/lit/ - Literature

because of this thread. delete it

Because pretentious faggots ruin everything.

Try harder.

Because everyone on /lit/ is too young and immature to actually be able to discuss literature. Also

> imageboard for literature discussion
> brownbear
> e-readers, e-readers everywhere

because it assumes you're worthless if youre something of a laidback reader. If you're not a fag trying to read philosophy and, you know, the stereotypical "I'm pretending to love literature" literature, then you're worthless here.

Somewhat akin to self-conscious dudes driving gigantic trucks

>>1801091
I don't assume anything, bro. Talk to me.

I'm Dr. Frasier Crane, and I'm listening.

OP, I was talking to this guy I know from work today who reads a lot and I recounted a story from high school. In my honors English class we had to read 1984, and EVERYONE in my class hated it with a passion. But I loved it.

The guy looks at me and asks, "What's 1984?"

"The...book? By George Orwell?"

"Who's that?"

My faith in humanity is gone.

/lit/ = pseudo-intellectual faggots.

>>1801137
Oh god that is really awful. Was he some sort of inbred? Also, how could they hate 1984? What? erkghlweirgjhjwer derp

>>1801143
The very fact that you toss around terms like pseudo-intellectual without understanding that you are being redundant indicates to me that you are a pseudo-intellectual, bro.

i think there's maybe 4 posters on /lit/ that deserve life

>>1801157
tell people you have AIDS before you have sex with them.

That's just not cool.

>>1801161
Well there are only 3 posters on /lit/, so draw your own conclusions.

>>1801161

Not all of us are that bad. Some of us try to be positive.

>>1801168
you encourage the shit-bird brownbear

This is 4chan. I don't know what you were expecting.

>>1801175
/lit/ is worse than most boards and more tripfag infested and the trolls aren't funny or original

>>1801161
>implying life is deserved, bro.
>implying life is not a gift from God, and you should thank him, each and everyday.

I don't know, I like /lit/. It's not perfect, but much better than most literary boards, which are either A. so dead they only get a post every 30 minutes, B. they only talk about fantasy, or C. they know NOTHING about books. This board is decent.

>>1801816
Agreed.
You can't avoid all shit.

>>1801816
you're comparing /lit/ to other /lit/s. sure is high standards in here.

also you're a newfag tripbitch who thinks kafka is hard to read

moot needs to kill this board

fucking awful tripfag infested autistic cesspool

>>1801876
No. Go away if you don't like it here

>>1801883
no u i was here first

>>1801180

As a jew, I will contest your claim of filial relations with God.

I think you cheated on the DNA test.

My God isn't a deadbeat dad...yet.

sticky this thread

>>1801865
>>1801865
>people hating on me because i'm naturally their superior

yawn

saged and reported for non-literature, if you do not sage and report this thread you are the cancer killing /lit/

>>1802037
> trying really hard to act like deep&edgy and failing

>>1802064
POST WAS HIDDEN, WHICH TRIPFAG WERE YOU OWNING?

>>1801887
If a Holocaust was happening to my children, I'd stop it.

>>1802066
the brownhole diarrhea

>>1802064
Spot on.

The only thing worse than being DerpN'derp is wanting to be him.

Brownbear is a loser.

>>1802064
>>1802064
>doesn't sage and report off-topic threads
i bet you're one of the guys who complains about the state of /lit/ too!

here's a handy image kiddo

>>1802081
>>1802081
and here's an image of the report queue just so you really 'get it'

I forgot brownhole existed cause I have him blocked.

Feelsgoodman

he's like a 6 year old kid who tries so hard to hangout with the older kids and is so annoying

>>1802087
>implying that he has access to /v/'s moderation system
Why do you keep that picture? It's 6 millions posts old.

>>1802106
>>1802106
>still talks about me in his posts
Auheheheheheheheh

>>1802108
>>1802108
>thinks /v/ has it's own moderation system
Alrighty then kiddo

>>1802144
>still talks about me in his posts
So, you admit you only post to receive validation in yourself?

>>1802087
>Impersonating the 4chan administrator, moderators, or janitors is strictly forbidden.

>>1802181
nope.jpg

>>1802181
Brownbear is a janitor though.
He's basically said as much.

>>1801081

Someone explain to me why /lit/ seems to hate e-readers. Besides the obvious going against the stream, superiority complex bullshit.

>>1802347
I love e-readers. But I think the main argument against them is "BUT THEN PEOPLE CANT SEE MY BOOKS AND THINK IM SMART"

>>1802347
Well, I think they're a pretty useless gadget but I really hate them because every day there's a new thread of WHATS THE BEST EREADER SHOULD I GET A KINDLE LOL

You guys aren't doing yourselves any favours.

>>1802329
If this is true I'll slit my throat in shit in the wound for deciding not to apply.

>>1802355
ahhh, yeah I can see that.

I like both really, e-readers are nice for conserving space (I use a hacked PSP, so if I need a break I can switch to playing some games if I want). But books DO have that wonderful smell, and you never run out of battery life.

I just don't get the hate.

>>1802329
hahaha no.gif
that's why he's forever ban

>>1802358
>>1802368

One of the rules of being a janitor is that you can't admit to being a janitor.

If they know you are a janitor, then you don't get to be a janitor anymore. In a recent discussion about it, he was evasive and only used non-denial denials. So he either is, or wants people to think he is.

>>1802357

So you hate e-readers because....you can't ignore retarded threads?

I can understand just not being into them, and preferring books. But hating? I dunno...sounds like buttfrustration to me.

>>1802370
I wish fags would just read the sticky and stop making threads about e-kindles. I really wouldn't even know they exist if not for /lit/ and I wouldn't rage.

>>1802382
Probably the latter, but 4chan administration can be so balls to the wall crazy I wouldn't be surprised.

>>1802370
Why do you need to carry around 100 books at a time?
Answer: you don't. You read books one at a time.

Can you make notes on a kindle?
Not if you have a pdf version of a book, it's got to be the ebook. Can always annotate books.

Does it look less cool than a book? Matter of opinion/taste. But I would feel kind of retarded sitting in a coffee shop reading a kindle personally.

There are more reasons too but I think I made my point.

If brownbutt is janitor that's only further reason to close this shithole down.

>>1802398
I agree.
Just look at him.
Most of the tripfags get on cam.

Because /lit/ is full of pseudo intellectuals who only post about obscure shit nobody has ever heard of in order to appear smart to anonymous internet users.

Just to try it, make a thread about Harry Potter. Watch it get torpedoed in 2 seconds by "HERP DERP SURE IS 12 YEAR OLDS IN HERE." "IT'S LIKE I'M REALLY IN A THREAD WITH RETARDS."

>>1802410
Do you have more of the others?

>>1802397
I got another one. Sitting at home, on my couch, I'd rather be reading a book than a kindle.

The only place I'd use a kindle is while travelling, where it would take up less space than a book in my bag. So, imo kindle is only good for travelling and nothing else.

>>1802414
Harry Potter really is terrible, though. Admittedly, we are dicks. I was shocked horribly when I found out no one I know has ever heard of James Joyce. His letters inspired a dream of mine last night and I was telling a friend about it when she stopped me to ask who he was. I was surprised. I asked others throughout the day, mentioning his most notable works, and I got nothing.

I felt so alienated and 4chanish. Why the fuck does my spellcheck approve of the word 4chanish?

>>1802397
Well you certainly do have some good points.

Like I said, I don't use a kindle. I take the alton brown approach there, something that has just 1 use is pretty...well, useless.

The annotations is a good point, never even thought of that.

As far as the 100 books thing, well...yes and no. Some people (like myself) have very limited physical space to store things, and having even 2-3 books can add a lot of extra unnecessary clutter. I'm also a person that goes back to the books he really liked and re-reads them a few years later, so it's nice to have a digital version of them that's not taking up any extra space. Especially when it's on a piece of hardware that I already have/use.

(Oh and sometimes I read a few books at a time)

>>1802419
Why do you guys need to own books? Will you read the book better if you know you have it? Use a library.

>>1802415
I'm not sure if this is Tybrax or not.
He made it rather blurry and sure and he only got on cam once while I've been there.

Reminds me of Andy Samberg, so could just be looping gif.

So take that as you will.

>>1802424
I personally own books because it is a social thing for me to give them away when I'm done. Strengthens some of my friendships when I give the right book to someone, or they give to me. I also do reread them sometimes.

/lit/ suffers most from redundant threads

house of leaves
catcher in the rye
atlas shrugged
fight club (or choke)
atlas shrugged
brave new world
ender's game

EVERY DAY.

>>1802424
Well for one, the closest library is about a 30 minute ride from me, and they don't have a very good selection in any case. So then I have to wait for them to do an inter-library loan.

Also, lending from a library makes me feel rushed. Sometimes I will read a quarter through a book, and then find myself short on free time and put it down for a few weeks.

Or I could just you know, go online and download the book and not have to worry about any of that shit.

>>1802430
That's cool, I like you.
>>1802428
The problem is you're not actually reading.

>>1802437
What? How does my giving a friend a book I've finished mean I'm not actually reading?

>>1802441
Woops. I meant to say that to the other guy. Fucked up my replies.

I like you giving away books. Faggot who can only read 20 pages of a book isn't actually reading.

>>1802446
20 pages a quarter of the way through the book? Wtf books are you reading?

God forbid someone have you know, a life. Or are you the kind of supreme faggot that goes to socialize with other human beings and brings a book, sits in a corner and reads by himself?

>>1802454
Token argument.

I HAVE A LIFE. READING A FULL BOOK IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH SOCIALIZING.

Nice try. Just admit you don't actually read.

>yfw you remember all the love and hope for the future this board started with.

>>1802454
Worst excuse for not reading a book in its entirety.

>>1802456
I never said that I can't read a full book. I said that SOMETIMES I get caught up in real life, as a statement to why using a library wasn't convenient to me. You took this and ran with it, somehow turning it into THIS GUY NEVER FINISHES READING A BOOK LOL FAGGOT.

When in reality, you yourself probably only read to get through to the ending of the book so that you can say that you finished it. Well, good on you Conan The Conqueror. You climbed that fucking mountain, and you probably learned nothing from it.

>>1802475
Also note, (for you stupid blind motherfuckers out there) that I never said I didn't finish the book afterwards. I said I put it down for a couple weeks and came back to it.

>>>1802478
U mad bra

>>1802482
Yes, I mad.

>>1802485
Dun be mad, brah. I toats understood what you be dishin' out n dese mofukas gots it ol rang.

>>1802475
Judging by how angry you are I can tell I hit someplace real.

E-reader fags aren't actually reading if they "put the book down for a few weeks."

It's like. Yeah, I'm going to watch this movie spread out over a month.

But I guess it's fitting. Stupid product for a stupid demographic.

> Judging by how angry you are I can tell I hit someplace real.

This is also a token argument. Gratz bro.

Also comparing movie watching to reading a book. lol.

>>1802475
Not the guy you're angry at but
> you yourself probably only read to get through to the ending of the book so that you can say that you finished it.

Am I the only one who doesn't feel like finishing a book is an accomplishment but normal? I don't know, maybe it's just me but I really hate starting a book, or a film for that matter, and not finishing it.

If there's a real accomplishment it's reading the book multiple times.

>>1802499
Reading is not an accomplishment. It's not a trophy. This was the point I was making.

The reward is either the entertainment value, or the knowledge/perspective you gained in the reading. No one gives a fuck if you've read x amount of books, or what books you read if you're still a flaming moron.

>>1802475
> When in reality, you yourself probably only read to get through to the ending of the book so that you can say that you finished it. Well, good on you Conan The Conqueror. You climbed that fucking mountain, and you probably learned nothing from it.

Essentially you're admitting that finishing a book is like a chore and something that is forced.

>>1802509

orly?

>>1802508
Oh, alright, I guess I see what you're saying. It still kind of sounds like you don't finish your books but maybe you're just not that articulate.

You know what helps with articulation? Reading books. Just kidding!

>>1802514

I always finish. Just ask your mother.

>>1802517
lol

yeah, I asked her and she agreed but it sounded like it wasn't a good thing. as in

you finish before you start

OH SNAP

>>1802520
Fortunately I pay her for my pleasure, and not the other way around. Then I might be out of a job.

>>1802521
The wit of an e-reader.

new to this thread, for all those tl;dr here it is:

Only faggots who cant finish books and see reading as an accomplishment use Kindles.

And op is a faggot.