/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.14785279]

Do you even read, bros? Get off /lit/ and go read. That book ain't gonna finish itself

[Anonymous No.14785621]

>>14785279
best thread

[Anonymous No.14785622]

>>14785279
Do you have:
>gf
>good friends
>social life
>good job/grades
If not then reading books will not fix any of these things and these are the most important things to be happy, if you sit in your house lonely as fuck and read that will not make your life better

[Anonymous No.14785631]

>>14785279
I aint reading much lately. Im having more fun with watching Laurel & Hardy.

[Anonymous No.14785646]

>>14785622
I'm sitting in my own house (as in, mortgage) on my day off (as in, regularly employed) while my gf sleeps. The only thing is
>friends
But >friends is just a terrible excuse for merchants to try and rob me of my finances under the guise of being "properly" "social" by attending their shitty live entertainment which doesn't even provide a meaningful, lasting personal value to account for or offset the price of admission. I actually get quite animated when people invite me out and make a spectacular fool out of myself in my berating of the things they're considering spending their money on, but it's all in good cheer. I get more than enough social airtime while I'm at work, that I don't need to go drink a beer or watch a movie with these fucks. The last thing I did with some current and former coworkers (a bit of a reunion) was go-karting. It ended up costing about $45 for less than an hour of enjoyment, a blatant ripoff I would never repeat. I'd rather buy my own go-kart.

[Anonymous No.14785965]

>>14785646
Nobody says you have to go out and socialize if you wish to be a hermit nobody with no friends. Also, you could join a book club to get more substance out of your life. Why are you bringing money into the equation? Tons of stuff out there is free and you’re missing it. Sightseeing is one of them, besides travel costs and work obligations.

[Anonymous No.14786004]

>>14785279
If I read too much at once it becomes muddled.

[Anonymous No.14786009]

>>14785622
Lol a gf won’t make you happy, sex might but relationships are misery

[Anonymous No.14786087]

>>14785622
>implying I want to be happy

[Anonymous No.14786113]

>>14785279
No thanks, I hate reading.

[Anonymous No.14786120]

>>14785279
>tfw just read up to the second scene of Oedipus
Yeah, we're gonna make it boys.

[Anonymous No.14786123]

>>14785965
>books clubs
>valuable
Where do you live that has book clubs being something other than middle aged women just using it as an excuse to go out with some friends and gossip?

[Anonymous No.14786889]

>>14785279
>/lit/
>reading

[Anonymous No.14786945]

>>14785279
>Buddenbrooks
Great choice, anon. Toni's thoughts on Bavaria and the people there are hilarious.

[Anonymous No.14787588]

>>14785622
>good job
no such thing, unfortunately

[Anonymous No.14787926]

>>14785279
>white hand
cringe & low iq pilled

[Anonymous No.14787945]

>>14785622
I have all that except for a gf (pretty close to getting one tho) and I still feel miserable.

[Anonymous No.14788146]

>>14786009
They’re an enjoyable kind of misery

[Anonymous No.14788167]

>>14786120
Have Oedipus on my desk but read a CS Lewis essay instead.

[Anonymous No.14788312]

>>14788146
Very true

[Anonymous No.14788352]

I just finished a book. Plus I just took some painkillers so I'm probably gonna pass out sometime soon.

[Anonymous No.14788829]

>>14785622
>no
>no
>no
>yes
all are not required, but at least one I agree with, lest you wish to go full underground man

[Anonymous No.14788863]

>>14785622
Yeah, you don’t read as a replacement for those things. Also reading in itself doesn’t really matter, it’s about what you read. Also what does a good life constitute? I have none of these things and fairly occasionally have mental breakdowns and suicidal ideation, yet if I had these things I wouldn’t have the personal level of intellectual satisfaction that I have.