/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.10523327]

>Buys book
>Doesn't read it

[Anonymous No.10523330]

>reads book
>didn't buy it

[Anonymous No.10523346]

>>10523330
>>10523327
Both me

[Anonymous No.10523375]

>Buys read
>Doesn't book it

[Anonymous No.10523377]

>>10523375

[Anonymous No.10523379]

>buy book
>can only read it in 10 page bursts before getting bored and playing video games

[Anonymous No.10523390]

>>10523327
>buy book
>read ebook

[Anonymous No.10523406]

>Books it
>doesn't read

[Anonymous No.10523415]

>>10523379
What video games do you even play? The only one that caught me was Dark Souls 1 like four years ago

[Anonymous No.10523702]

>reads one chapter
>20 minutes break

[Anonymous No.10523725]

>>10523375
>book it
>Doesn't read buy

[Anonymous No.10523750]

>read book
>pause every second to look up definitions
>lose interest

[Anonymous No.10523757]

>>10523702
>read one chapter
>one week break
>have to re-read it

[Anonymous No.10523766]

>>10523327
My god this me too
Bradbury was right. I'm keeping my future children far away from the internet and most television.

[Anonymous No.10523779]

>>10523702
what kind of emotional response is your image trying to convey and how is it connected to your post? please get back to me

[Anonymous No.10523794]

>>10523415
Dwarf Fortress.
Tbf you do have tons of reading to do if you want.

[Anonymous No.10523811]

>buy books
>get obsessed with reading it, to the point where you just fall asleep from exhaustion at 6am
>finish it
>can barely remember a single thing a day after

[Anonymous No.10523886]

>>10523766
Heh
Tfw

[Anonymous No.10523887]

>read a page
>start daydreaming
>keep rereading the page

[Anonymous No.10523909]

>speedreading
>didn't quite catch the last sentence
>reread it slowly out loud while tracing the words with my finger
>reread it again but this time I whisper it
>continue speedreading

[Anonymous No.10523941]

>reading
>check how many pages are left
>want that the boook ends sooner

[Anonymous No.10523965]

>>10523327
>writes book
>doesn't read it

[Anonymous No.10523987]

>>10523887
>Start daydreaming
>keep reading
>Realize you red like 5 pages, but don't even know what happened in them

[Anonymous No.10524001]

>>10523987
>daydreaming
>go over half the page
>suddenly something crazy happens in the story
>"Wait what!"
>actually start paying attention again

[Anonymous No.10524003]

>>10523965
>writes book
>nobody wants to publish it
>rinse and repeat
you know who you are

[Anonymous No.10524022]

>read new book
>story begins
>book introduces characters
>10 pages and 5 characters later
>confuse all the names and forget who is who

[Anonymous No.10524106]

>>10523390
truly patrician method right here, folks

[Anonymous No.10524118]

>waste thousand hours downloading books to my e-book
>read one

[Anonymous No.10524122]

>buy book
>watch film version

[Anonymous No.10524126]

>tfw spend thousands on books
>tfw barely read any of them

I've bought the same book more than once by accident

[Anonymous No.10524154]

>>10524022
I notice this mostly when reading news items.
>the lede introduces someone's full name
>other names are introduced in subsequent paragraphs
>several paragraphs explicating the story
>suddenly: "[important quote]," Smith said.
>who the hell is Smith?
>forced to hunt through whole article for the one mention of Smith and what their relationship to the story is again to understand the quote
I know i should just absorb all this as I read but my mind doesn't handle names without faces very well.

[Anonymous No.10524187]

>>10523379
I'm unironically the opposite of this now, I'm so tired of videogames that when I start playing them I only want to go back to reading

[Anonymous No.10524189]

worse yet
>buys textbooks
>never purposefully uses them

[Anonymous No.10524239]

>>10523779
fap break obviously

[Anonymous No.10524254]

>>10524189
man, I wasted so much money freshman year. Once I figured out there was a copy of all the textbooks in the library that I could just study for upcoming exams and otherwise just go to class and take notes, I never bought textbooks again. Fuck that racket.

[Anonymous No.10524341]

>>10523327
>decide to read alot of my audiobook one day
>lay down and start listening intently
>fall asleep after a few hours
>wake up several chapters later wondering if ive absorbed the info or if im completely lost

[Anonymous No.10524872]

Yep. I've had Broom of the System on my shelf for over a year now and still haven't found the will to read it. I'm just so invested in other types of literature atm.

[Anonymous No.10525184]

>>10524003
y-you too

[Anonymous No.10525188]

>>10524239
Me when reading anything by Pynchon

[Anonymous No.10525201]

>>10523327
>reads Thomas Pynchon's books
>doesn't understand it

[Anonymous No.10525217]

>>10523327
>>10523702
>>10523750
>>10523757
>>10523811
>>10523887
>>10523909
>>10523941
>>10523987
>>10524001
>>10524003
>>10524022
>>10524118
>>10524122
>>10524126
Gosh I'm losting my sides in this thread. Good work anons

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[Anonymous No.10525248]

>>10523811
I'm like this to, or at least at first glance. But then, 3 years later a question related to something I once read reveals in me a wealth of stored understanding.

[Anonymous No.10525274]

>resume book i’ve been fake reading for 3 months now
>read one chapter
>spend 2 hours on mbti forums about personality of characters in the book
>sleep
>/lit

[Anonymous No.10525353]

>>10523702
>read one chapter
>genuinely enjoy it
>"oh well that's enough for the day"
>do absolutely nothing of importance

[Anonymous No.10525531]

>>10524022
This is especially bad when you read Russian novels, there are usually 9001 characters, and on top of that all of them have nicknames, patronymics etc

[Anonymous No.10525538]

>>10525531
i find the mess of patronimics actually helpful as it gives more inputs to my mind

[Anonymous No.10525547]

>>10525538
Anon Anonic Anonazov

[Anonymous No.10526127]

>>10525547
Nickname: Anonusha

[Anonymous No.10526137]

>book is ending
>author takes the time to tie up every loose end and the last chapters consist of 90% characters and events you never gave a fuck about
the few sentences of true resolution are like needles in a haystack

[Anonymous No.10526148]

>buy book
>read the first few pages
>give it away as last minute birthday present because you forgot to buy one

[Anonymous No.10526149]

>>10525531
If I wasn't taking notes on names in M&M, I would've given up long ago.

Why the FUCK would you randomly decide to address characters by their first and middle name, or last name at other times?

[Anonymous No.10526311]

>>10523375
>>10523377
>>10523725
What kind of soy manchild/woman finds this shit funny?

[Anonymous No.10526327]

>few chapters away from the ending
>never read the book ever again

[Anonymous No.10526344]

>>10523327
>buys book
>reads first 20 pages
>friends come over and marvel at library
>start recommending several based on their interests
anon, why are there bookmarks in each book at only the first few pages?

[Anonymous No.10526348]

>>10526327
Close enough is enough.

[Anonymous No.10526362]

>>10523327
You mean this one?

[Anonymous No.10526383]

>>10524154
This is a problem with wikipedia articles for movies you didn't understand because they always use first names instead of "her father" etc

[Anonymous No.10526487]

>>10526311 (checked)
its been a meme on 4chan for as long as I can remember
that being said it was never funny after the first post in the first thread it was posted in.

[Anonymous No.10526733]

>>10526149
Because it makes reading the book more difficult thus increasing the artistic value of it, duh.

[Anonymous No.10526748]

>>10524187
Same.

[Anonymous No.10526787]

>>10524187
Can I ask how old you are?

[Anonymous No.10526807]

My new system is I buy one book for every 2 I finish.

[Anonymous No.10526814]

>>10526807
I buy three books for every book I read.

[Anonymous No.10526950]

>>10524187
Same
Went from playing 4 hours straight everyday to not find any of them "fun" anymore

[Anonymous No.10526952]

>>10526362
Is there a longer book? Plus 2/3rds of it is Jewish history you have to slog through.

[Anonymous No.10527001]

>>10526950
>4 hours

[Anonymous No.10527702]

>>10526149
eh, the last name thing isn't actually that weird. We do it in the US but don't really think we do, we don't notice it. That it's standard address in the military (and cops) I think trickles into general use, but maybe it's just human nature to an extent anyway. When I worked at a kids summer camp in MI, staff referring to each other by last name was in-group behavior, endearing, even. and these were young hippie bro frat guys, not military influenced in that culture. Or like how /tv/ refers to Natalie Portman as "Hershlag," it's basically a term of endearment even if it's purpose was originally to out her jewishness.It does not seem so odd that other cultures would have a version of this.

The first-and-middle convention might be a rhythm thing, a way of inserting musicality into the phrasing, like how we might name a kid "Jo-Anne" or "Bobby-Joe." We just make a longer first name, but same effect. It just sounds better.

Also, I have a weird middle name and close friends address me by first-and-middle sometimes. The effect is sort of affectionate, if platonic: "I'm close enough to you that I know your middle name," plus it has a rhythm to it, and the unusualness of the name has a certain flair, a certain appeal for them to say, too; they like saying it.

We also have that whole thing of abbreviating names that really makes no sense (diminutives.) Katherine is Kate, OK that's not too hard (even though the T hardens up, for some reason.) But everyone knows that Bob is Robert and Ted is Edward even though they start with a completely different consonant. And then little kids or your intimate friends are Bobby, Teddy, and Katie.

All this must be confusing as fuck if you're ESL, but if you're native, you just grow up with it and never think about it.

[Anonymous No.10527710]

>don't read books
buys e-reader

[Anonymous No.10527764]

>>10525353
>start reading a book
>kind of getting board of if
>start reading a second book at the same time
>like the second book more
>start only reading the second book
>finish it
>go back to the first book
>forgot everything that's happened
>have to start it over from the beginning
>get frustrated and give up
>never finish the first book

[Anonymous No.10527827]

>>10526814
I buy 15 books every time I get paid. That’s why I own thousands of books lmao

[Anonymous No.10527838]

>>10523766
You'd know procreation is immoral if you actually read some books.

[Anonymous No.10527845]

>>10523379
>buy book
>read 10 pages
>go back to shitposting on 4chins

[Anonymous No.10527859]

>>10523327
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOCCvN8YDuc

[Anonymous No.10527861]

>>10525531
>read south american novels
>901 characters and they all have the same name

[Anonymous No.10527874]

>>10527827
whoa! o.o

[Anonymous No.10528036]

>>10524341
>read

[Anonymous No.10528367]

>>10523327
>Buys book
>Doesn't read it
>Download the same book in epub
>read it

fuck my life?

[Anonymous No.10529860]

This is why I'm not buying any more books until I catch up. The days of buying 5 books at a time, reading half of one and then putting the rest on a shelf are over.

At this rate I may not purchase another book all year, it's that bad.

[Anonymous No.10530059]

>>10527710
H-how did you know?

[Anonymous No.10530288]

>>10523375
t. reddit

[Anonymous No.10530322]

>buy a book
onto the shelf it goes
I constantly get people telling me how well read I am

[Anonymous No.10530333]

>>10530288
>t. reddit
What is this "t." meme that everyone is posting recently?

[Anonymous No.10530369]

>>10523327
>Hides your thread
>Doesn't read it

[Anonymous No.10530489]

>>10526787
19

[Anonymous No.10530500]

>well read
>get called genuinely retarded online

[Anonymous No.10530718]

>>10530333
>recently

[Anonymous No.10530731]

>Buys book
>Puts it on the shelf
>Never reads it
>Folds it and smothers it to looks like it's been read
>Puts it back on the shelf

[Anonymous No.10530747]

>steal book
>read and enjoy it

[Anonymous No.10530748]

>read good portion of book
>get attached to a particular character
>look up discussions and analysis online to see if others like the character too
>"...x's death in chapter y..."

[Anonymous No.10530752]

>>10530748
you asked for it

[Anonymous No.10530756]

>>10526311
If you don't at least try to find shit like this funny you won't do well in any white collar workplace. Shit but reality.

[Anonymous No.10530760]

>>10530756
i hoe you realize you're surrounded by a bunch of neets

[Anonymous No.10530763]

>>10530333
>the supreme newfag

[Anonymous No.10530770]

>>10530756
>being a wageslave
>current year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUC5s5K0Fdc

[Anonymous No.10530776]

>>10525274
>buy book
>read 2 pages
>shitpost on /lit/ about book

[Anonymous No.10530788]

>>10530763
t. missed "t."-op

[Anonymous No.10530800]

>>10526311
Kind that makes cuck edits of the reddit logo?

[Anonymous No.10530805]

>>10530800
it's the logo for the cuck sub I think so yeah pretty much

[Anonymous No.10530828]

>reading the bible
>have to read through the canaanite civil war for weeks before i get to jesus
it's been a dubious journey lads

[Anonymous No.10530831]

>>10530770
>desperately trying to justify how your life went so terribly wrong
>WAGESLAVE!! HA! HAHA!

[Anonymous No.10530857]

>>10526327
I did this with The Fountainhead. It would be so easy to finish it I probably should.

>Refuse to start over when continuing book from awhile ago
>Have no idea what's going on
I stopped Les Mis at page 750 like 2 years ago, there's no fucking way I'm rereading all that shit.

[Anonymous No.10530859]

>>10530831
I read 2x what you do in a year starting and public domain is free so I don't need to waste 1/3 of my life working. Cry wagie boi

[Anonymous No.10530861]

>>10530748
stupid nigger

[Anonymous No.10531254]

>>10523766
Where does Bradbury say this?

[Anonymous No.10531273]

>Christian gives out miniature holy bible away
>dont want to be rude and take it
>actually read the whole thing

[Anonymous No.10531414]

>>10531273
could use a mini bible myself, been using a bible app on my phone recently

[Anonymous No.10531421]

>>10526807
I buy two books for every book I don’t read

[Anonymous No.10531426]

>>10523327
>write book
>delete it

[Anonymous No.10531454]

>>10525531
> doesn’t have a character gallery at the beginning

[Anonymous No.10531461]

>>10526362
Did you actually BUY this?

[Anonymous No.10531672]

>>10523327
>go to bookstore
>read first chapter of book
>don’t buy it

[Anonymous No.10531677]

>>10530859
>I read 2x what you do in a year starting and public domain is free so I don't need to waste 1/3 of my life working. Cry wagie boi
Pretty sure you don't have access to bulk journal subscriptions like I do via my place of employment. Not that you'd understand any STEM journal articles.

[Anonymous No.10531705]

>>10531461
Most households I assume have a Bible or two and I reckon that most haven’t even read it

[Anonymous No.10531737]

>>10531677
What you can read means nothing if you don't have the time to read it

It is not too late to deliver youself of your wagie ways anon

[Anonymous No.10531975]

>>10530333
>the supreme baitfag

[Anonymous No.10532221]

>>10530859
what a pathetic fucking post, do you at least get autism bucks or are you a parasite?

[Anonymous No.10533551]

>>10523327
>Buys shitloads of books
>Only reads 4 pages once every day

[Anonymous No.10533566]

>>10532221
social parasitism is actually good nigger in the case of NEET’s we would do well to encourage them in their ways

[Anonymous No.10533576]

>>10533566
>social parasitism is actually good
lol no
>nigger
Yes, you are on their social tier.

[Anonymous No.10533590]

>>10523327
>be reading book
>read some word i don't know
>search it's meaning in the internet
>get ultimately browsing memes for an hour

[Anonymous No.10533604]

>>10531737
I read probably 1,000 papers a year and who knows how many books. Working 8 hours a day isn't that big of a deal, especially when it is something you are passionate about (and involves research, reading, and writing).

People who eke by and have zero security have no authority to call others slaves.

Also, I should mention my parents are wealthy and I stand to inherit ~4 million in cash, assets, and property when they pass away. My parents sold one of their properties in Vancouver in June and gave my brother and I $350,000 each, which I invested through their investor. I made 10% on the principal so far, pretty nice for doing nothing.

So yes, not only do I work hard and have an enviable career that I derive much pleasure from, but I have time to read and write and enjoy other pursuits. Maybe you and your dullard parents should have been a little more ambitious.

[Anonymous No.10533630]

>be me
>in class
>day dreaming about random shit because I’m a edgy teenager
>we are in sex education
>teacher sees that I’m not paying attention
> so anon! I bet you think testicules are lovely don’t you
>I snap out on my day dream and replied with “yes I agree” entire class starts laughing
>it took me a week too find out why
>my face when I’m probably retarded
>my face when I’m planning on killing myself

[Anonymous No.10533642]

>reads a philosopher
>immediately think he’s right about everything
>read new philosopher
>immediately agree with him about everything
FUCK

[Anonymous No.10533652]

>>10533604
>My parents sold one of their properties in Vancouver in June and gave my brother and I $350,000 each, which I invested through their investor. I made 10% on the principal so far, pretty nice for doing nothing.

Should ditch the investor and have put it in an S&P 500 index. Would have done better.

[Anonymous No.10533687]

>>10533604
Lmao all this wish fulfillment

[Anonymous No.10533695]

>I Got a book
>got really horny and started to wank
>end up cumming on the first page
>it isn’t my book
>I got it from my teacher
>shit shit shit.png
>A couple of days pass
>walking into class, teacher makes eye contact with me
< walks up to me and says, you look a bit scared anon
>is everything ok? You haven’t done anything wrong have you?
>I’m sweating at this point
>nah no sir
>well have you got my book for me?
>y-y-yes sir, pull out crispy book covered in cum
>sir takes it and walks away
>I ask him what he thinks about them white marks
>he tells me to wait out side
>we starts talking to me and apparently he cummed in the book
>he tried to clean it up and just gave it me and I realised I cummed on page 1 and there is a cum stane on the 1st and 2nd
> he cummed on the 2nd page
>my face when I touched his cum
>my face when he touched my cum

[Anonymous No.10533696]

>>10527845
this is the one for me

[Anonymous No.10533713]

>>10533695
funny if true but much doubt

[Anonymous No.10533728]

>>10533604
Can't get away with using 'dullard' twice within such a brief time, you knob. Fuck off.

[Anonymous No.10533729]

>>10523375
bro how dumb are you

>>10526311
that image shows that you are just as dumb as >>10523375

>>10530805
Lmao it isn't, I just looked it up and their logo is a ginger girl snoo standing next to two male snoos (not erotic at all). You made that edit yourself.

[Anonymous No.10533796]

>>10533695
wtf

[Anonymous No.10534319]

>>10533728
>Can't get away with using 'dullard' twice within such a brief time, you knob. Fuck off.
wut

[Anonymous No.10534386]

>>10533729
>He knows what the reddit logo is called
holy shit get off of my website you stupid nigger, why would you assume he made that picture himself

[Anonymous No.10534518]

>>10523327
>>Buys book
>>Doesn't read it
then comes to /lit to spew pseudo-intellectual claptrap gleaned from Wikipedia and 3rd rate review boards about how great/bad/disappointing the book is.
It's what makes /lit the beast it is.

[Anonymous No.10534529]

>>10533590
this is me
evr day