/lit/ - Literature

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My dad is the fastest reader I personally know and he probably reads 200 a year

>>17062205
>How is this even possible??
through lying

Speed readers make me sick. It’s like watching a movie on 2x speed and calling yourself an enthusiast

>>17062205
Southeast Asian sex tourist vibes. I guess that's just any 55 year old pink coloured white man though.

>>17062205
He skims over the pages and doesn't understand shit

>>17062205
I believe

These people do not absorb literature. They 'read' with no internal monologue.

>>17062205
I remember this faggot.

>https://youtu.be/iKOAyYN7ycY?t=358
This dumbfuck needs his teeth knocked out.

You can tell /lit/ is really intimidated by people who actually read, jesus christ.

>>17063078
True Kek
See these seething faggots:
>>17062233
>>17062251
>>17062445
>>17062453
>>17062687
>>17062939

>>17062939
he looks like he has some rocks up his butt already. "PALAVER" ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

>>17062205
>How is this even possible??
Any of his original thoughts prove that this kind of "reading" doesn't do much for you. Seriously, go find a video of his about a book you read well and have thought about.

>>17063078
I love retards, and LARPers.

>>17063088

please don't make fun of me i don't really know how to read

>>17063078
>>17063088
Really intimidated by mr. snaggletooth

>>17063170
This

>>17062939
Holy fuck this guy is cringe, how can one man be this unbased?

> allow other people's thoughts into your head for 6 hours a day

doesn't seem healthy. I guess non-fiction would make it okay, as long as it's not politics/philosophy

>>17063078
I'm not intimidated by people who lie about reading. It's just perplexing why someone would need to lie about something as absurd as being able to read 120 pages in an hour (and somehow absorb all of it) to strangers on the internet in order to stroke their own ego.

Daily reminder that unless you read a book out loud, you literally did not read the book.

>>17064375
go fuck yourself you fucking faggot

>>17064326
He has thousands of published reviews and talks knowledgeably about every book he picks up and even most that are mentioned offhandedly in questions and such. The effort required to fake it doesn't come close to matching the gain he would get from such a reputation. Unless you've got some kind of proof then I don't see why your opinion should hold any weight at all.

>>17064708
>talks knowledgeably about every book he picks up
Never post in this board again you stupid fuck. Watch the Aristotle video and tell me again that he speaks 'knowledgeably'. He's a shitbrained moron just like you.

Easy when you sit around and suck yourself for sustenance.

>>17064708
This

Steve doesn't do anything but read and write with his time and is one of very few reputable full time book reviewers. You can disagree with his opinions but he's pretty clear about how he reads as much as he does.

The fact that you guys don't think it's possible shows how little you actually read

>>17062205
old man on family guysh

upset about the blue collar union
guys making noise during the
Cringe fest book videos.
imagine the smēll

>>17062205
120 pages is only 2 pages a minute, do you not think this is possible?

>>17062445
It’s true. These people don’t let themselves ripen in a way that isn’t strange. Just grow your beard like a man and don’t smile like a fucking creep.

>>17062939
If he really spends 6 hours a day reading, then this is one hell of a cautionary tale. A living proof that reading isn't enough.

>look at me! look at how many books i've read! i'm such a quick reader!
and?
what's the point of reading all of this stuff if you never put any of it to use in a meaningful career?
for entertainment? HAH don't make me laugh, pic fucking related

>>17062205
>>17064933
All he has are his books. He has no religion, no ambitions, he doesn't create, all he does is read. How can this be seen as a good thing?

>>17065004
I didn't even mean any higher kind of fulfillment, just acquiring an education.

>>17062939
>we shouldn't enquire about what is right or wrong
I didn't actually expect him to go full retard

why do plebs here get so insecure when someone reads more and faster than them?

stop wasting your time shitposting here so much and maybe you'll be able to finally finish 50 books a year

>>17062939
>https://youtu.be/B4mv8w_Ts9E?t=134
>"all of philosophy is just verbiage castles built on nothing"

>>17062205

Speed reading has been thoroughly debunked. Unless you don't want to retain anything, 400 words per minute is a time wasting larp and you should laugh internally anyone brags to you about how quickly they read.

>>17062205
living proof that reading is bad for you and turns you into a mentally, emotionally stunted retard.

>tfw 10 pages in an hour

I'll have crime and punishment finished in a couple months

>>17062205
This dude collects penguins. Think about that for a second.

>I read super fast but I have to re-read everything
Neat

>>17065923
At 500 books a year, a man must spare every expense

>>17065939
kek

>>17065935
this

>>17064708
>>17064882
Yeah, he’s obviously some kind of savant. I don’t see why that hurts /lit/’s feelings so much.

by lying lmao

>>17062205

>>17066784
>Yeah, he’s obviously some kind of savant.
But he's retarded, see >>17064817 >>17065274
What's the fucking use of skimming shit at light speed if you consume the information like someone in a sausage eating contest who's going to throw up everything later. Are any major contributors to the arts and culture known for "speed-reading"?

>>17062205
Autists make great proof-readers
Too bad they suck at pretty much everything else

>>17062939
I agree with him

>>17062205

Is that what happened to Chuck after he burned down his house?

What’s even the point in reading if you just burn through books without taking the time to reflect on the and actually take them in? I get that he obviously enjoys the act of reading, but what he is bragging about is the literary equivalent of binge watching a TV show in a single day.

To be fair I’m guessing this guy reads mostly genre fiction and young adult books, just so he can brag about how many books he has read.

>>17066874
am i right in saying Bloom?

>>17066943
it's his job

>>17062939
>>17065274
The Eternal Anglo

>>17066874
>>17066943
It's his job, he's enjoying it immensely it seems and he definitely has things to say about the books he really likes. He rereads and takes his time with the books he deems worthy of it. Literally what is the problem?

>>17067061
>It's his job
I really hope he doesn't review anything that takes a little bit of thought to read.

>>17067117
Well no, he reviews contemporary anglo stuff.

>>17062939
>that talk about rocks where he mentions infinite regress for some reason
I haven't seen such a brainlet in a long time

>>17067061
>don't read philosophy kids, just take the pills and keep consooming harharahahahahahah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N-osPsnloo

i like this guy, he's fun to watch.

>>17067474
If the thread had led with this video instead of those posted erlier I would have had more respect for this man.

Someone post the video where he forgot to cut out a clip where he cups a fart and smells it

>>17067031
that's an amerimutt retard

The GOAT old man rambling on youtube about books with anti-intellectual hot takes, is (of course) the Master Bather himself: Scott Bradfield.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTnh69OlowM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTnh69OlowM

>>17062205
SOOOOOO MUCH COPING ITT LMAO HOLY SHIT

>>17067117
>>17067122
This is a big part of it actually, he has admitted that he has to read a lot of garbage for work and he tends to do that as quickly as possible

>>17066943
He mostly reads history and nonfiction on subjects he's already knowledgeable about, if you already know most of the details it doesn't take much to blast thru any given text

>>17065274
Why did he disable the likes?

>>17062939
There's a point to be made, along the line of what he says.

He's also much less autistic than I thought or than he looks.
I don't know what's wrong with his skin, he should eat better.

>>17067678
picrel ITT

>>17067678
>>17068047
LMAOOO imagine worshipping this birdbrain like he's a legit intellectual amirite

>>17068076
I don't care much for him

>>17068047

>>17062939
He knows less about Aristotle than people who never read him. It's a fascinating cognitive phenomenon.

HE KNEW HAROLD BLOOM

How to apparently impress /lit/

>skim thousands of pages a day
>no need to understand anything, just turn the pages
>claim you read over 500 books a year

Is there anything more pathetic that disabling the likes bar?

>>17068125
> why can't I just dislike and move on?
literally redddit

>>17068138
you don't get it. disabling likes means you premptively know what you're posting is bullshit

>>17068151
Pretty he disables the like/dislike bar on even the most mundane vids

Well do YOU all read 6+ hours a day? ...yes i mean (you).

>>17068118
Also how to trigger /lit/

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QsAPSU1T6w
>Shits on Martin Luther for 7 minutes straight
yeah...i'm thinking a Based on this one.

This guy is a Giga pseud holy shit

>>17067619
I like this guy

>>17062251
It's the best method for works like Gravity's Rainbow, where the length is the main obstacle and the prose is merely workmanlike.

>>17068125
that shit eating face. i can smell his coffee breath from here.

>>17067586
Well, obviously. Doesn't change the fact that he's an angloid.

>>17063078
/lit/‘s core is annoyed by people who obviously lie about how much they read or purposefully overstate how much they’ve understood from speed reading (which you are inevitably doing at the speed mentioned in the OP), especially if they act like an absolute retard when actually discussing anything as can be seen here >>17062939. I don’t doubt that he reads 120 pages an hour, I doubt that he read them thoroughly or reflected on them properly enough to retain what he should have from them.
Harold Bloom has attracted much scorn here in the past for his unbelievably blatant lies about how quickly he read. Bloom’s lies were extreme, he claimed about 400 pages an hour, which is something like six and a half pages in a minute or a page in less than 10 seconds, at average print size and spacing that is an absolutely ridiculous claim

>>17067619
This man looks very based

>>17064895
Obviously pages can be different lengths, but in general, if you only spend 30 seconds reading a page you probably didn't absorb much from it, especially in you're reading philosophy

>>17065004
>>17062205
I'M REAAAAAAAADING

>>17068118
Based anon

>>17067619
Oops... look's like i posted part 1 twice, here's part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp9ZB3B-K38

i discovered this guy yesterday and now there is a thread of this guy - the first time I have ever seen him mentioned.

This has happened several times now and makes me think I am living in a simulation. It does not help me overcome my self-centredness.

>>17062205
I can tell this man is British

>>17070856
He's been mentioned here a lot the past few months. You're probably just a newfag.

>>17070869
been here since 2013. Statistically, you've probably been here for only 2 months.

>>17070886
Been here since 2009. Suck it little boy.

>>17064326
You can learn to speed read in 20 minutes.
It's surprising what you can understand at that speed, but it does make it much less enjoyable.

>>17070915
ok baby

Reminder that speed reading is completely bullshit. If you ask a speed reader about what they read, they won't remember anything and will pretend like that's normal.

>>17069654
>a blatant liar and probably an incel with yellow fever
>hates Martin Luther (pbuh)
like pottery, many such cases!
also I'd buy an Oxford Classic from time to time because a shelf full of Penguins looks absolutely disgusting

>tfw I read fiction at 3 minutes per page