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13454340 No.13454340 [Reply] [Original]

was Quentin a true visionary? was he right about literally everything?

>> No.13454355
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13454355

>>13454340
Yeah, he was right

>> No.13454373

>>13454340
>>13454355
Is this the same Quentin from the book club?

>> No.13454386

more like the Gramp Grimsley! LOL

>> No.13454402

>>13454373

LMAO no, this was the king tripfag on /v/ years ago

>> No.13454425

>>13454340
He truly was, until he was stopped by his parents.

>> No.13454427

>>13454355
>live a more healthier life
is quent a chicano? that's a very chicano way of speaking

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>>13454355
>calling the cops on them at the end

>> No.13454451

>>13454373
>not knowing quentin
>getting mad at someone for not knowing quentin

I should probably stop using this website sometime.

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>>13454451
>>13454373

lol

>> No.13454567

I got more anti-social when I started reading, though. Everyone watches movies and plays video games, no one fucking reads.

"Hey anon, have you seen the new Game of Thrones?"
"Uhhh...hah, yeah not yet. I uh, well, have you heard of Gary Shteyngart?"
"What?"

>> No.13454585

>>13454340
I read books and who needs girls I have my 2d waifu

>> No.13454616

I want to go back to 2011

>> No.13454742

>>13454340
so by 24 you become a "is math related to science" type intellectual? wow

>> No.13454834

>>13454585
Very good, now write a book about her.

>> No.13454845

How long before literature becomes trendy like science has been for the past decade or so?

>> No.13454856

>>13454373
newfag, get out and never come back

>> No.13454857

>>13454340
>>13454355
Quentin was both based and redpilled

>> No.13455368

>>13454402
I hope you realize he was on lit first for a very long time first.

>> No.13455441

>>13454340
i never quite understood the joke behind him constantly referencing gatsby. Is it because anyone claiming to be an intellectual has claimed that particular book to be their gateway into reading as a hobby or something?

>> No.13455456

>>13455368
what insufferable tripfag hasn't started on here first

>> No.13455464

>>13454857
Yup. He was a real nigger who stopped posting on 4chan when it became irredeemable shit and wasn't fun anymore.He wasn't stuck here forever.

>> No.13455510

>>13454845
>>13454567
It's better for literature to be unpopular with the masses. Literacy was a mistake.

>> No.13455516

>>13454845
If YA "literature" counts then it already is.

>> No.13455522

>>13455510
This. Even those who do real shouldn't make reading into some surrogate activity to "play with ideas" you really don't need to read much more than a hundred books in a lifetime to have an internally consistent worldview.

>> No.13455683

>>13455510
This. Imagine a world without SJWs dominating publishing for Commie propaganda reasons.

>> No.13455845

>>13455456
Considering that lit was created many years after the site, many, if not most

>> No.13456039

>>13455456
D&E
>>/lit/thread/S1121637#p1121667

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>> No.13456115

>>13454340
I'm 25 but at the 18 stage on the gamer side and 13 on the reader side minus the implication of reading being a recent hobby

>> No.13456125

>>13454340
if booktube is anything to go by, reading makes you gay and most of the kind of women that read regularly are annoying

>> No.13456132

>>13455441
its a "basic bitch" book. like any book that you had to read at school or in the shallow top 100s

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>> No.13456177

>>13456142
completed acts can't be in moderation. genocide is not a genocide if its in moderation. book writers love that justification for thievery "I only take form big companies" " its insured" "The bankers take more than I ever could" these days the characters don't even have to give a part to the poor.

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>> No.13456191
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What's Quentin's tax policy?

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That's the last one I have, I hope you all enjoyed these

>> No.13456251

How did this Quentin thing start? Who even is he

>> No.13456252

>>13456188
>imagine thinking there isn't a genetic factor to difference in racial iq

>> No.13456255

>>13454567
GoT is a book tho...

>> No.13456259

>>13456252
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritability_of_IQ

>> No.13456298

>>13456255
ice and fire is a book.
>>13454567
This, even in book circles you have to be reading the same books which are usually easy YA books.

>> No.13456301

Not too late at 21 for transiting from the gamer to the reader side ? Or am I doomed

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>>13456251

>> No.13456313

>>13456251
Old /lit/ tripfag. He posted on /v/ too. Eventually someone faked a bomb threat at his school and blamed it on him after his real life identity came out. He got arrested

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>>13456251

>> No.13456329

>>13456313
And then what happened?
Did they check if the IP address that posted that bomb threat was actually someone else? They cracked his tripcode and used it to post that didn't they?

>> No.13456373

>>13454567
>Gary Shteyngart

Yeah I have he is a fucking hack and I would beat you up if you mentioned his name around me

>> No.13456380

>>13456259
>Intelligence in the normal range is a polygenic trait, meaning that it is influenced by more than one gene,[3][4] more specifically, over 500, and is thought to be 50% to 80% genetic in origin.

dunce

>> No.13456718

>>13454340
no self-identified reader has ever had sex.

>> No.13456733

>>13454402
>>13454451
>>13454856
Is it so improbable that they could be the same person?

>> No.13456736

A man who lectured us on how to be a well-adjusted human being, who is now serving hard time for threatening a school.

>> No.13456738

>>13456380
50% genetic isn't that much

>> No.13456785

>>13456738
>1/2 isnt much

>> No.13456796

https://mega.nz/#F!IkEHRYZZ!0OAk9ScBr1-opQhLPC713w

Here's a gallery of images that I apparently saved from long ago, simply languishing in the depths of my folder directories. Enjoy?

50+ Quentin and others

>>13454340

>> No.13456797

>>13455464
His parents took away the internet because everyone said he was a school shooter

>> No.13456815

>>13454567
>Gary Shteyngart
lol

>> No.13456824

He replied to me with a timestamp back in 2015 when I called him a faggot, last ai ever saw of him

>> No.13456841

>>13456733
Tripfag Quentin ended up being doxxed, so we know they are not the same person.

>> No.13456844

>>13456785
>a coin toss is much

>> No.13456864

>>13454567
Sounds like you pulled a real Gregory Berrycone there

>> No.13456906

>>13456301
Start now. Many well read people don’t start till after high school/college, as assigned reading is fucking gay. The longer you wait though, the harder it’ll be. Start now, it’s not too late yet

>> No.13456981

>>13455456
>Quentin
>insufferable
He was the fucking hero 4chan needed but didn't deserve.

>> No.13457028

>>13456329
I'm not sure. I've heard he went to prison, but I really don't know anything for sure beyond the fact that he's not allowed to post on 4chan, and his trip hasn't been used since then

>> No.13457063

>>13456191
holy shit quentin is based

>> No.13457085

>>13456844
>in coin toss there isn't much of chance of getting tails
???

>> No.13457443

>>13456815
>Gary Shteyngart
>Worked in a LOMO camera factory
Christ...

>> No.13457446

>>13456844
50% is an amount, you retard, not a chance.

>> No.13457506

>>13456373
Haven’t read Lake Success yet, huh?

>> No.13457517

>>13456115
saddest thing Ive read this hour

>> No.13457602

>>13454845
it already is, if by literature you mean "harry potter" and by trendy you mean "comparing Drumpf with Voldemort"

>> No.13457621

>>13456738
>halving your IQ wouldn't make a big difference

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>>13456796
nice collection

>> No.13457743

>>13457028
What did he used to post beside his meme pictures?

>> No.13457997

>>13454355
>quality Budd Light beer
has literally anyone ever said these words in this order?

>> No.13458005

His tripcode leaked on /v/ and then it was all over after that

>> No.13458011
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>> No.13458013

>>13455456
Manly.

>> No.13458022

>>13456145
No one has ever been more right about anything than Quentin was when he first uploaded this image.

>> No.13458027

>>13454373
Stop shilling that fucking faggot.

>> No.13458086

>>13458011
it's ogre

>> No.13458116

>>13454340
>projecting your insecurity that hard in pic
Only pretentious fucks exclude entire mediums, some video games are philosophically on par or close to some really good books to be honest

>> No.13458118

>>13458116
Such as...

>> No.13458128

>>13458118
off the top of my head, Xenogears
Characters and amazing story aside, it explored some very weird and almost taboo things
the dude who made it even had to write 400ish page book to fully explain it

>> No.13458130

>>13458118
Dark Souls 3

>> No.13458151

>>13456132
hey redditor

>> No.13458152
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>>13458128
same guy, to add to this, one of its loose sequels also surprised me with how non pretentiously "deep" it got, basically some guy replaces the universe with a living simulation through some alien artifact, he initially does it in the name of science but slowly gets less and less clear minded, eventually naming himself the world's god. The whole ending explores whether he can himself god because he is the demiurge, some very thought provoking shit.

>> No.13458179

>>13454373
I choose to believe they are the same person.

>> No.13458273

where's the proof that's his tripcode though?

>> No.13458462
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>>13457632
hahahaha

>> No.13458571

>>13456864
Kek

>> No.13458662

I read every day, currently averaging 70 pages a day, and I am also playing Silent Hill 2 when I can make time as well as doing other things. I definitely play a lot less vidya than before and have a lower opinion of some particular types, but I don't see why I should shun them forever as long as I'm not a retard about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ldNSkZbAg&t=28m18s

>> No.13458683

>>13458116
Video games are toys, not art.

>> No.13458696

>>13458683
play a story driven game instead of tetris, grandpa
or better yet, a vn, which is literally a book as a video game

>> No.13458708

>>13458683
>>13458696
nvm I fell for that bait
how could I fail myself as a 4channeler

>> No.13458775

>>13458128
>>13458152
The absolute state of videogamefags. And you expect to be respected?

>> No.13458785

>>13458775
>no argument

>> No.13458857

>>13458775
literally nothing was wrong with those two posts
seethe more grandpa

>> No.13459084

Quentin is the most based user in all of 4chan history. he would counter-signal sneedposting though even though sneedposting is the most important meme today

>> No.13459179

>>13458683
They're absolutely art and quite possibly the most complex form of it considering it includes all other forms with the added layer of interaction, but that doesn't excuse the manchild behavior that Quentin rightly shit on and doesn't change the fact that 99% of the world only understands it as a toy and only gets value from it as they would from a toy.

>> No.13459762

>>13456298
ASOIAF is a saga; AGoT is a book.

>> No.13459767

>>13456323
is that actually him? he looks frail and emotionally tender.

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>>13454340

>guy makes lighthearted oc cartoons to express that something is bad for people, seems to care.

>gets arrested for terrorism cos he was a tripfag

>> No.13460550

>>13456906
Glad to hear that, man. Currently starting at 23

>> No.13461238

>>13460382
The people who framed him are probably still out there. They're the actual ones who bragged about trying to do terrorism

>> No.13461348

>>13454355
Quentin is so fucking based

>> No.13461489

>>13456313
This, kids, is why you don’t post your real identity on 4chan

>> No.13461509

>>13454355
>>13454402
Today, he'd just be your average /pol/ trad larper

>> No.13461530

>>13454340
>tfw you're schizoid
Can't find motivation for either of these pursuits. What do?

>> No.13461545

>>13456177
>book writers love that justification for thievery "I only take form big companies" " its insured" "The bankers take more than I ever could" these days the characters don't even have to give a part to the poor.

Are any of those wrong?

>> No.13461565

>>13456373
implying you would even dare to speak back to me

>> No.13461569

>>13456323
a handsome man

>> No.13461584

>>13456311
you think its an accomplishment to still shitpost on an anime forum in your mid 30s?

>> No.13461589

>>13457743
Threads about how marijuana is bad and other moralist type stuff.

>> No.13461739

>>13456738
>50% of something isn't much
whoa, so this is the power of a sub 60 IQ brain

>> No.13461756

>>13461739
I'd post my STEM degrees but ok

>> No.13461777

>>13460382
Good he got off light. Tripfags should die.

>> No.13461797

>>13456177
Smoking weed is a complete action.
Genocide in moderation is still genocide. For example, if you genocide the Palestinians and the Lebanese Arabs but you don't genocide any other Arabs, that could be called genocide in moderation.

>> No.13461807

>>13458011
>it wasnt even his tripcode
Goodnight sweet prince

>> No.13461867

>>13456188
>using quentin's pic for this garbage
sacrilege

>> No.13461873

>>13456244
>the weed blunt that appears after he's "made his point"
classic

also yeah I remember lots of people hating him because there was a lot of unironic tripfag shit coming from him beyond the comics

>> No.13461977

>>13454373
He should never be mentioned on any bored ever. I am ashamed I even know who that is. And they're referring to Quentin Tarantino I'm pretty sure.

>> No.13462051

I've been seeing this shit since 2011 and I still can't tell if this guy was being ironic or not.

>> No.13462088

>>13461756
we're all impressed by your anonymous credentials

>> No.13463013

>>13456844
are you an actual retard

>> No.13463034

>>13456200

underrated

>> No.13463040
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>>13456981

Worse, he was just an anon who cared.

>> No.13463050

>>13463040
He was an autistic narcissist who used a mary sue to spout his flawed retard logic. But his work is hilarious, gotta give him that.

>> No.13463071

>>13463040
>autistic narcissist who used a mary sue to spout his flawed retard logic.

like I said, an anon who cared

>> No.13463073

>>13463071

meant for >>13463050

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>>13463073
Or was it?

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>>13463077

If it wasnt I wouldve just been reafirming myself

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>>13463106
Is that what you were doing?

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>>13463117

Shut up.

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>>13463165
You seem upset.

>> No.13463180

>>13456323
>bowie
>heathen
My nigga

>> No.13463332

>>13456323
he needs to take the neck pill

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>>13463332

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>>13454340
>He doesn't do both

>> No.13464239

>>13454340
I was wondering this for a while, is Quentin the one who drew the original Virgin Walk?

>> No.13464299

>>13456177
hook line sinker

>> No.13464306

>>13456191
i'm looking for the dota edit of this since forever

>> No.13464355

>>13454340
this is missing a third column describing most of /lit/, a guy who is mentally stuck on the left side but wishes he was on the right, so he sits there all miserable suffering through a copy of the iliad he can't make heads or tails of while wishing he was playing assassin's creed 17

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>>13464355

>> No.13464439

>>13454340
Does no one remember this kid getting doxxed by /v/ for threatening to shoot up his school?

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>>13454340

>> No.13464467
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>>13464459

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>>13464467

>> No.13464528

>>13464439
>for threatening to shoot up his school?
Uhh

>> No.13464530

>>13464475
Where is he now? What does he do now?

>> No.13464564

>>13458785
>>13458857
>Argue why shit is bad for your health. No argument? Haha I guess I won.

>> No.13464585

>>13464530

my friend knows him, he is probably rotting away on his own private final fantasy server

>> No.13464607

>>13456177
Genocide of serbs in Kosovo was still genocide even though they didn't finish up completely.

>> No.13464643

>>13464585
you mean he's probably leading a wholesome life and about to start a family

>> No.13464646

>>13464585
So he avoided jail?

>> No.13464732

>>13464643

lol no

>>13464646

he is white and wealthy, of course he did. anyway, this thread is getting too gossipy for my taste, you're like girls

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>>13463073
>>13463077
>>13463106
>>13463117
>>13463165
>>13463174

lmao

>> No.13464796

>>13454340
>>13454355
literally /ourguy/

>> No.13464859

Quentin unironically got me into reading so I guess that makes him based

>> No.13464860

>>13463050
There's not a single flaw in any of his arguments. Get fucked, stoner.

>> No.13465557

>>13463405
what books are most like Thracia?

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>>13464459
take the jutting man face out and you get a mother with two daughters

>> No.13466710

>>13456142
>>13464860
You really don't see it? Do I really have to explain this?

>> No.13466810

>>13459084
Tripcodes are like self proclaimed geniuses. For every 999 Dunning-Kruger alumni, there is 1 actual genius stating the truth.

>> No.13467533

>>13456252
>imagine bringing up IQ scores in 2019
>imagine being a /pol/tard in 2019

Holy shit, just end your parody of a life, my guy.

>> No.13468096

I gotta love Quentin. It's a good read while having a blunt.

>> No.13468114

>>13454845
Literature is already becoming "trendy."

>> No.13468138

>>13461509
Wrong. Do some research before trying to talk shit
>>13456188

>> No.13468147

>>13464239
No. The virgin walk cams years after Quentin left. If it were the same guy, there’d be no way of knowing

>> No.13468340

Quentin was a troll. Was in same wow guild around 2011 and again in 2014, he smoked weed and jerked to anime.

>> No.13468355

>>13464530
Last I saw he was hanging with the erp trannies in /xivg/ a couple years back.

>> No.13468385

>>13468147
the art style is really similar, I instantly thought of quentin when I saw the virgin walk pic for the first time

>> No.13468391

>>13468385
It’s fucking stick figures

>> No.13468411

>>13468391
no it's not >>13456145

>> No.13468830

>>13456796
Dead link

>> No.13468858

>>13457506
No just Love Story but it was terrible

>> No.13468869

>>13458130
cringe. at least say dark souls 1

>> No.13469346

>>13456301
It's never too late to start, but the best time is always now.

>> No.13469457

>>13468869
Cringe. Games as philosophy is a flawed use of the medium. Games as competition (you know, what games have been for far longer than computers have existed) seem like the most natural realm for vidya. Interactive stories can be cool, but I just play tabletop RPGs for that.

>> No.13469471

>>13469457
dumb

>> No.13469572

>>13463360
Is this Battletoads?

>> No.13470643

>>13457997
There was a girl on Tinder who said, "if you don't like Bud Light, swipe left"

>> No.13471212

>>13468830
it worked recently, i guess it got taken down for some reason

>> No.13471761

>>13456864
Man I've been here far too long.

>> No.13471780

>>13458118
Duke Nuke'em