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12279617 No.12279617 [Reply] [Original]

what's with all these self-helpers and self-improvement meme shit you see it on /fit/ and /lit/ too of people wanting to read to get "their shit together." i just do this shit for fun why are they so cringe?

>> No.12279692

>>12279617
Have some sympathy hitting rock bottom and deciding to make a change is a noble action

>> No.12279697

>>12279617
When you're a real loser you'll grasp onto anything that doesn't take any effort and pretend you're improving your life whether its exercise or reading.

>> No.12279703

>>12279617
in life we do most things because we hope it will make us rich or enable us to have sex. the other things we do because we're trying to overcompensate for not having enough sex or enough money.

>> No.12279713

>>12279703
Weak armchair psychology

>> No.12279716

>>12279713
No, just basic human nature.

>> No.12279726

>>12279703
>in life we do most things because we hope it will make us rich or enable us to have sex.
ah, that's why you end up needing cheap self help to pick you back up.
Maybe you should rethink this strategy of applying capitalism to every aspect of life, it's not meant to be a religion, you know?

>> No.12279734

>>12279726
>le capitalism meme
No wonder you fail to grasp very basic shit.

>> No.12279744

Found the pseud thread. You’re all so much smarter than everyone else! How do you do it??

>> No.12279764

>>12279617
>reading for fun
what a loser

>> No.12279772

>>12279716
Sure there buddy. Your musings on life derived from a small and skewed sample of the population are definitely representative of humanity as a whole

>> No.12279776

>>12279764
>reading for anything but fun
are you a moron? if you don't like reading go do something else and fuck off of the literature board.

>> No.12279920

>>12279697
Exercise and reading take lots of effort, assuming you are doing it effectively.

>> No.12279930

>>12279776
mate i wouldn't touch a book w a bargepole
i listen to self help audiobooks while i'm fucking your sister because I'D LIKE TO WORK LESS & BE HAPPIER

>> No.12279935

>>12279930
yea whatever if you don't like reading get off of /lit/ so we can deal with less pseuds

>> No.12279943

>>12279617
>i just do this shit for le fun why are they so le cringe amirite guys? pathetic they arent real book lovers like me!!!1
>I am also a trap loving frogposter

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who cares? check this out weeb (pic related) and tell me the devotion to his body pillow isn't somewhat admirable

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>>12279703
>it’s another “spiritually retarded human decides that everyone else is just in denial about what they really value deep down and proceeds to unironically worship reality-TV stars” episode

>> No.12279968

>>12279703
Oh my fucking God I didn't see this, where did you fucking learn that? On a youtube video? Sex and money make the world go round amirite?
I haven't been on /lit/ for a long ass time and I think I'm gonna still steer clear since the opposing guy is
>>12279935
what fucking pseuds? Everyone who likes to read something is 'patrician'? Do you realize you literally angrily replied to a guy saying
>reading for fun
what a loser
on the fucking literature board? how do you not understand that it is bait? he is on the fucking literature board and he is speaking in memes and telling people they are losers for liking to read


Holy shit this place has hit rock bottom