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Anonymous Thu May 24 13:14:46 2018 No.11204455 [Reply] [Original]

new to /lit/. Just stumbled on this guy. Is his revues legit?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:16:05 2018 No.11204458 Decent opinions but his pretentious black and white "so brooding so effay" affectations are annoying

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:16:23 2018 No.11204460 >>11204455 Not samefagging, but I from /mu/ and just wanted to know who's the Fantano of /lit/?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:17:41 2018 No.11204464 >>11204458 thanks

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:19:07 2018 No.11204471 >>11204460 There is not really an equivalent. I can tell you that David Foster Wallace is the Jeff Mangum of /lit/. Though I don't know if things have changed - I stopped going on /mu/ regularly like 4 or 5 years ago.

Anonymous Thu May 24 13:24:25 2018 No.11204485

I don't know if he's a genius. He's definitely smarter than 99% of people, and probably has an IQ above 140, but I think the word genius should be reserved for the most elite in the world, like the top 100 most brilliant people. But I know I wouldn't like to get into a debate with Cliff.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:28:40 2018 No.11204508 >>11204471 >>11204471 David Foster Wallace is the Jeff Mangum of /lit/ so he's basically the posterboy meme of /lit/'s so called 'patricans'? Which of his book should I start with?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:30:09 2018 No.11204519 >>11204485 haha what??

Anonymous Thu May 24 13:30:10 2018 No.11204520

He seems to be the only person on Youtube who reviews classics/literature that isn't new/young adult fiction shlock.

A lot of the time, his is the only decent review of a book I've just finished reading. Try to find a discussion of Confessions of a Mask on youtube that isn't some moron saying "dude I totally feel this way sometimes lol".

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:31:44 2018 No.11204525 >>11204485 anyone who unironically uses IQ as a descriptor of intelligence is a fucking retard

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:32:31 2018 No.11204530 >>11204508 >so he's basically the posterboy meme of /lit/'s so called 'patricans'? that would be both wallace and pynchon

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:38:01 2018 No.11204553 >>11204530 >>11204520 thanks! then I'll subb to his channel >>11204530 Alright, I'll start with Infinite Jest and then Gravity's Rainbow.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:42:38 2018 No.11204571 File: 133 KB, 900x900, unnamed.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11204455 Pretentious. Also a total brainlet imho, just look at his peterson video. Still better than pic realted

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:47:26 2018 No.11204594 >>11204460 I think Cliff is a good /lit/ version of Fantano.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:50:21 2018 No.11204603 >>11204455 thought he had a cool review of The Recognitions

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:57:04 2018 No.11204621 >>11204571 Who's this? David Wallace Foster reviews books on YouTube?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 13:58:20 2018 No.11204629 >>11204571 oh no nvm just found out he killed himself. still, who's that?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 14:33:53 2018 No.11204758 Based fag is back tho https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI0g5FbcrAs

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 14:35:28 2018 No.11204770 File: 2.84 MB, 1500x2500, BoardComparison.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11204460

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 14:36:31 2018 No.11204774 It's unbelievable how much samefagging you do Cliff. Delete system32 dumbshit

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 14:37:26 2018 No.11204780 >>11204770 God, Why does Fantano look like a naked mole rat?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 14:38:33 2018 No.11204788 >>11204770 Why the fuck is that mediocre Kanye album on there?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 14:41:51 2018 No.11204801 >>11204770 thanks! just ordered Infinite Jest >>11204774 who's cliff?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 14:43:38 2018 No.11204811 >>11204788 You should ask /mu/

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 14:44:36 2018 No.11204818 >>11204455 He's bluepilled

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 14:50:35 2018 No.11204842 >>11204818 So living the good life?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 19:11:27 2018 No.11206178 File: 54 KB, 660x800, fa k.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11204455 He's disgusting. Hollow brainlet imo.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 19:13:37 2018 No.11206190 >>11204508 >so he's basically the posterboy meme of /lit/'s so called 'patricans'? That and he's a sadsack who speaks primarily to sensitive young adults

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 19:15:39 2018 No.11206198 >>11204455 Fuck off, you hobgoblin.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 19:16:24 2018 No.11206203 >>11204788 P4k gave it a 10 when it was released and everyone hopped on the meme

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 20:03:24 2018 No.11206416 >>11204485 This has to be bait. Assuming the IQ of others is the new low of the eternal /lit/ poster.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 22:15:05 2018 No.11207046 >>11204758 baz is great

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 22:35:11 2018 No.11207124 >>11204460 Food isn't the Anthony Fantano of lit at all. There isn't any, and we don't need one at all. >>11204485 I like this post >>11204485 go to bed food

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 22:40:38 2018 No.11207144 >>11204520 the idea of listening to someone with no particular qualifications talk about classics of literature just seems unbearable to me. im sure hes a nice enough guy though

>>	Anonymous Thu May 24 23:09:29 2018 No.11207258 >>11204455 Tried to watch some of his videos but his pretentious appearance and him going round and round with stupid jokes instead of talking about the damn book made me cringe.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 00:49:22 2018 No.11207771 Cliff is a tryhard and has depressingly middiling brain power, at best. PaperBird is the patrician’s choice as far as BookTube goes.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 01:12:43 2018 No.11207839 >>11204460 Closes is Better than Food but he’s nowhere near the same league. He actually started his channel with the goal of being the Fantano of literature

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 03:55:19 2018 No.11208326 >>11204758 >for whom the bell tolls is a monumental piece of shit Why are Irish people so fucking based?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 06:27:54 2018 No.11208818 >>11204818 >>11204842 he just moved to Detroit this week let's see what happens next

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 08:00:42 2018 No.11209067 >>11204758 Thanks for posting this, he's great

Anonymous Fri May 25 08:12:48 2018 No.11209121

>>11204455
when you look at things like "reviews" and ratings for any capitilaist artificat
like books or music or tv or whateverthefuck

a plebian will read these "reviews" and see them as advise.
they do this becuase they cannot think independantly either becuase they are too stupid too, or too afraid.
its why there are many anons that go through various media boards lke mu, lit, and tv, and co, and v and ask the community what they were supposed to think about some piece of work.

a patrician however sees these "reviews" as critiques to be engaged with like many people who read philosophy and feel they need to join the dialogue about what the author means or what it means when the author says.

a cultured man will see things either as worth his time or not, and regardles of how he feels in the end, he doesn't consider his time wasted becuase he finds some use in reading something , if only to post review videos about it on youtube.
which then get commented on by various others.

Anonymous Fri May 25 08:17:15 2018 No.11209144

Are they reviews? I can't say I've watched a lot of his stuff, but the few videos I have seen of his I wouldn't call them reviews. Merely him recalling the plot and whether or not he thinks the book is good. To me that's not a review, a review should include interesting thoughts or questions the piece of art/literature you're reviewing brought to mind and what those thoughts say in a wider context, you know, an act of interpretation. This guys seems fairly content to just drink cold brew and look off into the distance broodingly for the camera. Frankly, I don't see what /lit/s fascination with him is. Is it merely wanting to have an Anthony Fantano like character that /mu/ has? If so, why? Why the cult of personality?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 08:18:24 2018 No.11209149 WHY DOES HE ALWAYS HAVE HIS DRINK IN THE SHOT

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 08:19:34 2018 No.11209155 >>11209149 He's like that bald men's rights activist youtuber who always has a scotch and a cigarette in hand while he films a video. This is what mental midgets believe is "class"

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 08:33:47 2018 No.11209214 >>11209155 >bald men's rights activist youtuber who always has a scotch and a cigarette in hand Aurini?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 08:34:41 2018 No.11209216 >>11209155 What then is class?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 08:39:13 2018 No.11209233 >>11209216 a social delineation using a hierarchy of categories

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 08:40:39 2018 No.11209239 >>11209214 that sounds about right

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 08:52:14 2018 No.11209270 if this dude ever went to japan he'd get mad pussy from people thinking he's bradly cooper.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 08:53:48 2018 No.11209273 >>11204460 John Green

>>	Anonymous Fri May 25 09:17:54 2018 No.11209341 >>11204801 Don't you fucking dare not finish you subhuman /mu/-scum, I demand a thread when you're done with it, deadline is September.

Anonymous Fri May 25 14:04:51 2018 No.11210432

>>11204455
How could anyone be this much of a fucking brainlet pseud? and worse yet, how could anyone spend time watching him or any other youtube review channel? There are actual professors giving lectures on authors all over the internet and if you're reading from the canon probably dozens of essays on whatever you want. Can any tell me what they get out of this poser?

Anonymous Fri May 25 17:19:23 2018 No.11211426

>>11204455
Is this the side channel of the philosophy tube guy?
If yes i think his attitude is fucking annoying because he constantly has this "i'm so deep " thing going on and is constantly trying to push SJWism when it's fucking unrelated - yeah they had slaves in greece DEAL WITH IT! Other than that i think he is explaining the concepts quite well when his boipussi isn't in the way.

If this is not that guy i'm sorry - all white people look the same

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