/lit/ - Literature

>>2631751
>don't worry about it anon, i'm levels above that shit

>>2413743
Thank you for your rancor.

>ywf you realize your country wouldn't exist if it weren't for the United States.

>>1813175
>I have never once heard someone say that rape victims were "asking for it",

>remember all the times I've seen this argument stated in different terms or couched in a perversion of biological determinism on /lit/
>realize it's not that many, but it was repeated ad nauseum on /r9k/
>/r9k/ is gone
>mfw

Also, and this might throw things waaaayyyy off track here, but this part of the argument about rape culture and why rape jokes actually aren't ok:
Guy #1 is not a rapist.
Guy #2 is a rapist.
Guy #3 is not really a rapist, but he thinks about it. Potential rapist might be too strong a term for him, and it might not be.
Guy #4 is not a rapist.
Guy #5 is not a rapist.
Guy #1 makes a harmless joke about rape. It's funny because it's shocking.
Guy #2 laughs. This is his friend. He makes jokes about rape. It's funny because it's true.
Guy #3 laughs. That was a funny joke. Guys like to look at women. Women shouldn't always look like that, it makes men want them more. Sometimes women aren't rational.
Guy #4 chuckles. Eh, kinda stupid, but fine it's kinda funny, I guess.
Guy #5 fakes laughter. I'm not really ok with this, but we're all friends here, and I know none of us are really like that.
None of this happened purely on a conscious level. It was instantaneous, it was humor.

My point is that you may never have heard someone say those words, but it doesn't mean people have never expressed that opinion around you.

>>1739712
>>1739751

Surprised that people agreed with me. Was expecting a shitstorm of Churchill worship by people who clearly know nothing about him.

Sometimes /lit/ exceeds my limited expectations.

>>1712097

>>1670685
You have earned a tripfag's love.

>>1601986
>mfw your post made no sense and then suddenly made sense considering the tones used by writers like Toole, Pynchon and Kafka.
I'd honestly recommend The World According to Garp of his work.
Also if we're going this route OP you should check out Philip Roth, I think you'd love Portnoy's Complaint.

>>1465487

>read Needful Things
>read The Gunslinger
>read Four Seasons

Cool.

>mfw The Knight of Ivanhoe wins the joust!

>At library
>In "M" section
>Fat neckbeard a few feet away
>See him get a boner while looking at me, he thinks I didn't notice
>Behind him at check-out
>One of his books slips out of his sweaty manchild hands
>Hand it to him like a polite person
>Notice him looking at me and licking his lips
>Prepare some polite turn-down that won't hurt him too much
>Suddenly phone rings, one of my many friends
>He walks away, spaghetti and meatballs falling out of his pocket as he goes
>mfw

>Went to Borders specifically to get a gingerbread latte and just waste some time looking at books.
>Get to local Borders and find out it's closing and has a 40-50% off sale.
>Find seven books I really wanted and two reference books that were really great.
>Spent $57 for nine great books and get gingerbread latte.
>Everything went better than expected.

>>1352881
OH GOD THIS IS RIDICULOUS
LOLIS AND 50 TON ROBOTS

PEDOBEAR APPROVED.

oh god those figurines...

>>1340450
Yeah, I got plenty to read now. Which is good. Hopefully these are as good as you guys make them out to be.

>mfw it's real cp

thanks, man, this is awesome

>>1222424
>Another Beck fan on /lit/

>neckbeard disagrees with lecturer on Two-way ANOVA methodology
>hold up class of 250 for 10 minutes only to be proven wrong
>he doesn't come to another class
>mfw

>>1136986

I'm sexier.

>could of

>go to local used book store
>see lots of Anne Rice/Jodi Picoult bullshit, large Vampire Novels: Formerly Young Adult section
>end up finding Libra by Don DeLillo and The Man Within by Graham Greene
>four bucks a piece

>>1000000
Moot must now provide everyone on lit with free kindle or other e-readers

This thread didn't go where I hoped it would go.

It went somewhere better.