/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.11360131]

How many hours a day do you read?

[Anonymous No.11360182]

>>11360131
You tell me first OP.

[Anonymous No.11360183]

>>11360131
I would be willing to bet that the majority of posters on this board are pseudo-readers who rarely actually open up a book.

[Anonymous No.11360194]

>>11360182
2-3 hours a day. currently reading Plato's Republic

[Anonymous No.11360205]

The female in the image has a huge head in comparison to her body.

[Anonymous No.11360207]

>>11360205
its called neoteny
>>11360194
lol

[Anonymous No.11360231]

>>11360207
what's funny about that?

[Anonymous No.11360252]

>>11360231
Plato is crap

[Anonymous No.11360295]

>>11360207

[Anonymous No.11360313]

>>11360231
nothing man, you do you anon

[Anonymous No.11360341]

I read at least 4-6 hours a day. If you're reading under 2 hours a day, you're just pathetic.

[Anonymous No.11360380]

Usually 2-3 hours a day. I work often so its usually pretty difficult to find the time.

[Anonymous No.11360415]

4-5 hours if it's a work day.

[Anonymous No.11360434]

>>11360131
i dont really go by hours but i am currently like 90 - 100 pages a day right now

[Anonymous No.11360436]

I write three hours per day. I read zero hours per day. All of my writing is inspired by music and film.

and I'm a more successful writer than 99% of you turbo-pseuds

[Anonymous No.11360463]

I read wikipedia articles about the works I'm interested. After that, I come to /lit/ to shitpost, as If I were an expert on the subject.

[Anonymous No.11360471]

2 - 3 hours monday to thursday

[Anonymous No.11360498]

>>11360252
t. Cavedweller

[Anonymous No.11360528]

>>11360463
this sounds like most of /lit/

[Anonymous No.11360539]

I read for an hour a day, which typically amounts to 30-40 pages. I consider reading more than 4 hours a day to be degenerate consumerism

[Anonymous No.11360678]

76 or 99 but it really depends on the way I conduct myself in front of the misses

[Anonymous No.11360939]

>>11360436
Recommend inspiring films.

[Anonymous No.11360963]

>>11360939
emotionally inspiring or inspiring for a specific type of writing? I can't really give you the former but for the latter, put simply, I like to watch well executed examples of the genre I'm working in. Michael Mann's "Heat" for crime thrillers, etc.

For music I do the same thing but more for mood. I listened to a lot of Joanna Newsom when writing fantasy in a rustic setting, etc.

[Anonymous No.11360980]

1-2 hours a day because I'm an ADHD NEET and find everything boring. I can't imagine myself going for 4 hours in one sitting.

[Anonymous No.11360994]

>>11360252
plato is a genius and you know it

[Anonymous No.11360996]

2 hours in the morning after i walk my dog. then i watch anime, play vidya, and hang out with my dog more the rest of the day

[Anonymous No.11360997]

>>11360963
>genre
Opinion discarded. Good luck with your pot boilers.

[Anonymous No.11361011]

>>11360963
>inspiring for a specific type of writing?
Yeah, this. I hardly watch movies but I'd be interested in getting into some that could help my writing.
I mainly write slice of life-y stuff, back when I first started I was inspired by the Beat Generation. I'm working on my first fantasy story right now actually.

>music
I do music prompts sometimes, but mostly I don't listen to any during writing. If I do, it's ambient/instrumental.

[Anonymous No.11361045]

>>11361011
>Beat Generation
Complete and utter garbage. That entire generation was motivated by useless mind altering substances that caused them to produce such degenerate material

[Anonymous No.11361054]

>>11360131
Anywhere from 0.2 to 0.5

[Anonymous No.11361067]

>>11360996
>i watch anime, play vidya,

[Anonymous No.11361071]

>>11361067
yeah i should spend more time shitposting on 4chan tbqh
fun things are fun m8

[Anonymous No.11361095]

>>11361071
>watching cartoons and pretending to be a character in a fake fantasy world

[Anonymous No.11361104]

>>11361095
yeah thats what anime and games are. whats wrong with enjoying them
something that isnt the fact that you personally dont like them

[Anonymous No.11361114]

>>11361104
...it's meaningless...

[Anonymous No.11361131]

>>11361114
there are probably people who say the same thing about literature
i dont think enjoying a show or playing a game with friends is meaningless, but to each their own

[Anonymous No.11361151]

>>11361131
Reading meaningful literature actively improves your vocabulary, and allows you to covey complex opinions in a productive way

[Anonymous No.11361155]

>>11361151
i agree

[Anonymous No.11361170]

>>11361155
Well unfortunately you won't accomplish that by playing your meaningless video games and watching your childish animated drawings. Imagine if you spent all the time you spend playing video games/watching cartoons actually ACCOMPLISHING something. You could have learned multiple languages by now, I bet.

[Anonymous No.11361199]

>>11361170
i think theres room for both finding meaning, accomplishing your goals, expanding your horizons etc through the things you see as most important, as well as the more casual entertainment that i enjoy, the smaller/simpler things in life
at least for me anyway

[Anonymous No.11361230]

>>11360980
>adhd
>real

[Anonymous No.11361247]

>>11361230
If it's not real why does the government give me neetbux for it?

[Anonymous No.11361269]

>>11361247
No way. The gov gives neet bux for adhd now? In the usa?

[Anonymous No.11361289]

>>11360463
underrated post

[Anonymous No.11361295]

prob 40 min during the day (killing time on public transport) and anywhere from half an hour to an hour before going to sleep. Reading Tender is the night now and it s boring as hell

[Anonymous No.11361359]

>>11361295
pathetic. does it take you like a month to read a single book?

[Anonymous No.11361433]

>>11361359
no. more like 3 months

[Anonymous No.11361560]

>>11361359
what >>11361433 said. I find it hard to squeeze in time to read when you work, study many languages, play an instrument, work out and watch movies.

[Anonymous No.11361703]

>>11360183
most people on this website are larpers, yes.

[Anonymous No.11361759]

>>11361703
am i unaware or is there something to be gained by pretending to be a scholar on this board? one would think reading religion, philosophy and great novelist would humble oneself

[Anonymous No.11361772]

>>11360341
Not everyone can be a full-time NEET anon

[Anonymous No.11361812]

>>11361560
>watch movies
cut that out and there you go

[Anonymous No.11362040]

>>11360183
Define "pseudo-reader"

[Anonymous No.11362043]

>>11362040
He just did in his post brainlet

[Anonymous No.11362071]

>>11362043
Kill yourself you complete retard I wasn't even talking to you.

[Anonymous No.11362351]

>>11362071
>>11362043
>>11362040
tard alert

[Anonymous No.11362480]

>>11361812
pathetic

[Anonymous No.11362581]

>>11360131
about half hour. I'm trying to up that but first need to clear up my mind from a decade of weed abuse.

[Anonymous No.11363375]

>>11361045
>useless mind altering substances
>degenerate material
That's the kinda shit I like.

[Anonymous No.11363450]

>>11361170
Why accomplish something instead of nothing? Also what is worth accomplishing? Is reading for the sake of gaining knowledge enough? Or is it for applying it? Is there any point in doing that if you die soon?
>imagine if you spent the time learning about god you would be closer to heaven
>imagine if you spent the time learning skills and gaining connections you would be closer to getting great job
>imagine you spending time with your love and friends you would feel your life is meaningful

Repeat forever. You are making a moral argument based on unknown premise because you haven't presented any meanings and definitions. What would you do if knowing multiple languages? Why not math? Why not getting fit and healthy instead? Or write poems or learn excel or programming? Why don't you go study plato and aristotle to get better reasoning skills or logic? Or maybe indulge yourself in pleasure? Or go become ascetic?

[Anonymous No.11363522]

>>11361114

do you only do meaningful things?

if so you must be the most meaningful individual in the world, so filled with meaning that you bleed gold.

[Anonymous No.11364257]

Trying to get into the double digits. Advice anons?

[Anonymous No.11364263]

>>11360131
not enough

[Anonymous No.11364346]

>>11363522

Do you not see that you have the answer to your question already from the mere fact that you answered a post on 4chan?

[Anonymous No.11364390]

>>11360183
If I printed out all the wikipedia articles I've read it would be a book you goddamn philistine

[Anonymous No.11366025]

>>11364390
Kek

[Anonymous No.11366434]

i currently read anywhere from 4-6 hrs a day

[Anonymous No.11367040]

>>11360194

It looks like he's sleeping and not reading.

[Anonymous No.11368516]

>>11360996
Hi Ian, welcome to 4chan!

[Anonymous No.11368613]

>>11368516
Lol

[Anonymous No.11368769]

20-30 minutes normally, rarely more than that

[Anonymous No.11370240]

20-23 hours.

[Anonymous No.11370298]

>>11360963
Please keep Newsom's name out of your plebian mouth.

[Anonymous No.11370303]

1

[Anonymous No.11370338]

>>11360131
More than Trump, that's for sure. Definitely not as much as Obama though.

[Anonymous No.11370352]

>>11370338
criiinge

[Anonymous No.11370360]

>>11370352
I mean, listen man. We are all God-fearing Islamists here on /lit/, but we should also understand Trump does not read SHIT.

That being said, Obama did not read THAT much either, most likely. He probably read trade statements and other things that Trump reads on the daily, and maybe a couple other things, but a politician these days is almost NEVER well read.

cf. Bushes, Clintons, Reagan, etc. etc.

[Anonymous No.11370382]

>0, 60% chance
>25min, 20% chance
>1hr, 12% chance
>2hr, 8% chance

[Anonymous No.11370385]

>>11370360
From what he says, Obama reads a LOT. Whether or not you believe him is another story, but do keep in mind that Obama actually did write his own books.

>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/books/obamas-secret-to-surviving-the-white-house-years-books.html

He's for sure the most well-read president we've had in decades.

[Anonymous No.11370388]

At least 8. I'll spend a few hours working out and watching baseball but the rest is spent reading.

[Anonymous No.11370403]

>>11370388
Reading shitposts doesn't count based NEET

[Anonymous No.11370414]

>tfw stopped reading because i just got addicted to payday 2
I need to manage my time better, trying to finish some of tolstoy's short stories but god damn i want to reach infamy

[Anonymous No.11370616]

Depends. Usually at least an hour a day but sometimes I'll be distracted by something and not read. At the very absolute minimum 15 minutes. If a book is especially gripping I'll read until I finish it.

[Anonymous No.11370992]

>>11360131
1-12

[Anonymous No.11370998]

>>11360131
Does 4chan count as reading?

[Anonymous No.11371008]

>>11370998
Remember this:
First and foremost it is people who will give you the deepest secrets.
Then it will be books.
Never forget that the ancients valued the spoken word above all. Think of why?

[Anonymous No.11371053]

Not enough the past couple weeks
Was reading like 3+ hours a day a few months ago. Now I'm lucky to do 1 hour, not sure why

[Anonymous No.11371062]

>>11360183
You mean all posters. Never had a conversation on this site with someone who actually knew what he was talking about.

[Anonymous No.11371067]

>>11361759
It's just that they are interested in things like philosophy and literature but also too lazy to put in the effort.

[Anonymous No.11371080]

30 minutes a day. I do have a life LOL

[Anonymous No.11371113]

>>11370414
Honestly just decided to give up video games altogether. Shit takes up too much time and makes me want to not do anything else.

[Anonymous No.11371143]

>>11360131
2ish, rarely less, often more

[Anonymous No.11371177]

>>11360131
On a good day, I might manage 13 hours. On a bad day, 27.

[Anonymous No.11371261]

Trying to get into the habit of reading. I read about 35 pages a day which takes me about 45 minutes or less.

[Anonymous No.11371269]

>>11360131
>reading
>every day

[Anonymous No.11371279]

Let me tell you, not enough
I get around 4 hours total in the weekends
and around 3 during the weekdays
so an average of 1 hour per day

[Anonymous No.11371291]

>>11360963

This >>11360997

[Anonymous No.11371366]

>tfw trumplet has to hire a literal child to read to him
Sad!

[Anonymous No.11371407]

>>11360131
2-4 hours. Not from books mind you, but from articles on the Internet

[Anonymous No.11371812]

>>11370385
Kek niggers don't read

[Anonymous No.11372962]

>>11371366
4 more years.

[Anonymous No.11373387]

About 15 hours

[Anonymous No.11373564]

How many hours should I try to read today /lit/?

[Anonymous No.11373703]

>>11362040
I'd imagine his definition would be people who who rarely actually open up a book, you absolute fucking moron.

[Anonymous No.11373753]

>>11360131
30-40 a day once every few days
Yeah, I'm a crossposter

[Anonymous No.11373792]

>>11372962
Isn't it just 2 now?

[Anonymous No.11373794]

2

[Anonymous No.11373796]

>>11363450
>Why accomplish something instead of nothing
You answered in your green text

>Green text
Trash, you can spend ten hours a day learning geometry and get less out of it than the person who studied algebra prior. Learning isn't one dimensional it's three (connections to paradigms of heavier gravity)

[Anonymous No.11373803]

>>11370385
Last great president was our progressive Roosevelt. He read and wrote and wasn't a pansy

[Anonymous No.11374014]

>>11373792
Talking about reelection.

[Anonymous No.11374571]

>>11374014
what is to dislike about trump?

he has written multiple books ffs

[Anonymous No.11374666]

why do I get the idea that no one on /lit/ actually reads anything

[Anonymous No.11374684]

>>11360996
People who say "vidya" should fucking hang.

[Anonymous No.11374689]

>>11374571
Not sure why you're asking me? I want four more years.

[Anonymous No.11374705]

>>11374666
I have two theories. You believe the act of reading has some mystical intelligence bestowing property so when you see people acting stupid this is taken as evidence they don't read. Or you might believe everyone is as stupid or dumber than you so when they talk about reading complex works or reading for many hours a day they couldn't possibly be telling the truth because you don't do that and you're better than them.

[Anonymous No.11374710]

>>11374705
>You believe the act of reading has some mystical intelligence bestowing property
really gets the noggin joggin

[Anonymous No.11374718]

>>11374710
Too many people act like stupid people can't read books or that they can't be stupid if they read lots of books. It's nonsense.

[Anonymous No.11374722]

>>11360996
>>11360996
lol whew

[Anonymous No.11374727]

>>11361269
yes and depression

[Anonymous No.11374744]

>>11374718
im sure theres a corellation between illiteracy and stupidity

[Anonymous No.11374759]

Eight hours. But they are audiobooks.

[Anonymous No.11374761]

>>11374718
can confirm

im stupid and i read frequently

[Anonymous No.11374763]

>>11360183
But of course!

[Anonymous No.11374768]

>>11361095
>he wastes his time on a forum full of losers and criticizes how they spend theirs
>pretends hes better at them because thata the only way he can get an erection anymore

[Anonymous No.11374769]

>>11374744
So?

[Anonymous No.11374796]

>>11374769
I can also ignore arguments

[Anonymous No.11374805]

>>11374796
Supposing there is a correlation between illiteracy and stupidity wouldn't contradict the assertion that some stupid people read books and books won't make everyone who reads the smart. I responded with so because I have no idea why it's relevant. You didn't give an argument by the way, it was an assertion. An argument would be an assertion and a reason to believe it's true.

[Anonymous No.11374838]

>>11374805
I can also mince words and argue nothing. It just occurred to me that ive been baited. good one

[Anonymous No.11374858]

>>11374838
I'll simplify it for you. Your point is irrelevant.

[Anonymous No.11374904]

>>11374768
confirmed triggered virgin NEET

[Anonymous No.11375333]

>>11374768
Pathetic

[Anonymous No.11375975]

Does reading from a prayer book count? If so like 4-6 hours on either sides of an 8 hour software dev job.

[Anonymous No.11376139]

>>11360183
I still read, but I have started to read light novels, but I have read a lot of the stuff that is posted often posted here. Plus most of the posts only go so far as highs school tier literature and the meme books.

[Anonymous No.11376524]

>>11360994
Sure, and the era he was a genius in shines through just as strongly. He's irrelevant outside of the history of philosophy, which you don't need to understand.

[Anonymous No.11376584]

>>11360131
1-8 hours

[Anonymous No.11376599]

>>11374684
do you know where you are?

[Anonymous No.11378090]

24 hours.