/lit/ - Literature

>>12102054
I like him but Jesus Christ these videos are cringe

>>12102054
based and redpilled

Why do people care about what this faggot thinks? He became famous by screeching at videogames for a public of 12 year olds.

>>12102112
The children who thought his videos were funny are old enough to post here now

>>12102098
The videos are produced ironically. It's like reading a postmodern novel, where the author is so concerned about not being part of the black humor club that he writes in blatantly ironic terms, or in Pewdiepie's case, speaks in a strange, slow voice.

DONKEY SHOT

>>12102054
ignoring the way he pronounces quixote, this is yet another based book review

>>12102112
he's redpilling zoomers 70 million at a time

he's objectively the most powerful broadcaster of all time.

It's stupid but it makes me mad that this attractive rich famous guy with a smoking hot gf is getting into MY hobby

>>12102145
reading is not a hobby, faggot. It's a normal human activity and anyone who doesn't read is the exception.

>>12102142
3 - 4 million views tops per video. Half are confused third worlders. He’s still way behind traditional media by any measurement.

>>12102155
The vast majority of the population doesn't read at all. These days putting time aside to read is definitely a hobby.

>>12102164
The vast majority of first world population does indeed read, my friend.

This will get many zoomers into books so he's doing great job

>>12102178
>The vast majority of first world population does indeed read
They really don't.

>>12102162
at least 80% of his views ( which are way over 4 million pretty often) come from highly impressionable children. the mainstream media has long lost the younger generations

>>12102178
Lmao what world do you live in

>>12102178
>The vast majority of first world population does indeed read
kek

Lmao at the people in the comments recommending books like Brave New World and To Kill A Mockingbird and One Hundred Years Of Solitude

>>12102162
>confused third worlders

how can you live with yourself burgernigger?

>>12102190
>>12102193
>>12102199
>it's American flyover trash think their experience of sitting in mom's basement in Bumfuckville, Wyoming is representative of first world episode
Literally everyone I know from random gym dudebros to my Yugo housekeeper to my working class colleagues read for recreation. They certainly don't all read Joyce or pretend to read Wittgenstein like you, fellow gentlesirs, do, opting instead for pulpier kind of fiction, but read they do. Time to wake up and get over yourself. Reading is most certainly not special, you just live in shitholes and/or have incredibly poor social circle.

>>12102229
what do you expect? the average viewer is like 11 years old

>>12102054
Literally whom?

>>12102266
Well by my hobby I meant literature. I wouldn't give a shit if pewdiepie was making videos on crime thrillers or YA.

I'm surprised and disgusted by his good taste on books.

>>12102266
>tfw less than half the Italian population reads one book a year

>>12102162
3-4 million viewers is what traditional broadcasters get during prime time if they're very lucky, not with everything they put out.

they're being outcompeted by a single shitposting swede.

Him talking about Yukio Mishima after I had just started reading it made me start watching his videos again and realize he makes some funny content. He isn't trying to be Nietzsche, and he is self aware and makes fun of the whole 12 y/o meme.

>>12102298
just don't classify reading as a hobby. Books are our lifeblood, reading the means of accessing all human progress. It shouldn't be something special or even optional.

>>12102298
>reading "good" books is my unique special boy hobby!!1
>how dare he review literary classics instead of airport novels!!1
>we can not allow the plebs to know about Bulgakov or I will have nothing to tip about anymore!!1

>>12102184
None of them are actually going to bother reading. It's all an irony thing.

>>12102316
Just because it should doesn't mean it is. This seems like a really weird thing to be buttblasted about.

>>12102178
Sport newspaper, Facebook and Twitter dosent count dude

>>12102316
holy cringe

yikes

this is the modern reading rainbow

Nothing wrong with it

>>12102339
That's me. I'm feeling sad.

>>12102191
wrong, only young adult redditors watch his videos. the younger zoomers stopped watching him when he stopped doing lets plays, thats all they care about

>>12102352
>>12102361
you guys probably frame photographs of your goodreads accounts

At least someone talks about books. Lord knows /lit/ fucking doesn't

stop falling for this shilling

i cant believe you faggots will latch onto anything that is vaguely 'alt right'

>>12102410
have you ever read his comments? Most of them are obviously very young

>>12102414
Slavs are the niggers of Europe, Spanish are the spics of Europe. There's not a single worthy piece of literature in this video.

>>12102423
what

>>12102229
100 Years of Solitude is a genuine work of literature though

Imagine being 30 and only finding out about Master and Margarita and Murakami.

>>12102312
Actually because of how youtube counts views he could be receiving many more "actual views" than 4-5 million.

>>12102413
I don't get why you shouldn't call reading your hobby. I mean people should know how to cook too, but if someone says that cooking is their hobby it just means that they really enjoy doing it in their free time.

he's not my guy

>>12102459
cringe and bluepilled

>>12102454
This. Stop being spergs about petty definitions.

>>12102426
They're classics anon, and anyways that's totally besides the point

>>12102436

You're supposed to spend your youth in ignorant bliss, if you were reading in your 20s then you missed out on a lot.

>>12102454
reading is not comparable to cooking. People who say that cooking is NOT their hobby are not saying that they don't eat food. But people who say that reading is not their hobby are probably telling you that they haven't finished a book since high school.

>>12102471
I played videogames through my 20s. I want my time back

>>12102471
>20s
>Youth

>>12102471
>if you were reading in your 20s then you missed out on a lot.
Conversely, you'll be missing out a lot in the next 60 years, brainlet.

>>12102471
Yeah, that's gonna be a yikes from me, bud. You're an adult when you're in your 20s. Blissful ignorance is for your youth. Sure, you can have exciting experiences in you're 20s, but if you're not also reading frequently you're squandering your time.

>>12102478
>People who say that cooking is NOT their hobby are not saying that they don't eat food
Cooking and eating are different activities, I don’t see your point

>>12102162
3-4 million views per video. All videos are filmed in his home, no big studio or a giant crew, just him and two editors.
The efficiency of this faggot is amazing.

>>12102351
I actually got a different book from an author he talked about.

>>12102524
You were saying that it is fine to call reading your hobby. I'm saying that you shouldn't call reading your hobby because it is something everyone does. It's different from calling cooking your hobby because cooking is something only some people do (while everyone eats food).

>>12102547
What kind of upside down country do you live in where people read but don’t cook? It’s the opposite in my experience, which is why saying that reading is my hobby seems sensible.

>>12102547
Anon, are you mentally challenged or something? Everyone cooks and everyone reads, but few people have special interest in gastronomy or literature. Either of those things being described as a hobby just signifies involvement way beyond baseline average.

>>12102583
>Either of those things being described as a hobby just signifies involvement way beyond baseline average.
yeah that's where I disagree. In conversation if someone were to say that reading is not one of their hobbies I would assume they don't read at all. On the other hand if they were to say that cooking is not one of their hobbies I would not assume that they don't occasionally whip up some rat meat for Sunday dinner.
>>12102583
sorry, I replied to the more intelligent post.

>>12102622
meant to reply to >>12102587

>>12102622
>In conversation if someone were to say that reading is not one of their hobbies I would assume they don't read at all
We’re just going to have to agree to disagree I guess.

>>12102190
What are you talking about, this isn't Victorian England where reading is a luxury - we live in a society where everyone has access to a smartphone, and uses it religiously. Even if it is using social media in binge-worthy fashion, the majority of our population does read and you are deluded if you think otherwise.

hes a good lad desu

>>12102731
Reading books. It was obviously implied.

>>12102731
>Reading Tweets is akin to reading literature

>>12102731
>we live in a society

I am definitely not his target audience, but he's become quite a bit more likeable than I remember him being when he first rose to prominence.

>>12102054
what books?

Where does he get his recommendations? Honestly wouldn't be surprised if he browsed /lit/ on occasion

>>12103432
he's a man of culture

>>12103372
Master and margarita
Japanese death poems
Don Quixote
The woman in the dunes

>>12102471
>if you were reading in your 20s then you missed out on a lot.
Think of all the reading and video games I would have missed out on if I had a social life in my 20s though

>>12102122
>he's only pretending to be retarded

>>12103491
he's got 70 million 12-year-olds to entertain. What do you expect him to do

>>12102112
unironically the pewdiepie i liked when i was 15.
Its awkward seeing people now that are often older than me actually watch new pewdiepie videos.

>>12103527
This. How do people still watch him?

>>12102839
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>>12103361
holy fucking rekt

>>12102731
>>12102339
>>12102266
I though /sffg/ was a containment thread for these types of people

>>12103432
i think he browses /pol/ and /fa/ so it's quite possible that he also lurks here

Got into Pewds at the age of 30, I never even saw his video game content.

Fuckin love him. AMA.

>>12104690
I think he is from Sweden, fucking retardinho.

>>12102112
How is this at all a perplexing phenomenon? Do you live on the same planet as the rest of us or not? This is just how people are.

>>12102112
He said nigger. No really, that's it.

If you're over the age of 12 and watch this cretin, you're a stunted manchild. Get the fuck off this board..

Lmao I bet you watch him because it feels like having friends you fucking loser ;) go cry bby

>>12104690
>5. Ireland
This has to be fake

>>12104974
You're American, so your understanding of different countries is probably nothing more than vague stereotypes.
The trauma from having your foreskin sliced off at birth probably damaged your brain development.

>>12104978
I'm Irish...

>>12103432
In some of his YLYL vids you could see he was actually going through a YLYL thread on /b/.

>>12104972
>Lmao I bet you watch him because it feels like having friends you fucking loser ;) go cry bby
And whats wrong with that? I don't have any friends, why can't I get some simulated friendship experience through the Internet? How unkind of you to act like a bully.

>russian novel
>japanese novel
>spanish novel
Based Pewds avoiding eternal anglo and their shitty books

>>12104690
How does finland do so well t retarded finn

I love donkey shoot

dat mishimas poem tho

>>12103432
>>12104668
He probably browsed /pol/ and that's why he did some things that got him in trouble, he definitely browses /fa/, I've read his comment on some joji music video and he used the word "buzzpill", NOBODY outside of /fa/ knows the term.
He also browsed /gif/ for his ylyl vids

>>12103432
hopefully no recs from here or else he ends up as a pretentious cunt

>>12102178
This is objectively not true anymore

>>12102471
>Youth is for blissful ignorance
Maybe
>in your 20s
That’s gunna be a no from me

The Women in the Dunes by Kobo Abe is in the next book review video so you have a month to read it before the video.

>>12105141
>hopefully no recs from here
>Stoner
>No Longer Human
>Mishima
too late for that.

>>12102054
>reviewed
quite a srong word for what he does, witch is a quick re cap of a few chapter and if he liked it or not

>>12105196
what's a review to you?

>>12105198
I want some more analysis when it comes to books

>>12102054
>Don Quixote (pronounced incorrectly) mixes up windmills with dragons

Wtf man, they were giants.

I like that he is touching on a lot of /lit/ memes but after hearing him say that I can no longer believe he has actually read the books.

I have never seen his videos but from what I have heard about him here he looks alright.

>>12105175
that looks like a woman in a dune

>>12105213
maybe he read it in swedish

>>12105225
>reading a translation of Don Quixote
Even worse then
And even if he is such a brainlet that can't be fucked to learn the best language in the world he could've at least read the best English translation possible.

What's the general consensus on this guy? I've heard people from both sides some like his new stuff, some think he's pretentious, unfunny etc. I personally don't watch him and probably never will but I'm interested in knowing more about how he's perceived.

>>12102054
>our guy
no, stop

>>12105272
>english automatically has the best translations of anything
What makes you say that?

>>12105278
people think he's alright
but some are frustrated because he browses here and anons don't want 9yr olds to migrate over here,
however, some people think it's a good thing that he browses here on his videos since he's redpilling generation z while they're young and impressionable

>>12104690
Let's break those scores out a bit, shall we.

>>12105372
WTF Jordan Peterson told me Israel is the land of geniuses

>>12105372

This is why racism exists and won't go away because it's based in real life experiences
Asians rolled Int that's all there is to it

>>12105384
Asians minus prc are just one generation late on the dysgenic trend but it's been confirmed to have started there too. In fact it's probably going faster than in the west. They'll become retards like the rest of us come mid century.

>>12105384
How do you know that it's all genes? Should we just disregard the fact that countries on the top have powerful economies capable of providing better education along with cultures that encourage competitive spirit and self-improvement?

>>12105490
Why do they have powerful economies, friend?

>>12105490
This même is getting stale. Not only are the correlations much weaker than with genes, but money has no causal connection to it. Societal emphasis has some impact but it doesn't spring out of nowhere either.

>>12105490
Some fascinating patterns.

>>12102351
Well I did

>>12105502
So southern US was full of white retard?

>>12104677
This desu, he's a cool guy nowadays.

>>12105139
He didn't do fucking anything beyond making a few normie as fuck jokes.

>>12105278
People hate him because he's popular and used to make videos for a very young audience.
Like a justin bieber tier "thing you're supposed to hate"

>>12102054
How the fuck does he pronounce Quijote so weird? How has he never heard it?

>>12107104
I think he’s thinking of the swedish way of saying it but with english pronounciation and just fucking it up

>>12104690
Daily reminder that you must never compare america to racially homogenous countries. Show me comparison between korean americans and native born koreans, between finish americans and native finns. You can't compare the average american to the average citizen of any other country, because there's no such thing as an average american to begin with. The country is too racially heterogeneous for such comparisons.

>>12104690
>>12105372
I always knew Poland was top of the class
Suck on my Sarmatian dick wh*Toid cr*Ckas

>>12104974
Ireland is one of the world's wealthiest countries bucko.

>>12104677

I'm 29 and I'm the same way

I only really come to /lit/ when there's a new BOOK REVIEW to read threads like these and laugh

>>12102054
Based Pewds is redpilling zoomers one video at a time. I hope he reviews Siege soon.

>>12107104
>>12107160
Could also be from Italian "Don Chisciotte"

>>12102423
In what way is Bulgakov or Pewdipie 'alt-right'? American progressives are seriously retarded.

>>12102313
>>12104677
>>12105703
>>12107251
Lol same. I am 27 and never watched him until this year lol. Watch him every day and love his videos although I can't watch anything more than a couple years old (which for those of you criticizing his older content- he frequently acknowledges that it as bad and cringey).

In all likelihood he comes her on occasion. Definitely browses other boards on 4chan as others in this thread have pointed out. Definitely /fa/ for example. Pewds if you are reading check out A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe.

>>12103491
this post is on an impressive level of irony

>>12107662
Most progressives in the entirety of the world are retarded.

>>12102054
Interesting I just started reading that
>>12102098
They're made for 9 year olds, what did you expect?

>>12103510
9-year-olds i may ask

>>12105372
At least Denmark is above Sweden and Norway

>>12108790
Sweden's score has been falling drastically these past few years. I guess calling your students evil white rich privileged nazis and saying they should accept Islamization doesn't really help motivate them to study in order to benefit a society which hates them? Remember, don't pay taxes.

>>12102054
based pewdiepie crossboarding everytime.