/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.14290737]

>dad walks into room
>randomly starts looking at the books on my bookshelf
>sees my copy of the Iliad, points to the name "Homer" and says "Look, the Simpsons."
>keeps looking
>How's that pronounced "René Gee-nun?"
>keeps looking
>"Okay I'm lost. Phenomenumenology? That word does nothing for me."
>"It's hard to explain, dad."
>"The word spirit makes it ominous,"
>keeps looking
>"All's quiet on the Western Front sucks"
>keeps looking
>Who's this Hermann Hesse guy and why do you have four of his books?
>keeps looking
>pulls out Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung et al
>filps through it looking for pictures
>there are very few
>noticed that he stopped and stared one of a naked fertility goddess for a bit
>"But why symbols? That has nothing to do with psychology."
>sits there and flips through the book for another 10 or so minutes before we leave

[Anonymous No.14290747]

>>14290737
the chad dad vs the virgin manchild

[Anonymous No.14290755]

>>14290737
>pulls out Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung et al
>filps through it looking for pictures
>there are very few
i am actually in the process of reading that book and i can tell you that a good third of the book is pictures

[Anonymous No.14290759]

>>14290747
Bet he barebacked his mom after that

[Anonymous No.14290761]

>>14290737
>But why symbols? That has nothing to do with psychology
based

[Anonymous No.14290764]

>>14290737
Holy based

[Anonymous No.14290768]

>>14290737
>>"All's quiet on the Western Front sucks"
dude recommended that to me, is it good?

[Anonymous No.14290770]

But of course he didn't have time to read, he was too busy plowing your mom. Same reason I don't btw.

[Anonymous No.14290779]

>>14290770
I wish I had a wife to plow :(

[Anonymous No.14290821]

>>14290755
I just flipped through it. You're right that there actually are a lot of pictures. But it's still not a whole lot if you open the book imagining it to be a sort of encyclopedia of symbols with an explanation of each symbol next to it.

>>14290770
I'll have you know that my parents are divorced. The only person plowing my mom is Tyrone, and occasionally his friend, Jamal.

[Anonymous No.14290845]

>>14290768
yes, it's good

[Anonymous No.14290874]

>>14290845
hmm

[Anonymous No.14290885]

>Yoo-liss-iss? Like the president?

[Anonymous No.14290890]

>>14290885
that book isnt about Grant? i genuinely thought it was

[Anonymous No.14290896]

>>14290737
>noticed that he stopped and stared one of a naked fertility goddess for a bit

You actually reminded me that when I was a kid, I had a book on Rome with naked people in it and he yelled at me because he thought it was pornography.

[Anonymous No.14292151]

>>14290821
>But it's still not a whole lot if you open the book imagining it to be a sort of encyclopedia of symbols with an explanation of each symbol next to it.
Why would You imagine something this retarded?

[Anonymous No.14292347]

>reading Paradise Lost in the park
>drunk guy sits next to me
>”Those are a lot of words”
>”...”
>”Is it a lot of words?”
>”Y-yeah”
>drunk guy leaves

[Anonymous No.14292359]

Based chad dad dabbing on his pseud son

[Anonymous No.14293725]

>>14290890
no but it does mention him once or twice

[Anonymous No.14294645]

>Pentecostal mom walks into room
>Finds my copy of the Westminster Confession

[Anonymous No.14294668]

>>14290747
fpbp

[Anonymous No.14294701]

>>14290737
Remove this thread before I tell your mom.

[Anonymous No.14294718]

Your books suck pseud

[Anonymous No.14294817]

>>14290737
>dad appreciates my love of lit and we talk about books and philosophy often
dadlets will never understand

[Anonymous No.14294868]

>>14290737
imagine having a father

[Anonymous No.14294884]

>>14294868
You don't want to be white in 2019 trust me.

[Anonymous No.14294911]

>>14290737
>What anon imagines happening when he buys books.txt
There is nothing sadder than a man reading to impress and regurgitate instead of reading to learn, better or enjoy oneself.

[Anonymous No.14295155]

>>14290747

[Anonymous No.14295204]

>>14295155
Sweet Dreams are Made of These reverberated his entire aeroplane. "With a private jet, you can go anywhere you want", he said to himself, out loud.

[Anonymous No.14296196]

>>14290737
ok this is epic include me in the screencap reddit

[Anonymous No.14296730]

>>14290747
>>14290759
based
>>14290737
OP your dad sounds like an absolute chad

[Anonymous No.14297524]

>>14290737
Cool story, bro
>>14290768
It is, unless you are poltard.

[Anonymous No.14298049]

>>14290737
wish my dad cared about my interests as much as yours does

[Anonymous No.14298058]

>>14292347
he wanted you to read it to him

[Anonymous No.14298064]

>>14290737
>Who's this Hermann Hesse guy and why do you have four of his books?
Good question.

[Anonymous No.14298079]

>>14290737
>>"Okay I'm lost. Phenomenumenology? That word does nothing for me."
>>"It's hard to explain, dad."
holy fuckbrianlet faggot loser your dad should rape you

[Anonymous No.14298091]

>at the bank, waiting
>old man sits next to me
>Can you read those small letters?
>...yes
>How can you? You wear glasses, just like me. * pulls phone * I can't read from this distance, so I have to hold my phone high
>my vision is not that low and I got my glasses recently
>I see
>old man leaves
I like talking to old people. It doesn't make me anxious for some reason.

[Anonymous No.14298095]

ohh..that was a ritual anon. all his gestures as he said all that automatically told your mind not to use anything it might get from those readings.

old people feel threatened by unknown stuff that might give new knowledge to new generations, so they use these and other techniques to neutralize new material from interfering with the hierarchical order that keeps social order.

your mind is on for a tough battle.

[Anonymous No.14298192]

>>14290737
>dad dosen't walk into my room because he never cared and now is dead
I don't know how to continue from here.

[Anonymous No.14298193]

>>14298091
You know your moments of autism are much closer to the void than if you were talking to a younger person. The elderly will die and your autistic moments die with them.

[Anonymous No.14298195]

Chaddad has understood Nietzsche philosophy without having ever read a page.

[Anonymous No.14298330]

>>14292347
cute

[Anonymous No.14298658]

>>14290737
boomer, please

[Anonymous No.14298669]

>>14294817
>dad only reads capeshit

[Anonymous No.14299204]

>>14290737
>dad tries to bond with son who ignores him and sits on his computer forums instead

[Anonymous No.14299247]

>>14298095
>>14290737

The man sounds like my own father when he tried to make small talk with me and show some interest in my stuff that he didn't underestand, maybe he just wants to get close to OP, he stopped doing that kind of stuff with me when I got into woodworking (which he loves) and now we bond and chat over that.

Spend some time doing stuff with your old man OP.

[Anonymous No.14299278]

>>14292347
It was me. I wanted you to read it to me. That way, every Monday, we can pick up where we left off.

[Anonymous No.14299285]

>>14290768
ernst junger is better

[Anonymous No.14299366]

My mom is insistent that she gets me Christmas gifts and I never know what to ask for, so I usually ask for books. I think over the years she's become slightly bemused by my increasingly esoteric requests. Starting off with things like "Oh, maybe a collection of Maupassant stories," to Céline, to Ernst Junger's The Worker or Calasso's The Unnamable Present this year.

[Anonymous No.14299420]

>>14290737
I wish I had a Dad

[Anonymous No.14300549]

>>14299420
Having a dad is very very cucked, gay, and bluepilled. He constantly bangs your mom so you never get a turn, and then he makes you suck his dick on top of that.

[Anonymous No.14300587]

>>14300549
I'm sorry, anon.

[Anonymous No.14300876]

>>14299420
Yeah? And I wish I hadn't. Why? Because he is a drinker.. And a fiend.

[Anonymous No.14300905]

>>14300876

A model of how not to be is a role-model as well.

[Anonymous No.14300936]

>>14290770
And on top of that, actually having a job

[Anonymous No.14301045]

>>14290737
What actually happened
>dad kicks open my door
>"How you doing son? Still inside reading those books I see. Lets have a looksy then."
>Sees Iliad
>"I watched the movie, didn't think it was that good"
>Sees Rene Gueonon
>"Crisis of the modern world, is it about how nowadays people in their 20s just sit inside on their computers all day doing nothing meaningful? Just kidding son"
>"Got any Tom Clancy books?"
>Sees Man and his symbols
>"Cauw look at this tities son, now this is my kind of book."
>"Hey, so, remember that girl Stacy that you went to HS with. I met her at a bar and she's downstairs at the minute. Can you stay in your room she's got a really daddy complex if you know what I mean"
>slaps son on the back
>proceededs to audibly plow Stacy creating confused feelings in the son

[Anonymous No.14301449]

>>14301045

>Dad kicks open my door
>Sees René Guénon
>"Son why is the skeleton of a quintessential French traditionalist in your room? I'm calling the cops."
>Get arrested for grave robbery

[Anonymous No.14301474]

>dad sees my copy of the catechism
>we both make fun of protestants
Dads are cool

[Anonymous No.14301704]

>>14300549
This, emphasis on GAY. You literally came out of the guy's cock, why would you ever want to meet him? Also if he's gone you can bang your mom all you want.

[Anonymous No.14301779]

>>14290759
Check for in 9 months if you get a lil bro.

>>14290737
https://youtu.be/SveGL2TOcNs?t=49

[Anonymous No.14302425]

>dad walks into my room
>"the measure of a man is not made by looking at his bookshelf"
>what cunt?
>"I'm sayingthat you aren't smart or an intellectual just because you have "important" books on your shelf which you've never read
>cry and threaten to move out of home
>dad laughs and throws me the real estate classifieds
>"hit the road queer"
Books for this feel