/lit/ - Literature

Friends are overrated. They consume most of your free time and, unless they're extremely adventurous, leave you a boring hollow shell of a person.

That said, go to a bar, get a job. Start talking to people and crack jokes. After you talk to them for a while, ask them if they drink or smoke weed. It's not hard to make friends, you just have to realize that most people don't give a shit about literature or philosophy.

I don't know, I've actually made some pretty intelligent friends by going to record stores and book stores. Join a chess or theater club.

I mean, in all honesty, just stop being a pussy. Even if you think you're being annoying (You probably are. Who cares?) talk to as many people as possible. You'll never make friends if you don't talk, and that's a fact.

Im looking for a word /lit/, a word im certain exists.

A friend of mine is going on a cruise, but will spend the entire trip on the boat, despite it travelling all around the Caribbean. When asked why she says "thats what I paid for", and quickly changes the subject

She stays in her comfort zone 100% of the time, and never tries anything new or has any ambition at all. Always in a perfect fantasy land of Disney and nice things, completely ignorant (by choice) of the world.

Whats the word for this?
My co-worker came up with "fluffy", but I think it lacks eloquence.

To my co-workers credit, I couldnt come up with anything better.
Unfired?
hyper-cautious?
Naive by choice?

Help me /lit/ your my only hope

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>"Something like that."

I never got this. Why not just read what you enjoy as opposed to what Bloom enjoys? I mean, if you spend your whole life trying to read what's in the canon then odds are you're going to miss out on a lot of stuff you'd enjoy that isn't. Yeah, Bloom is an educated guy and his opinion is probably one that should carry a lot of weight, but Bloom's opinion is just that, Bloom's opinion. To not indulge yourself in a little literary freedom every once in a while is pretty much just ego-masturbation. "I read only the finest literature and could never be bothered with such filth as that." is pretty much the battle cry of the pompous. Read what you like.

Apologies if this get's asked all the time.

I'd like to start reading books, but I haven't read one in years.
What are some decent books to get someone eased into reading?