.

Lots of time to read, and audiobook.

You always gotta change things up every once in a while, duh/

>> No.611746

>>611476
yeah, I feel your pain. But realistically you're just shy and not wasting your time at all. Reading is always awesome

>> No.611750

>>611678
LOL
either soemone got trolled or this is one pretentious mother fucker you will ahve wished you hadn't met (is that plu perfect?

>> No.611753

happened on train i was like "yo seat taken?" she like "nah dawg" so i sat down whipped a book out and then she looked really sad


probably should have given her some attention but she was fat so... She didn't deserve lol

>> No.611767

I never talk to people on the train and no one has ever spoken to me. I pretty much just read or stare out the window.

>> No.611769

18 here. Highschool dropout. Haven't done anything with my life since then beside read like a madman. So much more freetime. Life is lonely though since it's basically me and my mother.

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>>611753
I posted this without reading the thread assuming lit would be like the rest of this site. It probably is but holy crap this thread is cute on so many levels.

:3 :3 :3

xxx

>> No.611785

>>611772

:3

>> No.611819

I can one up you. I've never ridden on a train.

>> No.611821

Sure is r9k around here..goddamn..

>> No.611824

>>611721
>>611750
James Joyce was a dirty, dirty man. Anyway whatevs, if anyone's bored and wants to message me I'm anonagogo@hotmail.com on Windows Live.

Yeah I just turned this shit into a hookup thread. They don't call us tripFAGS for nothin'.

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611825

>>611476
I encounter your sort all the time. You are unworthy of my conversation.

>> No.611828

>>611819
???

>> No.611832

>>611824

Do you have weed?

>> No.611836

hey op still there? u seem intelligent, also u UK?

>> No.611842

>>611836
Still here, will be going to bed soon though. I'm not in the UK.

>> No.611846

>>611842

Spain?

>> No.611850
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611850

20-male-chicago

i read but thats because i feel very awkward about starting a convo with a total stranger
maybe its because im from the city???


i just let the stranger start
sadly its usually the tourists that begin the convo and its usually "where the stadium for the white sox?" or "where is a good place to eat downtown"

but yeah
im the complete opposite of you i guess

>> No.611854

>>611846
Nope. Poland

>> No.611855

>>611842
you made a nice thread, thats all :)

>> No.611862

>>611832
Nah, bro. Not since 4/20. Finals and shit.

>> No.611872

>>611854
move to the UK, also Said is great.

>> No.611880

>>611862

How was it? I had an exam on 4/20 so I couldn't go to Boulder ;_;

>> No.611882

>>611872
>>telling a pole to move to the UK.
You tryin'a annoy me?

>> No.611896

I'd think being online all the time would have the opposite effect and you wouldn't be interested in talking to her if she was involved in something. I always take someone reading a book as a sign they'd rather be left alone. I know I do when I'm reading. Maybe it's me.

>> No.611898

>>611882
no, just the truth, we could do with more book reading friendly people here.

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611899

>>611854

>> No.611903

>>611880
Oh my god it was phenomenal. Ten thousand people at least, all on the quad, under this hazy cloud of pot smoke. There were hippies and weed plants everywhere and everyone was super chilled out. Even the cops were pretty cool. It was awesome when 4:20 struck because this hush fell over the crowd as everyone took a hit and then a few seconds later we all cheered and coughed. Fucking fantastic.

>> No.611905

>>611896
not always, people need a break from reading sometimes.

>> No.611912

>>611903

I'm soo jealous. When I finish at FRCC (lame I know ;_;) I want to go to CU. Even just for 4/20 lol

>> No.611916

OP come to Colorado and chill :3

>> No.611920

op come to UK to chill

>> No.611921

>>611476
I'm surprised no one has commented on the fact that you're a girl. This is why I love /lit/.

>> No.611923

>>611920
>>611916
Wow guys, you sure are friendlier than strangers on a train :)

>> No.611925

>>611476
What do you think of Orientalism? Read any other Said?

>> No.611928 [DELETED] 

>>611474
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>> No.611931

>>611921
I'm surprised too. There's A LOT of sexism on this board. :(

>> No.611932

>>611923
<3 /lit/

>> No.611934

>>611931
Try being a girl on /r9k/. That shit's just retarded.

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611935

>>611921
many girls on /lit/ :)

>> No.611936

I wish I were friendly in public- I look very moody, especially when I'm happy.

>> No.611941

This thread is amazing. :D

>> No.611943

>>611925
No, just started Orientalism. In my edition there's a preface criticising him for his construction of the Western world... I'm looking forward to reading more. But I'm not one to make "what should I expect herp derp" threads on here :)

>> No.611948

I'm a girl as well. We do exist on the internet.

>> No.611950

>>611936
try it sometime, well pretend to be at first, then you'll just become like that.

>> No.611951

>>611931
probably the /b/tards more than anyone else: the true e/lit/e is really not that bad

>> No.611952

>>611936

Haha me too. Even when I'm totally neutral mood-wise my face looks like I'm pissed or serious. My profs hate me because of this and then they are totally shocked when I smile and crack a joke. lulz

>> No.611959

>>611934
robot here

i'm glad you feel that way you disgusting cunt, fuck off you western slag whore, good you got driven out you fucking trip using waste, fuck you

>> No.611963

>>611951
yes true, we should try to be different - then this place will be better too

>> No.611970

>>611934

Right now r9k is a hellhole. It just got flooded by people from all the boards.

>> No.611993

>>611943
who writes the preface?

>> No.611995

>>611959
Aw, did mommy forget to pick you up after school one day? I'm sorry you feel that way, but no, I'm still there. Just hanging out in /lit/ for a change of scenery.

Enjoy your rage.

>> No.612001

>>611993
Zdzisław Żygulski, it's for the Polish edition.

>> No.612011

>>612001
oh no wonder, let me find my copy...

>> No.612023

I felt out of place reading on the bus in high school and junior high 'cause no one sat with me, but it was actually awesome not being bothered and having those days where you got to put your backpack next to you.

>> No.612027

>>612011
can't find it:/ think I leant it to someone. Said is great anyway - creates debate and doesn't afraid of anything.

>> No.612031

>>611476
I have a really hard time reading in public places because I completely tune things out. I'll be so into my reading that anyone trying to get my attention has to either physically touch me or shout my name several times. And then I'm just cranky because it feels like I've been roused from a dream I was enjoying.

>> No.612034

marry me OP!

>> No.612047

if you liked this thread - some nice /lit/s hang out here http://tinychat dot com/lit2

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612066

>this thread

hey, fine with me

>> No.612075

I used to use public transit every day. I always wanted the person sitting next to me to say something, because it felt weird being crammed together into a big hulking metal thing, everyone looking outside the window, pretending to be alone.

I never did say anything to anyone, mostly because I know people who hate being talked to by strangers on the bus.
Now I drive to school every day, I sort of miss taking the bus. It was very relaxing, and I was surrounded by people (quiet people, but people none the less)

>> No.612167

bumping a <3 thread

>> No.612196

>>611772
:3

>> No.612201

A year ago I was flying from Vancouver to Denver and I met this girl. I would have been content just sleeping during the trip but she chatted me up and we talked for the whole flight. I still think of her and wonder where she is.

>> No.612205

OP, are you the one who's been to KL in Germany before by any chance? If so: hehe and hi!

>> No.612209

>>612201
should have got some contact details - always ask.

>> No.612240

>>612209

Yes I know I should have :( It was cool just because it was so different than what one usually experiences on plane trips.

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>> No.612298

>>612075
I use public transport all the time, but it's a small town...

I'm one of about about 10 students who use the bus to commute to college, and they're all about 30+ in age...

so basically sit around out with unemployed First Nations and white trash on their way to the welfare office. :(

>> No.612313

>>612298

Canadafag, correct?

>> No.612320

I get that feeling sometimes too, but it never sticks around with me to be significant enough to make me feel like I shouldn't be reading. After all, everyone should enjoy reading, you shouldn't feel guilt for not being as social as you'd like, but who is? We all like to be alone, we all like connection.

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612335

>>612313
>First Nations

and just how the hell did you guess?

>> No.612339

this thread is interesting.

>> No.612344

>>611474
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>> No.612355

>>612335

Yeah. "First Nations" gave it away.

>> No.612366

All the time OP. I sit in class all day and read when I look around I notice other people talking (don't get me wrong I'm quite social when I want/have to be), but when I get down to it I think I'd just rather be reading.

>> No.612372

>>612339
yup, i made some friends from this thread

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612377

>>612355
yup. wierd thing about my college is that most of the people attending are middle-aged professionals retraining. On the plus side we get less youth shenanigans, but on the negative side I'm probably not going to meet a romantic partner here.

>> No.612407 [DELETED] 

18fag here, though have been in CC for two years, whenever my parents have friends over I hide in the bathroom and read ._.

Pretty gay. I just hate talking to people. I like listening to other people talk but people get uncomforatable when you sit there and listen to their conversation without contributing.

>> No.612642

>>612407
What's a CC?

>> No.612657

>>611556
lol I cant believe this thread is still up.. my name is actually pronounced Guy, but unfortunately many people have made the same mistake you have..

btw who was the 20/m/Chicago guy? I'm 22/m/Aurora, IL like 45 minutes out from Chicago if you want to make out or something.. lol

>> No.612659

>>612642

Community College

>> No.612693

>>612657
Aurora, IL ?????

Its WAYNE"S WORLD, PARTY TIME, EXCELLENT!!! WOO WOOO WOOO!!!

obscure 90s reference anyone?

>> No.612700

>>612693

Wayne's World? Obscure? They play that movie on cable all the time.

>> No.612711

>>612693
That is so not obscure...

>> No.612716

>>612700
It is my city's claim to fame

>> No.612729

>>612700
i meant the reference to Aurora, IL as person said, not the movie itself.

>> No.612735

ITT: talk to other people /lit/ :)

>> No.612744

>>612735
do I have to?

>> No.612751

>>612735

Now you just made it awkward. :(

>> No.612758

>>612744
yes please
>>612751
no, it's only awkward if you think it is.

>> No.612772

>>612735

Why is it like a hipster bar tho?

D:

>> No.612778

>>612772

Wut?

>> No.612781

>>612772
?

>> No.612785

>>612758
it's never awkward

>> No.612790
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612790

>>611476
also Harem pants ftw ;)

>> No.612800

>>612790

Oh god. Those are hideous. "Can't touch this" is now playing over and over again in my head.

>> No.612815

>>612790
I have to wear pants like those, but I'm a guy. My balls are just that big.

>> No.612817

sage

>> No.612818

>>612800

But they look so comfortable. :<

>> No.612853

>>612818

I'm sorry :(

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613747

This thread <3

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This thread

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>>611473
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>>611472
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>> No.614102

bumping an awesome thread; hoping for more awesome...

>> No.614124

>>612066
I think you are my favorite person in this thread.

>> No.614212

>>614124
heh, I've only contributed once.

but thanks

>> No.614219

I've had to stop reading Thomas Pynchon in public because it's started to make me wonder what I'm doing with myself. For as in-depth as his books are, many/most of his protagonists are men and women of action. Then I consider how I'm formulating conspiracy theories or popping wood when its sexy time in Gravity's Rainbow and I bawww.

>> No.614224

>>611903
>cheered and coughed
lol'd

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614225

>>614212
Quality over quantity, my pet.

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614233

>>614225
but quantity over quality is what sells and powers the mega-corporations like wtf-mart

>> No.614234

>Also, I was reading Orientalism by Edward Said and she wore Harem pants

That's hilarious. Also probably why it was awkward.

>> No.614245

>>614233
That and anti-trust laws, barriers-to-entry, tax breaks, etc.

>> No.614259

>>614245
always.

If you know what I mean

>> No.614260

>>614259
Always?
...No, sir, I know not what you mean.

>> No.614268

>>614260
I wanna be with you. Make believe with you.
....if you know what I mean.

>> No.614271

>>614260
you just went the Goddamned batman

>> No.614273

>>614271
The goddamned Swedish Batman?

>> No.614277

>>612735
How do I start a conversation with a stranger?

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614280

>>614277
liek dis

handled like a pro

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614285

>>614280
ffs I hate 4chan sometimes

>> No.614305

Well, congratulations /lit/, this thread just went to shit.

>> No.614353

One time when I was on the bus, a guy boarded it. From the shape of his head and face, he looked like he had som sort of mental disability. It was subtle though, not like a Down Syndrome face. So anyways, he sits down next to this average looking woman who looks to be in her twenties.

Guy: Hi, how are you?
Girl: Fine...
Guy: It's getting pretty cold isn't it?
Girl: Yeah...
Guy: I heard it was going to reach -10 degrees (can't remember exact figure)
Girl: ...
(After about a ten second pause)
Guy: I'm just heading off to work, but after I need to stop at (some store) and get supplies.

It more or less went like this, with him talking and her giving one word replies or no reply at all. He got off soon after. The girl looked really uncomfortable. The guy didn't give a fuck though, he was always happy.

>> No.614362

>>614353

lol

When I went to the bathroom once there was this guy with a severe mental handicap. I was just washing my hands and I guess I was near his stuff because he just started screaming at me. I told him to calm down, but he was freaking out. So I left. Then I say him in the hall and he was terrified of me. It was bizarre.

>> No.614391

>>614362
oh wow.

father worked in a mental ward once. He said the first day on the job he went in. Guy smiled at him, punched him in the face while smiling.

>> No.614465

>>614277
a casual remark about the weather ain't a bad start and then see how it goes from there, learn to read body language and their answers - they may not want to talk back.

OP is :3 btw.

>> No.614476

>>614465
Someday I will have a conversation on the bus. I feel like i'm expected to not say anything. I'd like to talk you op, but I can't be that weirdo that no one wants to sit next to.

>> No.614492

>>614476
seriously l2society - talking to strangers is how you make friends, sometimes.

>> No.614507

>>612205
Yes, I'm that girl! I was actually coming back from my German class when that happened :]

>>614465
Awww :3

>>614476
I'd like to talk to you too :) I've had my share of good conversations on the bus/train. Some were really random, like the one with an art historian from Grozny who approached me because I was reading a book about George Grosz.

>> No.614508

>>614465
>OP is :3
wat.
no really, wat?

>> No.614520

>>614508
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons

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614619

>>614508

>> No.614660

:3

>> No.614673

>>614619
:3

>> No.614683

>:3

>> No.614697

So did you cunts dyke out or what?

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614708

>>614507

Knew it! Well, keep lurking and making the internet a better place. And if you happen to be in KL ever again... make sure to drop by or something, because I'm living here now and stopped commuting. (in case you remember our little conversation a couple of weeks ago). :3

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>>614708
I don't know if I'll ever end up there again but if I do, I'll be sure to ask some random guy: "Hey, who's that one person in your town that browses /lit/?" and he'll direct me :3 Well, /lit/fags have a way of finding each other.
BTW, I'll probably be moving soon and stop commuting as well :)

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614784

>>614746

That's exactly the way I imagined it to happen. Cya then. And congratulations on the probability of putting an end to commuting. It definitely improved my own life. :B

(Nice picture btw; I acquired an antique style world map myself just a few days ago. Looks good (wo)man.)

>> No.614792

>Well, /lit/fags have a way of finding each other.
We should actually think of a symbol in order to recognise other lo/lit/a's.

>> No.614827

>>614792

The relative lack of memes on here might be a problem. Probably we should just fart constantly.

>> No.614828

>>614792
Like having a book in our hands?

>> No.614901

>>614828
Or talking excessively about Ayn Rand

>> No.614929

>>611476
Welcome to post modern society, OP.

>> No.614948

>>614929
But modern is the most modern you can get...
>>614828
Too obvious.
>>614901
Made me laugh indeed. And then just to be sure it's not a real randroid, we should drop a key-word :)

>> No.614964

>>614827
no.

just no.

memes = sheeple, therefore no/limited memes = Original comments

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>>614507
Herr Grosz is my hero :3

>> No.614983

George Grosz? Is he in any way related to Georg Groß?

>> No.614987

>>614901
that's like announcing you have leprosy. i'd stay the fuck away.

>> No.614993

>>614948

Hey, haven't you heard about post modernism or anything similar to it?

>> No.614994

OP you're really smart and too self aware.

Do you have social anxiety disorder?

>> No.614996

>>614983
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grosz

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>>614996

>> No.615002
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>>614999
fuck you, I am cat

>> No.615008

>>614994
>implying the majority of 4chan does not have some form of social anxiety disorder

no really. There is no other real answer for staying with this shit

>> No.615058

>>615008
dude is fucking right.


now get your daddys .45 and end that shit.

>> No.615128

19 here, I sit on the bus and read; today I noticed a homeless man in the back of the bus reading Way Station by Clifford D Simak. I didn't say anything, felt a smirk roll across my face.

>> No.615190

>>615058
I don't have a .45

If I did, I'd probably be off with the guerrillas. Fuck this shit

>> No.615910

>>615128
did you have a fight then call amberlamps?

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>>614994
Oh wow, this thread still here :3 No, I don't have any disorders or any problems talking to people (I guess not knowing what to say to a stranger on a train when you don't have any apparent reason to start a conversation is fairly normal). I guess most of us experience moments of weirdness of some sort. Like when a certain word suddenly seems silly to you or when you look at somebody's face and suddenly realize all people have those weird growths called noses in the middle of their faces.

>> No.617550

>>617541
You do have a disorder; being nice on the internet :p

>> No.617593

>>615128
That is fucking bizarre. I loved Simak as a kid.

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>>617550
:3

>> No.617634

much love in this thread, good job /lit/.

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bumping for more love

>> No.617667

I usually listen to audiobooks with earphones. last week while waiting for a train there was a slim blonde girl who kinda made long eyecontanct with me, came closer at the station and sat down next to me inside the train. but the book (kundera) was so fucking good that I simply couldnt take a break. she probably now thinks I'm gay or something.

>> No.617673

>>617667
Earphones/headphones kind of bother me. They seem to send a message to everyone that you're unapproachable and don't want to interact with anybody. I like listening to music as a collective experience, not a solitary one :(

>> No.617675

>>617673
and thats why you bring your ghettoblaster when you commute, i guess.


But you are right. Nothing says LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE like earphones.

>> No.617676

This reminds me of yesterday, I was sitting in train, reading American Psycho, when some women sat next to me. She was quite hot but I continued reading. I was only like 100 pages into that book. First 100 pages were quite boring(atleast for me), just describing everyones clothes, etc, so I wouldn't have even imagined, that reading this in public is bad idea.

Just as she sat next to me, I got to the chapter, where he starts raping whores. I hoped, that no one sitting near me would be curious of what am I reading. It felt like watching porn(gore porn) in public.

Honestly, I was so glad she didn't talk to me. "Oh, what book are you reading? What is it about? Uhm...Psycho is brutally killing people. Oh...I see..."

>> No.617724

>>617673
>>617675
There is nothing that irritates me more than people who blast their shitty music from their phones. They might as well have a fucking ghettoblaster.

Usually I move to another carriage when this happens. Same with crying children or noisy assholes talking on a phone. It's just inexcusable.

>> No.617733

>>617724
You know, children usually can't help being children :) I bet you cried too after being brought into this world. It's not inexcusable, it's life.

>> No.617739

>>611733
Hohoho.
Shut up, I have a 4 hour commute round trip.
Moving to the city soon, but god damn I'm fucking sick of GETTING UP IN THE MORNING SO EARLY AND AWLAYS BEING TIRED AND FUCKING RAGE

>> No.617744

>>617676
I know this feeling - try reading Miller in public :D

>> No.617753

Heh, 'people' who want to 'talk' on public transport.
There are no people, there are vacuous zombies, and they can't talk, they spout steam about their favourite actress who's just had a breast augmentation and oh my god! they suit her so well! screeeeeee!
If I could have one decent conversation with a decent human being I'd be decently satisfied.

>> No.617754

>>617753
True, true. God bless earphones.

>> No.617765

>>617753
or another strange example: some guy telling his friends about the weekend, describing every detail like a fucking child and the others laughing about his story although there is nothing funny about it end they simply want to look like the fun-having bunch they are.
PRAISE ALLAH AND HEADPHONES!

>> No.617784

>>617753 You're a phony

>> No.617789

>>617765
A week or two ago, about 5 yuppie-spawn got on the train and excessively discussed what they thought of school, learners licenses, and various other shit nobody cared about at an incredible high volume.

One person told them all to shut the fuck up, and another person threatened to smash their faces in. Twice. God bless them both.

>> No.617791

>>617789
I enjoyed listening to people talking on the bus. Although it may have been because it didn't happen very often, and I was only on the bus for about 20 minutes at a time.

>> No.617793

When did this become a "people who annoy you" thread? :(

>> No.617802

>>617793
when we started to give reasons, why it is probably better for everybody involved if one keeps listening to earphones although there are potential conversational partners nearby.

>> No.617803

>>617802
Somebody who annoys you is not a potential conversational partner.

>> No.617804

>>617803
usually he thinks he is though

>> No.617811

Guys who play death metal from cellphones.
No. Just no.

>> No.617813

Actually, I find all sorts of conversations on public transport, even the annoying ones, extremely interesting. After all, you've got a chance to listen to people out of your social circle--individuals you wouldn't normally meet at work or uni. I was listening to teenage hipsters on the train the other day and even though they annoyed the shit out of me, it was interesting to get to know what's on the minds of those well-off young people.

>> No.617818

>>617676
I was reading the naked lunch on the bus once and the person next to me read a part and gave me a disgusted/disappointed look. =(

>> No.617820

>>617739
stop being such a little bitch you crybaby

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>>617818
I once read Venus in Furs while sitting next to a nun on a train.

>> No.617842

Archive for :3 posts

http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/main.php?mode=submit

thread id: 611476
board: /lit/

>> No.617854

>>617841
did you get aroused?

>> No.617855

>>617854
No, it's a crappy book.

>> No.617861

>>617855
:( did you at least get some looks from the nun?

>> No.617862

>>617861
I think she was rather embarrassed. So was I, but that was the only book I had then and the train ride lasted several hours.

>> No.617863

>>617842
Not sure what's so noteworthy about this thread that deserves it to be archived...

>> No.617866

>>617842
4 requests - 3 more plox

>>617863
:/

>> No.617867

>>617813
Exactly, I'm interested in people in general, so it's really great to get to hear how people that are vastly different from myself talk to their friends.

>> No.617869

>>617813
yes, I love it when this happens, people are interesting.

>> No.617896

>>617867
Yeah, I've learned a lot from these conversations. Band names. Recipes. :)

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>> No.618074

>>617842
do it

>> No.618092

>>617842
Why can't this be our, private thing? :(
Why do we need to share this with the world?

>> No.618097

>>618092
Our sweet little secret. That we're actually nice and soft inside. We can't let the rest of 4chan know, right?

>> No.618102

>>618097
Right!

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>>618102

>> No.618201
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that's what's been happening in this thread <3

>> No.618244

I remember the day that I realized I couldn't live in a vacuum, that I couldn't walk alone.

I had been working night shifts for three weeks, and working during the weekends as well. The only people I had talked to, or even seen, were my coworkers, and the people who worked in the grocery store that was open 24/7.

The nature of my job made it so, that I couldn't really talk to my coworkers, except for during the 30 minute food breaks.

It felt absolutely horrible, but I learned from the experience. I realized that I need people. Which later pushed me into being more social.

It feels good man.

>> No.618255

>>618244
That's an uplifting story :)
I guess it's normal for people to need other people. After all, most of us get born and raised by people.

>> No.618258

>>618092
>>618097
ok, lets keep it quiet <3

>> No.618259

Fuck people. Write the next great novel instead.

>> No.618265

>>618244
Nice story, getting to know people is a skill in itself.

>> No.618267

>>618259
How would one manage it without listening to other people?

>> No.618273

>>618255
At one time, we all lived in tribes and everyone knew everyone. We literally needed companionship and interaction or else we'd die (unless one were so tough as to survive alone). Everntually this changed into small townships and such, but most people still tended to know each other. Nowadays, in cities especially, people are forced into isolation but our need for companionship still remains. This is sad :(

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bumping a nice thread

>> No.619809

>>618273

I think it's even worse in Suburbia.

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Bumping for more observations.

>> No.620559

i just started reading and im 31

wish i started sooner

>> No.620591

Oh this thread is still around. Nice

There's a lit group on goodreads if anyone is interested. We could use some actual conversation aside from WHEN SHOULD WE READ FINNEGAN'S WAKE?

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>>620591
I don't like those bragging sites... For me, /lit/ is the best place to talk about books online. Sure, there's lots of trolling, repetitive bullshit, homework threads and such, but at least people are fun most of the time.

>> No.620620

>>620559
It's not that bad, you could have been 41 and said that <3

>> No.620647

>>611846
are you from Spain?

>> No.620654

>>620591
Link?
I can't find it by searching 'lit' in the groups search, and searching 4chan just brings up some newfag shit with 8 members.

>> No.620665

Great post...

Any talk-to-stranger anecdote? I have a good one...

A few months ago I was taking a plane to an small city in Spain (I'm spanish, btw). Besides me there was this girl reading some magazine, and I started reading my book (in english, I think I was Everything that rises must convert). Anyway, she ask me how I could read a book in English, it was so difficult, blah blah... we talk for awhile, then she ask me for my phone number and we split up at the airport... But after that the thing went weird. She start texting me everyday, ask me "have you forgot me?" because I didn't replay in one hour.. totally crazy...

after a few days she lost interest and everything was back to normal.

anyone else? :-)

>> No.620670

>>620612
Only fags brag. We don't take it seriously. Hell our group is under LGBT... which probably does make us fags. Huh.

>>620654
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/29373._lit_

Join up and see if you find a bro or two to talk about books with.

>> No.620678

>>620665
When I was a 16-year-old commuter, I got on the train one day, pulled out a book (by Freud) and started reading when this girl sat down on a seat opposite to me. She wasn't particularly pretty or well-dressed and there was absolutely nothing special about her but for some reason, she immediately caught my attention. It was one of those moments when you just know you have to talk to the other person. She must have felt it too because she started the conversation (a lousy conversation starter--"You're reading Freud, which grade are you in then?"--but I was immensely grateful). We started talking about books, theatre, movies etc; it turned out she was awesome and we had a lot in common. We talked and talked and talked and finally exchanged phone numbers. But neither of us ever called. I guess I was a little shy (she was a couple years older than me) and waited for her to call first... I regret it sometimes.

>> No.620683

>>620678
damn

>> No.620690

>>620678
if you still have the number call her..

>> No.620703

>>620690
dude, nothing is creepier than some guy you met once years ago calling you again.

>> No.620730

>>620703
What have you got to lose?

I think talking to more people, regardless of if I actually like them, deepens my understanding of people. It has also given me some new friends. I also found that after I started doing it, I became more tolerant to people and things that are different to me.

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Funny how you all start using emoitocons :3 :P :p when you try to get all flirty over the internet

>> No.620738

>>620730
>>620703
>>620690
I'm not a guy (op here, in fact) but that would be creepy nonetheless :) Also, I'm not sure anything would have come out of it. I've had quite a lot of interesting conversations with strangers but such friendships/acquaintances never lasted long, no matter how many letters I sent, how many phonecalls I made and how willing I was to commit. Oh well, I have other lasting friends, and I still cherish the memories of random talks about Freud and stuff. :3

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>>620735
:3

>> No.620745

>>620620
true :)

>> No.620758

>>611476

Not really. I feel regret when I let a hot girl slip away because I'm reading or something instead, but I never think I should be talking to random people on the train instead of reading, especially of the same sex. People don't like being bothered on the train.

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>>620739
Nedroid is wonderful.

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>> No.620858

>>620738
good creepy surely

>>620735
flirty or friendly? <3

>> No.621028

Any c/lit/s met other c/lit/s irl? was it awkward?

>> No.621045

>>621028

I met one girl from /lit/. It was kind of awkward when I was dismembering her.

>> No.621050

>>621045
Did you at least recite some appropriate poem while doing it?

>> No.621059

>>621050

When you were one,
You had just begun.
When you were two,
You were nearly new.
When you were three,
You were hardly free.
When you were four,
You were not much more.
When you were five,
You were just alive.
But now you are six,
You're as clever as clever.
So I think you'll be six
now and forever.

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>>621059

>> No.621118

>>621059

Dawwwwww :3

>> No.621125

>>621118

since this is 4chan, I can't tell if you're saying daww because it's a cute poem (which it is) or because he's saying it while dismembering some girl

>> No.621135

>>621125
both, as this is 4chan :3

>> No.621140

This thread is suddenly very disturbing.

>> No.621399

does /lit/ have a community at all? some of you seem like nice people... no really....

>> No.621484

>>621399
I'm genuinely hoping for a meetup one day. When the earth shrinks or something.

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>> No.621510

>>621484
:(

Come on Europe - Let's have a /lit/ meet

>> No.621512

>>621399
You could try a room on tinychat, called lit2

>> No.621517

>>621512
tell me more...

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>> No.621523

>>614683
JESUS CHRIST IT'S A LION!
GET IN THE CAR!

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>>621517
and me.. i dare not enter

>> No.621543

>>621530
Last time I went in there, there were two webcams showing two sleeping cats. Very cute.

>> No.621594

>>621543
D'aaawwwwwwwwwwww :3

>> No.621614

>>621543
That's how awesome we are.