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>tfw lend super awesome book to friend since I really enjoyed it and want someone to discuss it with
>tfw they barely read it and ghost me and never give it back

>> No.14397365

>>14397359
I know this feel bro. What kind of books do you read? I just finished The Iliad and now I'm starting Paradise Lost.

>> No.14397377

>>14397359
I stopped lending books for this reason. The worst is when women ask to borrow books from you and you just know that your wires are not going to cross.

>> No.14397406

>>14397377
it really shocks me how much just goes right over a woman's head. like i can't even relate to them at all because they can't understand what i'm trying to tell them.

>> No.14397423

>>14397377
I wish a woman would ask me for books. I would give them my copy of Virginia Woolf shorter fictions.

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>>14397359
>hey anon you're into books you should read this McMindfulness book I just read
>n-no thanks I kind of have my hands full with my current backlog
>you should give it a shot, I think you would really like it, here you go
>I literally am not going to read this
>well just hold onto it for a little bit, see if you change your mind
>Btw I need it back because it was a present from my dead grandmother and has her inscription
>o-okay
I have like 4 books with sentimental value that my normie friends have lent me that I am just indefinitely holding onto because I said I won't read them and they won't let me return them without reading it
What the fugggg

>> No.14397453

>>14397442
cool story chad. now gtfo

>> No.14397455

>>14397406
A woman suggested I read The Road by cormac mccarthy for example, she said she liked it (i suspect the easy prose and oprah rec had something to do with it). I suggested Blood Meridian and Child of God and she was no joke angry at me.

>14397423
They wouldnt read it, its not about a billionaire fucking a virgin

>> No.14397460

>>14397442
>>hey anon you're into books you should read this McMindfulness book I just read

This is the worst and most common experience.

>> No.14397461

>>14397442
Just spend an hour skimming it. If you're intelligent like I am, then one hour of skimming will allow you to retain as much as a plebian will get from 5 hours of reading it fully. and yes, /lit/ is filled with a majority of plebians like this.

>> No.14397464

>>14397461
I think I have lost 2 of them lmao

>> No.14397470

>>14397461
I did this with the Jordon Peterson book at walmart while my girl developed photos. Finished the book in 10 minutes. People fucking lead their lives by this shit.

>> No.14397477

>>14397464
Yeah, you're probably one of the plebians I mentioned. For most things I've touched in my life, I can remember the last place I put them. I would have never lose something unless somebody else moves it from where I placed it.

>> No.14397480

>be her
>haha what the FUCK IS THIS STUPID FUCKING SHIT??!

I know, I know, I'm being hyperbolic, but a reaction of this sort was most likely involved. Hey, you're one of us, it's not a bad thing. Society is fucking retarded.

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>>14397480
The ride never ends

>> No.14397502

>>14397470
only you do

>> No.14397512

That is a factually incorrect statement, regarding both my need to live my life according to JP, and the assumption that only one person does. Its a boggling post, I would have respected a "yer mama" more.

>> No.14397515

>>14397477
not him, but i remember every single tiny detail about a person, but for the life of me if someone, for example, says an address to me, it slips out of my mind the instant i hear it. even when i read shit i can remember it well, but its just when people tell me some information. i think i'm just too used to tuning normies out that i literally can't value what they have to say unless its something that i can use to my advantage with them.

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Imagine not having frens

>> No.14397538

>superiority complex: the thread

You’re all a bunch of Dunning–Krugers, and the sooner you accept that the sooner you can start actually doing something with your life instead of shitposting about “normies” on a forum for japanese children cartoons.

>> No.14397539

I did this to a girl who bought me the book thief. I read it enough to realize it was about jews and dropped it and told her we should stop seeing each other.

>> No.14397595

>>14397515
Information is not equal. Better to remember actually useful things as opposed to the ending of Game of Thrones or what Sally gossiped to Stacy last week. Also, people are not created equally. I have more storage than most people do.
>>14397538
>Dunning Kruger
It's not dunning kruger if it's true. There's a stark contrast between me and the average normie who can't remember anything from the book they spent 5 hours reading, can't remember what they ate yesterday, can't remember a conversation from 10 minutes ago, can't remember what a "raisin" is called. All of these things I mentioned happen regularly in real life. You may be the narcissist if you haven't noticed this yet. Narcissists pay little attention to other people. I do care about other people, and I understand that not everyone is created equally. I only act benevolently. I am a savior, and I manipulate people for the greater good of humanity. I jest and I tread on the border between sincerity and satire. You would recognize the jest if only you were as intelligent as I am.

>> No.14397681

>>14397359
Send him your faecal matter in the post.