/lit/ - Literature

Maybe you're depressed and use money as a way to get your dopamine. Seek a psychiatrist

>>15985502
>Buying
>Books
>Buying
For what purpose?

>>15985502
Also seek help man you have serious issues

>>15985502
That image. How cucked can you fucking be; that guy clearly is so desperate for any sort of love, to even live in such a situation where you need 'browny points' and 'good behavior'. Shit like this sickens me

>>15985544
It took me 2 years of sweet talking and letting my wife be fucked by Tyrone but I finally got my hands on the Millennium Falcon ultimate collection edition set. I'm pretty damn excited.

>>15985568

>>15985502
>6-8 a month
Nigger I just ordered 32 books in the last 15 days. I want my private library. Can't make a Pfannenkuchen without breaking some eggs.

>>15985502
seems really fun, it's always good to see diplomacy between partners and both being happy with the results, also, that piece costs like 2k so it's not a decision he can make for himself as they are a family now and finances are responsability of responsible adults but you will never understand it as your brain is too small for basic concepts and you'll be 140k in debt way after you leave your parent's house at 31. So i'm happy for him.

>>15985502
I've been looking for cheap options to buy books. I purchase way too many and the expenses are adding up.

There is literally nothing wrong with consuming

>>15985645
Buy used books. They are basically free.

>>15985544
If they had kids, he could have just bought them for his kid and then low key played with it himself, but you know his wife is some bluehaired abortionist who has dogs instead of kids

>>15985650
Where do you buy used books on the internet?

>>15985527
SO much this, learn to download a PDFs OP. like the person above who said you are using book purchases in an unhealthy psychological way is correct.

If I bought books every time I wanted to read something instead of downloading my house would literally be as filled as a public library.

>>15985631
Everybody always assumes it’s about the money, but the wife will probably have to display a 4 foot wide ugly-looking lego model in their home.
Those things never even look like what they are a model of. Like, it’s so distinctive it’s not a good representation of the Millennium Falcon. It looks more like you are really into legos than Star Wars.

>>15985658
Amazon, ebay, that's not enough for you?

>>15985658
In germany there are ZVAB and booklooker, internationally amazon marketplace, betterworldbooks, ebay, german equivalent of craigslist. Just look for ome antiquarian book shops online.

>>15985502
I buy my books second-hand through Amazon's seller option. You can get shit that's listed for $20 for $3-5 plus $4 for shipping most of the time. Books stores and library book sales where they're off-loading books are also ideal because you'll get them dirt cheap. Never pay full price for books anymore and I don't buy more than 2-3 at a time. Once I've read those I'll buy 2-3 more unless its a library sale or something and its a one-shot kind of thing.
>mfw that fucking pic

>Buying used goods amid COVID-19
NGMI

If you're reading the books, it's not useless. Stop feeling bad and continue to buy books.

>>15985517
I relapse to this during college summers. After work, I just go to buy something to feel interested. It's such a temporary time - waiting for your adult life to start.

>>15985631
>that pieces costs like 2k
>2k

I cant find a good reason to buy books for 10-20 usd each when I can just pirate most things instantly. I used to be anti-kindle because i liked the "feel" of books, but reading is reading.

I only buy books if they are nice editions or if I cant find a good ebook of it nowadays.

>>15985502
If it's a book that I don't really care about and know for a fact I'm only going to read once I'll try to read it digitally. I find them more annoying because they are harder to navigate, it's harder to mark things in them and you have to worry about battery/reading in heat/losing your reader when you aren't at home. But you obviously save space and money.

I'd say you're bordering on mindless consumerism if you continue to buy shit while having stacks and stacks of unread books at home. Or if you find yourself shopping for the prettiest rather than the best textual version of a book.

>>15985502
I feel you, OP. I don't waste money on anything but I'm a data hoarder. Right now I almost have no space on this new SSD because I downloaded almost 500gb of films, anime and books

>>15985916
Iktf, except I have 60tb of data

>>15985502
>don't have more than two unread books
>use ereader for any books you'll just read once

>>15985929
If I had enough money to buy HDD, I'd do that

I cucked myself out of buying books. I'm in Latin America, yet if the author writes in English, I would only read it if I found it in a shop and the book must be in English (which is relatively difficult). The books I buy are only from a list that I made. And, I will only buy books with money I made from selling other used books in November.

>>15985502
>needing wife's permission do to anything, let alone buy legos
Do Americans really?
Does he also ask permission to take a shit?

There is literally nothing wrong with consooming

>>15985502
>i find myself still ordering at least 6-8 books a month
better than action figures. if you gotta be a consoomer, books are your best bet
>Even when the book is available used and cheaper from a private seller i still always go for the Prime option to get next day delivery
this is pretty retarded. if you're not reading them anyway, why buy new ones?

>>15985631
>it's always good to see diplomacy between partners

Its not diplomacy. Its bartering. Its not healthy to barter for things you want from eachother. Being nice to your wife as something you have to be rewarded for. Spending 2k is not a decision for himself, but in this case its her decision for herself. She allows it, so it happens.

>>15985670
>Everybody always assumes it’s about the money, but the wife will probably have to display a 4 foot wide ugly-looking lego model in their home.

Maybe don't marry someone who's hobbies you dislike and you don't want them to indulge in?

>>15985665
>so much this
Why talk like a faggot and then post a reasonable comment?

>>15985711
can you recc any good places to find library book sales online or do you just scope them out where you live?? some of the best/most expensive books i have are recalled ones i got for cheap but for the life of me i cant find library sales

>>15986028
Acting like buying and building something like that, given it’s size and expense, is normal at his age makes you part of the problem

OP, it's obvious that you don't have a coherent view of what you truly want in life. The only reason you're buying books instead of action figures is because "Books" have the social capital of being "good for you," yet it's clear that despite their potential for knowledge, you are using them for material validation.

You need to learn moderation. You will never be able to escape this by fleeing into a new hobby. Whatever new mantle you take on will contribute to your destruction until you confront the void in your life. Will you be on /fit/ next month asking if it's really true that you can exercise too much, only to injure yourself when you don't learn your limits? Will you be on /biz/, sure that you're investing your money carefully, only to lose it all when it turns out your "low risk" choices still had enough risk to fuck you? Anything that's good for us can destroy us when we don't know the purpose we use it for.

You have a wife and child, a treasure of unspeakable value. Focus on that, and if it's still not enough then seek help from outside. I'm not one to recommend psychology (and avoid psychotropic drugs at all costs), but in your case it might help you towards the answer.

You must look inward, OP

>>15985996
Wrong. It's wasteful of resources, time, life, and it promotes addictive, infantile behavior for the weak minded. I have many young adult friends who know nothing about the world or anything of substance, because they spend all their time indulging in childish frivolities because they see nothing wrong with it. Consooming does not need to be banned but it should be criticized for the waste of life it is.

>>15985502
Start buying shelves

>>15985502
You can get used hard backs for the same price as a new mass market paper backs. That's how I got the Wheel of Time series. Well that and begging my wife to let me buy it lol

>>15985568
Kek

im the same. i got piles of books on the floor now that the shelves are full. my 3 year old likes to stack them up into towers

I enjoy buying books because I always loved the feel of having a library and being able to cloister myself in it to study. It's one thing that makes me happy in this big, lonely world.

Do you read the books, or just make piles out of them?

>>15985665
>reading books on a computer screen
Enjoy your fucked up eyes and low retention rate. Physical master race

What's the optimal way to sell books online when you don't want to make a job out of it?
My local Craiglist equivalent proves to be quite shite. I've read book flipping tutorials focusing on Amazon FBA but the whole setup sounds a bit overkill for a few dozens of books max per year.

Just be honest with yourself, do you like to buy the books because you genuinely enjoy having them around and like the fact that you can reach and get it whenever you want? Then there is nothing wrong with it, as long as you have the money to spend.
If its just because you feel you have to buy something and it might as well be books, or because you want to look smart by having a lot of books or any other shitty reason, then work on stopping.

>>15986345
Ebooks with good backlight like the paperwhite are literally better for your eyes than print.

>can adjust print size if needed so you dont have to suffer books with tiny print
>no need to read to shitty lighting straining your eyes further

>>15985631
Your wife will have sex with other men.

>>15985502
i don't have anything else to spend that money on. i already have all my basic needs covered but i'm too poor to invest in anything actually valuable.

>>15985658
thirftbooks.com

>>15985502
don't listen to a thing anyone here is saying, internet books are absolute onions and having a massive collection of real books is the best thing you can do - just make sure to build yourself a dedicated space for them

>>15986345
Libraries and used book stores are the only sane path.

>>15985631
im glad im not getting married when i see that people outside of 4chan think like this
i could never handle not doing what i want cause wife doesnt like it
granted im frugal and reluctant to spend 20, let alone 2k on a toy, but principle stands

>>15985502
>I have managed to stop my previous consooming habit of collecting action figures on the advice of /pol/
Sorry, had to stop reading there. Too much cringe in one sentence.

>>15985502
There's nothing wrong with buying a bunch of books and hoarding them. Any month now, we're going to have commie and nigger death squads burning down the libraries.

>>15986263
I read them yes i love reading. it's just i can only move through them so fast due to family responsibilities so end up with a backlog. I get through usually a book every couple of weeks

>>15986557
Don't be retarded

>>15985502
Eh, do what works for you. Also, buy those books only if you plan to read them, and not just buying something because of getting dopamine from it. Digital books might be easier on your wallet, and take less space.

>>15986351
depends how many you have and how niche the subject matter most of the time unless you have some niche books you aren't getting shit in resale and may as well donate them

>>15985502
>on the advice of /pol/

>>15985714
>believing in le evil coof death plague
ngmi

>>15986074
How is it any different from hot rodding? The people who build legos didn't bully you when you were a kid?

>>15985631
>unironically justifying spending $2000 on tiny plastic bricks when you have a family to feed

>>15985631
So
>beta as fuck from needing his wife to allow the purchase
AND
>dumb consoomer

>>15985714
>omegerd the heckin scary viruS!!!!
>please god protectme !!!!!!!!

>>15985502
Get back to pol redditor faggot