/lit/ - Literature

Naming the author is more cringe than saying "I read the other day that..."

>>17401350
Why would it be?

>>17401350
If it's fitting, no. If you can put the point of the statement into your own words then yes it was unnecessary, however if the point rests on this particular thinker saying it, and the point isn't just narcissism, then it's fine and fitting.

>>17401350
You dont even need to quote, just say the phrase without reference and you will appear as smart.

Hmm... Those pits... Me want licky licky smelly smelly

>>17401861
This

>>17401861
Glad to see a man of taste on /lit/.

>>17401861
Based pit connoisseur.

>>17401861
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>>17401945
sell me on being a pitbro lads, i am a footfag so i am already a retard but i tried pits a few times and i didn't fly so good

>>17401350
I quote writers without telling that I'm quoting so I look smarter

>>17401350

People do it all the time with movie dialogue so I don't see why quoting a writer (as long as it is relevant/humorous/right context) should be a problem. The bigger issue you face is knowing your audience.

>>17401350
No, I quote Habermas, Spinoza and Henry James all the time

>>17401861
Based and pitpilled

>>17401350
No, but only if it’s warranted. And that doesn’t happen often.

>>17401350
Its gotten me laid a few times

>>17401350
disgusting roastie

>>17402200
I always knew cumgenius was mentally ill spaniard

>>17401350
mmm, olyasha

>>17401350
Poor thing lacks huge tracts of land

>>17401861
This is a Poe quote, isn't it?

>>17402012
foot is based, not retarded at all.

>>17402012
Just strategically snuggle up there.

>>17401350
I suspect the urge to cringe is rooted in body language.

There are two cringes I can think of off the top of my head. The first is a cringe of disgust, a shudder upon witnessing a revolting habit, and mirror neurones trigger a revolt.

The second is the cringe of the meek in the face of awe-inspiring power.

Again, I would anticipate that the cringe mentioned in OP's post of quoting an author in a conversation is only felt by plebians who can't begin to grasp the intellectual subtlety of the act, and perhaps they shudder at their own idiocy.

>>17401350
>>17401861
there's nothing in this fucking world that turns me on more than armpits bros...
>>17402012
patrician taste

>>17401350
ONly if you're using it to show off your epic knowledge of literature, which is narcissistic and best to be avoided.

>>17401350

all the luxurious body parts of a woman and you choose her armpit

>>17403161
Yes

>>17403161
Imagine the smell.

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>>17401350
quoting writers in general is cringe.

>>17402200
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>>17402329
It's about goddamn time we got some trip impostors on this board

It's only cringe if you apply it wrong.
There is a time and place. Some conversations lead to a certain point where a famous quote is so obviously perfect to use, you can't not help but mention it.
But people are able to tell if you are trying to shoehorn in quotes that don't really fit, in order to make yourself look smart. Like if you're having a conversation about some Netflix show and you throw in an Oscar Wilde quote, people can see through that shit.