/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15860662]

How is reading different from consooming?

[Anonymous No.15860680]

they are the same in principle, only, with books, you have a much higher likelihood of getting something far too complex to "consume" in it's entirety without expending some mental energy.

it's like working out: buying weights, gym memberships and protein is consooming, but if you use it all to improve yourself it's not really exhibiting the problem associated with consooming

[Anonymous No.15860687]

>>15860662
You are nurturing your mind and your soul rather that buying plastic toys.

[Anonymous No.15860690]

>>15860662
>How is eating different from consooming?
No you're right, everything is consumption. What matters is the quality of what you consume.

[Anonymous No.15860691]

>>15860662
If you buy and read exclusively fiction, it's not really. Though, it's said to reduce risk of mental disorders in later life.

[Anonymous No.15860697]

>>15860662
Reading works from the 19th/early 20th century cannot compare to mindlessly watching marvel films and posting about funko pops on reddit

[Anonymous No.15860698]

>>15860662
>picture on the back wall
subtle; genius

[Anonymous No.15860711]

>>15860691
>reading Goethe is the same as watching Transformers.
This is what burgers actually believe.

[Anonymous No.15860725]

>>15860662
if you read you could know, but you consume so you can't know
The wisest man is an ape compared to God, just as the most beautiful ape is ugly compared to man.

[Anonymous No.15860744]

>>15860662
Is that a BLACKED poster in the background ? LEL

[Anonymous No.15860800]

Only unenlightened ask this question

[Anonymous No.15860852]

they are both consuming, but the literature this board is interested in is generally informative and is made to provoke critical thought while consumer items are designed to maximize profits and appeal to the easily accessible desires for pleasure and comfort in order to do so. Tons of feel-good books are made in that same light, this is why the self-help and erotica genres exist. But most classical literature requires discipline and a conscious denial of instant gratification to get into and is more challenging than instinctually attractive, which is why it remains largely unread. Im itchy

[Anonymous No.15862650]

>>15860662
Its only consooming if I don't like the material.

[Anonymous No.15862732]

>>15860711
> Reading 'The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar' is the same as watching 'Legends of the Galactic Heroes'
Pakistanies actually believe this.

[Anonymous No.15864287]

>>15860680
>>15860852
Good takes
>>15860800
Bad take
>>15862650
Based take

[Anonymous No.15865736]

>>15860687
/thread

OP is a moron

[Anonymous No.15865778]

>>15860662
Well if you are reading halfwit fictional nonsense like hairy potter or lord of the rings sure its consooming, but a proper non fictional book depending on its level, it will exercise your mind and also improve your comprehension skills and vocabulary whereas sitting there like the brainlet you with your mouth hanging open while you watch tv does nothing for you.

[Anonymous No.15865782]

>>15860662
Well if you are reading halfwit fictional nonsense like hairy potter or lord of the rings sure its consooming, but a proper non fictional book depending on its level, will exercise your mind and also improve your comprehension skills and vocabulary whereas sitting there like the brainlet you are, with your mouth hanging open while you watch tv does nothing for you.

[Anonymous No.15866004]

>>15860662
Easy. I don't pay money for books because the authors of the books I read are long dead.

[Anonymous No.15866018]

>>15860662

[Anonymous No.15866043]

>>15860662
is there some meta-narrative that explains the "mouth agape, false surprise" phenomenon?
its almost like the duck face for women, except i also dont know why the duck face became such a thing.
and for some reason, i find the "mouth open" version much more dislikeable. although that is perhaps because its users tend to be of a certain, dislikeable type.
>SOMEONE PLS JUST EXPLAIN WHY SOIBOI DO FACE LIKE THAT, AND WHY WE HATE THE SOIBOI

[Anonymous No.15866070]

>>15866043
remember that Backstage with the Jonas Brothers ep from South Park

[Anonymous No.15866106]

Recently lost my best friend to the consoomer meme.

He's the epitome of "geek culture", 30 years old, pretty smart dude, spend his time consooming series, movies, comics, and various merchs. Told me he was doing it to "empty his head", asked him what he did to fill it, he didn't like it one bit.

[Anonymous No.15866130]

>>15860662
Never did I imagine the world-eater's tentacles to look like that.

[Anonymous No.15866136]

>>15866106
The thread OP, despite seeming like bait, is actually on to something.
On one hand I feel like you should unapologetically like something. I'm a dirty weeb, and that is that.
On the other hand, there are clearly hobbies and activities that are more "valuable" or "worthwhile." Reading, cooking, and lifting weights are the common ones usually touted as "good" hobbies. But why?
I subconsciously feel this way, but I can't quite explain why.
Here are some more examples of what seems to be contradictions
>consooming movies bad
>but Casablanca good
>consooming Harry Potter bad
>but Faulkner good
>consooming Big Bang Theory bad
>but The Wire good
>consooming Oreimo bad
>but Tatami Galaxy good

[Anonymous No.15866144]

>>15866136
>Reading,
Depends on what you read. Copypasting hot takes from pseuds will just make you another one. If you read properly you gain knowledge and you grow as a being.
>cooking,
Depends on what you cook, and do you get obese.
> and lifting weights
Lifting weights is worse punishment than Auschwitz but it does make you healthier. Can't get by in life without the waste of time tax.

[Anonymous No.15866146]

>>15866136
Tbh why should I care if someone is reading HP or watching a stupid movie from 50-60 years ago? Both are neither good nor bad. Like if someone is reading HP once in a while or watching hentai once in a while why should that matter? The problem is if it's 12 hours a day gaming/reading/cooking anything really. All is a form of escapism.

[Anonymous No.15866166]

>>15860680
good post but I don't think the goal should be self improvement. all art is useless

[Anonymous No.15866173]

>>15866166
>all art is useless
All use is worthless without art.

[Anonymous No.15866178]

>>15866146
>All is a form of escapism
DFW has a fun bit in Infinite Jest about a guy so scared he might indulge in something as a form of escape he just sat in an empty room until he died

[Anonymous No.15866183]

>>15866173
dont think these two are mutually exclusive somehow

[Anonymous No.15866201]

>>15866043
Its youtuber face, thats where it originated and where it had a real marketable value. Its display of a high degree of emotion to signal something interesting is ongoing which should attract viewers attention.

Its also signal of self-consciousness and loud personality as opposed to shy and quiet which would normally be associated with these types.

[Anonymous No.15866226]

>>15860662
Hey this guy is part of fourlitreview, where'd you get his photo?

[Anonymous No.15866248]

you can change yourself and become a better human by reading books that challenge you or confront your perception of reality, yourself and society. Most consumer media is intentionally engineered to be non-confrontational and easily consumable without any prerequisites to reach and please the widest possible audience. Also Old > new doesn't hold up here since reading cheap romance novels from the 19th century like Molly Bloom isn't gonna do shit other than fulfilling your personal fantasies and wishes.

[Anonymous No.15866253]

>>15860662
Unless you're a stack thread regular you actually read the books and get something out of it rather than just buy shit that looks pretty.

[Anonymous No.15866258]

>>15866144
>Lifting weights is worse punishment than Auschwitz
thats only because you havent embraced the ephemeral glory of the pump
you still havent quite explained why the sub-differentiation matters. you've merely said the same thing i said. not an indictment of you; just an opportunity to clarify what i had originally meant.
>>15866146
how is anything not a form of escapism? what is, and isnt escapism? is hiking escapism? is painting escapism? is watching a sunset escapism?

[Anonymous No.15866276]

>>15866018
>>>15860662

[Anonymous No.15866284]

>>15866258
not being a slave to the kiked system is escapism

[Anonymous No.15867340]

>>15866043
It’s the primate fear response. Chimps make the same face when frightened or uncomfortable

[Anonymous No.15867342]

>>15860662
I've never paid for books, read them on my computer and phone then got kobo as a gift