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Which books are best to read while drunk?

>> No.16612409

>>16612399
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas would probably be fun

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>>16612399

>> No.16612425

>>16612420
Lol, I only drink a few times a week

>> No.16612433

I can't even watch foreign movies with subtitles while drunk. So I'm surprised you can do this with books.

>> No.16612470

>>16612399
poetry, or in general stuff with smooth flowing prose. If you've got some friends who are into that kinda shit Finnegans wake is actually amazing to read aloud half drunk, as an elaborate shitpost based on a drinking song should be.

>> No.16612652

>>16612399
Herodotus

>> No.16612664

>>16612399
HEYYYYYYYYYYYYY i am drunk now. What should I read before I drink one more and killself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Cn1wmLOwA
This is my song right now. I am french canadien man.

>> No.16612671

>>16612433
Well yeah you are watching it in a foreign language. Books in a mother thoungue like emglish you retard much kid

>> No.16612677

>>16612664
Don't read. Listen to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P21qlB0K-Bs
in full instead. I promise it will be worthy.

>> No.16612781

>>16612399
I don't read when drunk.
I become really out going usually to embarrassing ends.

>> No.16612787

>>16612399
Joyce is easier and better to read when you’ve had a few

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>>16612399
Nice Franklin Booth

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16614756

Plato is surprisingly readable when drunk, really brings out the humour. Diluted wine only though.

>>16612664
>>16612677
nice music anons

>> No.16614769

Absalom, Absalom

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>>16612399
I was reading Paul Eluard while drinking my fair share of sherry earlier and found it quite enjoyable.

>> No.16614861

>>16612399
you know what they say. Rene Descartes is a drunken fart who's very rarely stable.

>> No.16615351

>>16612399
I read Marlowe's Faust while being high and the last part felt so vivid and bizarre

>> No.16615391

>>16612664
Don't kill yourself. Don't

>> No.16615428

>>16615351
based

>>16612470
poetry is unironically improved by drink

>> No.16615630

>>16612399
Finnegans Wake

>> No.16615643

>>16612664
Goodnight, sweet prince.
Try reading some Baudelaire before you go.

>> No.16615644

>>16612399
>reading books when drunk
Go out and have fun retard.