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Anonymous Fri Dec 23 00:29:31 2022 No.21420594 [Reply] [Original]

How has reading changed your life?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 00:31:07 2022 No.21420600 It made me more depressed and removed from reality.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 00:31:53 2022 No.21420601 >>21420594 In many ways it made me less retarded and more sane, in other ways the opposite.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 00:32:07 2022 No.21420602 >>21420594 please don't post pictures of rape...

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 00:32:14 2022 No.21420603 >>21420600 This but without the depression

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 00:52:46 2022 No.21420665 it made me set more realistic expectations about how my life would progress

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 00:52:50 2022 No.21420666 >>21420594 No

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 01:08:07 2022 No.21420742 >>21420594 No why would it?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 01:09:58 2022 No.21420753 >>21420594 When I started reading I was socially inept, had no friends, no gf and was pretty depressed. All of that is still true today, but now I've read Ulysses.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 01:11:59 2022 No.21420768 File: 340 KB, 1595x2000, FkkM8dtacAA1Jfh.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>21420594 Infinite Jest got me fired from my shit job.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 03:16:42 2022 No.21421230 >>21420768 elaborate ma'am

Anonymous Fri Dec 23 04:02:39 2022 No.21421403

really well,I've always been comfortable and good with social situations but now I can see people look at me differently for the way I communicate...i guess I think more about what I'm going to say and I express it better. Part of this has been due to my outlook of life has changed from reading greek philosophy/ the bible so now I dont care about sports or stuff like that and just walk away from those conversations. Even if god isn't real, which I know he is, following Jesus teachings in real life really does make you happier and more at peace with yourself and others.
Also has helped when talking to "cultured" people, and now i can participate in more profound conversations instead of quietly listening like a retard.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 04:25:29 2022 No.21421457 >>21420594 i know more words than most people and talk like a weirdo

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 04:26:22 2022 No.21421461 >>21421403 i know that feel. for me, it feels good to express exactly how i feel rather than dumb down the language, which in turn just leads to people understanding me less.

卐 I V R I × N E M O 卍 !!GgBWHLRiayD Fri Dec 23 05:15:44 2022 No.21421586

>>21420594

Reading does not "change one's life", but, rather, it implies & entails intensive organization & ordering of one's thoughts & cogitations pertaining, both: to what one reads, and to things related, or not directly related, to it.

Anonymous Fri Dec 23 05:19:32 2022 No.21421593
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>>21421586
>Reading does not "change one's life", but, rather, it implies & entails intensive organization & ordering of one's thoughts & cogitations pertaining, both: to what one reads, and to things related, or not directly related, to it.
Blah blah blah. We know you like men, you know.

Anonymous Fri Dec 23 05:49:23 2022 No.21421682

>>21420594
Reading has given me new ideas to explore and has changed my world view a fair bit. It has had a minimal effect on my actions (at least I think so) but I would chalk that up to my cowardice more than the reading itself. I would rather stand still forever than face the terror of moving. But if I could get over that I think my reading so far would inform my motions a bit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 06:30:28 2022 No.21421806 >>21420594 reading has been such a huge part of my life since I learned how, that if I didn't read so much, my life would have been drastically different.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 06:40:43 2022 No.21421837 >>21420594 german idealism ruined my life

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 11:05:01 2022 No.21422578 >>21421837 How so?

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 11:13:09 2022 No.21422609 Improved my art.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 14:48:02 2022 No.21423196 >>21420594 I used to hate the world just because now I have reasons

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 15:18:37 2022 No.21423287 File: 33 KB, 657x527, 1671018998582127.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] It gave me a fun hobby that i enjoy Unfortunately i also have a habit of autistically info dumping about my favorite authors and books if they ask

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 19:09:48 2022 No.21424167 >>21423287 Domp eet, anon

Anonymous Fri Dec 23 19:34:29 2022 No.21424308
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>>21424167
I love Japanese literature so much, reading snow country for the first time was an experience that i wish i could do again. The subtle way Kawabata writes the relationship between shimamura and komako is beautiful, especially when its plainly obvious that he has his eyes on yoko. But my favorite part is the end where yoko falls from the warehouse. To me it represents loss of beauty
speaking of beauty, another good Japanese book is the temple of the golden pavilion, outside of the literally me character named Mizoguchi, it holds significant value as its about the obsession with beauty and how it can alienate you from life. "It is impossible to hold onto eternity with one hand and life in the other" haunts me because to mizoguchi his stutter is brought on because of the idea of beauty. He sees him as ugly and outcast to the world so he begins to hold onto the golden temple in which he begins to see not only the acolytes but the superior also as powerless. There's also a Buddhist tale in it that represents Mizoguchi. "Nansen kills the cat" in it two halls of acolytes in temple fight over a beautiful cat and they brought it to father nansen who told them to save the cat they must say a word of zen but since there is no word of zen he killed the cat but he didn't kill it all instead he gave it life in other forms. what it represents is Mizoguchi is Nansen and the temple was so beautiful like the cat, that Mizoguchi couldn't handle the temple and decided to burn it down to bring about a new world

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 19:45:44 2022 No.21424373 >>21424308 >bla bla bla I'm a fucking weeb Opinion discarded

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 23 20:08:13 2022 No.21424489 >>21424373 You asked not me

Anonymous Sat Dec 24 01:42:38 2022 No.21425841

>>21420594
>barhopping by myself
>end up at some random place
>strike up a conversation with a cute girl because at this point I'mso drunk just dont't care
> turns out she's an avid reader
>we talk about Nabokov
>turns out that we both love Invitation to a Beheading
>she gets really flirty, giggles, compliments and touches my muscles
>basically tells me that she wants to take me home
>I say goodbye and leave
>not a hint of regret
God, I love being autistic.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 10:36:12 2022 No.21427227 >>21420594 Why would reading change my life?

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 10:37:14 2022 No.21427230 >>21420594 It has given me the ability to learn how to be closer with God.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 10:58:03 2022 No.21427284 >>21420594 Not all all.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 13:43:20 2022 No.21427785 >>21420600 This

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 14:04:14 2022 No.21427851 >>21420600 /thread "reality" is a meme tho

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 14:06:19 2022 No.21427861 >>21420594 society

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 15:54:14 2022 No.21428276 >>21421837 He started every sentence with >The German Idealists say... or >As explained in German Idealism...

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 21:01:41 2022 No.21429202 >>21424373 kek, but I actually ordered picrel after reading op

Anonymous Sat Dec 24 21:08:09 2022 No.21429225
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>Began reading old books
>Learn of old world-concepts
>Learn about beauty and truth
>Learn about virtue and wisdom
>Think if old greek homos can live well then i probably can
>Try it
>It works, see improvements in mental, physical and social health

Anyways, long story short I became a Fascist. Turns out that is why they tell you to start with the Greeks.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 21:12:27 2022 No.21429243 >>21424308 very based pick anon. glad you enjoyed it so much.

Anonymous Sat Dec 24 21:20:07 2022 No.21429267

>>21420594
It has become a beloved hobby
Made me more introspective
Made me more perceptive
Made me more open minded
Made me more interesting
Made me better at conversation
Made me more spiritual
It has changed my thinking which is the prerequisite to changing actions
It has even got me laid a few times

I have gotten many benefits from it

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 21:42:41 2022 No.21429336 >>21420594 Reassured me that life is hell and that any course in it other than the most rapid suicide I can muster is folly. + desire to have been born in ancient Greece so I could fuck the cute boys.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 21:44:00 2022 No.21429345 >>21420594 Whenever I read a lot I am calmer

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 21:47:41 2022 No.21429369 >>21429336 We couldn’t be more different

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 21:52:28 2022 No.21429393 >>21429225 Based. Now all you need for your final conversion is to become a faggot and get a qt twink bf who'll help you launch your fascist coup. Hi :3

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 21:53:29 2022 No.21429398 >>21429369 You like life and wish to have been born into ancient rome so you could fuck women? Sounds pretty dumb to me.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 21:57:29 2022 No.21429417 >>21429398 your reddit spacing is dumb

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 23:19:20 2022 No.21429694 >>21420594 Made me more confident and know myself better. Reading is art, exposure, and narrative therapy all at once.

>>	Anonymous Sat Dec 24 23:24:30 2022 No.21429715 >>21420594 It made me grow out of my immature fantasies and that I'm a huge loser that needs to to something about my life. I've made some progress. I've gotten fit and now have a girlfriend, but am very far from a career or achieving my dreams

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 25 05:07:18 2022 No.21430765 >>21420594 I've had a lot of time since I stopped doing it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 25 10:29:30 2022 No.21431441 >>21429417 Reddit spacing is literally a 4chan psyop to out retards. Hi.

>>	Anonymous Sun Dec 25 10:34:39 2022 No.21431454 File: 598 KB, 1055x845, 1648264351960.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>21420594 I don't think anything I've ever done has changed my life. Free will is looking pretty suspect right about now.

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