/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.17905839]

Why are posts here written so poorly despite being a literature board? There's no difference between the quality of writing on this board and other boards. In fact /fit/ and /int/ write far better. Why is that the case?

[Anonymous No.17905855]

>>17905839
Rebecca, don't pretend you didn't write that post. That is exactly your writing style. I have you cornered.

[Anonymous No.17905906]

Very few posters here actually read books, we unironically have discussions based on Wikipedia articles

[Anonymous No.17905925]

>>17905906
Wikipedia is a good resource

[Anonymous No.17906019]

i like to larp as a retard and intentionally make mistakes besides making shit arguments all just to lower the quality of the board

[Anonymous No.17906025]

>>17905839
I don't know how long you have been browsing, but the quality of posts on 4chan has gone down on the whole noticably in the last 10 years. Especially in the last few years. Not only on /lit/, but places like /biz/

I don't know is it the zoomers, boomers or doomers, but I also noticed that the length of posts have also gone down considerably. I mean people are barely able to write even few lines of text. Not only the posts are extremely short, they are not intelligent either or showing any more insight.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » No.17906072]

the handful of genuine effortposters got driven off by retarded faggots denouncing anything longer than a paragraph or containing moderately sophisticated language as "schizoposting." theres no real point in typing up anything of quality because ADHD zoomers and lowbrow millennials dont want quality, they want twitteresque bytes fit for easy consumption

[Anonymous No.17906144]

>>17905839
thesaurus nigger >>>/r/eddit

[Anonymous No.17906175]

>>17906072
Basically this. There's no point in effortposting because you'll either be ignored or all you'll get in response is memes. Not to mention that threads worth effortposting in are rare–this board has really gone down in quality the past couple of months.

[Anonymous No.17906190]

>>17905839
I type like an ESL so if I fuck up in an argument I can claim that I’m an ESL who doesn’t understand what you’re saying.

[Anonymous No.17906194]

>>17905839
idk lol maybe bexause ur a fag lol?

[Anonymous No.17906214]

>>17905839
/lit/ is infested with /pol/tards

[Anonymous No.17906240]

>>17905839
cringe
>>17906072
unironically this
>>17905925
cope
>>17905855
based

[Anonymous No.17906302]

>>17906072
This

[Anonymous No.17906367]

>>17906240
You cope, Wikipedia IS a good resource.

[Anonymous No.17906387]

>>17905925
Not for reading a book it isnt

[Anonymous No.17906392]

>>17905925
>wikipedia is a good resource
Wikipedia and other short articles only give a surface level understanding and consequently shit arguments.
There was an anon in a thread about morals trying to use holofractal theory and string theory wikipedia articles to argue against the existence of god.
Youre a fucking faggot who probably does this if you think wikipedia is a good resource
That anon, of course, didnt understand the irony of his posts, but still attracted discussion from equally retarded anons.
Its sort of funny, watching 2 people, who clearly have no clue what theyre talking about, try to hold a discussion.
Whats not so funny is they attract more retards, and the thread turns into a breeding ground for pseuds.
>>17905839
My guess for the low quality is that anons dont state that fundamental statement of "I do not know", or dont want to say it, so they never seek an answer they can prove themselves. Or they jump to conclusions. So in an effort to seem knowledgeable (a lot of anons here fetishize being an intellectual) they look up quick answers for their quick discussion, which drives down quality. Thats the way it seems to me.
In short, pseuds
Theres still some cool anons around though

[Anonymous No.17906401]

there's a fun bit in a dfw essay i read recently where he talks about how snooty children who can't talk like normal fucking plebs are actually lacking in a certain type of vocabulary and their classmates are right to bully them for their inability to master different vernaculars for different social strata

[Anonymous No.17906404]

we're all too busy reading quality literature to effortpost

[Anonymous No.17906477]

>>17906240
You talk in memes. Are you even real?

[Anonymous No.17906480]

>>17906072
>>17906240
>>17906302
I’ve only seen people accusing others of schizoposting when they get off the rails about the CIA, conspiracy theories or the occult. Sounds to me that y’all are either projecting or gaslighting.

[Anonymous No.17906481]

i'm usually drunk when i post here

[Anonymous No.17906484]

>>17906477
nice sevens

[Anonymous No.17906494]

>>17906477
cringe

nice dubs

[Anonymous No.17906522]

>>17905925
You think this until you read an actual book on the subject. Wiki is a primer

[Anonymous No.17906532]

>>17906477
>said the meme dubs poster

[Anonymous No.17906544]

>>17905839
my professors told me to write simply in order to communicate with contemporary retards better

[Anonymous No.17906693]

>>17906480
There's an entire second half of that post, anon
also:
>>17906175

[Anonymous No.17906833]

>>17906401
Which essay?

[Anonymous No.17906836]

>>17906833
authority and american usage

[Anonymous No.17906853]

>>17905839
>In fact /fit/ and /int/ write far better.

This is how I know its a troll post

[Anonymous No.17906901]

>>17906072
Cope with the fact that you're a dumb namefag only capable of writing trite and easily refuted lefty talking points. You're not a schizo, at least schizo ramblings are sometimes amusing.

[Anonymous No.17906904]

>>17906144
Cool it.

[Anonymous No.17906914]

>>17905839
I rely on a massive amount of proof reading to make anything I write readable.
My browser doesn't have a spell check.
I'm dyslexic.
I often don't proof read post I write on 4chan(nel)

[Anonymous No.17907267]

/fit/ does not write better lmfao, that board is insanely retarded

[Anonymous No.17907308]

>>17905839
You people are generally not worth my effort. The exception being Stirner, Nietzche, and Acc anons.

[Anonymous No.17907374]

>>17907308

[Anonymous No.17907397]

>>17905855
Meet Rebecca!
She's the coolest girl in the world
Wait, wrong Rebecca
So let's go back to Other Rebecca

[Anonymous No.17907426]

>>17905839
All of 4chan suffers from the problem that anonymity and freedom only works when the entry point is fairly high. It all turned to shit once retards got internetphones and governments figured out how to drown everything in disinfo.
In short, it's just /pol/ shitposters

[Anonymous No.17907658]

>>17906175
>Not to mention that threads worth effortposting in are rare
This is the worst part. I'm more than happy to effortpost and only get one or two replies, but now there isn't even the chance to because the threads never exist in the first place. It is always some vague shitty "was author based" or "author was right" thread which it is impossible to start a discussion with. I hate it so much.

[Anonymous No.17907673]

This place is newfag central. And recently ESL central too. I don't think it is an exaggeration to say that the majority of posters have only been here a few months.

[Anonymous No.17908197]

>>17905839
/lit/ stopped gatekeeping years ago. This is the result.

[Anonymous No.17908399]

>>17906387
>>17906522
Yeah, I know. It is what it is and my position is that it is good for what it is, and I call it a resource but maybe a reference is a better term.
>>17906392
You need to chill out, drink some tea and go for a stroll or something tomorrow I don't know if you enjoy baths. I agree with you more than we disagree.

[Anonymous No.17909699]

>>17905839
As it turns out, just reading does not lend itself to great writing which is an entirely separate skill. I can't say that I'm all that great at articulating myself when it comes to a lot of the regular topics around here. Plus, shitposts and bait naturally get more attention so why put in a lot of effort. That being said, you'll stumble across gems now and then that are worth saving.

[Anonymous No.17909996]

>>17909699
>just reading does not lend itself to great writing
Kinda this. I wonder why tho

[Anonymous No.17910056]

>>17905839
Eh whatever. If nothing else, enjoy shitposting.

[Anonymous No.17910755]

>>17905839
Nobody here reads or writes.

[Anonymous No.17911404]

>>17910755
There is nobody here. Not even you.

[Anonymous No.17911962]

my mother always did my writing assignments for me, so my literary education practically stopped at the age of 8
also english is my second language

[Anonymous No.17911978]

>>17907658
I know it's a meme but seriously, all the shitty bait threads will stay up for days at a time while the threads worth actually discussing will be archived with less than ten replies, every time. Not to mention it is very easy for threads to devolve into /pol/ shitslinging.