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What's your excuse for spending this time on 4chan when you could be reading a book at the moment?

>> No.8700468

>>8700456
I've collected a trove of wisdom from reading, yet my circumstances in life mean I will never amount to anything. Disseminating this wisdom to /lit/izens seems utile desu

>> No.8700470

I don't read every waking moment of my life you cuck.

>> No.8700479

I need my daily dose of memes to function properly.

>> No.8700480

>>8700456
who is this qt?

>> No.8700487

Excuses are for assholes; you make an ass out of assholes.

>> No.8700495

No action is meaningful without a forum in which to discuss it.

>> No.8700507
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>>8700456
I am about to go do that.

>> No.8700561

im not really into reading

>> No.8700569

I have a poor attention span

>> No.8700574

>>8700456

Sitting in the computer lab waiting to go to work.

>> No.8700607

I was reading but my eyes feel so tired I can barely keep them open, my weeb friend

>> No.8700691

I am paying my superego tribute before the civil act of reading.

>> No.8700708

>>8700456
Am tired

>> No.8700710

>>8700456
because im putting off an assignment

>> No.8700716

Im Russian, i will not read.

>> No.8700719

>writing

pshhhh kid, I'm writing and visiting this every 500 w as a break.

>> No.8700736

>>8700456
Gotta let the ideas percolate, my dude.

But seriously. You can't work at something like writing 24/7

>> No.8701554

>>8700468
I know its scary anon, millions and millions make the same excuse every day.

>> No.8701567

>>8700710
This, some things you actually have to prioritize over reading.

>> No.8701586

>>8700456
Because I'm listening to coil and that's not entirely conducive to the difficulty of the book I'm reading.

>> No.8701610

I have to Read Emilia galotti, really dislike it. What Do you think about it

>> No.8701616

I'm not twelve, I don't need excuses.

>> No.8701624

>>8700456
I schedule my reading time, and,i only read a chapter or two a day. Right now I'm reading ulysses

>> No.8701627

i've already read every book ever written

>> No.8701629

>>8700456
>>8700574

Sitting in the computer lab just got off work

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8701635

>>8700456
This is the finest literary community the planet has ever seen, why should I not spend ample time here

>> No.8701646

Reading convinced me that reading is a waste of time

>> No.8701657

I was reading a book just some minutes ago, and now I want to be on my pc

>> No.8701665

>>8700456
I'm fucking eating asshole. I don't want to get food on my library copy of 2001 a space odyssey. Why is it any of you business what I'm doing anyway.

>> No.8701687

I'm a NEET who reads all day and wants some relative downtime in the evening.

>> No.8701705

>>8700456
>tfw should be working on my dissertation

>> No.8701713

>>8700456
Good point, off to read

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8701733

>>8701665
>I'm fucking eating asshole.
How does it taste?

>> No.8701742

>>8701733
Like processed tomato sause

>> No.8701747

>>8700456
I want to write a story but I don't know where to start.

>> No.8701750

Why read when /lit/ posters make me super knowledgeable about literature without having to read?

>> No.8701766

>>8700456
I'm eating.

>> No.8701779

>>8701635
Obvy.

>> No.8701833

When it takes you four hours to read the Lord of the Rings, you don't need an excuse for not reading unless you live in a library.

>> No.8702016

I'm at uni so I can' read duh

>> No.8702019

>>8700456
Putting off studying for finance exam in 3 hours. Extremely wired on amphetamine salts and can't stop posting. Send help.

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>>8700456
i forgot my book in the care
and i´m to lazy to get it

>> No.8702030

>>8700456

thank you OP
I'm out

>> No.8702037

I had to look at a screem to keep my eyes open so that I can wake right up and do more reading. Fuck yeah.

>> No.8702081

I'm at the dentist brother

>> No.8702157

>>8700456
Thanks for the excellent question, OP!

>> No.8702161

I'm tired and hung over. I'm not going to ruin my reading experience by attempting to tackle a book in this state.

>> No.8702248

Just got back from work and wanted to fap but 4chan distracted me.

>> No.8702251

My disgust with the academia-media-publishing industrial complex and its hangers on have made me temporarily give up reading

>> No.8702256

>>8700456
>answering a mongolian cartoon character
i know that i will read one later

>> No.8702270

listening to joni mitchell for a bit mate, ok?

>> No.8702275

>>8700456
You made me feel guilty for a moment but I get a free get out of jail card because anime posting makes anything you say irrelevant.

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>>8700456
I only pretend to be someone who reads.

>> No.8703401

>>8702270
Ok

>> No.8703466

Because I came to this papyay mashay enthusiasts forum to ask for a book recommendation. Looking for something comfy without too much deep philosophical bs

>> No.8703477

>>8700456
I'm reading that Pantagruel book and got a bit tired of reading poop jokes

>> No.8703528

>>8701635
Is funny cuz is tru

>> No.8703887

I need to go to the library to pick up the next volume of the collection.

>> No.8703913

>>8700456
that schopenhauer quote about not blowing it and accidentally reading a bunch of shitty literature.

>> No.8705154

I fell from space a few hours ago. I need a break.

>> No.8705208

I'm sad, lonely, and want to get away from myself

>> No.8705236

I only read before bed and when I'm on the shitter. I also get a ten minute break every thirty minutes after writing.

>> No.8705239

I'm in a car and reading in cars gives me headaches. I know I'm reading from my phone, but it doesn't require the same kind of concentration.

>> No.8705463

>>8703466
The Hobbit