/lit/ - Literature

fiction is cooler than boring non-fiction
>"hon hon you are a child, I am learning about the REAL world"
everything is escapism, fagaloid. now step down from that pedestal and give me a rimjob.

>>15864054
So u like reading fiction?

>>15864059
yes, namely from the french surrealism movement. sci-fi as well.

>>15864054
>He thinks is fictional book a child could read with ease is the same as any other book
Kek. That is cope, halfwit. Your reading level is far different from someone that actually educates themselves and doesn't read fictional garbage.

>>15864073
ah yes, the classic "i'm educating myself and you aren't" argument.
and for what reason are you 'educating' yourself?
to develop routes of future enjoyment, right?
why not just cut out the middle man?

>>15864069
Faggot

>>15864023
>You guys don’t actually read
correct

>>15864089
>he thinks his cognitive abilities are on the same level as someone who doesn't mindlessly read fictional garbage filled with vocabulary you learn in grade school

>>15864144
shit bait. i'm going to go read my homoerotic visual novel featuring catboys. you have fun.

>>15864172
>ill call it bait so i win
This is your brain on fiction. Like I said your cognitive abilities are lacking.

>>15864172
Enjoy your novel that looks as if the prose was written by a teenager. Dimwit.

>>15864069
And here's my son's bedroom. As you can see the little bookworm likes to read genre fiction aha

>>15864179
you weren't even trying to argue in good faith. it was textbook fallacy.
>>15864195
I will, enjoy your biography featuring the acts of some dead dude.

I knew you retards had an ego, but I didn't think it would be this intoxicating.

I read both.

>>15864220
>its fallacy!!! but i can't even disprove it!!
>i just scream fallacy so i win!!!
This is what fiction does to your brain.

>>15864227
disprove what?
I believe your original point was:
">He thinks is fictional book a child could read with ease is the same as any other book"
is this how bad /lit/ shitposts are?

>>15864220
>I will, enjoy your biography featuring the acts of some dead dude.

>I knew you retards had an ego, but I didn't think it would be this intoxicating.

Again there's a difference in the prose and vocabulary and your little novel that a child could comprehend is not even near the same.

The only nonfiction book I’ve read is Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance.

>>15864237
>so upset he can't even greentext.

>>15864227
What exactly is this loftier purpose of non fiction if it can't keep you out of 4chan and posting like any other retard? Shouldn't non fiction teach you not to waste your time dealing with some stupid person?

>>15864237
Why are you quoting a quote newfag?

>>15864238
enlighten me then.
I call in question this believed inherent superiority in intellectualism boosting your ego.
is the point of life not to enjoy it in our own capacities?
I understand the enjoyment in understanding the world around you, but this is an extreme.

>>15864246
Some people simply need more stimulation. Just enjoy your grade school level novels and don't worry about it.

>>15864023
I generally agree, but philosophy can be more easily fed to a reader through engaging storytelling than by flat statements inb4 "not to meeee", you're not most people, you autistic faggot.

Also, fiction contemporary to the time period it was made can be a useful history lesson, because people write what they know.

Lastly, science fiction can be mind expanding and inspiring, and all of these can be positive propaganda that makes you a better person. It just that after a point you're submerging in hedonism if you're not applying what you've learned.

>>15864257
Refer to this post >>15864261

>>15864261
>Just enjoy your grade school level novels
Why do you keep repeating this nonsense as if it somehow became truer with each posting?
Your confrontational and immature tone make you sound like some faggy freshman who just discovered Schopenhauer or something. What's worse, you don't strike me as someone who reads, non fiction or not.

"Don't do this because it's what kids do!" is some 14yo tier argument.

>>15864237
>">He thinks is fictional book a child could read with ease is the same as any other book"
Why would you put something already quoted in quotation marks? And then write:
>is this how bad /lit/ shitposts are?
What fucking newfag filled board do you come from holy shit.

>>15864272
so then you agree that people have different standards for stimulation, correct?
then why are you attacking others and making some grand mockery of 'oh ho ho you are a child, MY tastes are superior'?
this isn't even quality shitposting.

>>15864301
>then why are you others and making some grand mockery
Because it makes them laugh possibly? Are your cognitive skills really this bad that you can't figure that out on your own and have to ask question after question like some teenager?

>>15864299
>>15864241
the fact that you attack the format of text really shows how supposedly mature you are. you faggot of faggots.

>>15864325
>novel reading newfag

>>15864322
yeah no shit sherlock, do you not understand the importance of getting someone else to admit something?
is this really how this thread is going to devolve? into repeated 'gotchas' of each others cognitive capability.
i'd rather post cool webms of birds.

>>15864325
Go back to reading your picture book
>yeah no shit sherlock, do you not understand the importance of getting someone else to admit something?
Admit what? That I find it hilarious that you think your cognitive abilities aren't lacking when all you read is fictional nonsense written with prose and vocabulary a child could comprehend? I already stated that though, so why would you wan't me to admit it?

>>15864172
>he reads picture books
Your brain must be very tiny.

>>15864363
>>15864344

>>15864363
whats with this superiority complex of "i am much more capable than a child, unlike you." is that really what you have decided life's purpose? if so, why are you still arguing with me if I clearly operate with lacking cognitive ability? why aren't you having some titillating debate about real world topics?
if 'cognitive ability' is all you care about in life, then go ahead. I'd argue that you aren't questioning yourself enough.
life is about the enjoyment we feel, if you feel greater enjoyment from debating retards on the internet and reading non-fiction then you do you.

>>15864023
Read everything.
/thread.

>he reads secondary sources instead of primary sources

>>15864419
So you wrote all that because someone made fun of your 4th grade reading level and the fact you read picture books? How mad?

>>15864419
>then you do you.
You even write like some teenager from twitter. Fuck off halfwit.

>>15864432
im fuming, now keep giving me you's

>>15864455
>k-keep giving me you's!!!
I honestly don't even know how to respond to your newfaggotry at this point. Is this really all you can think up? I guess reading fictional sewage all day will do this to you.

>>15864471
unf, keep doing it anon-sama!

>>15864479
>ill just keep spamming the samething1!! so I dont look mad!!!!

>>15864483
i-i'm almost there
k-keep calling me childish and retarded!

>>15864479
Oh look I got the newfag to write something different lol

>>15864494

>>15864487
>i was just pretending to be retard guise gotcha i dont really read picture books!!

>>15864503
O-OH FFFFUUUCCCCK. teehee, you made me release so much!
I want to be your retarded child anon-sama!

>>15864514
>hahah look guise im not mad im being sillY!

>>15864223
Based

>>15864519
a-a-anon-sama! I think i'm pregnant, how is that possible? we're both boys!

>>15864531
>if i keep being silly maybe i wont look upset

Stop fighting retards

>>15864537
it must be a miracle! what are we going to name it? i'm thinking paul, after my favorite character from Dune! the classic science fiction novel!

>>15864514
>>15864487
>>15864479
>>15864237
This is your brain on novels. Cognitive abilities = lacking.

>>15864544
Did you get bored checking your twitter feed or something? Why even come to /lit/ when you ready fucking graphic novels?

>>15864551
a-another boy? ttwo daddies? b-b-b-but that means having to please both of you!
I'm not sure if i'm capable of pleasing everyone!
>>15864561
please! take your turns! u-unless you both want the three of us to have fun together!

>>15864569
Just go back to /v/, halfwit.

More proof that non fiction/philo fags fucking ruin the board.

>>15864569
Are you doing this to protect your ego that was absolutely btfo itt?

>>15864577
>ip count the same
Hello samefag. Enjoying your picture book?

>>15864575
is that my new petname? it's so cute! please call me hafwit all the time!
now get ready for work! your job at the big man factory is very important for this family!
>>15864580
we can have fun another time, I have to put on my maid uniform and clean this messy messy house! can't have fun in a messy house, can we?
don't wear my underwear? that doesn't sound the most hygienic but if it'll make you happier!

>>15864587
>newfag got so mad he stopped talking like a teenage memester
oh im laffin

>>15864595
w-why are you looking down there? if you wanted to have fun you could have just said so! w-whats that outside the window? it doesn't look human! h-honey go get your rifle. I'll go lock the doors.

>>15864419
are you perhaps retarded

>>15864608
yes, how did you know? I have my retarded appointment soon. mommy said I can be better after the appointments! but the doctor acts funny and doesn't do the things on the doctor channels. he keeps putting me in this strange device and it makes me feel funny

>>15864602
>if i keep mindlessly replying it will hide my anger
>look guise see im not mad or embarrassed

>>15864618
It's trying to bash the door down! the wood is splintering at the edges! I don't think it can take it much more, I really hope it didn't eat other daddy!

>>15864624
>im not embarrassed haha

>>15864432
Wow, you are one sad loser, hows your ability to do math? Does it make you feel inferior you never moved past basics 4th grade math? Can you name all the plants in the forest? How about all the elements in the earth. I bet your stupid without any real world knowledge.

>>15864629
>Can you name all the plants in the forest
Can you do it for me because I'm a bit tired.

>>15864628
It's getting in! you'll take care of it, right daddy? your big gun can kill it, right? you've killed demons before! you can take him!

>>15864629
>Does it make you feel inferior you never moved past basics 4th grade math
Is this projection? I don't remember seeing anything about math written in this thread before you arrived.

How would Plato explain the current predicament?

>>15864648
>im just pretending to be retard honest guys!! none of that stuff i wrote earlier was genuine

alright well it's been fun guys. I got you faggots to read fiction, get pwned lulz.
have fun reading about dead people and learning useless shit.
i'll go jerk off to some homoerotic fiction and go to sleep. for realsies this time.

>>15864678
>haha iw as pretending to be dumb so epic trolls!

>>15864678
as if people aren't replying to you for fun newfag

I read fiction because the style is usually more beautiful, which is what I look for in books.

>>15864325

>>15864697
>I read fiction because the style is usually more beautiful
False. The prose is usually banal.

>>15864638
>>15864647
You see, you fellows claim reading nonfiction is stupid, and genre fiction even dumber, but you cant even be bothered to gather any real useful knowledge.

How does it feel not knowing how the world works?

>>15864757
>you fellows claim reading nonfiction is stupid
Please quote me where I said that. I'll wait.

>>15864023
No, retards just think that the Aeneid, Illiad and the Odyssey are fiction lmao

>>15864023
No, I only read the Bible.

this whole thread is just one schizophrenic with a philosophy degree trying to prove the world that he didn't waste his time

>>15864112
based and audiopilled

>>15864195
>>15864073
>difficulty of comprehension = quality
Are you larping? You sound like a teen that’s ‘into books’
There are pieces (You) can’t understand one word of, yet that doesn’t say anything about their quality.
In fact some of the classic, most celebrated novels in the history of literature were intentionally written to feature simple, accessible prose and vocab, funnily enough they were praised by critics for doing so.
Tldr you don’t read, stop pretending like you do.

>>15864054
>everything is escapism
It isn't.

>>15864325
>>15864344
>>15864419
>>15864500
birds are scary

There are paintings and there are infographics ; There are works of fiction and there are works of non-fiction.

>>15864054
>everything is escapism
i meann... noo?.. no, not really
and you know what i will tell you?
youre a child & i am indeed learning about the real world

>months of not visiting this board
>first thread that i open up is this

>>15864023
I do read fiction. What gave it away?

>>15866336
>>difficulty of comprehension = quality
That was never said once.
Your reading comprehension = poor.
Sorry old chap.

>>15866855
>reading comprehension = poor
he probably reads fiction, so give him a break, anon.

>>15866855
>that a child could read
What do you think this implies, retard kun?

>>15866914
That the book is written simply? Again no one ever said:
>difficulty of comprehension = quality
You inferred that and then made a whole post arguing with yourself like a retard.

>>15864023
does poetry count as fiction or non-fiction?

>>15866914
Just because your reading comprehension is piss poor which leads you to believe someone implied something they didn't, does not mean that they implied that.

>>15866922
>>He thinks is fictional book a child could read with ease is the same as any other book
This was your only ‘criticism’ of that anons preference for fiction.
Why are you trying to run away from what your sub70 iq ass said?

>>15866937
Refer to this post : >>15866930
At this point it's either you purposely creating a strawman because you have no argument, or your reading comprehension is truly terrible.

When you can quote where I said:
>difficulty of comprehension = quality
then you will get another reply, until then enjoy your fiction, brainlet.

>>15864023
Occasionally but I always come back to non-fiction after a short stint

>>15864023
This is the worst thread I've ever seen on this board.

>>15864726
>claiming to read non-fiction
>still can't understand the difference in prose beetwen the two

>>15866987
>ip count hasn't moved
This is seethe

>>15864023
It's so dreary when I see somebody reading some trite fictional book.

>>15867004
>>15866976
Agreed. Yeah, I mean wow, why waste time with a fictional world? It’s really something to think about. The people who are depressed or sad about reality typically read fiction. Even if you’re just reading economics or current events, it’s typically more of an optimistic statement than getting involved in a fantasy world.

I will say though, go big or go home. The best fantasy worlds are those which have their own history, languages, etc etc

Tolkien and Herbert are good examples.

>>15867004
I'm currently on my third read of Critique of Pure Reason just for some recreational reading and it is quite enjoyable.

108R / 27P
my god... autism and newfaggotry levels are off the chart. poor guy will die of a heart attack if he gets this mad every time he gets btfo.

>>15864757
We go to /sci/ for that

>>15867031
german philosophy counts for less than fiction.

>>15867031
meant for

>>15864023

>>15864023

>>15867031
Yes but the prose itself is usually
rather humdrum and the vocabulary usually
is unvaried which is definitely the case
with fiction such as JRR Tolkien.

>>15867026
Yes but the prose itself is usually
rather humdrum and the vocabulary usually
is unvaried which is definitely the case
with fiction such as JRR Tolkien.
Though this is just my languid take on it all.

>>15867031
The transcendental dialectic division is very chill and comfy

>>15864054
real life is far more interesting than most fictional stories, and the few stories that are able to communicate with enthusiastic audiences no matter the size are no longer fiction - they seep into reality. In fact, thinking that realistic = grim, gritty, harsh, is far more immature.

>>15867031
That sounds splendid! My current read is: Écrits.

I have a hard time reading, super add but really want to read more. Anytime I try to pickup anything fiction I have a hard time staying with it. Like currently I'm reading 1984 well I started like 2 weeks ago and am only about 10 pages in. The only other fiction book I read in the past few years is the Hobbit, and I went far into it, then just never read for months then came back and finished it. I enjoyed it. But same as now, while reading fiction stuff, in the back of my head I just get bugged because it feels like a waste of time. I want to be learning stuff as I read and I feel as if I'm not learning then it's a waste of my time even if I'm kinda enjoying the book. It's hard for me to truly escape. :/

>>15867035
>newfaggotry levels are off the chart.
Yes, I would say so, but only once you entered the thread.