why do you read /lit/?

[Anonymous No.18092791]

i enjoy reading answers will not be accepted

[Anonymous No.18092800]

>>18092791
Because I am depressed and it's an escape to get my mind off the dystopian clown world nightmare we are living in. Sometimes I'll read non fiction to expand or mold my views, or attempt to find answers to questions I have about life, morality and other topics.

[Anonymous No.18092802]

I have no ambitions whatsoever, no real interests. To say that I am waiting for death, however, would not be accurate either. So what can I do but observe? I am a pair of eyes and ears and soak up what I can. Books are an ideal and nigh inexhaustible fountain. The other one is movies.

[Anonymous No.18092810]

>>18092791
ok since no one replied i will start, sole purpose for me to read is to get insight on life and be better at analyzing situatios to get better understanding of life. i have never ever enjoyed reading a book

[Anonymous No.18092836]

Cuz it's fun and good prose can feel more real than a movie, also cheap and low effort and it improves your communication skills

[Anonymous No.18092847]

Because I will singlehandedly bring the rebirth of philosophy but for that I first need to read the entire canon.

[Anonymous No.18092851]

Securing salvation

[Anonymous No.18092877]

>>18092791
Because i want to formulate a political theory of solipsist natalist communist hyperfascism.

[Anonymous No.18092931]

1. Writefag who enjoys the flash fiction and image prompt threads

2. A pseud who (rather than learning by listening or doing) learns by teaching and answering questions. Even if i have no knowledge on the topic, ill try to research it and write what i think to be good advice. So when you get some shit advice, confidently delivered, rest knowing that i’m doing it for my own growth, and that i genuinely thought i was being helpful.

[Anonymous No.18092974]

I enjoy reading

[Anonymous No.18092985]

>>18092791
I fucking love a good story, and getting lost in a good book is downright very pleasurable.

[Anonymous No.18092987]

Can never know enough people to sufficiently enjoy life

[Anonymous No.18092991]

>>18092791
Reading is fun :3

[Anonymous No.18093039]

>>18092791
i dont
i used to, growing up
i stopped a handful of years ago
i no longer feel motivated to read

[Anonymous No.18093143]

>>18092791
To coom. I'm addicted to erotic literature. I can't stop. Those shitty normie porn videos just can't hold a candle compared to masterpieces like "The 120 Days of Sodom", "The Necrophiliac" and "Confirmation".

[Anonymous No.18093167]

>>18092791
To cope

[Anonymous No.18093175]

to show off on /lit/ about the books i've read (that no one actually cares about) of course

[Anonymous No.18093197]

I'm afraid to live so I let myself think reading is experiencing this world

[Anonymous No.18093221]

I read mostly for the ideas. Books are an excellent format to present a lot of information in an interesting way. I also read a little bit of adventure-y books for the motivation and inspiration, and they’re fun

[Anonymous No.18093427]

Reading is fun and I enjoy it.

[Anonymous No.18093446]

>>18092800
this anon basically sums it up

[Anonymous No.18093451]

1. Gives me a solid intellectual grounding and better understanding of the world.
2. Reading philosophy surprisingly helped my mental health
3. Reading pulp is fun and relaxing

[Anonymous No.18093456]

>>18092791
I get giddy when I see how a writer is creating an aesthetic piece by piece, it feels as though I'm creating the image with them

[Anonymous No.18093682]

>>18092836
>cheap
It's so expensive where I live man. Stuff like videogames is so much cheaper as well. Sucks.

[Anonymous No.18093780]

>>18093682
If you don't mind reading with a tablet or e-reader, just embrace piracy.

[Anonymous No.18093816]

>>18093780
It's a good idea. It's just that a) My e-reader kinda sucks (and it's expensive to upgrade) and b) I just get more invested in things if I buy them. I read a lot more now that I go thrift hunting or find something neat somewhere.

What I will start doing for sure however is using the library more.

[Anonymous No.18093959]

1. I want to make my own work(whether that be movies, books, music, paintings etc.) and I feel that reading books could give me a lot of inspiration.
2. they help me make sense of the world and articulate my ideas
3. I find a lot of postmodern philosophy to be very insightful and fun to explore, even if they're "word salads" or whatever.
4. Some books have that almost mystical atmosphere, or rather "aura", that I'm so drawn to, kind of like how certain paintings just "click" on their own, they stick with you and you can't help but admire their workmanship. It almost feels like they were made just for you to cling to
4. it lowers my time on cyberspace. I feel a sense of accomplishment when I finish a book that I do not really get from any other medium
5. it's a nice and appreciated hobby, unlike vidya for example

[Anonymous No.18094101]

>>18093682
Invest in an ebook, use libgen, never pay for a book again.

[Anonymous No.18094266]

>>18092800
This, this, and this.

[Anonymous No.18094270]

>>18092791
Escapism.

[Anonymous No.18094432]

>>18092791
Because I can

[Anonymous No.18095113]

>>18092791
Because I need to for class.
I haven't read any fiction for fun since the start of this semester.

[Anonymous No.18095117]

>>18092877
sounds based
put your manifesto in this board when you get around to do it

[Anonymous No.18095149]

Reading is the closest thing to being inside someone else’s mind one can possibly do. Ans by reading I mean novels and treatises. Not just shitposts. Not hour long lectures. Not a tv series. Books. Books get you into the mind of another for long enough to really get it, whatever “it” is. We are beings that are so utterly alone and isolated no matter how much we talk with another person. There are so many little social and emotional issues with talking to someone that you can’t really get anywhere with it. But if that person wrote a book and handed it to me and I read it, I would know the thing better and I’d know them better than if we had an 8 hour long meeting. There are modes on intent and clarity in writing that speaking just doesn’t cover. Writing is the person that person wants to be, not who they are.

[Anonymous No.18095188]

>>18092791
I want to know more. It’s also fun

[Anonymous No.18095931]

>>18092791
I just started and never stopped. A faggier excuse is that I read in order to write better.

[Anonymous No.18096064]

To increase the chances of being able to predict and prepare for what the next 50 years will bring us.

And to find a political organization that both shares my values and views and has the ability to implement them on a nation stage.

[Anonymous No.18096077]

>>18092791
It's how you update your brain's software.

[Anonymous No.18096079]

>>18092791
because it's fun

[Anonymous No.18096104]

>>18092791
Trying to forge my way as a writer.
Also when I spend a day watching netflix and yourube I feel like shit about it, whereas 60 pages read makes me feel alright.

[Anonymous No.18096115]

>>18092791
Inexpensive hobby, essentially free, which sharpens the blade

[Anonymous No.18096649]

>>18096104
>Also when I spend a day watching netflix and yourube I feel like shit about it, whereas 60 pages read makes me feel alright.
This
Also a book usually has more natural stop points. That is to say it has one at all, youtube and such are endless timesinks

[Anonymous No.18096651]

>>18092791
It's better than watching movies or browsing imageboards all day. Plus it helps with my obsessive thoughts.

[Anonymous No.18096770]

the right book actually boosts my mental health, its also an excuse to stay inside and be left alone

[Anonymous No.18096781]

>>18092791

To get pussy. Hasn't worked so far.

[Anonymous No.18096794]

this is why

[Anonymous No.18096825]

>>18096781
read Purgatorio, it works

[Ridley No.18097007]

>>18096781
On jah it will, you free your mind and you can accomplish anything.

[Anonymous No.18097179]

>>18092800
How do i care about stuff like morality and questions about life? I feel like a NPC sometimes who just follow the rules my government tells me to follow and views my old religion told me to

[Anonymous No.18097211]

I've tried to get into more productive hobbies but I really just like being stuck inside my own head and thinking.

[Anonymous No.18097216]

>>18092791
Because it's fun.

[Anonymous No.18097454]

i'm out of touch with my own emotions, so i read to feel emotions from the character in the books. Even so, the book I like the most are sui-core. one day my friends.

[Anonymous No.18097484]

Bored

[Anonymous No.18098136]

I don't have friends so I have a lot of free time after work.

[Anonymous No.18099598]

>>18092791
To appear cultured.

[Anonymous No.18099826]

>>18092791
As a brown person would I want to write under a pseudonym so that there aren’t any expectations that my writing has to be about being oppressed or some shit?

[Anonymous No.18099829]

>>18092791
Essentially these >>18092800 >>18092802 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCF9KTzjWcM coupled with the fact that I can't get laid

[Anonymous No.18099833]

>>18096781
If you want to get pussy, you should've learned to skateboard or play guitar. Most women don't read

[Anonymous No.18099838]

>>18092791
I enjoy reading
I desire knowledge

[Anonymous No.18099842]

>>18092800
>>18092800
>>18092800

[Anonymous No.18099844]

Hey MODS this loser POS thread should be deleted too. It's a bunch of SORRY SACKS OF SHIT BEING SAD ABOUT THEMSELVES.

HEY MODS STOP BEING LOSER POS TY

[Anonymous No.18099857]

>>18092791
Words together good.