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thoughts on lebron james's taste in literature?

>> No.16188261

What's wrong with reading the first pages?

>> No.16188267

He is just trying to be a role model.

>> No.16188296

>>16188261
Are you that dense? It's the issue that there are several photos of him reading what is clearly the opening of the books, but never halfway/near finished etc, indicating that he doesn't actually finish them.
But whatever, it's not like /lit/ is any different.

>> No.16188312

>>16188247
>doesn't get past the first page of genre fiction and YA garbage
Undeniably based

>> No.16188319

>Reading the first page of books

Y I K E S

>> No.16188320

>>16188296
>>16188312
i just took it as he doesn't even read the books so much as he has them open for photo opportunities but since he doesn't read books he is unaware of the nuance of how dumb it looks to always be on the first page

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>>16188320
>but since he doesn't read books he is unaware of the nuance of how dumb it looks to always be on the first page
yes his lack of awareness and forethought is because he doesn't read books

>> No.16188374

>>16188320
Of course he doesn't read the books. Do you think a superstar athlete is going to be sitting around reading catching fire? He was probably being paid for that photo opportunity. That isn't to say that he doesn't read at all, just that he's not doing it out in public with people taking photos

>> No.16188381

>>16188374
you said nothing different from what i did except that i was pointing out that only someone who doesn't read books wouldn't think to at least pretend he is passed the first page

>> No.16188383

>>16188247
I read an article somewhere about Mike Tyson's reading in prison and an interview about his impressions of Tolstoy. Though he later repudiated reading he's an incredibly good reader- no lie. I was enormously impressed. Wish I could find it. Think it was in Harper's but I can't remember; it was an old version issue, from the '90's I think.
>Everyone has a plan until getting punched in the face

>> No.16188386

>>16188383
he always read a lot, even as a kid. I think his favorite book was count of monte cristo

>> No.16188393

>>16188381
I don't really think that has much to do with whether or not you read. Some people just have very little awareness with that kind of thing. I don't play piano, but if I were faking a pic I'd at least make sure to play a realistic chord

>> No.16188397

>>16188386
Damn. Makes sense. The death of Cus D'Amato was an absolute disaster for him.

>> No.16188413

actually knew some kid that could take like 20 mins to get through a page but he was like...autistic

>> No.16188498

He is such a clown. I remember he posted a video to brag about his quarter squats and he got roasted. I know quarter squats can be beneficial to athletes but nobody is impressed that you can load them with weight. It must have drove him nuts to get made fun of because he's obsessed with his image.

>> No.16188505

>>16188498
>that one guy in the gym who brags about his squats but is just unracking the bar and slightly bending his knee
I've always had an immense dislike for that guy. He's not cheating anyone but himself

>> No.16188515

i remember when even late-stage schizo kanye btfo this retard

>> No.16188519

I don't respect black people that can read

>> No.16188589

>>16188247
I think hes actually reading it.

If you arrived to a photo shoot, and the photographer said "ok, now pretend you are reading" most people would just open up near the middle.

If he is on the first pages, I bet he's reading it, just a troll cherry-picking pics

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>>16188247
>his clout and fame has undoubtedly influenced some people to get into reading; posed instagram photos or not
>had the greatest comeback story ever to seize the 2016 championship
LeBronathan James sounds based to me

>> No.16188849

>>16188247
Lebron is a cumbersome social manipulator. He would be a huge joke of a person if he was even a top 20 player in the league instead of top 2 all time.

>> No.16188854

>>16188759
>greatest comeback story ever
Maybe in niggerball. Tom Brady has a better comeback story if we count other sports.

>> No.16188861

>>16188296
There's no guarantee that the data we have are statistically representative though. Don't you find the lack of rigorous sampling methodology troubling here?

>> No.16188874

>>16188383
Mike isn't a dumb guy, he's incredibly intelligent, watch enough interviews and episodes of his podcast and that becomes abundantly clear.

>> No.16188892

>>16188247
Dame's is better

>> No.16188982

>>16188874
Will check it out; have only now ventured into listening to Podcasts with the outbreak of C19- have no idea why I avoided the whole idea of them till this past March. One I've recently enjoyed is Weird Studies (those two Leafs have obviously spent some time here, they reference chan culture in a few of their episodes with a faux 'by the way' innocence that completely gives them away). At any rate the episode on McLuhan is excellent.
Thanks for the tip.

>> No.16189878

>>16188247
Can't judge the taste unless I know what he's reading..
There are always better lawyers, politicians, actors, singers and chefs..
I like athletics (athletes) because I know due entirely to the nature of what they do what I'm seeing on the telly is the best of the best
They deserve respect whether they read or not, I don't care who they are
Their disciplined lives are straitened in ways the mean of humanity just won't understand and sure
It's a privilege to play
But no privilege is more thoroughly earned.

>> No.16189887

>>16188267
This. /lit/ can't even into symbolic gestures lmao.

>> No.16190088

>Be a role model for a large chunk of the black community
>You don't really like reading, but you understand the necessity of instilling a safe, and creative hobby into kids at a young age
>Use your clout to promote reading in hopes that young black kids will copy, and better themselves and future generations, instead of entering into gang violence and drugs
>'White' people on twitter make fun of you for 'not actually reading'

Really makes you think.

>> No.16190130

>>16190088
Even if that's what he's doing it's fake as fuck. It's much more likely that he wants to appear to be smart. He's like the picture of that one nigger on the train pretending to read two books at the same time. Black people are extremely materialistic and image conscious to the point where many of them will do things like walk around with a cigarette in their mouth despite never smoking.

>> No.16190149

>>16190130
If he wanted to appear smart, why would he be reading YA shit, and typical black books?

>> No.16190166

>>16188861
I agree with you
all of those pictures are from pre-game, so of course he's on the start of the book
if the pictures were taken at night, at lebron's bedside table before he goes to bed, he'd probably be a lot further in the books
also he probably doesn't finish every book he starts, he is probably a very discerning reader who samples a lot and only finishes the best stuff

>> No.16190168

>>16188589
I can't believe not more people here don't understand this

if you wanna act like you're reading you just open a book wherever, you don't carefully pick out the first page

>> No.16190200

>>16190088
this

>> No.16190209

>be ultra rich
>have large part of my fortune resting on my public image
>people really think i'm authentically doing x rather than being a cultivated gesture my PR team told me would bolster my image or get people talking about me

>> No.16190211

>>16190168
The allegation wasn't that he was pretending to read, though.

>> No.16190215

>>16190130
tell me more about your racist anecdotal experience of the world anon
i'm sure to be surprised by your opinions

>> No.16190222

he's a busy man and has extremely discerning taste. i wish i could be so decisive when i read a shitty first page.

>> No.16190288

>>16190149
As if somebody who doesn't know enough about books to convincingly fake reading them would know enough to say which books are shit.

>>16190215
Okay, fag.

>> No.16190312
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Twitter posting should be a bannable offense
>celebrities

>> No.16190348

>>16188247
I'm not convinced Lebron even knows the purpose of a book.

It's more like a Cargo Cult item where he knows that if he's photographed holding this particular type of paper, he will receive swooning praise from fat, far left manlet journalists.

>> No.16190409

>>16190088
>'White' people on twitter make fun of you for 'not actually reading'
Don't forget
>these same 'White' people will bitch about Black celebrities not providing Black youths with positive examples

>> No.16190436

>>16190409
If he wanted to encourage nigglets to read he would actually read and talk about what he's reading. He doesn't do that because he's putting on a show for the cameras, he's building his brand. At best he's encouraging people to be a fake ass fool like him. Did that nigger even graduate high school? Maybe he should start there.

>> No.16190479

>>16190436
Why so venomous, anon?

>> No.16190499

>>16190436
You think anyone gives a fuck about what he's reading? You think people are going to bother having an interview with LeBron fucking James and ask about Dune? He's setting an example in a way he can, without pushing it onto people who don't give a fuck and just want to see him dribble.

>> No.16190505

>>16188267
I respect him for that. The black communities need fixing from the inside, not more welfare or help.

>> No.16190517

>>16190436
why are you so up your own ass? who cares. he's a positive example for black kids.

>> No.16190525

>>16190479
If you don't like naughty words there's other websites for you.
>>16190499
>>16190517
Is he also setting examples when he goes to Vegas?

>> No.16190544

>>16190525
Unironically, yes.
>look at that guy, he's black just like me
>he's really good at basketball which lets him fuck around in Vegas, I wanna do that
>he's so talented and his life looks so fun
>I want to be like him too
>i'm going to play basketball and get really good
>oh, he likes to read?
>then i'm going to read too

Like it or not, him not being a hardass hermit is part of what makes him a role model.

>> No.16190556

>>16190525
>Is he also setting examples when he goes to Vegas?
sure, why not. he makes people want to go to vegas. people already have had vegas idealised through other media and celebrities, though. i doubt he contributes much more to it's image.

>> No.16190565

>>16190525
>If you don't like naughty words there's other websites for you.
i doubt his objection is based in the fact you said nigger a few times.

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LeBron had stated in an interview that he enjoys listening to Beethoven sometimes.

You idiots can either continue seething or you can pay respect to your superiors.

>> No.16190689

>>16190544
Do you think niggers are literal retards anon?
>me copy everything rich nig does

>> No.16190709

>>16190689
All kids are retards, even the black ones.
My friends and I used to buy fucking Beyblades because of the dumb cartoon.
It's just monkey see, monkey do.

>> No.16190725

>>16188247
Why the fuck do you care what some yankee football player reads? Get your own tastes without chasing celebs. You are absolute NPC.

>> No.16190734

not ngl op i too love reading the first pages of books, but if u go out in public with it then ur kinda committed to finishing incase some coworker asks you about it later

>> No.16190750

>>16188759
>greatest comeback story ever to seize the 2016 championship
Ask me how I know you are a zoomer. Basketball existed before you started watching it bud. Look into the celtics and lakers and bulls/jazz

>> No.16190762

>>16190689
No, I think kids are retards.

>> No.16190766

>>16188854
>muh inflation fetish man is based
Yeah right.

>> No.16190778

>>16190750
that's like when zoomers never heard of gatti vs ward in boxing, they only heard of mickey ward from that movie which didn't have anything about the gatti fights, its like oh no i've become one of those old men who talks about epic fights between guys who have been retired for decades now

>> No.16191026

>>16190709
But Beyblades are totally sick, anon.