/lit/ - Literature

>>5465865
That looks uncomfortable as fuck. She's gonna have to shift soon or her back will start hurting or the brick will get too hard on her forearm.

2/10 would not sit like

>>5465872
Well, she's like, posing for a photo.

Pic related is how I usually read.

Patrician coming through.
Only way to reach intellectual ecstasy.

I like to just lie down on my back and turn from side to side resting the cover of the book on the floor/bed/whatever such that the page I'm reading is always on the floor.

Reading left page: left elbow resting on a towel I always keep by my desk, head resting on back of left hand, right elbow resting on chair's arm, right hand on the book keeping the page in place for my reading.
Right page: same but with my left elbow resting on the book (in the left page, to be more exact).
If I don't have a desk to put the book on, I'll cross my legs (I always cross my legs anyway, but in this case I must do so) and put it there, while resting my head on my left hand etc.
I can't read while laying down for the life of me, I've tried and tried but my back always hurts badly when I do it.

>>5465865
I r-read s-s-s-standing up.

>>5465898
I lost it

>>5465865
Fetal position in armchair. I put my legs up on one arm of the chair and and lean back on the other. I get poked at all the time for it, but it's damn comfy.

Usually like this, but with a pillow under my chin.

>>5465990
cute

Like this, on the couch.

>>5465990
r u girl

>>5465945
Are you feminine and or lanky? How fuckable would you consider yourself from one to ten in the eyes of someone just coming into the room and finding you like that?

recommend me a postion i can stay in for hours and not get cramps

>>5465945
I love that one. So damn comfy.

>>5466071
I usually sit like this or with my legs stretched because I do a lot of reading just sitting on the grass.

>>5466086
Something with back support for sure and maybe something to rest your legs on. Laying down on your back on a bed or couch or something also works.

>>5466061
This. and then i read with my kindle or book in bed and i rest the book on its side while i read.
my kindle makes this really easy because i can prop it up in the folds of the blankets or something and not even have to hold it.

>>5466071
Depends on your taste. I'm male, but I have an inherently childish facial structure and innocent look. Blue eyes, blonde hair, open face. All that. Not a particularly lanky (too short)but pretty scrawny. As you can imagine, I attract both men and women who go for cuteness. Putting a number to it I would go with 7-8.

>>5466094
This is literally me right now

>>5466129
And how about your hips? Is there a noticeable space under your ribs to grab? This is very important ...to your... reading habits.

>>5466150
+1

>>5466184

>>5466241
what does it say? i don't read oriental

>>5466150
this but less pillows, also ebooks mostly so flexed elbows

>>5466241
It's okay, a lot of people feel they need what they don't have and vice versa. No need to die just because of that.

>>5466150
This is me, except lying more flat.

i have a chair

>>5465865
I used to be all comfy and shit, but then I read Stirner

Honestly I don't know why I read laying down I have to switch positions every page

>>5465865
I sit cross-legged with my elbows resting on my legs or with the book cradled in a pillow and my arms on my legs

Downward dog

I get really obsessive about posture and if I've been looking down at a book or a computer screen for too long my neck starts to hurt, so I'll lay like this for a couple of hours while I watch a movie or read a book in order to help balance out and correct my posture. Feels good man.

Sometimes I'll even sleep like this.

>>5467007
Dude your positions don't make sense

>>5467050
Choke

>>5467050
>that pic
autism

>>5467007
Don't listen to this idiot >>5467075 I knoe exactly what you mean. I do the same.

>>5466066
Yes

I read laying down or in a desk chair with my feet propped up on a desk.

>>5467092
will u be my gf?

>>5467092

ignore that other guy. will u be my gf?

>>5467132
>>5467328

I'll be the girlfriend of both of you.

>>5466299

2edgy4me

>>5466917

>>5466150
almost like that too

>>5467400
But could we be my girlfriends in a non romantic way?

My hands are shaky so I had to use shape tools.

>>5466357

>>5467500
Your penis is a chimney?

>>5465865
I do all of my posturing before reading

>>5467075
Damn that position looks pretty good. Totally gonna try that out tonight!

>>5467500
Um excuse me. Why is your dick secreting a snot bubble in this picture?

>>5467508
I have no clue what you try to say with that pic. Still, I hope life goes well and you get tons of dick/vagoo without scarifying your learning time.

>>5465865

>>5467515
>2014
>not having a steam powered penis
>Not living the steam punk life

>>5465865

SAVED
These ideas are golden!

>>5467611
T-Thanks anon. I think I'll still opt for suicide after I am no longer young fag

>>5467766
I don't see why you shouldn't. But you'll notice that the definition of young varies a lot as you get older.
Also, if you find value in things besides being fuckable you'll have more reasons to keep living!

Accurate all the way to the stares.

>>5467784
The dude looking at the camera too?

>>5467793
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>>5467793
>>5467811
>WHAT ARE YOU READING, MILADY?

>>5467811
>>5467816

that face is fucking horrifying. no wonder she chose to fuck a monster.

>>5467816
>>5467811
>>5467793
>>5467825
>DID YOU REMEMBER TO START WITH THE GREEKS?

100000/10

>>5467625
I tried to read in the bath a few weeks ago but there's no plug for the drain so I spent like twenty minutes trying to cover it with different stuff and nothing ended up working. :(

WHEN I WAS A LAD I READ FOUR DOZEN GREEKS BECAUSE /lit/ TOLD ME JUST TO PLOW IN

AND NOW THAT I'M GROWN I'VE READ FIVE DOZEN GREEKS AND I'M STUCK READING SHIT LIKE TTTAAAAOOO LLLLIIIIINNNNNNN

>>5467827
lel

>>5467827

>>5467842

Do you have a little flip thing that flips the drain shut? My bath has that and I didn't notice it for months after I got it, then my girlfriend pointed it out to me immediately after she moved in and I felt like a huge tard.

>>5467858

It used to but we replaced it a few years ago. Damn, I forgot about that thing.

>>5467007
Never known another person to read like this lol, I've read like this since I was a kid.

>>5467485
what the fuck is that

>>5467485
>idonttakedrugs.png

I disagree.

>>5467778

Is it weird that I want to take the consummate essence of your being and devour it? To swallow whole those synechdocic constituents of your all encompassing radiance that brands those off white corners of my fettered brain with a fleeting semblance of amiable affinity that had hither to been expunged except from the most dormant dust-sleeted apertures of my mind's eye?

>>5467961
Not so much because I'm not a real human being but another anon in here, whatever you are imagining me as is just a mixture of cute trap pics and your own projections. And since it's already part of you, you just have to choose to devour it and become one with it.

>>5467981
いただきます

>>5467007
this is how I read. everything else just feels uncomfortable.

>>5467947

>tfw i will never have a big tittied slave cyclops of my own

life is so fucking unfair sometimes

>>5468043
Well, you seem to have to chose in this thread
>>5467778
>>5468004

>>5465910
>rofr
>rolling on the floor reading

>>5467981
Even though we post through the act of anonymity, isn't there something that is preserved of our selves in this inherently auto poetic act? We are sharing the same space in metaphysical space and time. The lingering seared image of these exchanges will serve as scaffoldIng to our ontological aparatus so long as we are willing to direct a certain amount of intentionality towards this endeavor. Furthermore people from a x amount of physical time in the future will be able to consummate these exchanges into their respective ontologies. They may even choose to actualize the eternal return in their own lives by watching the playback of a YouTube video n amount of times. Or reading the same passage s over and over again.

Point being, while I may project my own subjective intentionality to our exchange your own intentionality is caught with mine in intercourse.

Your words run through my mind, not in my voice, yet in another. They haunt my every waking hour, shaping and smoothing the wrinkles of my brain, crossing from my language areas through the corpus callosum, arousing myriads of slumbering neurons with a tantalizing siren call of curiousity's imposition; to bask in the ephemeral scarlet tinged August skies as mayflies.

>>5465990
same

>>5465865

>>5466129
described all of /lit/

>>5468622
M-Marisa?!

>tfw still haven't found the right position

>>5468807
>tfw always get a headache and neck cramp when reading

>>5468562
To a certain extent yes, but since you won't be able to share the subjectivity of any other anon in a pragmatic sense you are alone in here. And it still remains in your own personal vision how you'd devour whatever you think I represent.
Also, this exchange is gonna get us banned or something.

>>5468807
She said that

>>5465865
this

>>5466071
>reading from that far away

>>5466094
I have some weird bumps on my ass and I feel like I got it from sitting like that.

>>5467961
>>5467981
man, /lit/ flirting is pretty weird

>>5470282
>Whether it would be deemed as sufficient ground for a divorce, in this era of liberal marriage laws, the courts must decide.

>>5467842
Duct tape works really well.

>>5470282
It keeps your butt and penis warm

>>5470299
And in sight, it's a very important part of reading being able to check your junk from time to time.

>>5468562
Tl;dr

>>5470322
you read naked?

>>5469257

>>5467827
top kek

>>5467007
what a weirdo

>>5468562
this makes sense

>>5469257
what a tragic ending after a so overwhelming climax
10/10 would read it again

>>5470887
/PerformativeLit/

>>5467842
My combo bath/shower was like this. I stuck the heel of my foot in the drain. Worked pretty well.

>>5467007
Yes.

>>5471255
And just as shitty as most performance art.

>>5465865
pic related

but in reality, something like >>5472446

>>5467078
No, they really don't make sense. He is reading the same page in each position, and why would anybody hold the book suspended in air with the page being red hanging down? If both positions were like the picture on the right side, but flipped for the opposite page, that's how I read.
How have none of you fuckers that agree with that guy's post not noticed this?

>>5472558
Are you short and sweet?

>>5472563
Because you use both variants to not get too tired on your arms.

>>5472566
average height. i care immensely but try not to show it because excessive attention is repulsive.

>>5472490
>tfw you will never read jiraya erotica

>>5472596
>tfw you will never be a teacher in charge of pre teens allowed to read well known erotica during class.

>>5469306
I'm imagining you to be a non-native English speaker attempting a "that's what she said" joke and failing completely.
Please tell me that's the case, because it's much funnier this way

>>5470282
After getting tired of my normal position, if I'm in bed, I'll do something like this with a pillow under my head, ass against the wall and legs straight up. Utmost comfy.

>>5472574
Holding the book up like that will get your arm tired. Keeping one cover flat against the bed and rolling over when switching pages puts no strain on your arms whatsoever.

A lie in bed, with my pillow folded so that it is a bit taller.

>>5467007
Master race. I do the same, though with a pillow.

>>5472627
But sometimes I'm more comfy on one side than the other and I want to remain like that for a little longer.

>>5468790
Sure got me!
Haha

>>5472638
Dude I feel the same way. A fraternal bond has been formed. How do I perpetuate this feeling of mutual understanding?

>>5472638
I do feel you there, I much prefer to be laying on my left side. But I'm weak as shit and probably couldn't even get through a whole page holding a book up like that unless it had unusually large font or really simple prose or something

>>5472653
Well, earlier in the thread there were propositions that ranged from sharing skirts to vore. I doubt anything you bring up could be too out of place.

>>5472666
Mh... how weak are you? I'd like to hear more examples for purposes.

>>5472693
I'm 21 years old, 6'1 and 125-130 lbs on any given day if that tells you anything.

I also have an 8 inch long cock.

>>5472708
>125-130 lbs on any given day if that tells you anything
You puke a lot?

But we're too close in height and weight, just that I'm a few years older. Try to remember to moisturize, it's like ridiculously important to avoid looking like shit really soon.

>>5472708
I feel like such a fatty. Scratch that I am a fatty.

>>5472727
So you do puke a lot.

Keep in mind that people prefer someone who is fat and has nice skin or hair than someone that is skinny and looks like a crack addict.

>>5472736
No, I do not puke a lot and I eat like absolute shit. Pizza, burgers, chicken tenders for meals with some fruit and granola for snacks. The guy you just quoted (>>5472727) is not me.
However, I have smooth skin, nice, long hair, and as I said an 8 inch penis so I don't have too many girl problems.

>>5472754
When I was closer to my 20's I had a really bad diet, mostly based on cigarettes. Later I realized that adding structure to life in things like cooking and eating your meals at a set hour make you more productive and reduce mood swings and shit.
I'm 24 and I feel that I'm too old to be promizing and too young to be imposing; so I keep questioning how did I loose so much time and stuff and I can't help but remember how full of myself I've always been. It sucks.

Also, it's never too early to start moisturizing, trust me. It's even a cool word to say. Men can have cellulite too.

>>5472778
And you are still young. No one will give a damn about what you were like in the past, you only have an infinite series of presents that constitute your phenomenological reality until its culmination in death. A continuous series of nows that will pose the question to be or not to be. So what if you're not that spunky happy go lucky angst ridden nymphetic teenager. Time is still on your side. If you have any projects that you have been meaning to fulfill, now is the time to devote yourself towards them. If not now, so long as you have yet to pass into the last throws of senility the beckoning call of possibility will bestow its grace upon you and smile favorably. Besides, those who can stand in mirthful defiance to the imposing bastion of Nihilism with flippant disregard after having been through a crucible (as it were) are indeed beautiful in their respective ways

Do it while your ability to form synaptic connections in your mind are still at their zenith. Leverage psuedo amph and or Aderall if you need to create more time for yourself. There is nothing more pleasurable in this world than to be completely enraptured by some-thing that appears of such great immanence , that you long for its every beck and call, like the nape of whatever person/object/image that stands as the embodiment of your desires.

Besides "A man who procrastinates in his CHOOSING will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance. So if you now number yourself among the disenchanted, then you have no choice but to accept things as they are, or to seriously seek something else. But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life. But you say, “I don’t know where to look; I don’t know what to look for.”

And there’s the crux. Is it worth giving up what I have to look for something better? I don’t know—is it? Who can make that decision but you? But even by DECIDING TO LOOK,you go a long way toward making the choice".

You can lament all the lost opportunities you had in the past, but the very act of lamenting does constitute itself as a part of being through lived experience. Time that can be spent devoted to the act of becoming is dedicated to the forlorn howling fantods of some deceased you; a sepulcher in veneration of idols as it were in the Gay Science.

応援しますからね

>>5470326
I went through a phase where I would sit like this all the time and picked up most of his mannerisms. I cringe in retrospect at it. Most people didn't get it and those who did thought it was funny so not too bad of a blunder

Everyone says it's the weirdest position they've ever seen, but that's how I've been sitting to read since I can remember.

>>5472985
post

>>5472985
Where is that third paragraph quote from?

>>5472985
Well, sure. I won't deny anything you said and it's a really good line >beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. But all the inspirational stuff doesn't really work unless you want it to, and sadness and disenchantment tend to be quite strong (and even stronger if you let them, of course).
It's easy to say those things, not so much following them and even less really believing them all the time. Still, I won't reject any point you said, it's true and important and nice. We'll just keep on trekking and see how well it goes.

>>5473435
Is that blood smudged on your face?

>>5466112
Invest in a cheap picture frame easel for propping your Kindle up. I place mine on my coffee table and sit back and read with the same ease as watching TV. Plus, if you fall asleep, you won't roll over it.

>>5473284
Me too

>>5473435
Usually asymmetric postures are considered "weird" because symmetric strength and flexibility are signifiers of health. An asymmetric posture is expected to be met with its mirror for comparable time periods; if you sit asymmetrically for a long time people have a natural dislike for it because it will tighten your muscles.

>>5474382
I had a girlfriend who did that too.

>>5465919
How? Are you a metal man?

>>5474408
don't you read while walking?

>>5474425
only when i don't have far to walk. wouldn't your legs get tired standing?

I sit on something low to the ground and bend over my book like a vulture claiming carrion.

I don't read.

well anybody can stand several hours straight (there are people who stand 12 hours at their work) but i personally rarely walk for more than 2 hours

>>5468814
That just means some of your skeletal/muscular structure is out of whack. Tight hamstrings, delts, traps, tight gluts and knees and shit all can lead to neck pain.

>>5472778
Instead of moisturizing, you could always drink more water instead of being perpetually dehydrated like most americans

>>5474556
It depends a lot on your circulation and diet too. On account of the first that's why the legs tend to show signs first, and it can be helped with exercise but not completely fixed, the second comes into play with the traditional american diet too. I tend to eat mostly fruit and vegetables so whatever, but it's a common problem with people eating too much oil and diuretics

>>5465898
>>5466071
>>5467328
>>5472446

all these book destroying reading positions

>>5474615
>I buy shit books and blame people for how shitty my books are

>>5474628
??

>implying that laying hardcovers flat will not #shrekt the binding over time

Any of these. I always take breaks after chapters to stretch or do some lifts. i don't read during cardio

>>5474580
Oh yeah, you're definitely right about that. I have a really sensitive gut, so I literally eat fruit, vegetables, meat and a few others things and that's about it. I also drink plenty of water.

I take adderall and like caffeine which are diuretics and dehydrate you very fast, so I drink lots of water to compensate.

>>5474746
>book stand
w2c

>>5474756
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=lectern

>>5474756
It's literally one of these. You can get them for 46$ right now on Amazon, it's a Manhasset Sheet Music Stand. The only downside is you can only read paperbacks on it unless if you keep it at a shallow angle or you'll fuck up the binding.

>>5474771
They're sturdy as fuck too and they're mechanically simple so they're easy to fix. If they get loose, a few turns with a crescent wrench will make it tight again. I've had mine for like 5 years and it's perfect

>>5474756

https://www.preservationequipment.com/Store/Products/Equipment-$4-Tools/Display-Cases-$4-Accessories/Book-Exhibition-Cradle-(B)

>>5473993
I just realized how much of this is an extension of mimetic coercion. You are right, it is merely rhetoric; with the function of this speech act serving a larger social function of pacifying the state of unease the speaker feels when faced with the boundless infinity that lays before their eyes amidst their bounded state of limited possibilities; in the end there is a degree to which everything we do is a byproduct of self delusion. Our whole biology is merely centered around the fulfillment of a function; the moment you pass that event horizon of sexual maturity you have no choice but to abseil a slippery slope; granted we have some perceived volition (who knows maybe everything we do is an extension of a Frankfurt experiments) over the grade of our descent, we are all in the process of descending.

I wish I could do something for you, but it would be arrogant of me to suppose that I demand such great importance as to be able to affect a positive effect; after all I am merely 1/6,000,000,000, bounded by the corporeality of my own existence; in spite of any aspirations to establish a metaphysical bond with others that transcends the bounds of space, language, time, etc.

>>5467458
My man

>>5475154
The biggest part to realize is that most relationships aren't with another person but with oneself. I don't think we are fuck machines (as good as some may be at it) but we surely are socializing machines, and still all we do is think about ourselves and out own interpretation of other people's actions.
I'd think most /lit/izens feel attracted to literature because it allows them to see how other people think and feel better than other mediums, just like people spend hours refreshing the book of faces to see if other people approved their opinions and face photos. I don't think I'm that bad yet. I know I can still see my own actions and decide if I'm proud of not of them, even when I worry too much about anything to the point of being paralyzed I can still attempt to understand myself and move forward.
I hope things are good for you to, having a teleological discourse internalized or just dealing with things as they come; if we can keep on living (and there's little easier than that for someone who can dedicate time to 4chan) then the rest will fall into places that in retrospect will feel correct enough.

>>5476218
W...Will we meet again anon?

>>5476766
Well, taking in consideration the huge numbers of /lit/'s userbase.

>>5476790

>>5469306
>>5472614
10/10 exchange

>>5466094
This

After a couple hours when my foot falls asleep sitting in a chair bent over my desk slowing hunching more and more until after about 12 hours my back hurts so much I decide it's time to sleep.