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So what's the average age around this place? Is it mostly collage students or do we skew older than that?

>> No.4658177

mostly collage students with a few scrapbook experts

>> No.4658183

I'm 24 and graduated last May. I just hope there aren't too many high school students here.

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im twenty

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>>4658177

>> No.4658205

17-71

>> No.4658223

>>4658205
That narrows it down.

>> No.4658231

I'm 22.

>> No.4658240

18 here

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4658241

I'm old, damnit.

>> No.4658257

I'm 25, 40 at heart. I think the average age is around 21-22 if I remember past survey threads correctly.

NB: I've been posting here for three years and either I've become exponentially more mature or the immaturity of this board just naturally wears thin. Either way, it only bothers me because I don't have any real friends.

>> No.4658260

>>4658184
not for long

>> No.4658263

>>4658257
>40 at heart
Trade ya.

>I don't have any real friends.
Aww. You know I know that feel. *hugs*

>> No.4658277

God I hope the Grans and Gramps never leave. Literally nothing else will stem the tide of the constant bullshit /lit/ experiences.

>> No.4658278

>>4658257
>NB: I've been posting here for three years and either I've become exponentially more mature or the immaturity of this board just naturally wears thin.

I think the problem is that there's always teenagers first discovering the standard works that teenagers love, then they come on here to discuss them. So as you mature, the board can end up still feeling like it's static.

>> No.4658280

>>4658173
im 25

>> No.4658283

I'd have guessed the collage students would go to the papercrafts board.
I'm 32 (but rarely act it).

>> No.4658285
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4658285

Twenty going on twenty one

>> No.4658287

Old enough to have read books in my youth that I've forgotten in the past two decades, so that now when I reread them it's like reading them for the first time.

>> No.4658326

>tfw 23

>> No.4658363

tfw 21

>> No.4658380

>>4658257
>I'm 25, 40 at heart. I
you dont really know what is like to be 40 do you

>> No.4658385

>>4658380
yeah! take him to task on that self-deprecating joke!

>> No.4658387

31, but I'm hardly a regular. I stop in like once a week.

>> No.4658397

18, but I mostly read and don't usually post.

>> No.4658402
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Any Croatian readers here ? What is your favourite book ?

>> No.4658406 [DELETED] 

17... Yep

>> No.4658421 [DELETED] 

>>4658406
same :(
pls dont ban me

>> No.4658429

23 and with a STEM degree, not a lib art one.

>> No.4658445

>>4658173
20

>> No.4658448

I'm 20, sophomore in college. I hate my life.

>> No.4658452

>24
>tfw been coming to 4chan since you were 16
>8 years of your life
>wasted on /a/, /lit/, /v/ and /wg/

suffering

>> No.4658461

Turning Twenty on Monday
First came to 4chan when I was 12
What have I become

>> No.4658466

when I still was 13 i also would claim I was somewhere between 20 and 30.

You can see the age through their posting behavior you can have your worst suspictions confirmed by alexa.

if you want a popular AND mature anonymous lit image board, go to dvatch.

>> No.4658484

I'm 26. Went to college after high school but dropped out because I do what I want. I also smoke cigarettes.

>> No.4658516

23, Scandinavian military
no uni

>> No.4658529

>>4658516
>Scandinavian military

Is this what mean when say "oxymoron"?

English isn't mine first language

>> No.4658533

>>4658529
lol'd

>> No.4658553

26

>> No.4658591

>>4658452
Going for 25 this year. First contact in 2006, regular from early 2007.

I know that feel.

>> No.4658601

I'm 24 and NEET. Have been for the last 4 years.

>tfw never went to university

I-it's not too late guyz.

>> No.4658619

>>4658402
This needs its own thread m80

>> No.4658649

25

graduating from a university this year

>> No.4658657

19, studying mechatronic engineering
swerve

>> No.4658660 [DELETED] 

>>4658173

I AM SIXTEEN, GOING ON SEVENTEEN
BABY IT'S TIME TO THINK
BETTER BEWARE, BE CANNY AND CAREFUL
BABY YOU'RE ON THE BRINK

>> No.4658666

22 and I'm a regular

>> No.4658671

so many geezers

>> No.4658676
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4658676

Twenty six years young and loving 4chan more than ever.

>> No.4658681

28, not very regular, not reading much, just starting (I know it's a little late, but whatever)

>> No.4658682

I'm 24 but I had to move back in with my parents and I feel like the only person in this neighbourhood who is younger than 45 and older than 10. I'm very lonely.

>> No.4658684

>>4658681
>28
we 28-year old geezers should meet up and complain

>> No.4658690

is age cancer a thing because if so most of you have it lel

if im not a trillionaire by 30 im killing myself

>> No.4658692

>>4658671

geezers = patrish board

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>>4658529
whatever, go ahead and discredit us all you like. say to that to my face fucker.

>> No.4658704

>>4658684
Complain about what? Our age? Or the kids around?

>> No.4658763

24yo college drop out, desperate because neet since december. How can neets even stand this?

Been coming to 4chan since 2008. I feel it has ruined my mind and strongly advise people to quit as soon as they can. I quit before for a year, I had to stay without internet to accomplish it.

>> No.4658804

40, married, mortgaged, kids, published.

But you know how I really skew the demographic?

I eschew irony and elitism

>> No.4658806

>>4658804
Post proof

>> No.4658818

>>4658184
>>4658231
>>4658240
>>4658285
>>4658363
>>4658397
>>4658406
>>4658421
>>4658445
>>4658448
>>4658461
>>4658657
>>4658666

This explains a lot.

>> No.4658830

>>4658818
mousing over those links is surreal

>> No.4658838

>>4658704
Last year, hangovers started to take 2 days instead of 1

that is what I wish to lament

>> No.4658855

>>4658838
Fuck you! That's true isn't it? I thought we were just saying that for fun with my buddies.

>> No.4658867

>>4658855
Yes! I mostly stopped drinking on Saturdays now because Mondays got ruined too often, and I work in a place where I can't really afford to think at the speed of a potato

growing old: you're just the same shithead, except now your body withers too

>> No.4658872

I was hoping to get underwear for Christmas, is my age.

>> No.4658878

>>4658804
>putting published at the end of that list
I'm sorry for everything else, I guess.

>> No.4658889

>>4658806

You don't actually expect me to post documentation of my wife, house, or kids on 4chan, do you?

I expect the "published" part is what you're really after. Unfortunately, I know from experience that no good can come from exposing myself here. Suffice it to say that you almost certainly haven't read anything by me, and I'm not the breadwinner in our family.

>>4658878
You shouldn't be. I greatly enjoyed my 20s and 30s, paid my dues raising twins, have a tenured sugar mama, and now get to write at my leisure.

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>>4658818

I just turned twenty-two.

>> No.4658930

>>4658889
>tenured sugar mama
Hot damn, living the dream. You are an inspiration to us all.

>> No.4658940

23. I hate this place, but I keep crawling back.

>> No.4659034

>>4658429
22, medical science degree here.

>> No.4659043

>>4658452
Could be worse Hell I wasted the first year here on /b/.

>> No.4659044

somewhere between 21 and 30

>> No.4659054

20
>>4658818
>implying I don't significantly raise the average quality of posts in whichever thread I post

>> No.4659070

19

>> No.4659081

18, studying journalism

>> No.4659084

>>4659081
Where?

>> No.4659088 [DELETED] 

>blackboard is down on the last day of the semester

best be getting some extra days to hand in my shit

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>>4658516
21
Finnish military uni
Nice to meet you bro

>> No.4659149

26, turning 27

Do people actually leave 4chan? I thought you'd be here forever ; ;

Damn I feel old...

>> No.4659156

>>4659149

I really wonder if there ever comes a time in my life where I stop coming to 4chan. I'm 21 now and I've been coming here since 15.

>> No.4659157

25. On and off 4chan over the years. Mostly on /lit/ and /ic/. Learned some good stuff on /fit/.

>> No.4659160

23, been using 4chan for close to 8 years. I miss /arcanine/ and /x/ before the NEETs and kids ruined them.

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>>4659149
>Do people actually leave 4chan?

In /a/, /g/, and /int/ threads with similar 'age' inquiries we get people who are well past their 30s...

>> No.4659162

>>4659161
26 and /g/ being tech still fucks me up.

>> No.4659185

32, possibly the oldest here. I have two degrees in Mechanical Engineering and English. I'm rather worthless otherwise.

>> No.4659187 [DELETED] 

16, will be 17 by the end of March

>> No.4659199

>>4659185
You are worthless precisely because you are the oldest.

>> No.4659209

>>4659199

I HAVE ACHIEVED HIGH WIZARD STATUS

I've been coming here since the SA days. I'd also like to think I'm worthless because despite my considerable education, I rarely work or do anything of merit. I watch anime and read all day. At least I'm not a fatass yet...

>> No.4659283

25

>> No.4659288

>>4658818
>Muh seekrit klub

>> No.4659289

>>4659054
Yes, I'm sure your epic greentexting is a welcome addition to any discussion.

>> No.4659406

29.
It's terrible.

Do you know how some animals don't have the right response when their survival instict kicks in and just freeze before a predator? Well, I've been a little like that for 8 years. And the predator has been time.

I just can't deal with aging. I feel tricked. I know "Time destroys everything", I always knew those were the silent words that haunted me at every disappointment, at every remembrance of how the past was better. My understanding of what time was was such a fairy tale.

Life is so complicated if you see most of it as pointless, and in the end, black.
Then you get some days where you feel like you can love and care less, hormones kick in and you feel like having kids or some shit.

pls stop

>> No.4659423

25 myself

>> No.4659440

>>4659406
Jesus Christ I'm glad I'm not a chick

>> No.4659450

>>4658173

21, PhD student.

>> No.4659459

>>4658516
>>4659142
22
USA military
get on your knees and worship jesus and cheesburgers or we invade your country XD

>> No.4659464

>>4659406
As a man, time ripens the whine. I'm much less of an idiot now.

>> No.4659467

>>4658173
Somewhere between 0 and 19 inclusive.

>> No.4659473

>>4659450
PhD already?

>> No.4659486

>>4659464
yeah but what about balding

>> No.4659490

20, attempting to get into med school.

>> No.4659487

>>4659473

Yup, finished undergrad in 3 years then went straight into the program.

>> No.4659520

>>4658452
I'm in basically the same boat.
24 and been coming to this site since 2006, frequented /a/ and /co/, been coming to /lit/ since it was added.

>> No.4659524

>>4659486
Being bald is socially acceptable for men, and it's less expensive to maintain your hygiene overall since you no longer need to buy tons of shampoo and conditioner and other miscellaneous hair-care products.

Plus baldness can look good if you try.

>> No.4659525

27 with a master's degree and currently working, not sure if I want to get a PhD.

>> No.4659541
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24, finishing my MA this year and hopefully going on to PhD soon after.

>>4658452
Same for me too. Came over from Livejournal in 2006, stuck to /a/ and /cm/ for a couple of years. Then /r9k/ was created and I moved there. Then /lit/ was created and I mostly moved here, since that's most of what I used /r9k/ for anyway.

>> No.4659542

>>4659487
How'd that work? Can you give a few more details? I'd really appreciate it. I'm a mature student finishing up my BA in 2 years and my goal is to plow through graduate school as quickly as possible. I'd fucking love to skip my MA.

>> No.4659545

>>4659542

First of all, what are you studying now and what do you plan on studying in grad school?

>> No.4659547

>>4659450
bull shit

>> No.4659551

>>4659547

Nope. Got in straight after undergrad, applied directly to the PhD program. I guess they liked my sample :)

>> No.4659554

>>4659551
>I guess they liked my sample
What program?

>> No.4659559

>>4659554

Logic and Philosophy of Physics

>> No.4659561

>>4659559
At what university?

>> No.4659562

>>4659561
I wouldn't begrudge him if he doesn't tell you, seeing as most universities list all of their PhD candidates on the website for the department. That's a little too much info.

>> No.4659564

>>4658429
21, STEM degree

>> No.4659569

>>4659562
Nope. Then I will remain obstinate and not believe him. It wouldn't matter if he tells me the Uni.

>> No.4659574

>>4659561

I did my undergraduate at Swarthmore.

See >>4659562 for further details.

>> No.4659575

>>4659562
He will also be under the philosophy department and most good programs have 20+ plus students, so I don't see how it would be revealing too much information. Stop being a pussy.

>> No.4659578

>>4659574
>See >>4659562 for further details
Stop lying on the internet, faggot. I'm at Berkeley in the rhetoric department.

>> No.4659580

>>4659575

Original poster:

My program has 15 students, all of whom list their areas of concentration. You could see my focus on the department site plain and clear: "Logic and Philosophy of Physics".

>> No.4659582

>>4659545
History major with Classics/Oriental Studies minor, probably continuing in History, probably with a Medievalist + Historiographical bent. Possibly Phil. of History. Is that enough info?

My workload has been so fucked that I have dedicated very little time to researching grad school lately. I'm embarrassingly under-informed about the whole process. Need to get on that shit.

>> No.4659583

>>4659578
What made you want to go into rhetoric?

>> No.4659588

>>4659578

I don't know if this is true or if you're being sarcastic. I really don't understand the difference though: I could easily lie about a school and you wouldn't be able to verify it. The point is: I'm being honest and would rather not compromise my identity. I don't know you, I'm sorry.

>> No.4659590

>>4659588
UNC? Nice dubs

>> No.4659610

>>4659582

What I'd suggest is to really nail your writing sample. The sample is probably 60-75% of the application - especially for a humanities PhD. Second to that are letters of recommendation.
Since you're finishing early, you should really make sure you strengthen relationships with professors as soon as possible - that's one thing I had to learn quickly when I realized I had enough credits to finish early.

As long as your concentration GPA is fine and your GRE scores are reasonable, you'll have no problem getting into a top 30-40 school.

Really make sure your sample is fantastic: have professors read it, comment on it, and keep rewriting it till it's perfect. I've known people with awful samples and stratospherically high numbers that were denied from top programs. I've also known people with brilliant samples barely breaking 3.2 with average GRE scores that were accepted into top programs.

Much luck!

>> No.4659613

>>4659590

It's on the east coast, yes - further north.

>> No.4659614

>>4659613
Oh, I was just curious, because I know UNC has a good phil of science program.

>> No.4659617

>>4658241
How old are you, dear?

>> No.4659621

>>4659610
Thanks man. This is damn heartening and very helpful.

The things you listed make me feel like I'm on the right track. I'll definitely start prioritising my sample, and working closely with the profs I've cultivated.

Good luck to you too. Thanks again.

>> No.4659628

17 top kek epic memes, time 4 sum underage trollin m8

>> No.4659639
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24

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>>4658173

19

I adore literature and memes, so this is the place for me.

>> No.4660311

I'm 18, I mostly lurk.

>> No.4660315

Prepare yourselves...

I'm 50.

>> No.4660325

>>4660315
What exactly are you dong here? What is to be gained?

Trying to recapture your youth?

I imagine every other moment is spent cringing at the immaturity/ignorance.

>> No.4660346

28 and a complete failure.
>it's pretty liberating to admit you're a failure.

CAPCHA: Social oldfart

>> No.4660350

>>4660325

>What exactly are you dong here?

Trolling, mostly, but sometimes helping anons.

>I imagine every other moment is spent cringing at the immaturity/ignorance.

True, but it's also instructional.

>> No.4660352

>>4660325
I imagine he's the guy telling us what the legit patrician reading is. Don't fuck with this guy, we need him.

>> No.4660373

pretty sure stuart ross has frequented this place before and he's old as dirt!

>> No.4660376

>>4660350
>Trolling, mostly

Great. Now all shitposting will forever be associated in my mind with the mental image of some sun-blemished cretin, tapping at the keyboard with his stubby index fingers, and a drooping smirk like a fortnight old pumpkin.

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>>4660376

You're welcome!

>> No.4660417

>>4658173
29

>> No.4660420

25. 26 at heart. University student.

>> No.4660421

>>4658889

My mom was a sugar momma, she didn't like it though, and as result took it out on her family and my Dad. I hope you are joking about the sugar mama bit.

>> No.4660422

27 reporting in
Community College
CS Major

>> No.4660431

>>4659406

I'm 29 and in the exact same boat, I'm paralyzed by time and the hole I have dug myself into. I'm a neet that got kicked out of art school, and live in my mom's basement. I'm reading Crime and Punishment right now and just see myself in Raskolnikov.

>> No.4660433

>>4659524
It's also socially acceptable to be fat, ugly, and stupid. What a useless statement.

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>>4659486

Bald man on my street has the milfiest wife who is 15+ years younger than him.

>> No.4660446

>>4658697
do you bend over when the Somalians ask to rape you? or do you just hand them your guns instead?
i mean we must uphold an atmosphere of tolerance no?

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>>4659406
It'll get better.

>>4659617
<-

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>>4660507
i'm gonna say 24. or 23

also don't rub your eyes too much, or those dark spots'll get worse/you'll get heavy wrinkling

>> No.4661177

22

I feel like ive aged more in the last yr than I have in the last 5

>> No.4661198

25 about to finish my senior year (took a break for family/financial stuff).

>> No.4661200

19, college sophomore

>> No.4661205

>>4659406
25 and I can relate. Growing up I hated the idea of having kids. Around 21 after two years with my SO I started to think I might want to some day, but still wasn't excited about it. Each year since it's turned the other way so that now I'm kind of excited about having kids, but just worried about how to manage wanting a career, but also wanting to be a stay-at-home mom 'cause I wouldn't want kids unless I could be a big part of their lives.

Other peoples' kids still frighten/disgust/annoy the fuck out of me, though.

>> No.4661216

>>4660737
/lit/, more broscience than /fit/

>> No.4661252

I'm 36. Started visiting here a few years ago because most book boards online are dead slow.

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I am 30

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38

I'm an ex-Scientologist and came here because of chanology.

>> No.4661889

26. I recently started going to 4chan again after quitting when I was about 23.

Apparently I go to 4chan whenever my life turns to shit.

>> No.4661891

>>4661889
It's Satan's church.

>> No.4661898

I'm 20 m8s

>> No.4661903

31. Have an MA in Creative Writing which i got 10 years ago. Have been shortlisted for short story comps but am still unpublished. Day job is CEO of a charity. Married, 2 kids. My fav threads are the "worst opening line of a novel you can think of" ones... they make me lel muchly

>> No.4661911

>>4661903
>lel muchly
>unpublished

now that's something I can understand

>> No.4661923

24 but i'm sure I lost 2 years somewhere down the line

>> No.4661934

>>4658257
>I'm 25, 40 at heart.
ummm if you knew what it felt to be 40 you'd consider such a comment to be naive and really dense.

i'm 32. i used to post here a lot. now...not so much. i see a few other 30-somethings itt. shame on all of us.

>> No.4661935

23 year old trucker here
Mostly listen to audio books now since i can do that while driving

>> No.4661936

25, PhD student

>> No.4661938 [DELETED] 

i'm 17

>> No.4661939

18. Studying law.

>> No.4661940

>>4661935
How did you get into that career? I'll be graduating soon, and, for some reason, the idea of being a trucker appeals to me.

>> No.4661957

>>4661177
iktf

>> No.4661962

>>4661252
>implying /lit/ isn't the slowest board on 4chan

>> No.4661972

>>4661940
Look up a local training school, give them 4-5 thousand dollars, and 2 months later youll be on the road making money. Usually when companies hire new drivers theyll give you some additional training (paid training) and put you in a truck with an experienced driver for a couple weeks.
Its actually real easy to get into as long as you have a good driving record. Sure beats going to college for 4 years if you ask me
Gets kind of lonely on the road but if you can deal with that its an awesome job. Im earning over 1k a week right now

>> No.4661978

>>4661972
Hows the job stability? I have two tickets, so any chances of being hired is out of the question, I presume.

>> No.4662006

>>4661978
Its proubably one of the most stable jobs you can get. I have recruiters from other companies calling me all the time. Its pretty trippy because befor this it was a struggle to land shitty fast food jobs for me.
Those tickets might hurt you but wont kill you. Depends what they are for. If they are both for reckless driving you might be in trouble.
Just find a school and talk to them, and do some internet research. The industry is in desperate need of drivers. You still moght be able to get on board with a shitcompany where you wont be making great money but youll still get your foot in the door. Once you got a year of experience the world opens up to you and you can work pretty much anywhere.

>> No.4662016

>>4661962
And it's all the better for it.

>> No.4662017

>>4661978
Oh and if you do go for it start filling out applications and calling recruiters as soon as you start school. That way 2 months later when your done youll already have a job lined up.

>> No.4662022

26 reporting in. already graduated but im neeting atm.

also, what a shitty survey op.

>> No.4662023

>>4662006
How much time do you spend on the road? Have you noticed any physiological effects from spending so much time behind the wheel?

>> No.4662024

32 here. Hold me, /lit/...

>> No.4662030

>>4661972
Not the guy you're talking to, but thanks for explaining this stuff; my interest has been piqued.

>> No.4662035

>>4662023
Crippling loneliness :D

>> No.4662039

>>4662023
You are only allowed to drive 11 hours a day. I dont do that every day but more driving means more money so i try to max my clock out when i can. I do about 60 hours of actual driving a week, give or take.

I gained 30 pounds since i started a year ago. Im officially over weight for the first time in my life! Lol thats partly because i eat at all you can eat buffetts every other night though.

>> No.4662046

46.

>> No.4662053

>>4662023
And im out 10-24 days, then home 2-3

>> No.4662057

>>4662053
10-14*

>> No.4662069

>>4662024
31 no worries

>> No.4662077

46 years, 16 days

>> No.4662079

>>4662077
>>4662046
I call bullshit.

What do you do for a living?

Are you married?

>> No.4662235

Av age of replies so far = 25.6 *autism intensifies*

>> No.4662244

>>4662235
If you were truly autistic, you'd tell us the std deviation and chart it on a graph.

>> No.4662277

>>4659406
I'm 26 here and I've been feeling like that for the past two years and a bit. I'd like to think I'm better off now than when I was 25, as I've improved my writing substantially over the year and now have a job and a house that I share with a buddy, but it's still an unpleasant feeling that I still suffer from. All of my achievements, bar the writing improvement, seem really meaningless.

>> No.4662298

>>4662244
And give the chi squared value

>> No.4662319
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>>4662079
Yes, married but separated.
I work in a Rare Books department, photographing Rare Books.
What, you think people don't live this long? I'm a bit surprised myself.

>> No.4662326

29 here.

>> No.4662348

18 years old, philosophy student. Been on 4chan since '08, and /lit/ since late 2010. When I was underage, people could sense it in my posts. Now, I actually get thoughtful responses when I post. This place is my refuge because my social life is pretty uneventful.

>> No.4662368

>>4662319
>I work in a Rare Books department
Have you been in /lit/ for a long time? I remember an 'Archival anon' from back in the day who was working on a Library's Rare books area, not sure if photographying them or what.

>> No.4662402

>>4662368
Maybe two years? Not sure, really. I come here when I'm transferring huge files or waiting while RAW processes into tiff, or just need to look away from the pages. I never called myself Archival Anon, tho.
I feel like there's a wide range of ages, -or maturity levels- here, and I like that.

>> No.4662583

18 here. I feel like everyone else my age got smarter around 16 and I peaked at 12.
Fuck.
I'm here because I want to be more intelligent or at least open my brain to new ideas through literature.

>> No.4662607

>>4661962
/lit/ is fast compared to other book boards.

>> No.4662628

>>4660507
grill?

>> No.4662631

24
i don't come here as often as I used to when I was younger

>> No.4662637

>>4662631
you kind of have to travel because after a while you realise each board just repeats the same threads

so much for impermanence

>> No.4662650

>>4660507
>smut-erfly

>> No.4662651

>>4661911

rekt

>MA creative writing
>CEO charity

How can a person who doesn't know to manage money end up as a CEO?

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27, currently working my ass off 13hours a days as a medical resident 70+hours a week with 2 hours a day commuting

the fact that I've spend 15 minutes of my limited free time on 4chan lit board is a good indicator of my aveage morale, sense of accomplishment and overall quality of life right now

>> No.4663040

/lit/ is just two 15 year olds arguing back and forth

>> No.4663041

>>4663028

I would be pretty upset if I had an image of a brain on my forehead too.

>> No.4663045

>>4661962
/lit/ is faster than a lot of boards.

You can find year old threads on some boards.

>> No.4663048 [DELETED] 

>16 here
Started lurking after I got tired of /b/

>> No.4663059

>>4663040
/lit/ is tao lin samefagging

>> No.4663069

>>4662583
It's good of you to acknowledge room for, and the will for, improvement Anon.

>> No.4663172 [DELETED] 

I am 16.
I seldom post, because I'm either lurking, reading, or completing homework.

>> No.4663193

>>4663048
>>4663172

RIP in peace

>> No.4664040

>>4658804
>published


getting your complaint letter published in your local news papers sound off column does not count.

>> No.4664051

19

>> No.4664059
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4664059

19. Been lurking 4chan at a young age. No posting just watching the 4chin culture. I went off for a year or two and when I came back this site was full of newfag white knights and cancer.

>mfw college professors talk about about the comparisons between reddit and 4chan.

>> No.4664082

>>4664059
You sound awful. Go back to the whole lurking thing.

>> No.4664242

i'm 44. irregular visitor to /lit/

>>4662079
i'm currently slumming it in retail because
>writing material
i used to be a programmer.

i'm not married. (i'm massively introverted but very good at social stuff. i simply prefer being on my own.)

>>4661934
it sounds like you're taking this site too srsly. i find a lot of humor here, flashes of creativity among the hiveminds, and some people who do know what they're talking about.

>> No.4664252

>>4664082
This.

>> No.4664853

>>4664040

rectum

>> No.4664860

I'm 18.

>> No.4664869

>>4663028
Hey, at least you are a medical resident whilst I scrounge off my parents, since I [wasted] my four free years at Uni.

>> No.4664886

>>4662628

Tranny.

>> No.4664896

23, in my MA

>> No.4664904

20, I go to /lit/ for good discussion and /pol/ for laughs. There's less venom around here than on other boards, in my experience.

>> No.4664916

21, will be PhD student next fall semester, similar to this guy >>4659450

>> No.4664918

>>4664916
What program?

>> No.4664923

>>4664918
mechanical engineering

>> No.4664927

22 years old.
Lawyer.

>> No.4664928

>>4664923
good luck

>> No.4664930

>>4664927
People normally don't consider law students lawyers -- only until they graduate.

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4664932

22, graduating with a BA in philosophy this year. Ill be living in Manhattan, rent free, working as a tutor and trying to publish my short stories.

If I dont see any severe progress with my writing by the end of this year, and havent fallen in love, im moving to India to study in a Zen temple.

>> No.4664935

>>4664928
Thanks, anon. I'm probably going to need it.

>> No.4664937

>>4664932
>I'm moving to India to study in a Zen temple.
That won't work out, senpai.

>BA in philosophy this year
What school?

>> No.4664956

To answer OP, I think the average age skews slightly older than college age.

I'm 23, NEET, been on 4chan since 15 or so, though I started on an ancient long-since dead place called burichan.

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>>4664937
My friend from Columbia studied abroad in India and became friends with the head (only) monk at the mentioned temple. Before leaving, the monk told my friend that he, and whoever else he recommended, could live there for free.

>>4664937
UCI. Its a shit school and I only came here so I wouldnt fall into debt. I almost regret not going to NYU or Rutgers now.

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38, working on my 13 novel. last month while tossing about in a 101 degree fevered state i had a vision of a science fiction epic that could rival the size and scope of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Yes that's a tall order but if any of you were here in January i posted pics of my eleven novel sci-fantasy monomyth YA series. With luck i can finish it in about twenty years. check back with me then. oh yeah. pic related.

>> No.4664978

>>4664963
I was in that thread.

You still need to come up with less cringe worthy titles. Call of the Starkillers? Come on, man.

>> No.4664985

I'm 54

>> No.4664986

>>4664978
its all rough draft. watch the postings on the 2014 amazon breakthrough novel award contest. The first book in the series Fusion Heart is in the running. first cut is sometime during the 18th of this month. top five winners get book contracts. wish me luck

>> No.4664990

>>4664986
>the 18th

Thats in three fucking days.

Regardless of win or loss, Im excited for you.

>> No.4664992

>>4664989
thanks, chief. the first cut weeds out those who dont have a good pitch. second cut is for those who dont have a good plot. sample chapter gets you into the quarter finals (top 500) and manuscript gets you into the semi finals (top 25) i didn't make it to semi finals. to keep my chin up i just told myself "you were number 26" but the consolation prize is that you get free feedback about your work and after listening to what they said i made some decent changes that help the story really snag the readers attention in the first few pages. i want this. i want this so fucking bad.

>> No.4664995

>>4664963
>38, working on my 13 novel
Pfff, I'm sure most of the rest of us have read way more than that.

>> No.4664998

>>4664963
Have you got any samples I could read?

>> No.4665002

>>4664995
but have you written more than that?

>> No.4665009

>>4664930
Well I have graduated, and have been approved on my country's "BAR" exam.

>> No.4665018

>>4665002
This is an issue for you.

>> No.4665026

>>4665018
no but its a byproduct of hard work.

>> No.4665050

>>4665026
bamp

>> No.4665747

>>4664963
link or keywords to old thread?