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>walking through my city's shopping centre with a book under my arm
>the book is 'Hedi' with a cover from the 1970's
>as i'm shopping for a stylish new pair of jeans for the summer a hipsterish girl comes up to me
>i assume she's mistook me for a worker because of my 'fly' dress sense so i turn to politely tell her she is mistaken
>she looks embarrassed, but compliments me on my dress sense and rugged handsomeness and then asks me about my book
>says she really loves the book cover and wants to know the publisher
>i tell her it's Bancroft Books
>she appears captivated and says the cover art style really speaks to her and she would love to hold it
>i let her whilst calmly informing her that it is the text, not the physical book that is most important
>she looks a bashful and i explain that the Kindle succeeds because those who are intelligent understand the actual text is important
>she seems a little upset maybe? so i let it drop
>as we stand and talk about the clothes i was buying, general chit-chat etc she informs me that she is going for 'drinks' with a 'friend' today
>i say that sounds nice don't let me keep you, trying to be a chivalrous gentleman as always
>she says she'd rather go for drinks for me and if i'm not doing anything would i like to go?
>i take my book away from her and inform her that i would most certainly not like to go for drinks with her today. Or any other day for that matter. Not until she brushes up on her reading and learns to appreciate the text.
>she looks upset and gives me her phone number saying she'll 'drop me a text' (wtf does this mean???) when she's next free
>i smile politely and throw her number away as soon as i'm around a corner

anyways, this is the cover of the book i had, what do you guys think of Abridged versions of texts? (this is one) i'm only skimming this to get a feel for the novel before reading the full one. Are there ANY abridged versions worth reading?

>> No.1615785
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1615785

pic related, it's what she looked like, only prettier and less slutty

>> No.1615795

Alpha as fuck

>> No.1615796

>>1615785
Ohboyherewego.tiff

>> No.1615816

If you keep insulting these nice ladies we'll never get to Eiffel Tower on 'em.

>> No.1615826

>>IN A FRIEND'S BAR IN JAPAN WITH AN AMERICAN AND AUSSIE FRIEND OF MINE, INTERMISSION FROM CLUBBING FOR THE PAST COUPLE HOURS
>>SMALL GROUP OF AMERICAN GIRLS, A FEW WHO I HAD MET ON PREVIOUS DRINKING SESSIONS WERE THERE
>>SOMEHOW MY KINDLE COMES INTO DISCUSSION AND ONE OF THE GIRLS ASKS WHAT I READ
>>KINDLY NOTIFY HER OF SOME AUTHORS
>>SHE RECOMMENDS GARCIA MARQUEZ
>>I STAND ON THE BAR ELEVATED FROM THE GROUND (USUALLY WHERE YOUR FEET REST WHEN SITTING AT THE BAR) AND PROCLAIM: "I READ NOTHING PRE-WW II, BY SOUTH AMERICANS OR BLACKS, AND DEFINITELY NOTHING BY WOMEN"
>>THE GIRLS TURN INTO BANSHEES (KNEW IT ALL ALONG) AND SHOUT OUT NAMES LIKE WOOLF, AUSTIN ETC ETC
>>I START SPEWING OUT SOME RUSSIAN NAMES I HAD UNDER MY BELT
>>THEN I FORGET

THE GOOD THING ABOUT MY STORIES IS THAT THEY ARE COMPLETELY FACTUAL. UNLIKE SOME OTHERS...

>> No.1615831

>>1615826
>>1615826
capsguy do japanese women have sideways va-j-j's?

>> No.1615833

>>1615826

Does this always happen with girls? Yelling authors like Woolf and Austin?

>> No.1615835

I once said I was reading a Virginia Woolf book and a man laughed at me. Stupid philosophy buffs don't appreciate fine modernist literature.

>> No.1615836

>>1615833
I BELIEVE ALL OF THESE GIRLS WERE LIBERALS ARTS MAJORS, ONE OF THEM WANTED TO WORK IN THE UN. THIS IS THE TYPE OF WOMEN I WAS DEALING WITH.

>> No.1615837

Don't make up stories, tripfag.
And don't read abridged versions. There's no excuse for them.

>> No.1615838

>>1615836
You should have taken them for tea and cakes, then walked them home afterwards.

>> No.1615840

>wasted my good story last night
>goddammit
>wish I was dead

>>1615826
ya did good

>> No.1615843

>>1615826

Russian names you say?

>> No.1615844

IT REALLY WAS A FIGHT FOR MY LIFE, BECAUSE IT WAS A WEEK OR SO BEFORE THAT IT WAS A PART OF VIRGINIA WOOLF'S FACE THAT WOULD NOT GET OFF OF MY SCREEN WHEN I DROPPED IT IN MY DRUNKEN STUPOR

"FUCK YOU VIRGINIA WOOLF, FUCK YOU!", I SCREAMED, EVEN IN MY BLIND STATE REALISING THAT ALL HOPE WAS LOST, THE CURSE OF VIRGINIA WOOLF WAS IRREMEDIABLY WITHIN ME, MY ONLY HOPE LAY IN TRYING TO DISCARD MY KINDLE TO SOME RANDOM JAPANESE PERSON IN THE SUBWAY, AND THUS PASSING ON THE CURSE.

BUT IT DID NOT WORK!

SO I THREW IT INTO A CORNER.

BUT OF COURSE, THE CURSE WAS NOT LIFTED, AS PER THE ABOVE STORY.

I WILL NEVER SUCCUMB TO YOU AND YOUR OTHER WENCHES, I WILL NEVER READ ANYTHING AUTHORED BY A WOMAN! NEVER!

>> No.1615846

>>1615837
>>1615837
i'm sorry that my life is a lot better than yours dear anonymous.
i do not just drip personality and intelligence on this board you know, i carry it with me into my real life. Or rather i carry it from my real life onto here.

>> No.1615847

>>1615843
Yeah y'know Ivan, Boris, Sergei, Alexi.
Weird shit like that.

>> No.1615848

>>1615847

Yeah I'm probably a Shit Tier person when it comes to this board.

>> No.1615853

>>1615848

When it comes to what I read and what I know about lit stuff.

>> No.1615854

>>1615848
Well yeah but I don't see why you're telling me about it

>> No.1615855

I liked the other one better where you used the "Pretentious Jew" /lit/ meme

>> No.1615856

Because neither of us lose anything if I do.

I'm just browsing /lit/ and /mu/ assimilating anything I think will be good.

There's some mindfuck book thread going on in /lit/.

A share thread with glitch music in /mu/

Gamecube titles being discussed in /v/.

Grabbing things left and right.

Oh and I just finished an Artemis Fowl book to keep it /lit/ related.

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1615857

CHICK ON THE RIGHT IS WHAT I WAS DEALING WITH.

>> No.1615859

>>1615855
>>1615855
duly noted will get it in the next time i speak to a girl.

>>1615856
>>1615856
i used to love artemis fowl

>> No.1615863

Why is Virginia Woolf so bad again?

>>1615859

Then you just stopped reading them? Broke your arm?

>> No.1615865

>>1615863
>>1615863
i read a few of them, i think the last one i read was the one where the evil fairy/pixie chick has a clone or some shit? and the trolls are being used by her
i know he released more after that but i outgrew the series

>> No.1615893

>>1615863
>>1615863
virginia w00f is great, not 'bad'

>> No.1615902

>>1615846
>personality and intelligence

More like pretension and intolerance

>> No.1615904

>>1615902
>>1615902
what am i intolerant of?
i gave the girl another chance did i not?

>> No.1615919

>>1615904
Honestly, I really just wanted to preserve a sense of alliteration with the terms you used... but I suppose you're consistently intolerant of people who don't appear high-brow/well read.

In this case, I guess I don't get how you use her being captivated by the cover art as a springboard to rant about the kindle.

Which, hey, you shot down a girl who used a relatively flimsy pretext as an excuse to talk to you. So, if thats true, good for you I guess. Only the book, your omnipresent prop, ties your greentext to this board.

I think I just get annoyed seeing a thread like this every time I check /lit/. Cant swing a dead cat around here w/o hitting a brownbear or D&E thread these days.

>> No.1615920

>>1615902
So the boy has standards. You gonna begrudge a muhfukka his standards?
>>1615893
thx brajh. Knew you had my back. brb gonna make a pic or two for us to celebrate.

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>>1615919
Why would you swing around a dead cat you fucking weirdo?

>> No.1615932

>>1615925
anon does what he wants, when he wants.

>> No.1615934

>>1615932
Then anon better check that accurate-as-all-hell pic I just posted and rethink his actions muhfukka.

>> No.1615938

>>1615934
What is this, some kind of tripfag mafia?

>> No.1615943
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1615943

>>1615938
Think bigger.

>> No.1615945

I know you make all these up just to piss off people.
But I can't help but raging and wanting to punch you in the face every time I read one of those.

>> No.1615954

>>1615945

BB reminds me of a guy I used to work with, you know he was very classically well read... but he always took great pains to be SEEN reading.

Instead reading as an exercise of personal enrichment, its reading as fashion.

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1615955

>>1615943
>>1615943
i approve of this
>>1615925
>>1615925
and this

pic re fucking lated

>> No.1615974
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1615974

pic related.

>> No.1615979

I love your threads bb, but Deep&Edgy is still the bestest.

>> No.1615987

>>1615974
>>1615974

i lol'd i'll admit

>> No.1615995
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1615995

This has got to be one of the worst boards for tripfaggatry.

>> No.1615998

>>1615995
>>1615995
/fa/ and /mu/ want you to pay them a visit kiddo

>> No.1616005

>>1615998
>one of the worst

You fool.

>> No.1616013
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1616013

lol bb u are trollan xd

>> No.1616014

>>1616005
>>1616005
i'm saying that /mu/ and /fa/ are so bad with trips that this board should not be counted amongst the 'worst' or even as 'bad'

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1616021

>>1615995
What's with the tripfag hate? gtfo my internets.

As for OP. Go back to /fa/ where your elitist attitude will be pampered properly. Your choice of reading is nothing more than a guise to look "trendy". Put it back in your man-purse until you're actually going to read it instead of using it as an accessory.

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1616035

>>1616021
>>1616021

i hope the trollface you chose as your image refers to your post.
otherwise you're just being a little retarded

>> No.1616040
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1616040

>>1616035
You're a very clever man, op. May you live a thousand lives.

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1616053

>>1616040
>>1616040
you too

>> No.1616054

>>1616035
Brownbear you on some good shit right now, you're funny, but never believe your own hype. Welp anyway laters

>> No.1616056
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1616056

>>1616053

>> No.1616058
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1616058

>>walking through my city's shopping centre with a book under my arm
>bums as far as the eye can see
>a bum steals my book and runs
>decide I don't want to get shanked and don't run after him
>get on the light rail depressed and broken as man
>see the bum
>sit next to him for some reason unbeknownst to my conscious self
>says he stole my book because he wanted to be cultured like me
>he is now my apprentice

His name is Ruth.

pic related: it was the book

>> No.1616060 [DELETED] 

needs more SAGE

>> No.1616064

>>1616058
Thats sweet. How long have you two been together?

>> No.1616066
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1616066

>>1616058
>>1616058
it's people like you that make me want to keep on living

>> No.1616068
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1616068

>read all kinds of shit
>write speculative fiction, plan to submit in a few months
>never tell anybody because as soon as somebody knows you read they, suddenly become a guru and preach about what they like and they suggest what you should read
>mfw they think I give a shit about anyone else's opinion on almost anything, never mind literature

>> No.1616071

>>1616064

It's going to be a year since I met him this coming April.

>>1616066

:D

>> No.1616082

it's amazing that anyone falls for this shit. This isn't brownbear folks, it's a troll with brownbear's trip. Quit posting

>> No.1616085
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1616085

>>1616082
>>1616082
this is me actually
check the image!
my old trip was cracked and was in fact Brownbear#5#5

>> No.1616103

>>1616082
I honestly don't care because this post-series is incredibly funny. Accept that it's a joke, don't take it serious.

>> No.1616119

>>1616085
>random anon posing as brownbear posts timestamp
>"PROOF GUISE"
>my invisible face when

>> No.1616139

>>1616119
>>1616119
it is me, i gave you my old trip bro

>> No.1616153

Being female and living in Britain, I'm too scared to approach anyone with a book in case it's brownbear.

>> No.1616159

>>1616139
>brownbear
>giving out his own trip
orly?

>> No.1616187

My OLD trip was #5#5 and that made the trip that ended in BUILOP or whatever. This is my new trip.

>>1616153
>>1616153
;_;
I'd be nice to you... I'd even pay for our drinks if we went for coffee!

>> No.1616493

>>1616187

Before ripping me to shreds :(

>> No.1616504

What the fuck happened to /lit/?

>> No.1616510

>>1616504
A lot of butthurt newfags from /new/ and /r9k/

>> No.1616524

Anons who want this dogshit out of lit:

Don't bitch.
Don't sage.
Stop whining.

REPORT. Report every Brownbear greentext thread. Report every reply he makes, every bump. Keep reporting. Do the same for Fagulous. We can get them out of here. KEEP REPORTING.

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1616539

>>1616510
It is mostly Anonymous' fault but you're forgetting these guys too.
<

>> No.1616579

>>1616493
>>1616493
I wouldn't do that, I'd treat you like you deserved. I'd be your prince charming.

>>1616524
>>1616524
>we can get them out of here
Dohohohohohoho

>> No.1616584

>>1616579

reply reported

>> No.1616609

>>1616584
report reported

>> No.1616620

>>1616609

reporting reports reported

>> No.1616623

>>1616584
>>1616584
That's nice

>> No.1616630

>>1616579

All lies, charming lies!

>> No.1616634

>>1616620
Abuse of the reported reported reports reported

>> No.1616654

>>1616634

Reporting abuse of reports reporting reported reports.

the word's lost all meaning now...

>> No.1616661

Are these greentexts necessary? The first one was kind of funny, but they're poorly written, boring, and just... aggravating. You're coming off as a huge tool, even if you do start legit discussions.

Also, I haven't read abridged anything for ages. It seems like a waste of time.

>> No.1616674

>>1615784
lol u tk him 2da bar|?

>> No.1616723
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1616723

You make up fabricated stories about girls that dont exist several nights a week... yep, I shall now report every post you make. Youve made yourself a powerful enemy, loser.

>> No.1616743

Virginbear gets no girls so he lies on 4chan

>> No.1616819

Abridged fiction? Terrible. And you sir are a snob.

>> No.1617052
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1617052

HATERS GONNA HATE

>> No.1617066 [DELETED] 

WHY HAVEN'T THESE FAGGOTS BEEN BANNED YET
GET A LIVEJOURNAL YOU ATTENTION-STARVED RETARDS

>> No.1617074

sage because 4chan's flood detection system is retarded

>> No.1617086

>>1617074
>>1617074
thats not niuce

>> No.1617115

>>1617074
Sage but no report? I'm bumping this just for you, you stupid, stupid fucking Anon.

>> No.1617118

sage because brownbear makes me think of the shits I take on a daily basis, floating around and smelling terrible and thereby offending my sense of smell like this tripfag offends my sense of sight

>> No.1617124

>>1617115
I did report it, you fucking cock juggler. Just because I didn't state it in the text (and why should I be bothered to when I'm just saging yet another thread rife with gay activity) doesn't mean I didn't do it.

Tripfag incognito or genuinely retarded. Both are considered a real tragedy.

>> No.1617126

>>1617118
But senses don't get offended at anything.

>> No.1617218

>>1617126
how do i figured of speech?

>> No.1617232

anti sage

>> No.1617264

sage sage
you know your thread is shit when you have to anti-sage to maintain its presence on the board

>> No.1617269

>>1617264
>>1617264
you know my threads are great when people reply instead of just scrolling past

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1617277

>>1617264
Only you can report stupid tripfag threads.

>> No.1617287

>>1617277
already been done
don't bump the thread just to state the obvious

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1617290

>>1617277
>>1617277
>Stupid tripfag threads
>stupid tripfag
>stupid
>tripfag

oxymoron detected

>> No.1617292

>>1617287
Yeah, sure. Everyone's reported this fucker, and that's why it's still here--right?

>> No.1617294

>>1617290
No, stupid tripfag is actually redundant.

>> No.1617297

>>1617292
What I'm trying to say is don't bump the thread you dense motherfucker.

>> No.1617664

>>1617294
>>1617294
oh you

>>1617292
>>1617292
i'm loved motherfucker

>>1617297
>>1617297
oh lawdy

>> No.1617683

>>1617290
you are the reason why I rarely visist /lit/ anymore, faggot trips. Go to reddit to masturbate with your pseudo intellectual bull.

reported for being a dumbass faggot.

>> No.1617691

>>1617683
>>1617683
i don't go to reddit

>> No.1617716

>>1617691
you should, I have a feeling if you went to /r/politics or /r/atheism you would fit right in with pretend smartness and the usual bullshit. At least there you would have other faggots to circle-jerk with about your fanciful faggot life and you tell random shit no one cares about.

>> No.1617724

>>1617716
>>1617716
you care enough to post and continue this conversation

>> No.1617734

>>1617724
final sage, but I am sure you must be a troll, there is no other explanation as to why you would be on 4chan in the first place instead of blogging on livejournal or something

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1617748

>>1617734
>>1617734
anti-sage
not trolling just cuz u have a loser life lololol

>> No.1617750

>>1617748
you're awake?

say, i missed the show earlier

can you just give me a peek?

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>>1617750
>>1617750

>> No.1617790

>>1615855
what is this 'Pretentious Jew' meme?

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1617817

>>1617790
>>1617790
he means the pretentious college student meme, he looks kinda jewish, e.g.

finnegans wake?
more like finnegans piece of cake

>> No.1617865

>>1617750
BB's nude all the time, just stick around.

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>> No.1617908

>>1617867
>>1617867
yeah this is the one

>> No.1617944

>>1617817

More like Finnegan's Shake & Bake.

>> No.1617969

yeeeeeeeeeaaa....

Sorry OP
but
...
this didnt happen.

And the fact that your a Trip-Faggot, does not help you.

>> No.1617986

Hmm. This thread is still up, yet...all those Anons who said they reported it. Hmm. Yet, this thread is still up.

Something doesn't compute. You faggots don't deserve a sage.

>> No.1617994

>excuse me I have a workout to continue

>> No.1618006

>>1617969
>>1617969
>judging someone by their name and not the content of their posts
xD

>>1617986
>>1617986
exactamondo

>>1617994
>>1617994
alpha.
as.
fuck.

>> No.1618074

bump