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>Lifelong reader
>Read most of western canon
>Actually started with the Greeks
>Am familiar with every major school of philosophy and psychology
>Whenever anyone talks to me all I can do is stare back like a lobotomy patient and stammer out some words that sort of relate to what they said
I thought books made you smarter and more interesting

>> No.9464313

>>9464304
No amount of learning will make a worthless frog faggot interesting, charismatic, charming, or intelligent.

>> No.9464314

>>9464304
Sadly they don't make you more articulate

>> No.9464332

>>9464314
How do I become articulate?
My internal dialogue makes sense, but whenever I talk I literally sound like a retarded person

>> No.9464351

>>9464332
Stop being a retarded frogshitter

>> No.9464355

>>9464332
Me too. It's gotten so bad that no one likes to hangout with me in person but only talk to me online or text.

>> No.9464424

>>9464332
Learn physics and engineering, invent the time machine, go back and make sure the child you gets to socialize with other children

>> No.9464425

>>9464332
Talking to people maybe?

>> No.9464432

Speaking well is a skill that requires practice, just as any other. If you truly had read the Greeks and Romans you'd've learned that. Go back and study rhetoric, but more than that, practice. Find ways to speak for extended periods, have a conversation with every stranger you come across, and so on. At first it'll be awkward and you'll feel like an idiot, but soon enough you'll realize that your internal monologue is actually coming out in an articulate and respectable manner. You'll also probably make friends and feel lots isolated in general.

Never forget, reading is only part of the patrician lifestyle. You have to actually behave as one too.

>> No.9464439

>>9464432
less isolated*

>> No.9464452

You need to practice spending time with people and having conversations.
Do some research on the art of conversation: I swear to god it is an actual art.

>> No.9464466

>>9464304
You can't articulate yourself because you didn't read properly or formulate your thoughts coherently. You should practice writing down your thoughts on a given subject/topic if you want to converse about it.
>>9464332
Chances are your inner monologue doesn't make much sense at all. Try writing it out and see if it's any better than the way you speak. Chances are it won't.

>> No.9464523

>>9464466
Not OP but I articulate myself pretty well through writing, but also sound retarded when I speak.

>> No.9464584

I cant articulate well 2 years ago a girl actually told me that i speak like a retard, i just said yes because it hit me hard and i was aware of it

>> No.9464591

I read for myself and not for other people.

I don't talk to other people about literature, but I spend my free time reading it.

>> No.9464592

>>9464304

I was going to make a topic like this. What the FUCK do normies talk about? I have no fucking clue

>> No.9464606

>>9464592
Mostly themselves and their (recent) experiences or those of people they know.

>> No.9464609

>>9464592
About things they find funny

>> No.9464615

>>9464592
game of thrones, star wars, westworld, etc.

>> No.9464617

Well you thought wrong and you were stupid to think that way. Consider suicide

>> No.9464619

>>9464314
I disagree with this. I think nonfiction has helped me become far more articulate.

>> No.9464625

>>9464592
Anything, but in a shallow manner usually.

I find it really hard to talk because of this because you need to tow the line between normiehood and autism.

>> No.9464626

>>9464304
benzos and booze mane

>> No.9464636

>>9464584
Sorry to hear that man, that really hits me in the feels. Try noopept or piracetam, that can really help with verbal fluency

>> No.9464644

>>9464304
Actually, it sounds like youre just naturally a polite person, and perpetually attempting to dumb yourself down to suit the dumbness level of this or that interlocutor is not only exhausting, but awkward. The sad truth about most relationships is that the stupider is usually in charge. He\she gets to act naturally, while the brighter must constantly adjust.
This is not a complaint. Even strengths exact a price.

>> No.9464653

>>9464592
there are different breeds of normies

i find jocks and rural people easy to get along with

>> No.9464745
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9464745

imagine what you'd be like if you hadn't read anything anon lol