/lit/ - Literature

>>17907751
What a great thread. I am so glad that you have made this e-celeb thread. What an amazing contribution to this board you have just made by killing a thread for this. Wonderful.

>>17907751
I would never trust someone who looks like that about anything
fruitcake

Is a bookshelf background the biggest sign of someone who is making videos only for the aesthetic of being learned? A red flag of a purely egotistical act.

Are there any booktubers that review philosophical or classical texts without being total condescending self-important faggots about it? I find entertainment in other perspectives, but those who do it tend to think they're the next big thing. And it's so offputting.

>>17907751
Who is this faggot? I like women standing on my face

>>17907766
No but for Waldun yes

Dark Academia
Dark Kindergarten
Dark Barnyard
Dark Nursing Home
Dark Anthill
Dark Supermarket

>>17907777
Me
when I start my channel
was thinking a live stream channel dedicated to reading books out loud and critiquing

>>17907779
Why can't I find a genuinely mean femdom?

>>17907788
you already seem like you huff your own farts. Dunno if you'd appeal to people. Are you a sexy lady?

>>17907799
i'm a sexy man with nice pecs and traps

>>17907805
well, let us see them!

>>17907757
Uhm, Hello? He's not an ''e-celeb''. He's an author, poet and started his own literay movement, he's a modern beatnik roaming the dangerous streets of Melbourne

>>17907788

Do it.

>>17907751
It probably could be if it was widespread enough and if its nearly inextricable link to social media faded. As a subculture, it claims to value education and learning, but it seems that most people use it as a fashion primarily, and I think the link to Tumblr and TikTok is probably too strong to actually encourage meaningful engagement with learning. People who already have an intrinsic desire to learn and study may find a community in Dark Academia, but I seriously doubt that any normies are suddenly going to become renaissance men just because they like the way some people on TikTok dress.

What's dark academia?

>>17907908
It's like normal academia but somehow even gayer, if you can imagine that.

>>17907751
No, he's super wrong. I actually wish he was right, but he isn't.

>>17907908
It's zoomers attempting to ape the mid-20th century university professor and (or) student aesthetic.

>>17907751
Built for BWC(me)

>>17907777
>?
Luke Smith

>>17907751
He's too upbeat to be a real writer. All true writers are sad.

>>17907908
What you people do when you post Marcus Aurelius quotes and jerk off to Milton and Shakespeare.

>>17907794
women cannot be naturally dominant. The only reasons for them to do it are financial gain, or because they feel more secure when they have the power in a sexual situation. They don't want to be mean because they don't actually derive pleasure from being dominant.

>>17907908
Tumblrshit

I hate that white shirt + pullover + khaki pants are now considered an "aesthetic" because that's literally just what I like to wear, I don't do it to fit in with some group and I always get perceived as the wrong kind of person around campus now.

>>17908092
How does that false perception manifest itself? Do people walk up and ask you about The Secret History, or what?

>>17907757
Waldun is an author idiot. Shows how much you know

>>17908105
I get hit on by art hoes who think I'm some kind of socialist and I'm asked to join some slam poetry readings and other shit

I should just dress like I do at the gym and maybe I'll stop being bothered.

>>17907751

I like how tacky and subhuman he is. And how his face is swollen all the time, probably from chronic stress and social anxiety. And how he seems to even cringe at himself, but he keeps on going as though the shame means nothing. It gives me a rush of power, makes my cock hard

>>17908116
fake and gay

>>17908120
Is he chinese? I wonder what his real name is, i'm sure its something like xing jong xing ming

>>17907751
Let's meme Waldun into reading Céline. I think this would have an interesting influence on his life. Not that Céline is a meme, but I think having him read a pessimist would totally destroy his current worldview of being some gay beatnik.

>>17908141
He is an illegal immigrant from China to Australia. His chong name is Robin Wu.

>>17907908
It's a pinterest trend that tumblrites like to pretend is a real subculture.

>>17908151
>illegal immigrant
Source?

>>17908154
but also on the other hand, I have no problem with people trying to dress better. If dress attire became the norm on college campuses, that would be a good thing.

>>17908159
Nobody from China immigrates legally. They're all still owned by China and can be recalled at any time.

>>17908188
Kek. You can't make this shit up.

>>17908188
>can be recalled at any time.
lol now I have this image of Xi with a cellphone saying "activate it" and all the chinese in every country their eyes light up and an antenna protrudes from the top of their head

>>17907751
the fuck is dark academia?

>>17908239
Nick land

>>17907777
>>17907788
>>17907799

>Those digits

>>17908239
harry potter aesthetic

>>17908239
pretending your state school is hogwarts

>>17908063
>harry potter shit
of course

>>17908242
No no no, that's the Dark Enlightenment.

>>17908250
>>17908251
This is it

>>17907777
I like the book club but I wouldn't exactly call Quentin's videos reviews.

>>17908273
Someone mixing up dark academia and dark enlightenment is so fucking funny to me. I hope some of these stupid tumblr faggots mistakenly start reading old Moldbug blogposts thinking it will be about Dead Poet Society and photos of musty libraries.

>>17907751
No, bug off with this “dark academia” nonsense, it’s nothing but a silly LARP that should not be payed attention to, not even worth time to mock.

>>17908063
This just seems like a mutated version of the Harry Potter fandom

>>17908328
It's like they abstracted out the mundane parts of Harry Potter into the ideal student existence. It's actually kind of an interesting phenomenon from a psychological perspective.

>>17908328
it's harry potter-esque boarding-house aesthetic "matured" into a pseudo-donna tart hybrid. there's an aping of greek classicists among women in this clique.

>>17908273
Sorry, I thought they were synonymous

>>17907976
Cringe. He's software videos are... ok, but you shouldn't take him too seriously.

>>17908239
Pure aesthetics.

>>17907751
What the hell is "dark academia"?
it sounds gay

>>17908350
It's interesting in the same way frog posters are. I would advice not writing anything about these people: stroking their ego by studying them is too awful of thought to bear.

He's very cringe. Have encountered him irl and he's even worse than you'd think.

>>17907751
How delusional do you have to be to think a fashion trend followed by teenagets and young adults obssesed with Harry Potter is going to be the new renaissance? The 14 year girls who follow there trends aren't reading The Divine Comedy, they are sucking dick and reading Rupi Kaur

>>17908416
tell me more.

>>17908416
enlighten us, anon

>>17907777
Pewdiepie?

>>17907777
Bookchemist is pretty knowledgeable but down-to-earth. He doesn't post that much, and his videos are really basic stylistically, but I like his honesty. He's not afraid to assert his taste and say he doesn't like a classic, and he's not afraid to praise something that wouldn't be accepted by pretentious tryhards.

>>17908420
>The 14 year girls who follow there trends aren't reading The Divine Comedy, they are sucking dick and reading Rupi Kaur
What more can you ask for a woman?

>>17908416
>encountered him irl
>doesn't tell a story
fake and gay
prove us wrong and spill the beans

It's just consumerism. In the modern world, you can buy your identity. Local or religious or national identities are no longer relevant.

Making youtube videos with a good camera in a nice room, that actually get views? Is literally the dumbest thing I could imagine doing on this human planet. So no.

>>17907777
No

>>17907962
based?

>>17908355
>there's an aping of greek classicists among women in this clique
Good, perhaps they can learn something about biological gender roles.

>>17908420
We can only hope they suck ours dicks.

>>17908564
goddamnit

>>17908416
TELL
US
MORE
NIGGER

>>17908428
>>17908435
>>17908511
>>17908588

I want to tell more but I feel kinda bad lol. I'll say this much: I'm a girl irl and I went on a few dates with him, without realising he was a meme until long after we stopped talking. He was weird af tho.

>>17908239
Me

>>17908733
>I'm a girl irl
Why the fuck would you date that guy lol? I honestly thought he was a woman when I first saw him.

>>17908733
>He was weird af tho.
Weird in what way? Or maybe you're too much of a brainlet <girl>? Or maybe he's cringe?

>>17908109
Waldun pls go.

>>17907751
>is he a member of the class described?

>>17908733
Oh so you're the volcel girl he wrote about. He wants his dark academia umbrella back btw

>>17908733
did he look like a criminal?

>>17908733
More

>>17907751
This isn’t literature

>>17907759
>>17907777
>>17907779
>>17908410
want to try again without the homophobia?

>>17907809
Waldun is entirely quixotic and doesn't even realize it.

>>17907751
Who is this Chink(or is he Hapa) and why is he a meme here?

>>17908918
True. He claims to love the Modernists, but he's thoroughly Romantic in his ideals and beliefs about the world and writing.

>>17908491
Going to second the Bookchemist here as well. He's informative without being pretentious about it. He's the only one of these booktubers that seems to genuinely enjoy reading

>>17907751
probably more right than wrong. hopefully we don't get city-state wars like in the renaissance

>>17908914
I don't trust soulless gook, slope eyed, zipperheaded cannibals.
Japanese are ok though

>>17907751
Nope.

>>17908043
I thought this was true for a while, it's not. They're very rare but they absolutely exist.

>>17908838

Where did he write about this?

>>17908733
Please give story please please please

>>17908733
I don't believe you but elaborate please.

>>17909081
https://rcwaldun.com/blog/there-is-another-me-out-there

>>17909198
When she asked me what I wanted to do all I could conjure up was:

I want to write at cafés and choke to death on cigarettes.

“So, every unemployed person ever?” She said during a call.

Based Bethany

>>17909198
>But besides the minor differences, we had a lot in common. We both hated sloppy fashion senses and both planned to be celibates for life.

wtf Waldun hasn't had his cookie wet yet?

>>17907983
so lit?

>>17908416
>>17908733
Typical lying femoid.

>>17909484
I hate those lying femoids (male)

What the fuck even is dark academia? Is this some trend popular with stupid white girls who go on tumblr?

>>17909354
Why does he want to be celibate for life? I'm in favor of this because while he seems like a nice young man, he is a person of color living in a western nation. I don't understand why he feels that way though.

>>17907751
Stop posting this ugly gook here, now.

>>17908914
faggot

>>17907751
I know this shit is dumb, but it's teenagers being teenagers and larpig different identities for fun. Getting mad at 16 year olds being jackasses is only hurting yourself. Most of these meme tumblr/tiktok aesthetics are just euphemisms for old white people fashion anyways. With any luck it'll trick a couple of them into reading the occasional good book.

>>17909715
Walden reads lots of good books. He just has nothing insightful to say about them.

>>17908350
Not gonna lie, I enjoyed the slice-of-life portions of Harry Potter much more than the weak 'action' and 'plot' so I don't blame them for filtering it in that respect. I loved the school and enjoyed reading about the characters just having fun together.

I later became an anime watching loser so take this opinion with salt.

>>17908420
>...is going to be the new renaissance?

I can see where he's coming from, but the actual """movement""" is so incredibly contrived and shallow that it's insulting.

>>17907777
John David Ebert

very outdated format, but does it great once you get used to it

>>17908733
this neve happened

>>17909588
He does not want to. No man wants to be a celibate. He wants the pussy but he is too akward to get any

>>17909727
> rc walden
> reading
He just LARPs

>>17909817
I suspect that's the case but what reason does he give? Why does he say he wants to be celibate?

>>17907751
why is /lit promoting this person a lot lately?

>>17909854
It's not promotion. It's mocking/cringing, mostly because many people here see parts of themselves in him and that makes them uncomfortable. Waldun exists to prove to yourself that you are not Waldun.

>>17909727
Better having the classics as an empty fashion accessory than cancelling them because they're racist.

>>17909892
I can agree with that.

>>17908914
you will never be a woman

>>17909892
not untrue but then again, 2/10 is better than 0/10

>>17908226
Kek'd underrated

>>17908411
Come on now, tell us about the frogposters, I promise I won't frogpost

>>17909817
Tons of people throughout history have chosen celibacy. Usually hardcore Christians though.

>>17908063
christ

>>17909994
They identify with an emotionally stunted frog

>>17908063
i will marry brooke

>>17907751
Are you fucking serious
It's literally just a stupid teenage larp trend confined to American social media normalfags

>>17908733
I've likely heard about you before. Yuko? Brinnie (whatever you welsh fuck) or someone else?

R.C. Waldun wants to get into cigarettes purely for the aesthetic. What a faggot.

>>17907794
Because - here's the secret - they love you, enough to engage in your sick upside-down fantasies.

>>17908733
Are you the Russian lady he talks about? You drank whisky together in an abandoned school or something. He's still in love with you, fyi.

>>17910476
>R.C. Waldun wants to get into cigarettes purely for the aesthetic.
What a faggot

>>17908914
kill yourself, faggot. also, wirst du niemals Frau sein

>>17908063
I would hate to be in close proximity with any of these.