/lit/ - Literature

>>13906531
Show off how? Like bragging about reading something or quoting some piece of lit to others? No.

>>13906531
Have occasionally read in the open so people will ask me about it, but never really to show off

My friends know that i read because i often read i public because i dont like losing time.

In terms of showing off, i just say the name of the book that i am reading if they ask me, otherwise, i would never tell them.

I only read when there are other people around to see what book I’m reading. Otherwise what’s the point?

Yes.
I buy 3 or 4 classic books every month, read the first pages and then drop them to read whatever fantasy im reading at the time.
Then I proceed to tell my peers about the great books I read

>>13906531
Never, I always try to isolate, hide myself when reading.

>>13906531
I have read at most like 3 books in my life. People think I'm an intellectual genius just because I read the wikipedia page on a book and based on that I make up the rest and I'm able to talk about it.

>>13906781
YouTube is good for this too. I just look up 6 minute summaries on all the great philosophers and everyone thinks I am brilliant.

It's great.

>>13906531
Not at all. I do post pictures of complex books on the internet though.

>>13906531
Yep, my life is a lie.

yeah I pretend to read philosophy at work but I just blankly stare at the pages while I listen to an audiobook of game of thrones or harry potter. everyone thinks im a super intellectual lmaooo

No

>>13906639
>meet some new people
>one of them brings up reading
>asks me if I'm reading anything
>tell him what book I'm reading
>he calls me pretentious
this was like 2 months ago and it still annoys me.

>>13907188
real question is: what were you reading anon?

>>13907536
moby dick

my entire life is me trying to show off, hoping someone will say "oh that's neat", just fucking once.

>>13907536
some frankfurter schule bullshit

>>13907740
that’s neat anon

Absolutely never. 0%.

And I think the issue is that with other people there is always a minimum percentage of this, but with me I don't care who the author is as long as I'm gaining intellectual progression.

So I'll read a lot of stuff no one else reads in whatever community I'm involved in. :3

Sometimes there are some alignments on here, but infrequently. I've definitely had an influence on this culture though.

>>13907747
you forgot the "oh", jackass. thanks a lot.

Exclusively

I read to be interesting, not to gloat.

>>13907749
>I've definitely had an influence on this culture though.
what

>>13907749
Psychopath closet narcissist detected

No but I usually bring in novels to work on slow days to pass time as most sites are blocked.
I was reading Goethe Faust part 1 and someone actually asked me about it; telling me they have never heard of him before.
I've never been more bewildered before. I felt bad, because I think he took it as an insult.

>>13906531
I'll tell you right now buddy

No one is impressed that you read or by any books you've read. No one. Not me, not the girl you're trying to fuck, not your mom or dad. No one.

>>13906531
Of course. I do it by reading in cafés or on the Seine banks, sometimes even while walking in the street.
It's a great motivation for reading. I get my ego boost, I get my reading done and perhaps the attention of some based historian or some qt, and I sometimes get to recommend quality books to plebs who are curious about a guy reading in public.

So it's a win for everyone.

>>13907749
Could you be the man whos had "existential crises stronger than a man double my age?"

Never. I actually try to hide that I read as much as I can (unless prompted by questions. I do post on social media when I finish a book simply to raise awareness that people still read )

>>13908508
>I do post on social media when I finish a book
i bet you have an anime profile picture

>>13906531
This is the driving factor in most book fads. The plebs is satisfied with name-dropping and/or dust jackets on a shelf. In the Ivy League they will silently mark you as a poser if you can't quote anything past the first chapter of a book doesn't matter if you understoodd it though.

Some people have discussed putting two screens on the Kindle so "readers" can show off their dust jacket when in public.

>>13909789
>Some people have discussed putting two screens on the Kindle so "readers" can show off their dust jacket when in public.

Should just have a function where the kindle reads the title out loud at random intervals, together with a brief summary of the author's literary credentials

>>13909789
>the Ivy League they will silently mark you as a poser if you can't quote anything past the first chapter of a book
They're the ones that seem like poseurs lmao

>>13909790
Yes, that would be good. I shall bring this to them.

>>13906531
Why is such a prominent taboo to read in public in the US?

>>13906781
>>13906787
these people walk among us

You can't show off what they can't comprehend

>>13909789
he's clearly gay and in denial. maybe he's using that book as a way to avoid getting his ass kicked.

>>13906781
>>13906787
you're only lying to yourselves and will live in regret later for being such fucking fools

>>13910182
its seen as showing of if in some situations but if your a middle aged women on the beach with a novel and a drink no one will care

>>13906781
>>13906787
based

>>13911280
In the end the one that should not care is you yourself.

>reading books
>to show off
Showing off sounds like what an extrovert would do if they had friends.

>>13906531
Damn right.

>>13906531
It is fundamentally to you yourself that you are showing off. Other people are replaceable placeholders as concerns this process.