/lit/ - Literature

The whole practice of spending money on physical books is the embodiment of immature book-LARPing for people who enjoy the aesthetic much more than the genuine utility or pleasure of reading. Pretty much all of my friends who actually understand books have no qualms with scourging for a goddamn PDF online and getting the whole thing for free. The only people who actually blow money on books are the type to debate hardbacks vs paperbacks, namely, women trying to pull off an art-hoe neo-tumblr aesthetic who squeal autistically and try to keep up with modern slang as much as possible, and men in suits who are the very definition of the word "pseud" who try to distance themselves from zoomer culture as much as possible. Nobody in their right mind will actually reject the opportunity to read *everything* that has ever been recorded for the incredible price of zero dollars, aside from LARPers for whom the entire thing is a schtick. Those are the types of people to identify as "readers". How can it not be an entire personality quirk, if it requires so much money to upkeep? For them it is essentially glorified golf. What disgusts me the most is how all of you fell for it, too. There's much more productive ways to spend your NEETbux.