/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.2433227]

moot needs to make a /gent/ board, for gentlemen and women of good taste and decency that frequent 4chan.

I feel like this is something the good people of /lit/ can get behind.

Please, enjoy the soothing baritone voice of Johnny Hartman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W11yvLkuJgU

[Anonymous No.2433243]

My apologies for the somewhat off-topic nature of this thread.

[Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ No.2433258]

And then the /gent/s will want to push the fops out and the fops and gents will want to push the Dandies out.
When will this madness ever cease?

[Anonymous No.2433261]

You'll have to excuse me, my dear /lit/, for leaving this thread prematurely.

I've had a tad too much brandy this snowy evening and my beauty sleep calls me. Please, seriously consider this appeal.

Thank you all in advance.

[Anonymous No.2433544]

I second this motion. Invariably, the outcome would be splendid. Contact the moot immediately.

I think /r9k/ was meant to evoke the OC nature of early /b/ (hah!) and genteel nature together, before it shifted to its current decrepitude. We need a board of the /gent/ type to provide a place for the gentler, well-mannered fellow and lady. Nothing could possibly go awry.

[Anonymous No.2433792]

God, I miss Strad.

And we do need a /gent/ board. Should I e-mail moot, will he read or reply?

[Anonymous No.2433794]

how about instead we make the it's not hip in 2012 to be anachronistic board?

[Anonymous No.2433799]

>>2433794
Good taste and decency are timeless, my dear.

[Anonymous No.2433804]

>>2433227
/gent/ would just be filled with neckbeard faggots like you who think they are gents.

You guys are the worst.

[Anonymous No.2433805]

>>2433799
enjoy your outmoded style of living and the stares on public transport or your "penny-farthing" jerkwad.

also, if you're hardcore no antibiotics for you. Spanish influenza anyone?

[Anonymous No.2433808]

>pissing on everything
>publicly masturbating
>'tis the way of the wise

[Anonymous No.2433816]

/gent/ would be full of people who wear fedoras 'to be classy' and think How I Met Your Mother is great.

Terrible idea.

[Anonymous No.2433815]

>OP

[Anonymous No.2433819]

>>2433808
>>2433805
>>2433804
I must protest.

Do not become a sheep herded by the debauchery that is late capitalism.

I would argue further that being a true /gent/ does not require a cane and monocle (although that would not hurt). It is for all who want to promote kindness and civility in our chaotic times.

[Anonymous No.2433822]

>>2433227

isn't there one of these of 7chan or something. The Vineyard. Just loads of pictures of guys sticking their dicks in glasses of wine.
Sometimes I hate the internet.

[Anonymous No.2433824]

>>2433819
>Diogenes
>debauchery
>contrived neo-Victorianism
>not a symptom of late capitalism

[Anonymous No.2433825]

>>2433819
you already have a board for that

>>>/mlp/

[Anonymous No.2433828]

>>2433822
> pictures of guys sticking their dicks in glasses of wine

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[Anonymous No.2433830]

>>2433824
I suppose a protest against late capitalism would be a symptom of late capitalism. Yes, you have me there.

[Anonymous No.2433950]

Bump.

[Anonymous No.2434612]

Bump.

[Anonymous No.2434648]

What would the point of such a board be?
There's quite the chance it would be loaded with trolls and /b/egenerates. /cgl/ fans would like it too. Or /a/.. Can't even say anything about it.
To conclude, if you want a /gent/ board, try making /lit/ your /gent/ club. Probably the best place to start it and raise the attention. Not attention to the board itself, but start the threads you'd start on /gent/.

[Anonymous No.2434660]

>>2433828

Well I certainly wouldn't say it has my full backing.
It is of interest to me.

[Anonymous No.2434681]

>>2434648

This guy knows what's up.

[Anonymous No.2434687]

>>2434648
To be honest, I think it would be pretty hilarious for /gent/ to get raided by /b/ and have all these Stradlater types "politely sage" and "protest" the "silliness."

[Anonymous No.2434728]

>>2434687
Oh lord, that would hilarious.

[Anonymous No.2434736]

>>2434728
durr
*would be

[Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ No.2435833]

Commence /gent/rification!

[Anonymous No.2436564]

aw i was hoping someoen would at least acknowledge my little pwnage

[Anonymous No.2436568]

but you fags aren't gentlemen, you're pretentious hipsters, there's a difference.

[Anonymous No.2436573]

>>2436568
Pay attention nerd, the pretentious hipsters are making fun of the /gent/s.

[Anonymous No.2436824]

The difference between a hipster and a gentleman is that a hipster does all they do for ironic, attention garnering purposes. Gents, on the other hand, do what they do because they believe in civility and decency, in art and high society. They will look at a painting and not say to their fellow man "I think this painting is genius." They will instead respond to the man saying thus, "Quite."

[Anonymous No.2436831]

are we discussing hipster vs gents?
hipster: seeks out semi-obscure things to be superior
gents: seeks out semi-obscure morals to be superior

what a minute...

[Anonymous No.2436857]

>>2436568
Who gives a fuck. It would be fun to have a board where you have to be witty and articulate.

[Anonymous No.2436866]

we need a philosophy (/ph/) and a history (/his/) board.

[Anonymous No.2436867]

>>2436857
Something no one here is capable of, especially not OP or you

[Anonymous No.2436872]

>>2436866
>/his/

Everyone would think it's a board about snakes

[Anonymous No.2436881]

>>2436866
>/ph/

Everyone would think it's a board about acid

[Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ No.2436882]

>>2436824
>a hipster does all they do for ironic, attention garnering purposes.
So you agree with me. There are no such things!

>>2436831
Whats an "obscure moral?"

Hating people who like things that you haven't heard of isn't done on purpose.

[Anonymous No.2436883]

>>2436866
I can get philosophy, but a history board? Lit is not exactly overrun with history. Also:

>that dreadful feel when a philosophy board would not only get the philosophic /lit/ threads but will attract all kinds of other 4chan folk who will think they have something to say about the subject
>/pol/, /pol/ everywhere

[Anonymous No.2436886]

>>2436867
I am OP.

How do you like me now?

[Anonymous No.2436891]

>>2436882
"obscure" morals... well >>2433819 that guy seems to think "kindness and civility" are obscure in today's times. but really to make my argument more complete you could easily make it:
Hipsters pursue obscure styles
Gents pursue obscure styles
both do it to affect an image.

[Anonymous No.2436892]

>Women
>4chan

Lets not get ahead of our selves.

[Anonymous No.2436899]

Contact the moot.

I think we'll have us a new board, /gent/s.

[Anonymous No.2436919]

We should get started on a sticky for /gent/

Some ground rules (no swears, polite sages etc), /gent/ approved bow-ties, /gent/ approved brandy, some youtube links to the Bertie and Jeeves series.

[Anonymous No.2437015]

>>2436883

I'm not just talking about a board for /lit/ it's a board for everyone, it would probably be fairly popular.

[Anonymous No.2437037]

So, were I desirous to become a "gent" as you people say, what would you recommend me to read? So as to know the adequate attitude, gestures, etc.

[Anonymous No.2437041]

>>2437037
Baldassare Castiglione's Book of the Courtier

[Anonymous No.2437053]

>>2437041
We'll have to link an electronic copy of it on the sticky.

[Anonymous No.2437730]

y'all e-mail moot yet?

[Anonymous No.2439083]

Respectful bump.

[Anonymous No.2439115]

I'd love a /gent/ board. I always try to be a respectable lady when I post on /lit/, but it feels out of place alongside the "weeaboo faggot" and "chink lover" comments.

>>2437037
Treatise on Elegant Living by Honore de Balzac. It marked "an important shift from the early dandyism of the British Regency to the intellectual and artistic dandyism of nineteenth-century France." I think it'd be appropriate for a /gent/ board.

[Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ No.2439120]

So are all the ladies of /lit/ supposed to dress in drag or are we going to get a separate /Lady/ board, or will it simply be called "Ladies and Gents" If that, will you promise not to smoke and swear in threads when a lady posts in them?

[Anonymous No.2439155]

>>2439120
I think the ladies can be the type to be fine with smoking and cursing kept at a gentlemanly amount. I doubt they can manage to completely avoid those in the literature they read, so it shouldn't need to be avoided in conversation.

[makepeace !!SGdeE2xcjJT No.2439162]

yes. the ladies have to dress in drag. dont complain, you know very well that you all secretly want to wear top hats andhave moustaches.

[Anonymous No.2439163]

99 has one

[Anonymous No.2439176]

Pardon my intrusion, but I'm of the disposition that this thread could use more jazz in order to fully evoke a mood fitting of a true gentleman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA9jtl84-Eo

[Anonymous No.2439203]

>>2439176
>gentleman
>listening to nigger music
No

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-eLzao63I

[Anonymous No.2439216]

>>2439203

Also: http://endlessvideo.com/watch?v=Kj1VvTTTO7Q

[Anonymous No.2439232]

Another chan I went on had a /man/ board once, it turned out pretty nicely.
Although having it only as /gent/ will only attract a bunch of /b/-tards who think its funny to talk in an old English accent. I propose we instead name it /clt/-Culture and have it as an open discussion place for all kinds of things, ranging from philosophy to art. It can be a hidden board, and you'll be required to know basic latin in order to post (we can work this out like capatcha, but different).

[Anonymous No.2439241]

>>2439203
>Call yourself a gentleman
>Listen to the most introductory classical music on the planet

Also, you should check out free jazz before you're so quick to disregard this genre. I've never cared for jazz, but this is simply fantastic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrzOzgYL1-o

[Anonymous No.2439246]

>>2439203
>nigger

No true gentleman would use such vulgar language to describe our coco-colored jungle friends. Please exist this thread until you've found a way to refrain yourself.

[Anonymous No.2439249]

>>2439246

> please exist this thread

[Anonymous No.2439262]

>>2439241
If you like Ornette's freer stuff, check out Anthony Braxton, Albert Ayler, John Coltrane's later work (especially Ascension), Cecil Taylor, and Don Cherry.

[Anonymous No.2439270]

>>2439262
>posting the tamest and most introductory free jazz on the planet

[Anonymous No.2439272]

Can we have some more gentleman-related literature recommendations? More that are along the lines of Treatise on Elegant Living.

[Anonymous No.2439280]

>>2439272

[Anonymous No.2439307]

>>2439280
Hahaha.

[sandwiches No.2439412]

>>2439270
Peter Brotzmann is just watered-down Kenny G and you know it.

[Anonymous No.2439420]

>>2439412
Kenneth Gorelick is, indeed, more abrassive and subversive in his use of tone and textures. However, amongst the material for starters, Brötzmann is accessible enough for the young and inexpert gentleman.

[Anonymous No.2439425]

>>2439270
Another dime-a-dozen Ayler ripoff.

[Anonymous No.2439426]

I sense that the kind women of 4chan would most approve of such a board.

[Anonymous No.2439434]

>>2439426
What Raul Ruiz film are these taken from?

[Anonymous No.2439444]

>>2439262
Thanks for the recommendations, I'm checking out Anthony Braxton now and I'm quite enjoying him.
See, this thread is already one of the highest quality ones on 4chan right now, and its only DISCUSSING the possibility of a board, just imagine what a full /gent/ board would be like.

[Anonymous No.2439462]

>>2439434
Time Regained, a very brilliant adaptation of the last volume of In Search of Lost Time.

Do seek it out if you're at all interested. Ruiz is great.

[Anonymous No.2440365]

I approve.

[Anonymous No.2440385]

Seriously guys. Why isn't there a 4chan board where we are all forced to use perfect grammar and spelling and to be nice to each other? That would be the best board on the site, no doubt.

[Anonymous No.2440397]

>>2440385
Yep.

I mean, there's a my little pony board (shudder).

[None !LFs1yGvSDU No.2440398]

gentlemen are overrated

[Anonymous No.2440541]

Gentlemen?

[Anonymous No.2440576]

I'm quite the gentlewoman, and I'd love a /gent/ board. It'd be a pleasant experiment.

[Anonymous No.2440588]

>>2440576
I hope to court you soon, on what will be no doubt a fabulous board, my dear.

[♥ !Rrxa7zePwI No.2440591]

to suffer idiots while having no recourse to a good pleasurable thrashing is rather painful

[Anonymous No.2440596]

>>2440591
>pleasurable thrashing
Kinky.

[Anonymous No.2440605]

>>2440591
Plump gentlewomen will also be welcome on /gent/.

Have no fear.

[Anonymous No.2440606]

You realize that genteelness and the aestehtic that goes along with it is synonymous with landed aristocracy that was too rich and privileged to work. Right?

Protip: those people would despise you if they could be fucked to care.

[Anonymous No.2440621]

>>2440606
>fucked

Please, good sir, refrain from using such language. No gentleman or gentlewomen no matter their social origins would ever be "fucked" in any way, shape, or form.

I'm afraid if you continue using such vulgarities, I will be forced to show to the door. It's not something I enjoy doing, I hope you will not force me to it.

Thank you and good day.

[Anonymous No.2440622]

>>2440606

There's a variety of types of gentlemen to be imagined. I, for instance, am currently living the affordable lifestyle of the genteel poor. I may not always appear well-fed, and if one looks very closely one might discover a darned hole in my stockings but there's always tobacco in my pipe and a fine whiskey in the cupboard in case a friend comes to stay.

[Anonymous No.2440625]

>>2440606
>fucked

Please, good sir, refrain from using such language. No gentleman or gentlewoman no matter their social origins would ever be "fucked" in any way, shape, or form.

I'm afraid if you continue using such vulgarities, I will be forced to show to the door. It's not something I enjoy doing, I hope you understand.

Thank you and good day.

[Anonymous No.2440627]

>>2440622
Beautiful.

[Anonymous No.2440628]

>>2440621

I don't think I could be suffered to use the word you're referring to but I most certainly would not object to a pleasurable thrashing. Also, we should strictly abstain from using smiley faces. I'm not so sure regarding greentext.

[Anonymous No.2440634]

i think /lit/ is enough pomp and arrogance for 4chan.

get real, little babies.

[Anonymous No.2440639]

>>2440634

Pomp and arrogance can be quite enticing if done in the right fashion.

[Anonymous No.2440644]

A board where faggots can speak in a faux-eloquent manner to try to come off as intelligent? Sign me up.

[Anonymous No.2440648]

>>2440628
Agreed on all counts. I do feel that greentext can be done well and to humorous effect.

[Anonymous No.2440655]

>>2440648

So greentext it is, kind Sir!

[Anonymous No.2440664]

Shall we band together and contact the moot?

[Anonymous No.2440672]

>>2440664

We shall. And we will. But how does one go about it?

[Anonymous No.2440674]

>>2440664
I sent him a short e-mail and a link to the thread. I think more should as well.

Or perhaps we could together compose an e-mail highlighting our intentions, the scope of the board and a few basic ground rules?

[Anonymous No.2440676]

>>2440672
http://www.4chan.org/contact

[Anonymous No.2440680]

A philosophy board is way more important than some "lol super seekrit klulb we genitalman XD".

[Anonymous No.2440692]

>>2440680
Pardon my frankness, but you'd never last a day on /gent/. Not with that atrocious grammar, it's ghastly.

You'd be laughed out in a matter of minutes.

[Anonymous No.2440695]

i need laudanum because that's the only thing that will definitely help

[Anonymous No.2440700]

I appealed to moot. Let's see if moot reacts.

[Anonymous No.2440709]

>>2440692

>Form an opinion on someone by looking at one sentence, half of which was intended in a parodical manner

Sure bro.

[Anonymous No.2440713]

>>2440709

*forming

[Anonymous No.2440714]

>>2440709
I see you're making an effort to reform and change your old ways.

The /gent/s will look favourably upon this.

[Anonymous No.2440881]

I really hope this takes off. Would an interesting board.

[Anonymous No.2441393]

He should call it /hip/- Hipster Pretentiousness

[Anonymous No.2441899]

>>2441393
So being polite and articulate is hipster pretentiousness? Heaven forbid I abstain from degrading a fellow human being.

[Anonymous No.2441903]

>>2440714
>>2440692

[Anonymous No.2441908]

I'm not averse

[Anonymous No.2441929]

>>2440680
>creating a board on 4chan because it would be important

let the boys have their secret club.

[Anonymous No.2441936]

I really hope moot sees this. Sounds like a good idea.

[Anonymous No.2444018]

I'd really like to see this.

[Anonymous No.2444019]

Would people go in it and simply discuss "high culture and morality"? If so, I'm in.

[Anonymous No.2444028]

I'm down to have a place to discuss intellectual shit.

[Anonymous No.2444040]

It would be overrun by faggots posting MLP threads and other nonsense within seconds, and anyone who would dare to remind them that there are boards for that shit already would be called "autists." I also expect there to be a lot of dumb shit like, ">mfw an amerifat thought he was cultured near me".

[Anonymous No.2444055]

soundtrack to /gent/ methinks

http://endlessvideo.com/watch?v=HMnrl0tmd3k
www.rainymood.com
http://endlessvideo.com/watch?v=HhUEs8uIkNs

[Anonymous No.2444076]

>>2444040
No need to be upset.

[Anonymous No.2444083]

>Let's make a board called /shit/ so all the shitposters can go and stay there, it will save 4chan!
/lit/ logic.