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Does anyone here actually read books for enjoyment or do you all just Google image 19th century French satirists and spout off pseudo-intellectual horseshit?

How is that copy of Anna Karenina you bought at the Strand seven years ago and are still bringing to the coffee shop to be seen reading it?

The George R.R. Martin and Middle Earth homo's get a pass for embracing their nerd-dom. They might have taste for shite and still Virgins at 30, but at least they're not phony.

Pic related. It's you.

>> No.2222443

so name a few 19th century french satirists youve seen discussed on here

>> No.2222448

>actually read books for enjoyment
>actually
You are a cunt.
>>>/b/

>> No.2222450
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Troll thread? Troll thread.

>> No.2222454

oh look its this thread again.

>> No.2222461

op has only been on /lit/ once pass it on

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2222464

Is Anna Karenina a pretentious book to read now? I don't want to look like a hipster! I'm going to throw away all my books right now!

>> No.2222472

>ITT People that don't understand classical literature and assume because they don't understand it, nobody else does.

>> No.2222582

Are you holdin'? You got Holden Caulfield, man?

>> No.2222606

but, I read for entertainment and enlightenment, neither of which has any relation to "the classics"

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OP began reading casually last May.
stephen chbosky is his favorite author.
he got shook defending stephen's work IRL, then his friends banished him from acquaintance circle.

pic related. it's you, op.

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2222860

Pic related, OP

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>> No.2222868

>>2222464
Anna Karenina is standard high school curriculum fare.

>>2222606
That depends - the Russians were almost pathologically humorous, while Frenchmen were completely devoid of humor. Dead Souls and The Brothers Karamazov are full of satire.

>> No.2222880

This wasn't a very good thread, but at least now it's a reported one.

>> No.2223163

>>2222880
If you actually reported this thread the only one who stands to get in trouble is you.

>> No.2223166

>>2223163
Stop bumping shit from page 15.

>> No.2223170

>>2223166
Oops, I meant to sage. And it was on page 3 or 4 so whatever.

>> No.2223705

I guess I'm a George R.R. Martin and Middle Earth homo.

Taste is subjective.

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I bought Anna Karenina at a Barnes and Noble this year and finished it about two months ago.

It was pretty good too. Kinda long.

>> No.2223714

“Hipster” is a term co-opted for use as a meaningless pejorative in order to vaguely call someone else’s authenticity into question and, by extension, claim authenticity for yourself.

It serves no conversational function and imparts no information, save for indicating the opinions and preferences of the speaker.

Meanwhile, a market myth has sprung up around the term, as well as a cultural bogeyman consisting of elusive white 20-somethings who wear certain clothes (but no one will agree on what), listen to certain music (no one can agree on this either), and act a certain way (you’ve probably sensed the pattern on your own).

Suffice it to say, no one self-identifies as a hipster; the term is always applied to an Other, to separate the authentic Us from the inauthentic, “ironic” Them.

You can’t define what “that kind of behavior or fashion or lifestyle” actually is, nor will you ever be able to. That’s because you don’t use “hipster” to describe an actual group of people, but to describe a fictional stereotype that is an outlet for literally anything that annoys you.

The twist, of course, is that if it weren’t for your own insecurities, nothing that a “hipster” could do or wear would ever affect you emotionally. But you are insecure about your own authenticity - “Do I wear what I wear because I want to? Do I listen to my music because I truly like it? I’m certainly not like those filthy hipsters!” - so you project those feelings onto others.

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>>2223714

Cool story bro, anything else to say that makes you sound smart?

>> No.2223819

One cool thing about hipsters is that they make good literature so much cheaper. They buy a book, carry it around to look cool and then give it away to charity shops and used book stores. Usually the books have no wear either.

>> No.2223820

>>2223714
this but unironically

>> No.2223823

>>2223820
But, it wasn't ironic..? It was entirely sincere, and the truth.

>> No.2223837

>>2223714

I'm hipster as fuck.