/lit/ - Literature

>I don't want to read a book because then I might find God and be saved through his son dying for my sins

Why do people do this? Is it because they want to keep living in ignorant sin? Does OP know, deep inside of himself where only his soul resides, that there is truth that will change him? OP, the word of the cross is lost on the perishing, you have nothing to be scared of.

>Foreward
>Preface
>Acknowledgements
>Introduction

>be at park for toddler nephew's birthday
>spend most of it reading Gravity's Rainbow
>the big sister of one of my nephew's friends asks what I'm reading
>show her
>what's it about?
>try to explain
>she asks to see it
>looks through it and says interesting
>can straight away see she doesn't get any of it
>tell her you're just saying that, I don't think you get it
>she puts it down the table and holds her wrists together in front of my face
>guilty she says.
>laugh politely and say it's okay, I didn't think you would get it
>well, she says, I'm going to give it a shot
>really?
>yeah, I'll get a copy and let you know what I think when I finish
>say okay
>we agree to keep in touch
>she starts the book later that week
>literally have to come over every single weekend when she is done with her homework because she wants me explain something
>she literally gets none of it and makes me go over everything she reads, every week
>her mother asks me what's wrong one day
>explain it is starting to be a hassle

Though what I really meant is maybe reading is not for her daughter

>see anons recommending opera
>give it a shot
>mfw it’s all woke now
>Brunhilde is played by a fatty
>Cio-Cio-San is played by an aged white woman
>Cherubino is played by a woman

>well there is no way they could screw up Beethoven at least
>start Fidelio
>woman describing how much she loves Fidelio and wants to get married
>the burly Fidelio appears
>played by a woman
>shut laptop in disgust

This board is retarded

How is called the phenomena of 4chan anons being able to comunicate only with combinations of memes?

Any linguist anon here or lit major anon?