/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16884175]

>it's another comfy winter getting lit with the boys on /lit/, reading books, pretending to have read books, becoming enlightened, talking shit, and doing literally, LITERALLY, nothing else

Now that's the life.

What are ya
>readan
>thinkan
>playan
>doing

[Anonymous No.16884189]

>readan
H.G Wells stories

>thinkan
I wish I knew how to improve my situation in life.

>playan
Quit games recently. My brain is void of dopamine

>doing
Procrastinating writing code

[Anonymous No.16884193]

>>16884175
>What are ya
>>readan
Julius Caesar
>>thinkan
my gf wants to take a break to work on herself, so i'm thinking of killing myself
>>playan
nothing
>>doing
posting on 4chan, drinking some gin

[Anonymous No.16884200]

>>16884175
>readan
The Brothers Karamazov, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
>thinkan
About how all my feelings toward other people are a projection of how I feel toward myself
>playan
Don't play vidya anymore
>doing
My gf

[Anonymous No.16884203]

>>16884175

Comfy thread is comfy.
> readan Huckleberry Finn
> thinkan about Husserl
> playan Ark
> doing my best to please my cat

[Anonymous No.16884208]

>>16884175
/lit/ has such a friendly atmosphere compared to other boards. Would be prob be one of my fav places on the internet if not for the racism and sexism

[Anonymous No.16884209]

Bros, Christmas isn't Christmas without a fireplace.

[Anonymous No.16884211]

>>16884208
You will NEVER be a woman

[Anonymous No.16884212]

>>16884175
>What are ya
>>readan
1984
>>thinkan
I need to find a job that doesn't kill me with stress...
>>playan
Minecraft after a 10 year hiatus. Pretty cozy but I usually end up losing interest in my world
>>doing
Smoking weed

[Anonymous No.16884213]

>>16884175
Logic
How to found math
Random apps
Founding math

[Anonymous No.16884215]

Yup

[Anonymous No.16884217]

>>16884208
If you can't deal w racism/sexism then you can't get past it

[Anonymous No.16884221]

>>16884208
This is 4chan(nel), gotta learn to ignore the racism and sexism. There's not many better places than this online.

[Anonymous No.16884222]

>>16884208
I hear u fellow femanon.... trust me we carve our niche....

[Anonymous No.16884257]

>>16884208

Think of it as one of the only signifiers you can get here. There are truly gems to be dug on this site, if you know the right boards. But because everyone is an anon there are no guarantees. When you see someone sperging out about women or race science or pomo-Marxists taking over academia, they've done you a service, they have just told you "disregard everything I post".

[Anonymous No.16884274]

>>16884209
Here you are guy.

>>16884208
>>16884211
>>16884217
>>16884221
Do you guys spend a lot of time thinking about 4chan? This place has been my only online home for 15 years now. It's changed a lot over the years but nothing else comes close. Sometimes I think our days are numbered. I worry about it. The internet has rapidly urbanized and niche communities don't exist like they used to.

I don't think about racism or sexism very much but I like being able to say nigger here. It keeps it comfy.

[Anonymous No.16884279]

>>16884193
Ur gf just wants to ride Chad cock. "I wanna work on myself" is the oldest excuse in the book. But it sounds like u know this already. I'm sorry bro that really sucks.

[Anonymous No.16884286]

>>16884274
It is quite comfy and it sucks that it's been getting co opted by annoying elements. Fuck trannies, jannies, and blackpillers.

[Anonymous No.16884288]

Seems like a couple people in this thread might appreciate this poem:

https://eng4uforyou.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/warren-pryor-poem.pdf

Its a poem about the cognitive dissonance students experience after leaving university. I'm feeling it these days badly.... why the fuck did I go get a dumb degree where your job will end up being staring at code all day in a cubicle.

[Anonymous No.16884303]

>>16884274
I don't think about it much, and I even took a hiatus for a while, though I used to lurk on different boards. (/k/, /out/, /g/, /diy/) After a few years, I ended up coming back, and I still take breaks now and then. I've tried alternatives, none are good. Nothing comes close to this, and while I do think it'd be nice if some of the racism/sexism were a bit toned down, just ignoring it works better—especially since it keeps out moronic newfags who want to shit on everything or read mediocre books.

[Anonymous No.16884312]

>>16884175
Fuck I wish I was a /lit/ NEET. I get home from work and 30 mins of reading knocks me out. I can only seriously get into it on the weekends.

[Anonymous No.16884337]

>>16884274
I wish people took reading more seriously. It's the one thing missing that prevents this place from feeling like a real life /lit/ cafe of old times where people would discuss exciting new ideas and share opinions.
But anyone who actually reads is alright by me.

[Anonymous No.16884343]

>readan
The Patriot, Sana Krasikov

>thinkan
About what to do with my life other than committing suicide.

>playan
Nothing.

>doing
Only routines. I'm basically off work until Monday.

[Anonymous No.16884354]

>readan
The Patriots, Sana Krasikov

>thinkan
About what to do with my life other than committing suicide.

>playan
Nothing.

>doing
Only routines. I'm basically off work until Monday.

[Anonymous No.16884355]

>>16884286
It's true but we've got spartans fighting back.

>>16884337
A lot of the people in those real life /lit/ cafes of olde were also pretending to read and didn't actually care about books . I don't think that part is new.

[Anonymous No.16884363]

>>16884355
>I don't think that part is new.

Dubs of truth.
We are all, deep down, Obamas, eternally chasing after the long-legged socialists.

[Anonymous No.16884378]

>>16884189
>H.G. Wells
Read all his stuff, I like In The Days Of The Comet.
>>16884193
>gf wants to take a break
F

[Anonymous No.16884385]

>>16884193
>my gf wants to take a break to work on herself, so i'm thinking of killing myself
Break up with her first. Give her a good story to tell about how heartless her ex was and how he dumped her.

[Anonymous No.16884387]

>>16884175
>readan
1917 Catholic Encyclopedia--diverse articles, and Desert Fathers Sayings

>thinkan
I want a job of hard manual labor because I hate NEET, hate academia, and hate bugman jobs. I just want to suffer classically in a way proper to a human being, not be artificially propped up and softened by modernity and my large amount of wealth. Comfort and pleasure is becoming an enemy to me.

>playan
Tried playing Ocarina of Time couple weeks back, but stopped. Vidya doesn't click anymore

>doing
Nothing, my perfectionism is making it so I never start to do anything practical. Garden? Well if it can't be perfect then it's not worth doing. I ought to quit this imbecile mindset. I need to lift, too skinny. Training just the mind is vanity the body needs work too. I run long distances but that's only to get my fix of run-high.

Here is a desert father saying which F'd me up today: "When I was young I thought I could do good works. Now that I am old, I realize I cannot do anything good"

[Anonymous No.16884388]

>>16884175
>readan
where the right went wrong
>thinkan
that I need to read more
>playan
cold war zombies
>doing
drinking

[Anonymous No.16884389]

Its literally summer, 32C, I cant fucking sleep cause the fan is not refreshing and I want to kill myself

[Anonymous No.16884452]

>>16884175
>readan
Gargantua & Pantagruel
>thinkan
My legs are so fucking tired and sore I don't know I'm going to make it through today
>playan
Some fuckin choons
>doing
about to leave for work

[Anonymous No.16884457]

>>16884208
>if not for the racism and sexism
That's exactly one of the reasons why this place is so great:
RADICAL FREEDOM OF SPEECH

[Anonymous No.16884475]

>readan
Nicomachean Ethics
>thinkan
I was, and still am, a bright guy. Completed high school with A’s in Calculus 1-3 + DiffEq, won physics student of the year at my uni during my sophomore year, and will graduate undergrad 2 years early with a 3.8 gpa. Only now though is it setting in that, in all likelihood, I will not advance humanity or my country in any measurable way. The real innovators and geniuses are just much much smarter than I am, and also are workaholics. I’ve been getting into philosophy to reconcile some problems I’ve been facing with myself and it’s helping me a lot. I’m just so happy that I know that if I do nothing else for the world, I will one day have children and get to raise a family. I don’t want the academic or research life, I want the simpler and more humble way of life.
>playan
Oculus 2, shit is unreal
>doing
Just studying, reading, working, hanging with gf and bros, enjoying family

[Anonymous No.16884491]

>>16884363
>We are all, deep down, Obamas, eternally chasing after the long-legged socialists
This should be a stick

[Anonymous No.16884511]

>>16884175
>readan
Herodotus' Histories, Book of Psalms
>thinkan
My ex broke up with me a month ago and I haven't been able to get over it. She treats what we had as though it were nothing. On top of that, she stopped talking to me because of how sad I've felt.
>playan
Vidya is a waste of time
>doing
wasting time on 4chins. Will read until I fall asleep

[Anonymous No.16884549]

>>16884511
>My ex broke up with me a month ago and I haven't been able to get over it. She treats what we had as though it were nothing.
And what about my would-be-gf that simply blocked me two months ago without giving any good reason as if
I WAS nothing?
Damn, bro.

[Anonymous No.16884567]

>>16884175
>Readan
The Oresteia

>Thinkan
How can I get more organized. Also wondering if i might be legit schizoid

>Playan
Chess unranked. Beating up on all the low elo Beth Harmon fanbois

>Doing
Eating breakfast before going to work

[Anonymous No.16884576]

>>16884567
Breakfest?
What time is there?

[Anonymous No.16885308]

>>16884576
if he's UK, it would have been about 7 for him

[Anonymous No.16885339]

>>16884208
Fuck off nigger bitch fag

[Anonymous No.16885346]

>>16884175
>readan
The whole corpus of the Three Great Tragedians fren. Currently finishing Euripide.

>thinkan
Wether I should go vegan or not.

>playan
online chess

>doing
studying

[Anonymous No.16885350]

>>16884208
Niggerfem retard

[Anonymous No.16885401]

>>16884175
>readan
Knausgård, Min Kamp
>thinkan
As little as possible
>playan
Nothing, although I can't get myself to cancel my xbox gold subscription. No games have been able to excite me for like 10 years.
>doing
Trying to actually learn all the math I didn't when I cheated my way through uni 5 years ago.
Hanging out here and on /n/, riding my bike, smoking weed.

[Anonymous No.16885420]

there is literally only one other /comfy/ anon outside of OP. This needs to change
>readan
D&G Anti-ödipus
>thinkan
i shouldnt live in a place where at any point in the year there is less than 8 hours of sunlight a day
>playan
nada
>doing
nada

[Anonymous No.16885446]

>readan
War & Peace together with 1812 by Zamoyski
>thinkan
About the colossal amount of horses that starved and died during Napoleon's march and Borodino.
>playan
Nothing
>Doing
Wasting time on 4chan

[Anonymous No.16885451]

>>16884175
>readan
Wikipedia. Particularly this page and its links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_thought
>thinkan
I've been slipping into a bad depression again, which always tends to give my thoughts a narrow, frozen clarity. Although my ability to act is virtually catatonic, I am still able to think with an intensity and sometimes to write. Typically i think and write about depression, documenting it from the inside out, like a wound that is attempting to stitch itself up. My collected journaling about depression is almost a work in itself. It's weirdly soothing and spacey: I like the word psychonaut: I'm a sailor of the mind. This particular patch of the mental sea is like the great Pacific trash vortex rather than an glittering expanse of cerulean
>playan
My bro managed to get a PS5 and they never even charged him for it through some accounting mistake. Got to give Demon's Souls a spin.
>doing
Languishing in a private hell of insomnia.

[Anonymous No.16885462]

>>16884175
do you plan to give it a go?

[Anonymous No.16885466]

>>16885451
Post some of your stuff

[Anonymous No.16885505]

>all these anons playing nothing
Come on lads, just because there are shitty vidya doesn't mean all of them are shit

[Anonymous No.16885507]

>readan
war and peace. First time reading, about halfway through. Best russian novel ive read
>thinkan
about the morality of human reproduction, and generally whether i should bring a child into this flaming shit heap of a world
>playan
chess and piano. shit at both
>doing
working, working out, working my shit out.

[Anonymous No.16885508]

>readan
narcissus and goldmund
>thinkan
i should be doing more uni work but im lazy and cant focus
>playan
nothing
>doing
not listening to the zoom lecture in the background

[Anonymous No.16885516]

>>16884208
NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER FUCK YOU NIGGER

[Anonymous No.16885548]

>>16884175
>readan
The Way to Write History by Lucian of Samosata
>thinkan
I have to write an essay from scratch that's due on the 30th, then i have to write a paper that's due in like a week, then another essay that's due 3 days after that one then another paper that's due a week later after that one. This is annoying as shit, i'd much rather do tests.
>playan
Might play some STALKER Anomaly in the evening.
>doing
Finishing my final shitpost, will now go for a run, eat lunch, then proceed to reading, then proceed to writing.

[Anonymous No.16885607]

>>16884175
>readan
The Last Man by Mary Shelley and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
>thinkan
of what I'm going to get my senpai for Christmas
>playan
Animal Crossing New Horizons (I still prefer the original GameCube game honestly) and Spiderman 1 PSX
>doing
listening to music and drinking an iced coffee desu

>>16884189
pretty based that you like HG Wells. Have you read The Time Machine? That and TWotW are my favourites by him. I recommend picking up The Space Machine if you've read both of those. It's a sequel/prequel to TTM and TWotW. It's by Christopher Priest. I enjoyed it a lot.

[Anonymous No.16885632]

>>16884175
>readan
The Holy Bible. I think I might actually be a retard for finding it hard to read because language wise it's not hard. Philosophically it's a bit harder to process. 90% of my reading time is asking myself "what did he mean by this".
>thinkan
Several things actually. I'm wondering whether Quentin will respond to my messages on his phone number, I wonder what will happen in America with Biden and Harris, and I'm also wondering whether my political views are just retarded memes taken from /pol/ or actually "enlightened" in their ways.
>playan
Fallout 2, for the 100th time. Don't know if I should be ashamed of myself, seeing as most people here are not playing anything or doing something way more productive with their leisure time, or proud that I'm not playing something reddit-shilled and popular.
>doing
Mostly writing a lot of shit. Either here, in my diary, or in .txt files. Also thinking of drawing something but don't know quite what, so it's mainly faggots standing around doing shit.

[Anonymous No.16885642]

>>16884212
Here, take this (you) for genuinely making me laugh for the first time in a while and get the fuck off my board.

[Anonymous No.16885646]

>>16884175
>readan
conspiracy against the human race
>thinkan
people suck
>playan
RDR2 again
>doing
alcohol

[Anonymous No.16885648]

>>16884200
>my feelings toward other people are a projection of how I feel toward myself
Good thought. Pushes me to be less judgmental about others or more strict towards myself and what I expect of myself. Don't know which is healthier.

[Anonymous No.16885649]

>>16884175
Summer here, but still. Trying to make the most of the study break.
>readan
Storm of steel by Ernst Junger.
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert.
>thinkan
Slowly pondering how I can become more disciplined at uni next year and how to make better use of my time in general. I'm continuing to embrace minimalism, culling down the final few extra useless items I own.
>playan
Kingdom Death: Monster single player campaign over the summer. Infinity the game with friends. Smattering of video games as well, though I am pretty bored of them at the moment.
>doing
Painting miniatures, listening to podcasts. Compiling books I want to read over the summer break. Trying to bring myself to work on my physical fitness.

[Anonymous No.16885783]

>>16885632
You should be proud, Fallout 2 is an excellent game, even if it has some reddit-tier stuff like certain jokes (that one religious cult is really like something out of r/atheism).

[Anonymous No.16885796]

>>16884208
If you ignore the /pol/ incel posts it’s actually quite nice. They are a loud minority that project their sexual frustrations on anyone but themselves. It’s genetic inability to take responsibility

[Anonymous No.16885860]

>Reading
Home by Marilynne Robinson
>Thinking
It’s still Autumn. Not winter for another 4 weeks
>playan
Mostly Crusader Kings 3
Current King of Norway, my brother is running Iceland for me and I control a nice chunk of Scotland but the English are starting to become troublesome
And the Finns and Laplanders are usually up to no good
>doing
About to take my early morning walk before doing my telecommute job.

[Anonymous No.16885900]

>>16884175
>readan
Waiting for Weaveworld to come in, I feel like it's gonna be a good book. I like that it's set in Liverpool and not in London.
>thinkan
Thinking what should I get for my family for Christmas like a good goy consoomer.
>playan
Maybe I'll buy Cyberpunk 2077 if it turns out good but I doubt it. It's starting to look like more and more like shit but maybe I'll be wrong. We'll see.
>doing
Getting myself in the mood for Weaveworld so I'm listening to The Beatles and You'll Never Walk Alone.

[Anonymous No.16886072]

>>16884387
>I ought to quit this imbecile mindset

Yes

[Anonymous No.16886092]

>>16885649
Is Kingdom Death: Monster worth buying for just single player?

I've been in a board game hiatus recently and wondering if that would get me back in the groove

[Anonymous No.16886230]

>>16884175
>readan: Crime and Punishment
>thinkan: why tf am I still writing on this board
>playan: RDR2
>doing: all of the above

[kristian No.16886237]

never show the frog!

[Anonymous No.16886254]

>>16884222
>>16884208
Just accept your own nature

[Anonymous No.16886357]

This post made me feel something I love you guys and I don’t even have a miserable life.

>readan
brothers K and a book on Aristotle
>thinkan
This girl asked me to have coffee in the afternoon instead of dinner or a drink, is it because of the lockdown or is she not into me?
>playan
Piano
>doing
Taking a shit

[Anonymous No.16886377]

>>16884208
/pol/ invasion, unfortunately

[Anonymous No.16886401]

>>16884385
This. Do this OP, or you’ll regret it later. Save what little shred you dignity you have left from that succubus whore while you can still claim it

[Anonymous No.16886411]

>>16884288
I liked it :)

[Anonymous No.16886420]

>>16886357
>This girl asked me to have coffee in the afternoon instead of dinner or a drink, is it because of the lockdown or is she not into me?
It means afternoon is more convenient for her

[Anonymous No.16886436]

>>16886357
>This girl asked me to have coffee
are you good looking or charismatic

[Anonymous No.16886481]

>>16886436
Cant complain and yes I’m a cool kid who listens to la femme
>>16886420
Thanks for the confidence anon!

[Anonymous No.16886512]

>readan
Murakami.
>thinkan
Thinking about masturbating.
>playan
Resident Evil 4, for the millionth time.
>doing
Drinking coffee and smoking, reading Murakami, but probably masturbate soon and then play Resident Evil 4.

[Anonymous No.16886542]

>>16886092
I would say it is worth it. It's a long process to get it set up and play through a campaign on your own, but it's especially rewarding to beat the monsters, as long as you don't cheat. It's a very hard game where you have to learn through defeat and error. Every lost settlement tells a story and some characters and fights I can still remember years later.

The world and aesthetic is really beautiful, it's the only board game I can truly liken to a work of art with some of the most unique creature designs and lore I have seen. The lore is like Dark souls, in that there isn't a lot of it and you have to dig and connect the dots, but it's there. Poots has put a lot of effort in to making sure that the elements of the world interconnect and make sense.

However, it's not a cheap game, though I'm sure you are aware. It's also a large time commitment regarding assembling the miniatures and playing, as a campaign can take well over 50 hours to complete.

[Anonymous No.16886548]

>>16886481
Is it the first time going on a date with her?
If it is it might either be that it works better for her, or that she wants to take it a bit slower. Either way, it's not a bad sign.

[Anonymous No.16886556]

>>16884175
>readan
The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas
>thinkan
Whether or not i'm bi
>playan
Not playing vidya
>doing
Schoolwork

[Anonymous No.16886568]

>>16884208
You are a faggot and should feel bad about it

[Anonymous No.16886575]

>>16884475
Nicomachean Ethics is my favorite secular book, hope you enjoy it anon

[Anonymous No.16886817]

>>16884193
>my gf wants to take a break
Oh I'm sorry anon--
>drinking some gin
There's the problem. Ginny cunt.

[Anonymous No.16886829]

>>16884208
Ontologically, you are nigger

[Anonymous No.16886870]

>>16884175
>readan
Breath: The New Science Of A Lost Art blackpill/hopepill as fuck
Xenofeminism not as big of a meme as i thought it would be
Essays by Montaigne
>thinkan
How to be healthier
>playan
Hades
>doing
Nothing, ofc

[Anonymous No.16886891]

>>16884175
>readan
A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
Not By Bread Alone - Vladimir Dudintsev
>thinkan
hoping this pandemic won't affect my work
>playan
London Calling - The Clash
>doing
Getting ready for a date

[Anonymous No.16886899]

>>16886357
>This girl asked me to have coffee in the afternoon instead of dinner or a drink, is it because of the lockdown or is she not into me?
If she's meeting you she's into you

[Anonymous No.16886925]

I try to read 2 to 4 hours a day, currently, and do much of it stream - so if you want some accountability, this channel
(18:00 Berlin time; 17:00 GMT/London; 12:00 EST/New York)

https://youtu.be/XE5xbXqzPv8

[Anonymous No.16887004]

>readan
Hope without optimism, Mere Christianity
>thinkan
Honestly, only banal worries fill my mind these days.
>playan
Guitar, some easy pieces by Carcassi, because I have neglected my practice for far too long.
>doing
Currently writing shitty copy for a tech company.

[Anonymous No.16887066]

I left my job and I think I will not work for at least one year. Life feels different, I start to lose track of the passing days. I can finally catch up on all those things which I wanted to do for years, but never had the time and energy for.
Reading - Permanent Record and Meditations.

[Anonymous No.16887101]

>reading
aristotle ethica
>thinking
I need to work and math more and improve my intellect
>playing
quit vidya about a year ago
>doing
browsing /lit/ im about to ead
got fired last month but im a europoor so i get a good welfare check because i did labor, im gonna be a net for about a year or 2

[Anonymous No.16887119]

>>16886548
Yes basically a first date but she is a very courted girl because she’s very pretty

[Anonymous No.16887260]

Bump

[Anonymous No.16887272]

>>16887260
for what?

[Anonymous No.16887316]

>>16884175
>>readan
The Oligarchs
Sketches from a Hunter's Album
Osman's Dream

>>thinkan
Thinking about all the cannabis I will be consuming once I hand in my final exam on monday

>>playan
Deep Rock Galactic
Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue

>>doing
Lurking and drinking a beer

[Anonymous No.16887347]

>>16884288
I enjoyed the poem, but I also want to say that you are a retard who doesn't understand how to use image boards, post the poem instead of some shitty link.

>When every pencil meant a sacrifice
>his parents boarded him at a school in town,
>slaving to free him from the stony fields,
>the meagre acreage that bore them down.

>They blushed with pride when, at his graduation,
>they watched him picking up the slender scroll,
>his passport from the years of brutal toil
>and lonely patience in a barren hole.

>When he went in the Bank their cups ran over.
>They marvelled how he wore a milk-white shirt
>work days and jeans on Sundays. He was saved
>from their thistle-strewn farm and its red dirt.

>And he said nothing. Hard and serious
>like a young bear inside his teller`s cage,
>his axe-hewn hands upon the paper bills
>aching with empty strength and throttled rage.

[Anonymous No.16887355]

>>16886377
We prefer the term Anschluss

[Anonymous No.16887372]

>readan
The Life of Elizabeth I. I wanted to know more about her before reading Faerie Queen but I'm actually enjoying the book as it's own thing. She was an interesting character, and the political drama surrounding her makes her life all the more interesting.

>thinkan
I need to get a fucking job.

>playan
My friends and I have been playing Phasmophobia and Dead by Daylight recently. The games are kinda meh; I play because I enjoy the social aspect of chilling in discord with my bros.

>doing
shitposting, naturally.

[Anonymous No.16887391]

>>16887372
thanks gotta jerk off for the fucking third time now

[Anonymous No.16887410]

>>16887391
it's amazing how bad Kat's sister mogs her

[Anonymous No.16887418]

>>16884175
>readan
Five Dialogues and Growth of the Soil
>thinkan
Thinking about biological determinism and the history essay I need to write for uni. Final semester, broz.
>playan
I uninstalled all my vidya a few weeks ago because I was spending too much time putzing around and not enough on skoola. Gonna play a fat game of CK2 once I'm COMPLETELY done uni on December 20th >:^)
>doing
/lit/posting, watching some Lindybeige on YouTube, drinking coffee, dreading the history paper and the other 4 or 5 remaining things I need to do.
>>16887372
Based pdb poster

[Anonymous No.16887424]

>>16887410
neh Cat is cuter. Lauren looks somehow avian.

[Z No.16887446]

>>16884175
>readan
In the middle of swanns way but currently at this very moment reading the prince
>thinkan
Will I be happy in my career? I don’t particularly want to have a stem job but I know I need money and resources in to attract a hot female to impregnate multiple times
>playan
L.A. noire
>laying on a fold out bed

[Anonymous No.16887467]

>>16884288
Oh no, I'm planning to go back to school for computer science. Will I never be happy with any career?

[Anonymous No.16887493]

>>16884175
>Heart of Darkness
>Can you separate the art from the artist?
>nothing rn
>shitposting

[Anonymous No.16887511]

>>16884175
>data mining
>data mining
>data mining
>data mining

[Anonymous No.16887525]

What are ya
>readan
Master and Margarita
>thinkan
nothing much
>playan
nothing
>doing
posting on 4chan

[Anonymous No.16887527]

STOP REPLYING TO DATA MINING THREADS RETARDS

[Anonymous No.16887556]

>>16884193
I'm sorry anon

>>16884208
BASED AND FRENPILLED

>>16884212
Based minecraft connosieur

>>16884388
Take it easy anon, it's not a race

>>16884511
She's not worth it anon

>>16884567
Based. Who's your fafourite player? Talfag here

>>16885346
Same question, who's your favourite player?

>>16885507
Tons of chess players in this post huh

>>16886357
She's testing the ground

>>16886512
Based coomer

[Anonymous No.16887564]

>>16887527
for all I care anyone who wants to can mine my data about the books I pretend to read

[Anonymous No.16887581]

>>16884175
>readan
"A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy" by Sterne
>thinkan
Just went home from work. This thread is comfy; time for making a tea, the other day i've bought an amazing assam.
>playan
Atelier Sophie, but I don't play so much since mgs5.
>doing
Nothing, just listening some music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWaH2PSREWo

[Anonymous No.16887670]

>>16884175
I'm new here and I'm ready for this

[Anonymous No.16887704]

>>16886575
Thank you brother

[Anonymous No.16887731]

>>16887556
My favorite contemporary player would be either Magnus or Aronian. I hate that fag Nakamura. But I'm also a Talfag.

[Anonymous No.16887746]

>readan
wittgenstein and kripke
>thinkan
how to design my haskell game
>playan
doom eternal
>doing
vacation, otherwise making $125k/yr :3

[Anonymous No.16887760]

>>16887746
You should not brag about your salary; it's a fag thing to do. You should tell us if you enjoy your trade or not instead.

[Anonymous No.16887817]

>>16887731
I mean, Nepomniachtchi is the closest contemporary """"""""""player"""""""""" to Tal's style

[Anonymous No.16887838]

>>16887760
poorfag detected

[Anonymous No.16887843]

>>16887817
nah, mamedyarov is sharper

[Anonymous No.16887844]

>>16887817
Yeah that's for sure. But I really like the ethics of Magnus and the style of Aronian. I think that Tal's playstyle shines the most taking in consideration the political context the chess culture of the time. Despite all that Nepo has good, the dryness of modern chess makes it so that it doesn't have the same magic as when Tal played.

[Anonymous No.16887852]

>>16884175
>readan
Books of Blood Vol. 1
>thinkan
Whether I should buy this apartment
>playan
Days Gone
>doing
Moving into a new apartment

[Anonymous No.16887881]

>readan
Plato's Timaeus

>thinkan
How i need to fix my sleeping pattern. Also I quarantine depression has started to creep in.

>playan
The William Wallace tutorial on Age of Empires 2. For the 50th time.

>doing
Just came back from a walk with friends I haven't seen in weeks

[Anonymous No.16887883]

>>16887838
he might be poor, but isn't vulgar.

[Anonymous No.16887959]

>>16884175

>Read
Almost done the complete works of Poe, a Freud anthology, The Odyssey

>Think
How to be a better person. What are things I can do to make things easier or more fulfilling for others.

>Playing
Replaying TLOU2.

>Doing
TA'ing, writing my masters thesis

[Anonymous No.16888002]

>>16887959
Unfathomably based anon

[Anonymous No.16888016]

>>16887959
Unfathomably cringe anon

[Anonymous No.16888024]

>readan
Online shitposts. I especially enjoy this new article from weev
https://niccolo.substack.com/p/the-zrich-interviews-andrew-weev
>Wheat, like Jewry, is an insidious poison whose cultivation started in the Levant
>thinkan
That I need to quit distracting myself and rebuild my totally adhd brain, maybe by lying down for days until I can stop wasting time
>playan
comfy ios games about cats

[Anonymous No.16888408]

>>16884175
>pretending to have read books
why do i even waste my time coming to this fucking place

[Anonymous No.16888541]

>>16884452
>Some fuckin choons
post choons

[Anonymous No.16888565]

>readan
the greeks, i'm at sophocles now. finished antigone, about to start oeidipus at colonus
>thinkan
my room is still cold even when i close the window and the oven is on, for some reason i feel like i have a cold all the time, i bought a shit ton of luxury sweet food to impress one date and he didn't give a fuck and now i am stuck with it in the fridge and i am gaining weight
>playan
i'd play vidya if i didn't feel guilt about not reading instead. i played mario sunshine two weeks ago though (not 3d all stars)
>>16885346
>>16884567
ayyy

[Anonymous No.16888651]

>>16888565
>to impress one date and he
fag or femoid?

[Anonymous No.16888673]

>>16884208
>gee, if only my favorite place were more accepting of shittier peoples and cultures
>>>/goodreads/

[Anonymous No.16888683]

>>16888651
fag
i really bought a huge white bread, brown trout, olive tapenade, cheese, strawberry jam, made a local form of pancakes which tastes delicious with the cheese and jam, and bought a few macarones and some cake from the bakery and he just looked at his phone and said "it's fine"
pic related, is it really that bad? would you eat with me?

[Anonymous No.16888701]

>>16884175
>readan
Dionysus

>thinkan
'bout this girl

>playan
Chess

>doing
Drinking juice

[Anonymous No.16888712]

>>16888683
looks nice and comfy desu, I'd eat with you bro

[Anonymous No.16888714]

>>16888683
Looks great anon. I would eat with you.

[Anonymous No.16888719]

>>16888701
>Drinking juice
what juice?

[Anonymous No.16888758]

>>16888719
Apple, grapefruit, passion fruit and ginger!

[Anonymous No.16888777]

>>16888683
Looks very nice. Guy sounds like a tool.

[Anonymous No.16888810]

>>16888683
Nice. I wish I was a fag to date someone like you.
Do you have any sisters?

[Anonymous No.16888818]

>>16888683
Dude's a douche. That looks super cozy.

[Anonymous No.16888845]

>readan
Chekhov plays
>thinkan
About how stupid you have to be to think that democracy makes sense
>playan
I only play online chess from time to time. I like it but whenever I win I'm afraid of playing again out of fear of entering a losing streak and feeling dunb
>doing
Trying to get into the reading mood

[Anonymous No.16888851]

>readan
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West

>thinkan
Whether I should move to Argentina (or Colombia) for a couple of month to gain a fresh perspective on things.

>playan
Stopped video games. Now just need to stop cooming and I might finally feel a bit less like shit.

>doing
Reading through a backlog of magazines.

[Anonymous No.16888857]

>>16888851
Dont move to a shithole move to a comfyhole

[Anonymous No.16888868]

>readan
Oblomov - Ivan Goncharov
>thinkan
"I don't want to work."
>doing
Trying to get myself to work, and meet yesterday's deadline.

[Anonymous No.16888949]

>>16888857
Medellin and Buenos Aires are pretty comfy Anon. What other places would you suggest? It would just be for 3 months or so.

[Anonymous No.16888950]

>readan
Lilith - George MacDonald
>thinkan
I'm concerned that my career path might make it difficult to live authentically
>playan
Overwatch with the boys. Dragon Age Origins by myself.
>doing
Reading while sipping spiced rum with diet coke

[Anonymous No.16888960]

>>16884175
>Reading :
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima
>Thinking :
I need to get my shit together and study for my masters degree
>Playan :
Hearthstone
>Doing
Larping as an intellectual on lit .

[Anonymous No.16889142]

>>16885507
chess and piano gang
>>16884175
>>readan
the claw of the conciliator
i thought the shadow of the torturer was fine but this one is blowing my skirt up. very interesting.
>>thinkan
about the book. i have no responsibilities at the moment.
>>playan
chess and piano. just picked up chess, been playing piano for 8 years.
>>doing
going running 1-2 a week, just got a puppy. things are good.

[Anonymous No.16889156]

>>16884208
Filtered

[Anonymous No.16889163]

>>readan
In Search of Lost Time
>>thinkan
I don't know what to do with my life. Tried college and couldn't stand my peers, didn't know what I was working towards. My parents temporarily support my quasi-NEET lifestyle but it's killing me. I do well at most anything but have no strong inclination or drive towards any one career. I feel like it's all slipping away from me.
>>playan
Deep river blues. Quitting Vidya was the best decision I've made in a long time.
>>doing
My parents gave me some land and I'm wrapping up construction on an off grid cabin. Very cozy. I like to work with my hands but feel ashamed to go into a trade; my father became extremely wealthy off of two tech startups and I live in his shadow.

[Anonymous No.16889181]

>>16888683
Looks fagget as fuck, but I would appreciate the effort. Based homobro

[Anonymous No.16889184]

>>16884193
>my gf wants to take a break to work on herself
It's already over, sorry anon. The quicker and cleaner the break the easier it is to heal.

[Anonymous No.16889329]

>>16885446
>War & Peace together with 1812 by Zamoyski
Thanks, I'm reading W&P and this looks like a very nice pairing. Is there any other media you (the anon reading this post) would recommend while reading or for afterwards? I was thinking of listening to The Hemingway List on and off as the mood strikes me.

[Anonymous No.16889363]

>>16885649
Minimalism is good anon, it helps you focus on the things that matter and reinforces gratitude

[Anonymous No.16889629]

>readan
illad. Fitzgerald. Got to the part where Akhilleus confronts Hektor and he runs like a bitch lol I really like it. It's such a crazy thought that I could be laughing and gasping at the same things as a man from 1000 years ago.
>thinkan
how do I stop lying and stop procrastinating.? How does one become a true intellectual? What truly is a tough life? Did I live one?
>playan
fallout new vegas and nuclear throne. Real funs stuff
>doing
making a painting and watching movies. Trying not to jack off. Getting fit and living better.
good thread we should do this every week.

[Anonymous No.16889727]

>>16888683
If he doesn't appreciate that he doesn't deserve you my dude

Keep up the good work

[Anonymous No.16890216]

>>16884175
>readan
Finally starting with the greeks lmao, been doing chunks of Plato's `Republic` at a time. Also reading `Ten Days That Shook The World` by John Reed
>thinkan
About how I wish I wrote more despite being shit at it. Also depressed by being out of work. Overall disappointed by my lack of self-discipline.
>playan
Some ESO, also ran through both Hotline: Miami games
>doing
Waiting for my GF to finish making dinner using leftover turkey, working on some gamejam stuff. And shit-posting of course.

[Anonymous No.16890250]

>>16884208
>prob be one of my fav places on the internet if not for the racism and sexism
It's obnoxious for sure but you need to learn to ignore it, you're not changing any minds here and a lot of those posts are kids. That said 4chan is probably a perfect representation of a barely moderated marketplace of ideas so you gotta live with both the good and bad.

[Anonymous No.16890260]

>>16884175
>tfw no winter

[Anonymous No.16890433]

>>16884175
>>playan
thread ruined.

[Anonymous No.16890439]

>>16884208
dilate tranny

[Anonymous No.16890450]

>>16887838
>-an

[Anonymous No.16890456]

>>16884175
>-an

[Anonymous No.16890465]

>all these people only now starting with the greeks
holy shit this board is worthless.

[Anonymous No.16890559]

>>16885796
I fuck all the time you niggerfaggot. Why do you hate the truth?

[Anonymous No.16890641]

>>16887556
I’ll do my best marado’ poster
>>16886899
I hope so anon. But some girls are strange. Or maybe it’s just the ones with which I didn’t perform

[Anonymous No.16890649]

>>16890433
>>16890456
newfags
>>16890465
oldfag

[Anonymous No.16890706]

>>16884175
>reading
Currently rereading one of my favorite books -actually a series of books - from my childhood: Tucket's Travels. I'm also reading The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck.
>thinking
That I should stop procrastinating and study for my finals.
>playing
Chess
>doing
see above

[Anonymous No.16890764]

>Reading
A Very Short Introduction to Ancient Greece (in preparation for reading Herodotus' Histories)

>Thingken
What to do for Christmas, and applying for university as a mature student

>Playan
Just finished the Spyro the Dragon remake; used to love those games as a kid so thought I'd give it a try

>doing
Browsing lit. Gonna have a cuppa, read another chapter, and then go to bed soon

[Anonymous No.16890790]

>>16885796
I'm a literal chad (picrel, my face is better than my body) with women and I seriously look down on them. I hate most of them, but I also hate most people. They have 17% less brain cells, lower SD on bell curve and 150 gram less brain tissue. You think that means nothing? That their brains just work harder or something? Are you retarded?

>Reading
Personality shaping through positive disintegration by K. Dawbroski
Die Verwandlung by Kafka for a german course I'm taking
Cynical theories just to be able to better identify the bullshit.

>thinking
gotta study more for med school and work harder on thesis, gotta get that one engineer chick, gotta get an appartment with my friend next semester

>playing
just played poker with friends, not gaming anymore except for maybe duck game or among us with friends

>doing
eating and studying and browsing lit

[Anonymous No.16890814]

>>16884175
Readin
Martin eden by jack london

Thinkin
About school and work stuff

Playan
Some chess

Doing
I should be doing my hw for grad school

[Anonymous No.16890821]

>>16889156
based

[Anonymous No.16890827]

>>16884212
If you have a bachelors you can do online teaching my boy

[Anonymous No.16890832]

>>16888683
not a fag and looks gay but I like it a lot desu

[Anonymous No.16890845]

>>16884193
read the rational male as soon as possible if you haven't, has helped me a lot

[Anonymous No.16890850]

>>16885401
Hows knausgaard min kamp. Been thinking about reading it

[Anonymous No.16890907]

>>16890250
Fuck off back to R3ddit faggot

[Anonymous No.16891221]

>>16888024
>>Wheat, like Jewry, is an insidious poison whose cultivation started in the Levant
One of the most mindblowing things I've read on this board. You could replace What with a lot of things and it would have the same effect.

[Anonymous No.16891245]

Gay little circlejerk thread where we all pretend to care about each other's hobbies and interests because we have nothing better going on in your lives then this.

[Anonymous No.16891285]

I'm stuck in military training until March. Nothing is comfy and my two weeks of leave to celebrate Christmas with my family will instead be spent here, trapped on base, because of fucking quarantine.
>readan
I smuggled Absalom, Absalom and books of both Nabokov's and Dosto's short stories into my room. Religious texts are not contraband so I'm eventually going to ask for a Douay-Riems Bible and maybe ask the chaplain if things like Augustine's Confessions could get through that loophole.
>thinkan
Entirely too much. I'm allowed to write letters and got so fixated on my last ex that I wrote her a long schizoid rambling letter, but miraculously she finds that kind of inane shit interesting or poetic or something so she wrote back and now we're going to keep doing that. I didn't tell her we got our phones back for Thanksgiving, that seems like it would kill the magic.
>playan
We found a site on the desktops in our rooms that isn't blocked by the training firewall where we can play little logic puzzles like minesweeper. I smuggled a deck of cards in too but those are very expressly banned so I'm waiting to break those out until Christmas when staff is completely gone for longer periods.
>doing
Sitting, waiting. I'm awful at pushups so I got rolled down a class and I'm sweating bullets because if I keep only getting 38 out of 42 and will attrite out if I do that again on Monday.

[Anonymous No.16891288]

>readan
Too much stuff at once:
Paradise Lost
Anatomy of Criticism
Words with Power
The Master and Margarita

>thinkan
Of an idea that I might actually turn into something. A longish short-story in 3 parts. Takes place in/around a high school auditorium where the same play is being conducted. Years pass between each part; the narrators change, and the perspective progresses from third-person to first-person stream-of-consciousness style as the characters become less and less connected to their communities and more and more self-involved over time (by the 3rd part, the reader has little to no clue of what's happening in the play because the narrator is so self-absorbed)

>playan
I don't play vidya anymore (too much time in front of the computer for work) but I've been picking up chess again

>doing
working, cooking, taking walks through the forest

[Anonymous No.16891313]

>>16891285
wow I forgot about SuperMega...

damn I didn't know they didn't let you read lit in the military...

letters are great, definitely don't tell her about the phone haha

[Anonymous No.16891319]

>>16891313
>damn I didn't know they didn't let you read lit in the military...
why on earth would you think otherwise? it's fucking paper.

[Anonymous No.16891345]

>>16891313
You're allowed to read whatever you want when you're actually in the military, but your initial training is absolute hell designed to literally break you as a person and rebuild you into something... Else. Maybe better, maybe worse, depending on who you were before.

[Anonymous No.16891412]

>>16890827
you just gave me a vision of the future, where masses of under-qualified and overeducated Americans end up teaching online through government programs

[Anonymous No.16891445]

>>16887746
game dev in haskell? interesting

[Anonymous No.16891564]

>>16884175
>readan
Moby Dick and Blood
>thinkan
How comfy reading Moby Dick is
>playan
Currently playing Stalker COP. I’m thinking of installing mods after I’m done with the main story of COP
>doing
Just browsing 4chan and reading manga

[Anonymous No.16891630]

>>16884208
The racism and sexism is the most cozy part. Get out of here bug

[Anonymous No.16891989]

>>16890907
How's high school bud? Are you still thinking you're the smartest kid in the class and you're surrounded by normies who don't know about your secret internet club called 4chan?

[Anonymous No.16892367]

>>16885462
I have been following /v/ posts about it for what feels like two years now but I have no intentions of playing it. I moved across the country and I don't have my desktop with me so I've basically stopped playing videogames for the time being.

It looks like a fucking trainwreck. I like the cyberpunk aesthetic but I think they fucked up by trying so hard to be cyberpunk.

[Anonymous No.16892400]

>>16888868
Based as hell. I've been ignoring work emails all week. I just don't care about the same things that these people do. I gather that Oblomov is in the same spirit as us. It starts with him in bed for ages, right? Will I enjoy it? I like doing nothing more than anything.

[Anonymous No.16892438]

>>16889329
I have also been reading through bits of this. It has old prefaces by Tolstoy which explain the process of his writing the novel together with criticism from both during the time it was published and from the following hundred years. The essays are perhaps best read after reading the novel as referencing character deaths is common, this is my second readthrough so I've not had to worry about that. I've also listened to 1812 Overture a few too many times while reading lately, it fits the work well

[Anonymous No.16892552]

>>16884175
readin: worldly philosophers by Heilbroner
thinkin: bout killing myself over the holiday break because I am in a deep depression, burnt out, madly in love with a girl that lives across the country, and I'm not seeing a whole lot of employment options coming up for me after I graduate this spring
playin: nothing, unfortunately
doing: taking care of my friend's cat while she's out of town, currently a big reason of why I haven't offed myself already

[Anonymous No.16893051]

>>16884175
Currently reading Rudy Rucker's Ware Tetralogy. Thinking about cyberpunk tf, hard not to when you're so immersed in it. Wishing I could play some mtg right about now, but no such luck due to covid. Doing? Enjoying the road to neetdom and the build up to old christmas.

[Anonymous No.16893116]

>>16887372
SEXS ES SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX

[Anonymous No.16893345]

>>16884175
>>readan
Man in high castle, i got bored after 100 pages
>>thinkan
they want me to work in a field without money because muh learning and experience
>>playan
Hitman 2
>>doing
my best i guess, this year was bad for me and my family, i hope next will be a little better

[Anonymous No.16893480]

>readan
highbrow: workin through cavalcanti's poems with a modern translation (oneworld/alba classics edition) and dante gabriel rossetti's
lowbrow: the secret history (donna tartt)
>thinkan
i accidentally made out with and/or boned my roomie, which was a mistake bc i'm too schizoid to tolerate getting too close to another person, let alone one i'm stuck in the same house as
but yesterday she sent me a cute message saying she wants to try harder to understand me + wants me to feel safe around her, so... maybe something can be worked out??
>playan
don't play any more, i'm a grown-ass man of 31, the only games i would play if i could spare the time/energy are brogue, sil, and pharoah (1999)
but i would recommend sil to any tolkienfags reading this, sometimes i think it might be the only good roguelike
>doing
rn just drinking tea and reading, about to poach some eggs; in broader terms writing sound synthesis code in a language called faust (we got some haskell coders up in this thread? functional programmers unite)

>>16884475
>I will not advance humanity or my country in any measurable way
its not so bad bro, u don't need to 'make the world a better place', just live a good life
>>16884511
>She treats what we had as though it were nothing
brutal. F'd
>>16885632
>Fallout 2, for the 100th time. Don't know if I should be ashamed of myself
one of the less shameful things you could be playing desu
>>16887746
>how to design my haskell game
i assume you have read https://prog21.dadgum.com/228.html and related posts? may be of some use
>>16887760
>You should not brag about your salary
yeah this is kinda trashy ngl
>>16891285
>Nabokov's [...] short stories
comfy choice.
>she wrote back and now we're going to keep doing that. I didn't tell her we got our phones back for Thanksgiving, that seems like it would kill the magic
cute. hope they don't break you too hard in there, anon

[Anonymous No.16893542]

>>16891245
The most important thing is you've found a way to rise above it and feel superior

That's what really matters

[Anonymous No.16893571]

>>16884175
>>readan
I started The Hamlet by William Faulkner. I hope it is as good as the rest of the books I've read from him.
>>playan
FF7 Remake. I don't know what to think of it yet. It has its good bits but certain others don't really feel like they belong in a Final Fantasy game.
>>thinkan
They made Aerith gorgeous!
>>doing
posting on /lit/

>>16891285
Have you started Absalom, Absalom! yet? If yes, how are you finding it so far?
>>16893345
>Man in high castle, i got bored after 100 pages
What did you find boring about it? I found it alright but it's not something I'd read more than once.
>>16893480
>one of the less shameful things you could be playing desu
What games would be shameful?

[Anonymous No.16893612]

>>16884175
All I want in life is a comfy winter reading goodd books without a worry in the world. Instead I have to study awful shit for my exams like I have been doing the past half a decade I spent in uni. I hate my life sometimes.
>readan
I left the magic mountain and a history of chinese civilization on hold for a while.
>thinkan
I wish I finished uni alredy, I'm tired of studying inane shit.
>playan
Nothing.
>doing
Studying for a dermathology exam.

[Anonymous No.16893652]

>>16893571
>What games would be shameful?
well if you asked me in any other thread my answer would be
>almost any, certainly any fallout >2
but since i'm enjoying this cosy thread i will withhold my usual judgemental cunt rhetoric in order not to harsh the vibe

[Anonymous No.16893676]

>>16893571
>but certain others don't really feel like they belong in a Final Fantasy game
It is a crime easily forgiven compared to the atrocity that was everything after IX

[Anonymous No.16893688]

>>16884175
>readan
Reading Kalle Päätalo's autobiographical series, currently on book 19 where he builds his own house.
>thinkan
I should learn to draw.
>playan
Crusader Kings 2
>doing
Listening to a guy on youtube review all the Wheel of Time books

[Anonymous No.16893800]

>r
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

>t
I should have read this when I was sixteen, not late twenties.
Also there are more females on 4chan than there used to be and that means soon it will be censored.

>p
Sometimes pokemon red, blue, yellow. I have almost caught them all, thank you very much

>d
Your mum.

[Anonymous No.16893806]

> it's another winter horseposting on lit while i work
HELL YEAH. pic related, me rn

[Anonymous No.16894071]

>>16893652
Yeah, I understand. I left the board for a while but nothing really compares to it.
>>16893676
Eh, X was alright... Sort of...
I like how they fleshed out certain characters in Remake and I also like how the world looks. My main issue so far is that some of the side quests just completely took me out of it. But yeah, compared to the newer FF games it's far from bad.
>>16893800
>I should have read this when I was sixteen, not late twenties.
I did read it when I was sixteen and didn't like it back then. Now (early twenties) I came to appreciate it a lot more.

[Anonymous No.16895407]

>>16884175
Rituals of Triumph
The novel I'm writing
Heroes of the Storm twice a week
Lazing before I make lunch

[Anonymous No.16895636]

>>16890850
like an inferior version of Megan Boyle's LIVEBLOG, desu

[Anonymous No.16895849]

>Readan
Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville, pretty slow read, feels necessary though.
>thinkan
The more I delve into books, the more I feel alienated at work. I am more and more disgusted by neuro-typical behaviors and opinions. I treat books similar to food, I must consume primarily for nutrition. Interest(flavor) is a secondary benefit. I'm becoming a political zealot, but I have to remain silent and non-judgemental.
>playan
a little bit of slay the spire with some nice background tunes
>doin
>going for a run soon, eating leftover thanksG food, pounding down ~150 more pages of democracy and rejecting all invites to hangout tonight lmao.

[Anonymous No.16896193]

>>16884208
Woah check out this sensitive hysterical nigger! Get back in the kitchen you damn dirty ape

[Anonymous No.16896920]

>>16893571
>Have you started Absalom, Absalom! yet? If yes, how are you finding it so far?
I believe I got a little less than halfway through before I left. I haven't really opened it since I moved in because the short stories are more convenient when I'm constantly being interrupted with random shit.
I like it a lot so far. It was always held up to me as his super difficult magnum opus for people who were unphased by TSatF, but I wasn't having nearly as much trouble with it.

[Anonymous No.16897119]

>Readan
War and Peace, taking it pretty slow so far
>Thinkan
That I should ask my classmate out, I've had a crush on her for 3 years, and this is our last year. Tall blonde, 10/10 personality, I might have more in common with her than anyone else I know. I can't tell if she likes me, I could never take a hint even if my life depends on it, also I have zero experience.
>playan
a bit of dota
>doing
just got back in the gym for the first time since March, it's the only thing that's giving me a purpose, and I hate myself for not getting back there sooner. Also got drunk twice during the week, fucked up my grades because of it.

[Anonymous No.16897211]

>>16893806
very comfy, what are the "socks" for?

[Anonymous No.16897411]

>Readan
Crimean war by Yevgeny Tarle

[Anonymous No.16897420]

>>16893571
Autistic weeaboo faggot kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.16897444]

Dude I just fucking love video games and discussing it with my cool /lit/ buddies! SHOUTOUTS TO PEWDS BROS!!!

[Anonymous No.16897455]

>>16884175

>readan
creativity inc
anna karenina last 100 pages then moby dick.

>thinkan
want to start my own ecommerce business

>playan
halo mcc

>doing
working
lifting
fucking
eating

[Anonymous No.16897590]

>>16896193
You know I could easily wring your neck with one hand, right? One squeeze and all the veins in your throat would be shattered.

[Anonymous No.16897627]

Is there no way to make vidya enjoyable again?

[Anonymous No.16897679]

>>16897627
you're probably 20+ now, if you still play video games you're a lost cause.

[Anonymous No.16897714]

>>16897627
Ignore any game which tries to be realistic, gritty, or story-driven. Find something fun yet simple, with a high skill ceiling where you can keep playing and trying to beat your scores/times. Play for no more than 40mins a day. Don't be a "gamer". Have a couple of games on your computer to kill the odd bit of time and relax.

[Anonymous No.16898072]

>>16884175
>Readan
Just started Baghavad Gita
Also working on A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections as a break from Amusing Ourselves to Death because it was mentioned there.
>thinkan
All my classes have crammed their final due dates into the last two weeks. I am so fucking ready to be done, this is my last year and next semester I planned out to be very light, just 15 credits and no demanding outside work. With my luck though, I'll get fucked anyway because the guy I'm working with will want me to do his patent drawings.
>playan
Ran through Titanfall 2 because it was cheap. Enjoying it, it's a good break from when I'm powering through work.
>doing
Just had dinner, and before that did an exercise from the Gateway Experience.

[Anonymous No.16898501]

>>16884193
sorry to hear that, you'll def find someone better though. my ex gf breaking up w/ me felt terrible at the time but its the best thing to ever happen to me

>>16884200
comfy af

>>16884203
based

>>16884212
i recently switched to a less stressful job, 1/10th the work but 20% more pay, dream situation. i would've taken it for the same pay though

>>16884475
how old are you? i was in a similar mindset. elon musk seems like a meme but his advice is truly legendary, listen to his How to Build the Future interview with Y Combinator/Sam Altman, it's only like 20 min but i rewatch it a lot.

>>16886357
good books and maybe the girl just wants a conversation/quiet place. dont overthink it.

>>16886512
comfy

[Anonymous No.16898561]

>readan
The Brothers Karamazov
Pretty good so far, I really liked Crime and Punishment

>thinkan
How can I do the minimum to not get fired so I can spend time reading instead of working

>playan
Napoleon Total War

>doing
Petting my cat

[Anonymous No.16898650]

>readan
Ibn Rushd's 'Incoherence of the Incoherence' (vegetables) and Bruce Springsteen's autobiography (dessert)

>thinkan
Strongly considering either moving across the country for a remote construction related job or joining the military. Something radically different.

>playan
Dont really pay games. Old highschool friends convinced me to download Among Us and that was fun for an evening

>doing
Trying to get to sleep. Work as a baker and the workload is shit around the holidays

[Anonymous No.16898669]

>>16898650
Don't join as a grunt during peace time, heard it sucks.

[Anonymous No.16898716]

>>16898669
Ive heard that as well, but I also have some relatives who love everything about the army and sing its praises at every opportunity. I'm just pretty directionless, have a useless degree (no debt though!) and perform well with strict discipline and structure. I would also like to learn some (more) practical things. Maybe I should just consider the National Guard instead. Maybe I'm just romanticizing the armed forces.

Also, who knows, war might be upon us anytime. World's heating up!

[Anonymous No.16898732]

>>16884175
>>readan
Notes from underground
>>thinkan
I hate everything and everyone, my entire generation deserves to die
>>playan
I don't enjoy video games anymore, they jsut make me suffer
>>doing
lying in bed hating everything

[Anonymous No.16898738]

>>16898732
Have you considered a happier book anon? It may help-

[Anonymous No.16898753]

>>16898738
Yeah, this is my natural state without books though. Downer books at least make relate

[Anonymous No.16898786]

>>16898753
Understandable. I do this too. I sometimes wonder if intentionally seeking out books that match my outlook end up just reinforcing my more negative emotions though. Like when I was suicidal, reading books about suicide seemed to make me think about it more and more. It can be good to read something radically different every now and then- but this comes with it's own issues too I suppose.

If you care for a rec., Shusaku Endo's Wonderful Fool is a short and very affirming little book that broke me out of a prolonged inward-depressive spiral. It's got religious themes but I don't think you need to be religious to enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.16898811]

>>16898786
>seeking out books that match my outlook end up just reinforcing my more negative emotions
I relate 100%. But for some reason I just don't care enough to change my outlook. I have done it before, but it feels so fake and I'd rather be miserable than lie to myself. It seems similar to doing drugs to take your mind off of your problems, but maybe even worse because you'll actually believe that things got better.
>Shusaku Endo's Wonderful Fool
Thanks anon, that sounds like a good book. I'm going to order it

[Anonymous No.16898829]

>readan
GoT (almost finishing).

>thinkan
I need to go out more and talk with more people.

>playan
CS:GO.

>doing
Fantasizing about doing very cool things that, actually, I never will.

[Anonymous No.16898839]

>>16898501
I’m >>16884475 and I’m 20. I’ll def give that a listen man, thank you..

[Anonymous No.16898846]

>>16898829
>Fantasizing about doing very cool things that, actually, I never will.
YWNB a badass mercenary in the congo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDGDw4GWcf4&t=29s

[Anonymous No.16898851]

>readan
Just finished "The Practical Stoic", will start Robinson Crusoe tonight

>thinkan
life is good, esp now that winter is here. Post-covid will go out and talk with more people, like >>16898829

>playan
nothing, vidya is detracting from reading

>doing
working and reading tbqh, sometimes exercising and outdoors stuff

[Anonymous No.16899442]

>>16898839
you're very young and while its good you hold yourself to a high standard, you have lots of time

[Anonymous No.16899509]

>>16884208
You will NEVER be a woman. But I agree, /lit/ is very comfy.

[Anonymous No.16899579]

>>16884208
Hard disagree. The frankness and overly satirical and bitter atmosphere is what makes this place feel welcoming, at least to me. If you don't like that, then why come here of all places? There are so very many more that go the opposite way.

[Anonymous No.16899598]

>>16897590
Kek im not your little nigger dick. Stick to squeezing that and thinking your powerful faggot

[Anonymous No.16899615]

>readan
Alas, Babylon.
>thinkan
The inevitability of widespread civil upheaval in the United States come the new year.
>playan
APB.
>doing
Eating some rice with spicy chili sauce.

[Anonymous No.16899645]

>>16884274
I find it unfortunate that language is so politicized. It seems like we're hurtling ever closer to a world where our language is policed by our corporate overlords and our lives by our governments. Hold me, Anon, I'm scared.

[Anonymous No.16901335]

>>16884175
>Readan
Hamlet
>Thinkan
A girl I knew in highschool after many years contacted me out of the blue. Two dates and a third one coming where I'll kiss her. But I need to move cities soon so I'm not sure what I'll do
>Playan
Playing crusader Kings 3. First time I've played games in ages
>Doing
Played tennis today

[Anonymous No.16901346]

>>16884175
Can I read a book WHILE listening to it in audiobook form to get double the absorbtion?

[Anonymous No.16901381]

>readan
The man who japed
>thinkan
Am I too emotionally dependent on woman?
>playan
Disco Elysium, pretty patrician
>doing
Accompanying my mom to the hospital

[Anonymous No.16901404]

>>16901381
>Accompanying my mom to the hospital
hope she's OK anon

[Anonymous No.16901419]

>>16884175
>readan
David Kilcullen - out of the mountains
jansen - making of modern japan
>thinkan
getting stressed out over my third try at an exam in a week, prof wants an insane amount of equations, reaction conditions, diagrams etc memorized and is very strict when grading ("yes that process was accurately described and the sketch is correct too but you missed one purification step at the end, 3/10")
>playan
nothing
>doing
studying and lifting to calm down

[Anonymous No.16901447]

>>16896920
>the short stories are more convenient when I'm constantly being interrupted with random shit
I can imagine. Especially when you are reading a book like that.
>It was always held up to me as his super difficult magnum opus for people who were unphased by TSatF, but I wasn't having nearly as much trouble with it.
I only found the first two chapters of TSatF difficult, and the first one is much easier on a second read. I do find the second chapter's last two pages or so very challenging, though. Absalom, Absalom! might use a more complex prose, but I find it easier to get through because it all feels so streamlined. Many events are retold over and over again too, so it's harder to miss the gist of what is happening in the book.

[Anonymous No.16901504]

>readan
brothers karamazov
>thinkan
how I'm living the first good period of my life but it's gonna end in 2 months and I'm going to go back to suicidal thoughts
>playan
nothing
>doing
cooking lunch