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Template.

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>>23592913
It falls off hard after the Underworld

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>> No.23593868

>>23592975
Now I have to read this.
Why is Taleb there, does he go about risk-responsibility things?

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>> No.23594061

>>23593868
>Why is Taleb there, does he go about risk-responsibility things?
He said he read it on twitter and put it in his top five

>> No.23594120

I cried reading Andrew Robert's book

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>> No.23594572

>>23593935
>only read the catalogue of ships
for what purpose

>> No.23594575

>>23593935
filtered

>> No.23594583

>>23594572
Memes aside I distinctly remember getting through the page or two or whatever and assuming there would be a much longer and more painful catalogue somewhere down the line because there was no way this was the thing everybody kept complaining about.

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>>23593868
>>23594061
I guess he wanted one arab on his list ;)

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>> No.23595574

>>23594120
Why?

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>>23592913
this one made me snort

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>> No.23596653

>>23593820
kek

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>>23592913
What book should I read if code gayass is my favourite rice animation?
Already read War and peace

>> No.23596770

>>23596753
anna karenina

>> No.23596969

>>23592913
Books like Code Geass?

>> No.23597357

>>23594155
Perfect

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>> No.23597399

>>23594120
Do you cry when reading Wikipedia articles? Roberts possesses no artistry

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>>23592913
>inb4 manga isn't literature

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>> No.23597454

>>23597428
It isnt, dilate and get a job faggot.

>> No.23597455

>>23597454
It is and I will do neither

>> No.23597465

>>23597428
>"Hey /lit/ what books have you guys rea-"
>Immediately posts manga
Read a fucking book

>> No.23597467

>>23597428
If only there was a board for manga… hmmm… what a puzzle

>> No.23597469

>>23597465
I think you americans call it a comic book, if that helps

>> No.23597478

>>23597469
>HOHOHOH SIRRY AMELICANS
You will never be Japanese. Now why don’t you wander back to the board full of low-IQ children, whether /co/ or /a/, and look at your pretty pictures.

>> No.23597479

>>23597469
I'm not american, lis un livre and stop larping. Your pic was the most embarassing unfunny pseud shit I've ever seen. Read something without images and see if you can make imaginary pictures in your head, how about that

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>> No.23597484

>>23597428
>>>/co/
>>>/a/
>>>/jp/
go back

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>>23592913

>> No.23597490

>>23597428
I hope the reaction this post has been a redpill that you aren’t welcome. Put in the work, then come back.

>> No.23597497

>>23597478
>>23597479
>nooo you have to read stale treatises and novels written by floundering and angsty goobers to really have read™
I'll have you know my book series here blows most of what pretentious drivel you post about out of the water on all points of note - entertainment value, storytelling, and artistic merit.

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>>23594155

>> No.23597499

>>23597497
You are off topic. This is the board for books. You posted manga. I know this is all new and confusing for you. I hope you understand. :)

>> No.23597501

>>23597374
retard

>> No.23597509

>>23597497
I've read FMA when I was about 13 and I can safely deduce that you have never actually sat down and finished a book in your life.

>> No.23597510

>>23597497
I would call you a troll but I think you actually believe what you are saying. I think you could probably read a (non-picture) book for about 30 seconds before snoozing off. And it’s because you’re such a low quality, low-IQ individual that people here will just call you a retard and tell you to fuck off. No one will “debate” you, or seriously engage with you. You’re a joke, but not even a funny one.

>> No.23597515

>>23597510
big mad

>> No.23597522

>>23597515
Whatever you say. I’m not the one who spent 4 hours in GIMP making that ridiculous image of yours. It’s obvious you want to be taken seriously, or at least seem as amusing. But you are neither.

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>>23597499
>>23597509
>>23597510
>>23597522
Mindbroken by the sheer aura of superior manga chad.
You should all read or re-read it, as the case may be. It's a fun series. Maybe you'll loosen up a little.

>> No.23597568

>>23597563
I have read FMA. It's excellent. That guy is still a faggot, FMA doesn't belong on /lit/

>> No.23597571

>>23597563
I read pan, I was... Disturbed...

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>> No.23597581

>>23597428
>T. 16 year old

>> No.23597611

>>23597571
Loved Pan. Hamsun has a way of inviting sympathy for his characters even when they're batshit. Or maybe because they're batshit, I'm not sure.

>> No.23597613

>>23597568
Why do you guys give a shit if it's one reply. It's not like manga is clogging up every thread. Personally manga is closer to /lit/ than GOT and we have like 2-3 grrm bait threads at any time.

>> No.23597615

>>23597613
You have to nip these things in the bud.

>> No.23597616

>>23597613
>Dude this shit is shitting up the board that means you have to tolerate this other thing aswell!
I wish for both of these r*ddit niggers to fuck off and die of the worst possible cancer.

>> No.23597619

>>23597615
>>23597616

Do you think Jannies should decide what counts as /lit/ and what doesn't?

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>>23597428
>you guys don‘t get it the cartoon is DEEEEEP

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>>23597619
>Do you think this loser who works for free should be allowed to decide things.
No.

>> No.23597637

>>23597538
There wasn't any netorare in sailor though?

>> No.23597641

>>23597619
Igdaf about jannies. This is called self policing. This is called cleaning up public spaces for all to enjoy. I shit on this manga faggot because he deserves it and /lit/ will be better for me having done so. “Be the change you want to see in the world” - Adolf Hitler

>> No.23597647

>>23597616
Go back to r*ddit if you want a forum with 35 different rules made to mold the forum into only talking about some small niche. I heard r/literature bans manga and genre fiction.

>> No.23597652

>>23597647
>WAhhh you HAVE to let me post my offtopic puerile garbage because le quirky 4chan ok????

>> No.23597657

>>23597647
Get a load of this nigger trying to reason his f/a/ggy nonsense. You have to go back.

>> No.23597667

>>23595052
Aw come on, there was some good shit in this too.

>> No.23597669

>>23597647
You're clueless. The board you are supposed to be on right now (/a/) are the biggest fucking sticklers for rules. In fact, I bet you posted your image there and got pruned for it.

>> No.23597695

>>23597652
>>23597657
r/literature seems perfect for you faggots

>>23597669
Never been because I don't watch anime

>> No.23597699

>>23597695
/a/ is for manga too you fucking moron. go make a thread there, see how long it stays up. you obviously know more about reddit than you do about this place.

>> No.23597711

>>23597637
pretty cucked to watch another guy bang your mom

>> No.23597715

>>23597695
>keeps talking about reddit
>even knows the rules
>doesn't know there's a board for mangas
you don't fit in

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>>23597699
>>/a/ is for manga too you fucking moron

>> No.23597725

>>23597711
Only if you masturbate to it.

>> No.23597727

>>23597725
or climb into a shitty dresser drawer to watch it
and brag about it to your friends

>> No.23597735

>>23597727
There was nothing erotic about him watching his mom getting plowed and he received to sexual pleasure from it. So It's not Netorare, he also never presented any ideas of ownership of his mom. So there was no 'taking' element as well.

>> No.23597736

>>23594691
>except for one of them (socrates) the rest are religious figures
>one of them (Ali) isn't even a christian

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>>23593820
>>23593935
>>23594155
Why the fucking same namefile?

>> No.23597974

>>23597952
>bames nond having a stronk

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still love the book, though

>> No.23598037

>>23594120
>>23592913
Can you really make a new book about that guy anymore? Like, what's there to be said that hasn't been said already...

>> No.23598170

>>23598037
Almost all of them are pro nappy. Where are the anti nappy books? Like when a contemporary anglo makes a biography about Bismarck or Frederick there are always going to be known biases and you can always tell when you compare them to Carlyle's biographies the difference in tone

>> No.23598178

>>23598170
Zamoyski

>> No.23598179

>>23598037
You could autistically compile it all in a giant day to day biography. New things are also always being discovered, proven to be false or released from the grasps of the evil brits like the original Saint Helena manuscipts of Las Casas.

>> No.23598263

>>23597721
Manga is nas, retard

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>> No.23598805

>>23597428
>The images are mostly redundant
>While they represent things that are completely central all of them get only get the most superficial treatment as subjects
>Just mentioning them though means it's deep and smart
Very representative FMA fan

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>>23594624
>the "What I got" image
wow, I remember the thread on /b/ when that image was originally posted. "shake your head wildly and take an image". time sure flies

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>> No.23599206

>>23597987
Leave my main man Blue Pen be

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I improved this meme you guys

>> No.23599275

>>23599248
by just adding more shit? the original was funnier

>> No.23599291

>>23599275
A few years back some anon on /v/ pointed out that you're only supposed to put one image in each panel. Otherwise it becomes a clusterfuck of unfunny nonsense. At first I thought he was a no-fun-allowed fag but he was 100% correct

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>> No.23599358

>>23599356
LEL.
Yeah... I always thought that the book title itself was a bit too much for me to stomach.

>> No.23599376

>>23599305
but kitty is a 10/10 amazing woman

>> No.23599383

>>23599376
>fell in love with vronsky and levin almost lost all hope
>nothing personal hehe
Kitty would be a fucking slut and would have sucked vronsky's cock in a bathroom if it was today but yeah, otherwise she's good.

>> No.23599388

>>23599383
>woman catches feelings for a charming young man then gets over it
>GOD I HATE WOMEN SO MUCH FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUUUUUC

you are mentally ill

>> No.23599390

>>23599388
>you are mentally ill
Levin was there also. Charming man was a womanizing cunt, cunt.

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>>23599291
These threads stopped being about the humor a long time ago. For the most part they are now used to signal how cool and esoteric my favorite book/game/anime is

>> No.23600112

>>23599206
I hate that dude like you wouldn't believe

>> No.23601050

>>23597736
>Socrates isn't a religious figure

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>> No.23602381

>>23597428
Based manga poster

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>>23594155
Checked, I know it's a meme but those chapters do have a porpoise. Imagine a 3D object rotating in your mind: now go read the last 7 or so chapters

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As always, the film didn't capture the book well.

>> No.23603366

>>23603355
>film didn't capture the book well.
I shocked 2 women so far who watched anna karenina with knightley and told them that the film is almost nothing like the book.
Especially in the portrayal of Karenin.

>> No.23603390

>>23599356
Kek, fucking accurate.

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>> No.23603816

>>23599356
Haven't read it but see it get shit on a lot. QRD on what's wrong with it—and a better alternative?

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>>23603605
That is the most retarded commie take from wealth of nations. You absolute subhumans dont seem to understand that the ''landlord ''was way different back in Adam Smiths days and it actually meant that someone was literally working the land not being som cock sucking rentoid in some apartement in one of your urbanite shitholes.

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>> No.23604065

>>23597498
this is surprisingly accurate once you give it some thought

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>>23593850
Kek.
>>23592913

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>> No.23607185

>>23606795
Based