/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.11605442]

any books about dealing with the fact that you are smarter than 99% of people on the planet and everywhere you look makes you feel sad at the absolute state of billions of people and their pathetic brainlet lives?

[Anonymous No.11605480]

>>11605442
Infinite Jest

[Anonymous No.11605485]

Hay, Einshtein! Read THIS

[Anonymous No.11605488]

>>11605480
not smartass enough. i need something more like "the god delusion" but less reddit, if you know what i mean.

[Anonymous No.11605497]

>>11605485
i'd clock you in the fucking teeth, you little shit. i'd literally meet up with you and crack your fucking skull open just to post a pic on /lit/ warning people what happens when a dumb fucking bum like you talks shit online.

i hate pseuds and i hate plebs but there's one thing i hate more and it's little pathetic ass bitch ass tryhards like you. 1v1 fuck face ass bandit.

[Anonymous No.11605502]

my diary desu

[Haziel221 No.11605512]

>>11605497
r u fine?

[Anonymous No.11605519]

>>11605480
The book is written by a man who 'thought' he was smart, and read and then acclaimed by people who 'think' they are smart. The objective reality is, neither DFW nor most of his readers are that bright. People with an IQ over 140 realize he is a fraud. His IQ was 115 at best. His notoriety was made only possible by his professor parents and their connections.
You know the parents that put "My child made honors list!" on their bumper sticker? That child was DFW and that phrase summarizes his mentality and the mental of his fans such as yourself.

[Anonymous No.11605533]

>>11605519
My IQ is 142 and I thought IJ was overall pretty brilliant. IQ doesn't mean shit past a certain point

[Anonymous No.11605534]

Bleeding Edge

[Anonymous No.11605535]

>>11605442
and they will all achieve more than jacking off to bataille in moms basement lmao

[Anonymous No.11605549]

>>11605442
oh man fuck its so burdensome to be so smart ahh geez life is tragic it is a curse to have such a superior intellect tfw smart but lazy tfw surrounded by unselfaware zombie-like populace mindlessly following trends grrrr im the only authentic individual

[Anonymous No.11605550]

>>11605519
>People with an IQ over 140
Unless but "over 140" you mean "I took an online test and it scored me over 140" then you should realise you're talking about literal geniuses, in which case that excludes you.

[Anonymous No.11605554]

>>11605442
It seems like you need a large dose of "you aren't special". I'm not sure what book would give you the amount you need though.

[Anonymous No.11605562]

>>11605549
OP here. you are right AND funny and I wish I was as right and funny as you. UNIRONICALLY.

[Anonymous No.11605568]

>>11605497
Doubtful. I’m 6’10, 300 lbs

[Anonymous No.11605576]

>>11605568
i'm 5'8 (only a welterweight) but i swear to god i'd punch you so hard your frontal cortex would have the same fate as one of a lobotomy patient

SUCK IT FAGGIT

[Anonymous No.11605593]

>>11605576
Trying too hard now buddy

[Anonymous No.11605596]

>>11605593
LMAO pussy ass bitcj copping out the banter

[Anonymous No.11606264]

>>11605442
confederacy of dunces and my twisted world

[Anonymous No.11606269]

Cease talking about David Foster Wallace. His time has past. He was never that great to begin with. His writing lacks emotional honesty. It's detached to the point of creepiness or ineffectiveness. While his intelligence is very high, and his prose is ruthlessly intelligent, he lacks the gift of making his stories emotionally relatable or approachable. It cuts out a whole dimension of literary merit from his oeuvre.

[Anonymous No.11606286]

>>11605576
the manlet delusion

[Anonymous No.11606337]

>>11605442
>tfw not smart enough to handle DFW's writing
I've tried to read Infinite Jest and The Pale King and they were both too much for me. How do I cope with this, bros?

[Anonymous No.11606344]

Having (somewhat)high IQ plus low conscientiousness really is shitty tho. I don't think it's fun, cool, or makes me better than others. I don't envy others for being 'brainlets' i envy people who have balanced personalities. I think this combination of traits creates a distinct form of psychic pain that manifests itself as what we often call "edginess".

[Anonymous No.11606359]

>>11606269
His prose is just plain shit though.

[Anonymous No.11606368]

>>11606337
By reading actually good books and not getting upset you can't understand a meme author who isn't respected by serious scholars in the field.

[Anonymous No.11606374]

>>11606269
>his prose is ruthlessly intelligent
Wardine be cry.

[Anonymous No.11606379]

>>11606368
What would you recommend, anon?

[Anonymous No.11606388]

>>11605442
Yeah, is called "Dunning–Kruger effect" and you can read about it on Wikipedia, I bet you are going to love it, it fits perfectly smart people like you OP!

[Anonymous No.11606418]

>>11605549
>>11605554
>>11606388
>>11605550
Not OP but this is the reason why you shouldn’t bother sharing your IQ friends; stating any IQ above 100 is going to bring this sort EVERY. FUCKING. TIME. You have to think from a primitive’s standpoint and realize that, to them, high IQ is akin to you claiming to summon demons from the Goetia.

[Anonymous No.11606420]

>>11606379
Start with the Greeks, unironically. Hell pick up the Oxford World Classics edition of Aesop's Fables and within 300 pages you will have 600 insightful and thought-provoking stories under your belt and will learn something about an entire genre of writing.

[Anonymous No.11606461]

>>11605442
>99%
>thinking this is good
If you are exactly 99th percentile that means you are the dumbest of the top 1%, if you are 99.9th you are the dumbest of the 0.1%, if you are 99.99th then you are the dumbest of the top 0.01%. Considering how many people are on earth, and how people self select based on professions, there are always at any point people in your vicinity that make you look like a fucking moron.

[Anonymous No.11606511]

>>11605442
The thoughts you have that you think are "deep" are probably more common than you realize. You just don't talk to people enough or are in a context to have those kinds of conversations. If you were so smart, would it not be the smart choice to enlighten and teach them?

[Anonymous No.11606566]

>>11606418
Preach brother

[Anonymous No.11606605]

>>11605533
Given the loads of shitposting and the site structure and ability to do so i doubt truly inteligent people come here.

How does the brainlet find inteligent forum? I'm not gonna post there just read.

[Anonymous No.11606625]

>>11606605
You don't, if you want to delude yourself you go hang out on reddit with all the pretentious fart-sniffers and act smart together.

[Anonymous No.11606635]

>>11606605
I dunno man - can't really helpful if you're referring to literary forums, I think /lit/ is as a general place to discuss literature, probably the best place in terms of the things discussed, not necessarily in the quality of the content. You might have better structure and quality in the Goodreads forums, for instance, but the things that are commonly discussed there are generally dire, and the more interesting literature and philosophy falls by the wayside. There are lots of great places to discuss literature in a more specific sense, i.e an individual work or writer. This place is an active forum if you want to discuss quantum physics: https://www.physicsforums.com/forums/quantum-physics.62/

[Anonymous No.11608110]

>>11605442
just read plato damn

[Anonymous No.11608166]

>>11605533
Oh yeah, well Frank Zappa would like to have a world with you...

[Anonymous No.11608187]

genius IQ here
IQ is pseudoscience

[Anonymous No.11608206]

>>11608187
shaved balls

[Anonymous No.11608259]

>>11606264
>CoD

Came here to say this. If you ignore the irnonic tone it's just what you want, a deluded megalomaniac surrounded by scumbags

[Anonymous No.11608347]

IQ of 160 here
IQ is meaningless though and says nothing about a person's abilities. it's work ethic that is most important!

[Anonymous No.11608860]

>>11605497
*SNAP*

[Anonymous No.11608879]

>>11608347
based

[Anonymous No.11608880]

>>11605442
>smarter than 99% of people on the planet
>can't utilize your intellect to obtain happiness
got some unsettling news for you