/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15629433]

Be truthful bros, why do you come this board?

[Anonymous No.15629437]

I hate myself and my life.

[Anonymous No.15629440]

>>15629433
I want to quit social media. This is a decent place to do it.

[Anonymous No.15629444]

>>15629433
I like having a community to discuss philosophy

[Anonymous No.15629447]

>>15629433
Just for the charts desu

[Anonymous No.15629471]

>>15629433
I fool myself into believing that there might be an interesting thread and discussion instead of bait, which somehow justifies wasting my time here. In reality, I just want the dopamine rush of shitposting and procrastinating my time away.

[Anonymous No.15629478]

Charts and sharts

[Anonymous No.15629522]

>>15629433
i'm a neet so i have nothing else to do

[Anonymous No.15629526]

To read posts from insightful people and ones that make me laugh.

[Anonymous No.15629531]

To post snarky one liners with out getting murdered by a Twitter mob.

[Anonymous No.15629566]

You guys are my friends whether you want to be or not.

[Anonymous No.15629569]

>>15629566
...Thanks bro

[Anonymous No.15629570]

Bible exegesis and memes

[Anonymous No.15629572]

>>15629433
The truth? To laugh.

[Anonymous No.15629590]

>>15629566
Same. Based friend.

[Anonymous No.15629702]

>>15629433

Because I haven't found a better place to take a break from web 2.0 culture

[Anonymous No.15629966]

>>15629433
to feel better about myself by thinking i am now smarter for reading whatever this board tells me to

[Anonymous No.15629982]

to pretend I'm a hardcore traditional christcuck in the right threads

[Anonymous No.15629984]

>>15629433
i'm here for the daily neet, doomer, improver threads.
sometimes i read books too but i don't discuss them here as only meme books get attention here.

[Anonymous No.15629994]

>le sad guy newfag meme
Die.

[Anonymous No.15630101]

I'm legitimately lonely. When I come here and see the anonymous posts stacked on top of each other, it gives me a sense of closeness that is otherwise absent in my life.

Also the anonymousness has an equalising effect where the daily reminder of brutal hierarchy is lifted for but a moment. Even the shitposts and rude hate filled trolling gives me a sense of comradery.

[Anonymous No.15630120]

Venting and maybe seeing a decent req in a chart or stack thread. Actually discussing books here seems like its impossible nowadays

[Anonymous No.15630156]

>>15629433
My life is full of question I don't know how to answer. Often, I don't even know what the question is. All I know is that it's there, looming and pressing. I come here (and /fit/) with the hope of understanding my questions and one day being able to answer them. Also the shit posting and the batshit insane perspectives & ideas of burgers (MUH RACE WAR IS COMING BEWARE OF THE TRANNIESSSSS) brighten my European days.
Why do you come here, anon?

[Anonymous No.15630158]

>>15629433
It's social media without the contant advertisements and attentionwhoring.

[Anonymous No.15630181]

To make you all better.

[Anonymous No.15630206]

Just like to be able to have the freedom of expression that comes with anonynimity...

[Anonymous No.15630214]

I come here to post jezebels I've seen on instagram just to annoy fuckwits who constantly complain against coomerposters. I don't even get any enjoyment from the photo itself, I just enjoy the reaction

[Anonymous No.15630229]

>>15629433
besides being drunk and bored?
now and then i read something interesting here.
now and then i feel some weird need to be heard.

[Anonymous No.15630247]

>>15629433
I don’t know, maybe I am lonely? I haven’t found a better discussion place though if you mean why here

[Anonymous No.15630251]

at first it was to wade through the shit to get a basic grasp on different traditions of philosophy and metaphysics (only effort posters lol)

now i've switched to browsing every once in a while when I want to find a new novel to read. Some of the recs are alright.

And I use the archive to search key terms about specific philosophers and whatever else I want to find effort posts on.

[Anonymous No.15630258]

>>15629433
because while there is a lot of shitposting (some funny, some cringe or blatantly harmful for all involved) I still believe this to be one of the more free-er places of the internet. Not "free", but freeer than most.

The anonimity and lack of framed-feedback (upboating) has the power of letting people say what they think; of course most will say stupid shit but some posters actually make this place worthwhile

you sometimes get spontaneous perspectives which challenge and inform in unprecedendented ways. othertimes you find references or discover various works/authors which, in a "cohesive" educational background or work environment you did not chance to do so

TL;DR: I subject myself to shitposting and noise in order to find those 10-15 daily posters who actually have something worthwhile to say, all in a rollercoaster/ randomized stream of subjects. So like the whole of the internet but in one place. Beats the others

[Anonymous No.15630268]

>>15629433
To shitpost.

[Anonymous No.15630278]

>>15630258
if i was articulate i'd have said something like this

[Anonymous No.15630281]

>>15629433
There is absolutely no other place for me to discuss literature, and I'm also here for the charts.

[Anonymous No.15630289]

getting a few replies whenever i post pictures of all those books i bought to try to impress arthoes at college

[Anonymous No.15630298]

I like the sense of anonymity, I also really like the handful of high IQ conversations that go on. The religion threads are fun sometimes too, and I try to actually help when the OP seems to have a legitimate question. Jezebel threads are also fun.

[Anonymous No.15630307]

Participating in this board makes me feel something that is otherwise absent in real life, I can't exactly point what it is but I am sure that it is close to belongingness. I do have people (which are mostly family members) that I can interact with in real life but what seems to bother me are the conversations that-more often than not-revolve around celebrated personas, sportsball, entertainment media, food porn, you get what I mean. Other than what was already mentioned I just like talking with insightful anons

[Anonymous No.15630316]

I come here to search for content for my literature-oriented meme page.

[Anonymous No.15630328]

Because I still have an unhealthy dependence on this website, and this is one of the only blue boards that doesn't routinely post porn as a joke.

[Anonymous No.15630373]

>>15629433

Only source of insightful conversion IRL because I'm a low status bum with no access to prestige

[Anonymous No.15630376]

>>15629433
I'll get shit on for this.
I completely lost interests in my other hobbies, I'm very lonely and literature seemed to be the only thing left for me.

[Anonymous No.15630391]

>>15630258
This, and a few other reasons. Since graduating college, I don't have friends to discuss arts and literature with. When I need book recommendations, I check the charts and /lit/. /Lit/ is also the only place where I can talk about exegesis or Dante's Beatific vision in one thread and call people faggots in another.

But ultimately, I've found that /lit/ will reward you in proportion to the degree that you read and seek to understand the nature of art.

I've been lurking on and off for 6-7 years. Back then, threads about the top 100, shitpost-filled debates about authors, and the worry about what to read next used to fill me with anxiety and uncertainty, would make me feel like a brainlet, would make me feel like this board is trash.

Now that I've read Ulysses, GR, IJ, Moby Dick, et al. and feel more academically confident, it's easy to dismiss all the posts and threads that are blatantly wrong or indicate poor readership. It simply doesn't bother me anymore. When you filter, ignore, and move on, /lit/ becomes a pretty fucking cool little place, and I haven't been able to find another like it.

As a general rule, the more specific your post is, the more valuable the conversation will be. There's something like a 4:1 ratio of asshats to patricians on this board. When you avoid blanket statements and generalizations and instead ask directed questions and cite specific passages, you can start those patrician conversations and maybe receive insight that'll make you just a little wiser.

Ok, rant over. Back to work. Enjoy your quarantine and books bros.

[Anonymous No.15630407]

>>15629433
I was going to post a thread saying Fuck Albert Camus because he spoiled me the Brothers Karamazov

[Anonymous No.15630413]

arguing about books gets my dick hard

[Anonymous No.15630414]

>>15630307
No use in being dishonest so I'm just going to add it

I just have this virtual friendship that somehow exists in this part of the cyberspace with the others that reside in here that would seem to last eternally, whether it is imaginary or not, It is still, less unpleasant than the ones in real life that are oftentimes transient

[Anonymous No.15630426]

>>15630156
A Race war is pretty possible but it won't be called a race war until either the Whites start winning it or a few decades after the Whites loose.

[Anonymous No.15630432]

>>15630407
really? what a fag

[Anonymous No.15630435]

>be truthful bros
Absolutely not

[Anonymous No.15630442]

>>15630258
well said

[Anonymous No.15630455]

>>15630391
you too anon

[Anonymous No.15630465]

>>15630414
that image is really effective at conveying that feeling cycle holy shit

[Anonymous No.15630481]

I'm hoping to start actually reading so I came to /lit/ and all I've started doing is throwing around slurs and barely reading (though more than I used to read).
But as someone who's fairly liberal/leftist, it's really fucking weird that I go online and start calling people retarded niggers.

[Anonymous No.15630500]

>>15629433
Checked. I can't talk about literature irl without engaging with faggots/niggers/women

[Anonymous No.15630506]

>>15630258
upvoted

[Anonymous No.15630508]

>>15629433
For fun

[Anonymous No.15630576]

>>15629433
book recommendations and, when it very occasionally rises above the deluge of swill, good literary analysis

[Anonymous No.15630579]

>>15629433
If Jesus Christ is expected to return I think this is a good place for him to stick around. Where else, facebook? twatter? other faggoty places?

[Anonymous No.15630586]

>>15629433
to make effort posts that get two replies. Also a good recommendation, and maybe a laugh, every now and then

[Anonymous No.15630594]

>>15629433
For me it just came in a roundabout way. I’m not incredibly high IQ but probably above average or possibly just stupid enough to delude myself into thinking I’m high IQ. Anyway, as much as I love my friends and family they sometimes bore me to fucking tears. I needed some form of intellectual stimulation. For a few years ardent studying was enough.

I figured if I just piled on the amount that I studied it would quench the thirst. It works for the most part but not having anyone to talk about these things left a hole. Even now I study Japanese, Latin, philosophy and literature everyday and here on this board I can at least vocalize my thoughts on either philosophy or lit. Typing my opinion out helps form it and turn it from something nebulous into something refined. Every now and then I’ll even get a good reply once I get through all the posts calling me a dumbass or a retard.

I just started coming here to scream into the void. To just engage in the things that have been in my head for so long. I was surprised at some of the Anons who helped contribute and gave me a different view on things. Since then, fuck it, it’s home. It genuinely brightens my day when there’s a thread that’s not complete dogshit that piques my interest. I don’t care if it makes me a cringey faggot. I love you guys and appreciate you reading my posts even if I’m the end you just call me retard

[Anonymous No.15630604]

>>15629440
Same

[Anonymous No.15630622]

>>15629433
I just need quantifiable evidence and anecdotes that traditionalists are white trash for a piece I’m writing. There was an anon who was a hardcore alt-right and admitted to working in a chicken factory. Thank you to you, you are going to be an important footnote in a larger study of class traitorship.

[Anonymous No.15630751]

>>15629433
Original memes. I used to go to pol for great and naughty memes, but that place became overrun with bots and I got tired of the people who might not have been bots, but acted like it.

[Anonymous No.15630874]

>>15629447
Can't get enough of them, hasn't been any good chart threads recently

[Anonymous No.15630876]

>>15629433
1. Book recommendations/insight

2. Stack threads so I can see how thick a book is

3. To explain to retards why I come here.

[Anonymous No.15630902]

Because I have no identity here, I can be honest about my ideas and opinions and I don't have to worry about feelings of shame.

Also I find that maintaining an online identity on Twitter and Facebook is exhausting.

[Anonymous No.15630913]

>>15629447
>>15630874
Today's your luck day.
https://mega.nz/folder/IcxDCYYb#Usel5qQXvEOhqKEmrq9EcA

[Anonymous No.15630944]

>>15629433
image board addiction

[Anonymous No.15631052]

>>15629433
good book forums remind me of how dumb i am, here I get a sense of ease

[Anonymous No.15631066]

>>15630902
Big this
I hate swimming through the mass of fake fucks trying to validate their existence with good boy points on twitter

[Anonymous No.15631417]

>>15629566
You're a great friend

[Anonymous No.15631432]

>>15629433
>>15629433
It’s hysterical seeing smarter people than me get into arguments. It’s also a good board for books and reading. Thanks for introducing me to Library Genesis.

[Anonymous No.15631462]

>>15629433
I dont have irl friends who like literature, and to get recomendations.

[Anonymous No.15631477]

>>15629433
To read and post

[Anonymous No.15631508]

>>15629433
I want a girlfriend. Not for sex or because of their pathetic feelings (I couldn't care less) but because I want money.

[Anonymous No.15631514]

Ebook sharethreads

[Anonymous No.15631533]

>>15629433
Rest of the internet has been ruined by facebookisation. 4chan is still one of the few bastions of freethought and a place to be retarded without worry. Lit is the least bad of the boards.

[Anonymous No.15631578]

>>15631508
it's been my experience that having a girlfriend costs money. you've found a way to turn a profit here? are you going to use her as a drug mule?

[Anonymous No.15631592]

>>15631578
NO, I tell you this. If one of your stupid brats wants to go on a date then first YOU FIX MY FUCKING CAR AND BUY ME THE FILIPPA K CHESTERFIELD COAT THAT I FUCKING ORDERSD YOU TO, MR BALDING FATASS.

[Anonymous No.15631618]

>>15631592
>FILIPPA K CHESTERFIELD COAT
if you wear a coat like that you're never going to have a girlfriend.

[Anonymous No.15631653]

>>15629433
Goddamit, i just want to have normal sex with a girl of my age.

[Anonymous No.15631662]

I feel like I am stuck in a postmodern novel and we are all authors here. Also, I must leave, but this has no end.

[Anonymous No.15631726]

>>15629433
When I started to it was comfy and sometimes you would come across an insightful post
That was a long long time ago
Now I just come by to place some flowers at the stone

[Anonymous No.15631777]

>>15629433
the wacky anarchy here, anon. this board can be so much fun. in real life, most jokes are just regurgitating stuff. the humour here really gets me, though. think of the husserl greentext or the gregory berrycone guy, the rewriting of the TDK plane scene in different author's styles, etc.

good threads about everyday life, too. found fantastic stuff on the obscure lit threads.

[Anonymous No.15631832]

>>15629444
Link?

[Anonymous No.15631845]

Honestly just to insult and bait people on here because most of you have retarded shitty opinions that annoy me.

[Anonymous No.15631885]

All the other boards besides /his/ & /sci/ bore me.

[Anonymous No.15631897]

I play football for my local uni and I can't just live a normal life right now because of it. The anonymity of this place is comforting, I don't have to worry about saying the "wrong thing" and I don't have a bunch of "intellects" trying to call me a meat head.

[Anonymous No.15631900]

>>15629433
Ive made my way from
/b/(2008) and I feel like /lit/ (2011-present) is the last step before i can finally leave this place.

[Anonymous No.15631915]

>>15630442
agreed

[Anonymous No.15632214]

>>15629433
Because due to the WuFlu, I have very few IRL conversations with people about philosophy. So I might as well have them here.

[Anonymous No.15632293]

>>15629433
Loneliness

[Anonymous No.15632337]

>>15629433
i like laughing at the stupid people here who think they're hot shit for having read guenon or something

[Anonymous No.15632607]

>>15629433
There is nothing interesting in my life

[Anonymous No.15632896]

>>15629433

[Anonymous No.15633143]

>>15629433
I do enjoy the legitimate discussions on literature, and the shitposts are funny sometimes. I browse and hope to catch something I suppose

[Anonymous No.15633241]

>>15629433
For the occasional conversation on literature and recommendations

[Anonymous No.15633673]

>>15633241

this. also shitposting

[Anonymous No.15633710]

>>15629433
Every now and then the philosophy discussions are quite good. Especially in Kant and Schopenhauer threads. Also, sometimes the memes are quite funny.

[Anonymous No.15633730]

I saw a funny screen cap on r/4chan and am hoping someone submits one of my posts there and I get Top Monthly.

[Anonymous No.15633835]

>>15629440
This but with 4chins. I should've never came back here

[Anonymous No.15633870]

>>15630391
Thoughts on Petrarch?

[Anonymous No.15633883]

I want to get a wife. Don't ask me how this board expedites it, you already know it.

[Anonymous No.15633890]

>>15629433
I think this is the only board on this piece of shit website that can actually have some good discussions and interesting topics, since people are willing to actually write here

[Anonymous No.15633958]

>>15633890
Basically this, it's the only place where any non-brainlet discussion can occur, though the /pol/tards on here frequently derail it.

[Anonymous No.15633968]

>>15629433
I come for the recs. I stay for the banter.

[Anonymous No.15634110]

>>15629433
I'm literally taking a shit

[Anonymous No.15634115]

fpbp

[Anonymous No.15634130]

>>15630258
+1

[Anonymous No.15634134]

It's the smartest board without a doubt. Some threads from here have stuck with me.

[Anonymous No.15634147]

Book recommendations.
About half of what I read is random recommendations from comments of posters.

[Anonymous No.15634149]

>>15629433
Because it is an easy mostly consequenceless place to shot shit on topics i find interesting. Even if most of the content is retarded, the topics and ability to phrasethings freely is decent entertainment. Be an absolute fuckwad one minute, and be relitively professional another. It is basicly a less destructive social media.

[Anonymous No.15634183]

I crave human interaction but lack the social skills to make and keep friends

[Anonymous No.15634195]

What else is there to do
Also >>15634134 basically

[Anonymous No.15634219]

>>15629433
Out of habit from the past when there was less bait posted by people who only read Wikipedia and more actual discussion even if a lot was pretentious and still poorly read, at least it was discussion of interesting ideas. Quarantine made it far worse, I really miss the constancy of the larping Christians posting here that’s mostly gone away, they were a little annoying but made more interesting threads than what we have now, though they likely encouraged this degradation, probably telling people from other boards to discuss philosophy without reading any books here

[Anonymous No.15634414]

>>15629566
Based and friend-pilled

[Anonymous No.15634425]

for good contemp poetry recs. it never fucking happens.

[Anonymous No.15634576]

>>15629433
I like to read discussions about book and ideas.

[Anonymous No.15634594]

>>15629433
I need those (you)'s

[Anonymous No.15634680]

>>15629433
A lot of amazing book recs. Half the books I've heard about I wouldn't know existed if it weren't for /lit/ and the wiki. I just found out about America Against America in a thread last week and you'd never hear about that from just talking with random people or looking at recommended book lists. This place has a unique ability to accumulate knowledge that is unrivaled by any other corner of the net, you just need to know how to parse it for what's important and what's random bullshit.

[Anonymous No.15634776]

>>15629433
you guys are funnier and more interesting than anyone in my physical life

[Anonymous No.15634914]

>>15629433
to see lit's denizens reacting to non lit narrative, different perspectives, outsourcing sanity... the occasional rec.

[Anonymous No.15635139]

>>15631618
girls who are into fashion will eat this shit up

[Anonymous No.15635180]

i've posted on /lit/ since nearly the beginning and learned about many wonderful things here. now i stick around and try to repay the favour by passing that knowledge along and contributing any new knowledge i can

there is no other place like /lit/ that fosters healthy elitism and a healthy level of self-loathing for being an entry level pleb. normie social hierarchies are ruined either by turning into nepotistic over-administered fuckfests or by being feel-good happyhappy inclusion fun-fairs where you're not allowed to mock dabblers and women or have community standards. /lit/ has many problems but it fundamentally respects excellence and dedication by not denying that hierarchies of merit exist, and that those low in the hierarchy should generally admire and respect those above them.

even 4chan's famously hostile and polemical culture can't diminish the fundamental meritocracy of its elitism, it only strengthens it. normies don't understand this which is why all their groups and institutions suck.

however the board has declined drastically since 2016 and every other thread is now some zoomer waxing philosophical about a youtube video or tweet he saw, so i'm considering leaving

[Anonymous No.15635182]

>>15629433
I don't go out much and this as well as /int/ allows me to engage in some topics I have a genuine interest in EXTREMELY easily

[Anonymous No.15635236]

In the foolish hope that philosophy will someday be banned and we'll finally be able to discuss literature on a fucking literature board

[Anonymous No.15635258]

>>15635180
Based Nietzschean

[Anonymous No.15636058]

>>15629433
None of my friends or coworkers read.

[Anonymous No.15636080]

it's mildly amusing to shitpost, which is an easy and anonymous pleasure. I'm also quite lonely even though I have people to talk to. the board isn't very helpful when I actually have a question, but I accepted that long ago. I have come here on and off since about 2012 and while I remember it being a little better back then, it wasn't much better.

[Anonymous No.15636933]

How much time do you spend per day on average guys?

[Anonymous No.15636940]

>>15636933
On average on 4chan*

[Anonymous No.15637685]

I'm pretty much starting the rotting phase and i've always been a reader

[Anonymous No.15637888]

/tv/ sucks now and /b/ started sucking years and years ago
I can’t kill a whole work day just browsing /fit/ and /out/

[Anonymous No.15637892]

>>15629433
because i hate niggers

[Anonymous No.15638957]

bump

[Anonymous No.15638994]

>>15629994
I want to.

[Anonymous No.15639026]

>>15629433
I'm addicted to the style of conversation and I can no longer stand the general stupidity of the boards I used to frequent. Also it's because I like literature and pointless mind excercises.

[Anonymous No.15639459]

>>15633870
Unfortunately I haven't read much by Petrarch and am generally not that well-read in Renaissance lit. But your question got me to pick up Viking's Portable Renaissance Reader and read some Petrarch, Medici, Buonarroti.

Do you have any recommendations?

[Anonymous No.15639888]

I don't know anyone in real life who I can talk to about books/philosophy on the scale you can here. It's not an excuse though I geniunly like this place outside of some /pol/ threads and that butterfly faggot.

[Anonymous No.15639972]

i got into writing, thought i could get help here to get better but yea, big mistake. now i cant leave.

[Anonymous No.15639996]

>>15629433
Literary agents, who are the gatekeepers of the publishing industry, overwhelmingly push for leftist nonsense. Moreover, there is an issue with Jewish nepotism in the industry too.
It is not possible to point to this issue outside of places like 4chan.
I briefly touch on this issue here:
https://youtu.be/OkiqFBH2Qoo
I also have plans to develop a data mining or web scraping algorithm to use on websites like QueryManager and more in order to determine the proportion of literary agents pushing leftist nonsense.

[Anonymous No.15640010]

I like 4chan and I like literature

[Anonymous No.15640016]

>>15629566

[Anonymous No.15640079]

>>15629433
for me it's the pure escapism and fantasy of being "among like-minded people"

[Anonymous No.15640095]

>>15635236
Philosophy is literature.

[Anonymous No.15640117]

>>15635236
That would be awesome

[Anonymous No.15640320]

Sadly. The only place I’ve ever come in person or online where I can post a joke about Wittgenstein and be understood.

Nobody cares about books or information that isn’t gleaned in a Reddit or twitter post anymore.

[Anonymous No.15640487]

>>15630258
Based is upvote and cringe is downvote, together with varius variations. That being said, based

[Anonymous No.15640555]

>>15630913
You’re an absolute legend mate, cheers

[Anonymous No.15640570]

Where else am I supposed to talk about books? Reddit? They don't read anything

[Anonymous No.15641966]

>>15639459
No, I had started reading Petrarch poetry, but decided to wait until I learn some Italian so I can read the original along with a translation.

As for recommendations, most of the major Italian Families liked to flaunt their wealth with the arts during that time, so just go down the rabbit hole, and you will find more than enough. Don't forget Rome and the Vatican either.

[Anonymous No.15641985]

>>15629433
It’s my replacement for pol since pol is unbrowseable, and the mods are really slow so I can get away with fucking with you guys before s little while by spamming shit posts.

Also sometimes I suck up knowledge from some of the high iq people that browse.

Don’t get too full of yourselves but generally speaking this is probably the highest iq board.

[Anonymous No.15641991]

I have nobody else to discuss literature or philosophy with and I don't know how to find any.

[Anonymous No.15642001]

>>15629433
I come here to laugh at everyone and troll the Koran readers.

[Anonymous No.15642007]

>>15631653
This.

[Anonymous No.15642446]

Fuck n

[Anonymous No.15642449]

>>15629433
To take """"good recs"""""
I really don't know

[Anonymous No.15642457]

>>15629440
Quite social media by using another social media but that is directed to lunatics? Damn

[Anonymous No.15642569]

>>15629433
to feel superior yet know I still have far to go

[Anonymous No.15642649]

>>15629433
I base my affairs on nothing

[Anonymous No.15642735]

>>15629566
Ly bro

>>15629433
Self-care. I used to go weekly to a friend’s house, we would talk about books and comics, he would lend me some books then we would get drunk and go out to bars to pull random shit with the boys.
Reading and smoking is linked to fond memories with people I appreciate a lot.
I’ve been practicing box by myself because a couple of friends box and I hope we can spar together when the quarantine is over.
Also, this environment helps me detox from normie social media.

[Anonymous No.15642755]

For the incredible and well thoughts out discussions and for the weak memes (lately, with my heart in the condition it is in, they are all i can take)

[Anonymous No.15642763]

>>15630328
Yesterday I saw something bout the romans and a buttplug

[Anonymous No.15642791]

To find new authors
Before this board I would have been stuck in SFF and Reddit-tier shit and probably would have been extremely slow to branch out because that's what most of my friends read

[Anonymous No.15642795]

>>15629471
This
Also I’ve learned a thing or two as well in the past few years of visiting this board, so I figure why not check up every now and then.

[Anonymous No.15642807]

>>15630594
I remember reading in Fahrenheit something along the lines of “you can give people a couple of pop quizzes and superficial “underground” knowledge to make them feel intellectually superior to the average Joe” it’s very far from the actual quote but you get the idea.
I hate that I can’t have a discussion with my family about certain stuff because they will pull some random fact they heard on YouTube or read in some social media post, or maybe talk about some pop artist or movie and think that they’re the beholders of the absolute truth, and then proceed to get very defensive when I try to make conversation about this new book I’m reading or this thing I just learned at work.
And I fucking hate their conspiracy theories about google wanting to know everything about you and get shit thrown at me every time I tell them the way google uses their info. Which I know because I work in fucking advertisement.

[Anonymous No.15642842]

>>15635180
Oh shit yes.

It’s funny how a Facebook group can start as a very organized group while on its first 100s keeping the theme consistent and coming up with interesting stuff.
Then a girl post a body shot that barely relates to the group theme and everything goes downhill.
Anonymity frees us from attention whores and their tendency to derail organized communities

[Anonymous No.15643196]

There are some really interesting discussions on here that I’ve really enjoyed/appreciated reading. Sure, there’s a lot of spastic bullshit on here but it’s pretty easy to ignore

[Anonymous No.15644242]

>>15634776
This.

[Anonymous No.15644247]

>>15629433
I want to talk about books. It seems most people here don't have the same motivation.

[Anonymous No.15644257]

>>15629471
I can relate

[Anonymous No.15644269]

>>15629433
4chan is the only communication i have with other people and though i know it is bad to be on 4chan i feel less guilt being on /lit/ than other boards

[Anonymous No.15644523]

>>15629433
To shit on "big brains" and pseuds. Some of the people on this board are actually intelligent but they can't see the forest for the trees and get stuck up their own ass, so as a relatively normal person I point and laugh. And occasionally you get teenagers asking for genuine advice so I try and point them in the right direction.

[Anonymous No.15645010]

>>15629433
I enjoy literature but none of my friends does.