/lit/ - Literature

Everyone around me has suddenly become interested in books since the lockdown started.

>>18189930
I can relate anon. Nobody reads. The books I check out from the library are in pristine condition. I don't know the answer to your question, but the money saved from having a dirt cheap hobby and being generally more intelligent than the masses is a good reason to persevere

I found someone on Slowly who reads and we're sending each other letters.

>>18189930
>Are my friends just retards?
Yes

>>18189930
You can still discuss ideas you find in books. It’s like saying I’m the only one who studies Astrophysics so I can’t discuss it with my engineer friends.

>>18189930
>my roommate uses his finger to guide his reading
I don't do this but it's actually more optimal since it helps with eye tracking. If you wanna read fast, do it.

>all my friends are stupid

Smart people don't usually have stupid friends anon. Either you're a dick, or you're not smart enough to form relationships with people who read. Do you realize how stupid it is to think reading text off a page is a unique hobby? You're not an isolated genius.

i use vlogs to fill the hole

The only person I know who reads and talks to me about books is my mom and she is a hipster
>It's about making diving equipment from your gf's birth control
>It's a classic in Mongolia, all my Mongolian friends know it
>it's an atlas of neolithic tomb sites
>of course it's in Latin it's mediaeval :3

>>18189930
I'm past wanting to discuss anything with anyone at this point

>>18189930
I come to this shithole.

>>18189930
All throughout my highschool years I wished for friends who shared my same interest for literature, now on university I've found people who like the same books as me, and there's a part of me that hates them because of that, why does this happen?

>>18189930
How the fuck should I know? Do you think if I had real friends who I enjoyed being around and who had the same interests as me that I would spend even one millisecond here?

>>18189930
I like to read and I purchase books often however I am often unable to finish an entire book cover to cover

>>18189930
>I wanna discuss books and ideas with my friends
Now why would you want to do that? Reading is one of the few great activities that you can do completely on your own.

>>18190532
>take out a classic from the library
>last stamp is from 1998
kek

>>18191957
This, I write and my friends don't ask me a thing. They don't really read so they don't really care which I very much appreciate.

>>18192117
I took one out that still had the purchasing receipt inside from 1944.
I wondered if anyone had opened it since lol

>>18189930
Why do you care about what other people do or don't do? Do you care about the little ants on the ant hill. They don't matter to you. Disregard all other people, their opinions, needs, existence. Stop being a child and become a man.

>>18189930
Make new friends

>>18189930
>The only friend i have who reads actually just listens to audiobooks but cant "read" on paper or out-loud for any stretch of time
Its no as bad as no friends tgat read I suppose.

>>18192093
What causes this problem for you? Is it the same with other mediums like film or are books not as gripping somehow?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lIW5jBrrsS0