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books are for poorfags that can't afford gaming PCs.

>> No.19578676

>>19578668
I read books on my 15k pc

>> No.19578677

>>19578668
Hunger by Knut Hamsun

>> No.19578684
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>> No.19578690

After the exotic eroticism of Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare returned to Rome for one of his final tragedies, and the change could not have been more dramatic. Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare's harshest and most challenging studies of power, politics and masculinity, based around the life of Caius Marcius.

Based on the Roman chronicles of Plutarch's Lives and Livy's History of Rome, the play is set in the early years of the Roman Republic. Its famous opening scene, particularly admired by Bertolt Brecht, portrays its citizens as starving and rebellious, and horrified by the arrogant and dismissive attitude of Caius Marcius, one of Rome's most valiant but also political naive soldiers. Spurred on by his ambitious mother Volumnia, Caius takes the city of Corioles, is renamed Coriolanus in honour of his victory, and is encouraged to run for senate. However, his contempt for the citizens, who he calls "scabs" and "musty superfluity" ultimately leads to his exile and destructive alliance with his deadly foe, Aufidius. Despite its relative unpopularity, Coriolanus is a fascinating study of both public and personal life. Its language is dense and complex, as its representation of the tensions built into the fabric of Roman political life. Yet it also contains extraordinarily intimate scenes between Coriolanus and both his mother, who ultimately proves "most mortal" to her own son, and his enemy Aufidius, whose "rapt heart" is happier to see Coriolanus than his own wife. One of Shakespeare's darker and more disturbing plays.

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>>19578684
Hard to imagine.
For a poorfag.

>> No.19578697

>>19578676
>15k pc

What kind of chode pays 15k for a pc. What a fucking loser.

>> No.19578704

>>19578668
I could buy one, but honestly? I don't care. I unironically haven't bought a new computer, because I thought that I would end up wasting money, because I would buy one and end up not playing anything on it. Got a chromebook instead and I barely open steam on my regular pc.

>> No.19578715

>>19578697

What kind of scrub can't afford a 15k pc

>> No.19578719

>>19578697
who pays 20k for a pc? who insinuateed I payed 20k? 25k, what a ridiculous number! 30k Pc why I never. 35k for a computer? 40k that mroe then a new car! 45k just imagine! 50k ugggh that bastard!

>> No.19578721

>>19578715
Why would you get that?

>> No.19578724

A decent book collection would cost a lot more in total than the average gaming PC

>> No.19578723

>>19578704
This was exactly how I thought and I’m most certainly right. I’m turning my PC on around three times a week and the most demanding game I run is the binding of Isaac. Imagine shilling out thousands of dollars for a gaming PC and all you do is waste time playing league of legends. I’ve had friends do this and openly mock their past selves for their decision.

>> No.19578744

>>19578724

>not downloading books

Do you send letter instead of making phone calls?

>> No.19578786

>>19578719
You misunderstand me. Anyone paying more than 2k for a PC in today's market is a fucking retard who is bad with money. The retard who paid 15k for a PC is a chode because of how much he spent.

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>Why yes, I do have a massive collection of zlibrary pdfs on my $2,000 gaming PC, how could you tell?

>> No.19578810

>>19578744
>/lit/
>unironically admitting that he never felt like reading a book not available for download
Tell me, how does it feel to be a brainlet?

>> No.19578828

>>19578810
Name a book that can't be downloaded online that's worth reading. I'm sure there's some, I just want an example.

>> No.19578834

>>19578786
t. apple-let

>> No.19578844

>>19578828
I don't know, it is not like I keep a list, but I can definitely remember multiple times that I felt like reading something and haven't found anything on libgen. That is definitely a thing if you are learning other languages. There are lots of books in French, German, Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese that aren't available there. They don't have Mishima's Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Japanese. At least they didn't the last time I checked, I had to look for it in some random Chinese site.

>> No.19578856

>>19578828
Oh and that is definitely a thing with language learning books.

>> No.19578860

>>19578844
>>19578856
Makes sense. The internet has pretty brutal language divides.

>> No.19578863

>>19578668
some people just enjoy different things i guess

>> No.19578869

>>19578828
> Name a book that can't be downloaded online that's worth reading.
Most books that are around 10 years out of print or more. A recent example I experienced is the last three books written by M.A.R Barker.

>> No.19578899

>>19578869
>Most books that are around 10 years out of print or more
qed

>> No.19578912

>>19578869
>>19578899
Wait nvm I misread that as in the past 10 years.

>> No.19579090

>>19578668
I have spent over $4,500 on books over the past three years. Imagine the gaming I could have done instead. I made a mistake, bros.

>> No.19579616

>>19578668
My pc cost about 4k but I have more financial value in my library.

>> No.19579636

>>19578668
I have pic, is bretty gud :DD

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>>19579636
oops forgot tehee~

>> No.19579657

>>19578668
My library is worth 10x what your PC is.

>> No.19579670

>>19578684
Pretentious tripcunt. I have a heckin gambling addiction and retro video games are the only thing I can substitute for it.

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>>19578684

>> No.19579687

>>19578668
Why would I want a gaming PC? Popular games with their invasive anti-cheat measures, ad hoc "updates," and whatnot are glorified spyware that give game developers complete control of your device. Your computer basically becomes a botnet node that gives you some entertainment as a secondary feature.

>> No.19579694

>>19579687
>>>/g/

>> No.19579729

>>19578668
I'm pretty sure I've spent more money on books than I would have on a pc.

>>19579687
Also this.

If you can't run the game on a 10 year old toaster, it's not worth playing anyway.

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>>19578668
Only faggots don't do both. I spend my weekends playing deeprock and such and I spend my work time reading books. Badda bing.

>> No.19579936

>>19579729
>>19579687
>massively retarded atustic samefagging some schizo shit

>> No.19580006

>>19579936
Your zero social clue in thinking that's samefagging shows that you're more of a schizo than any /g/ privacyfag.