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Anonymous Wed Jul 30 22:20:18 2014 No.5216695 [DELETED]

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http://www.theonion.com/video/new-kindle-helps-readers-show-off-by-shouting-titl,36568/

I like how they only mention books that any semi-intelligent member of /lit/ would be embarrassed about liking.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 30 22:20:53 2014 No.5216700 >>5216695 lel

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 30 22:22:18 2014 No.5216706 >tells everyone on the train I am reading Murakami it would be a woman saying this

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 30 22:30:34 2014 No.5216736 >>5216695 A perfect representation of the average /lit/ anon, with the only difference that those actors looked all employed and not skeleton skinny.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 30 22:31:40 2014 No.5216740 File: 64 KB, 441x495, 1403677973886.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5216695 >also infinite jest

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 30 22:40:29 2014 No.5216757 I laughed at how much this felt like a direct jab at /li/.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 30 22:41:33 2014 No.5216758 how can one man hold all dose books

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 30 22:44:39 2014 No.5216768 >>5216695 The entire philosophy of /lit/ condensed in that video; i'm just happy it exist.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jul 30 22:47:58 2014 No.5216788 >it's silly, but whatever this is gold Jerry

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:14:42 2014 No.5217107 File: 843 KB, 1278x744, Screen Shot 2014-07-31 at 12.12.07 AM.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5216695 I'm always impressed by how solid the jokes are that The Onion puts into the news ticker.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:18:46 2014 No.5217119 >>5216695 >implying you should be embarrassed about liking A Confederacy of Dunces Fuck off, shitdick.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:24:42 2014 No.5217134 >>5217119 They probably cited it since it's getting pretty in vogue with the kids going for a degree in literature.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:28:07 2014 No.5217143 >>5217119 What? They were saying that about "Inferno" by Dan Brown.

>>	The cats Thu Jul 31 00:28:45 2014 No.5217145 http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q4PC8Luqiws

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:28:52 2014 No.5217146 >>5217107 And to think, I never even noticed them. That is indeed a solid joke.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:29:08 2014 No.5217148 >>5216758 I fucking lol'd I do not know why

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:30:36 2014 No.5217155 File: 79 KB, 625x568, Screen shot 2014-07-31 at 2.29.22 PM.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] "I love the feeling of paper in your hands as you angle the cover for everyone to see." The Onion isn't satire, it's a news outlet from the future.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:42:42 2014 No.5217175 File: 83 KB, 241x228, 1367013221365.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >tfw you get #roasted by The Onion

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:48:39 2014 No.5217186 http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-finds-college-still-more-worthwhile-than-spe,36576/

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:51:02 2014 No.5217191 >>5216695 That's because the skit was written by a terrible, pretentious hipster who has terrible, hipster friends.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 00:52:42 2014 No.5217196 >>5217191 those people are probably a better authority on what will impress people than us, though, honestly /lit/core only impresses /lit/

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 02:00:49 2014 No.5217395 File: 19 KB, 638x359, 1396991516333.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5217191

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 02:08:31 2014 No.5217419 whats wrong with breakfast of champions?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 02:13:21 2014 No.5217431 >>5217196 >/lit/core only impresses /lit/ it really doesn't

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 04:13:38 2014 No.5217718 >>5217395 le epic reddit reaction image friend XD Did you just come in?? : / /lit/ is like 4chan only more polite like ever1 says rite?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 05:29:20 2014 No.5217874 >>5216695 For a second I thought Stormdancer said Stupidmancer.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 05:36:11 2014 No.5217888 If you're embarrassed by liking any of these books, you're even worse than the try-hards who brag loudly about reading them.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 05:36:50 2014 No.5217889 >>5217718 you can practically smell the insecurity wafting off you

The Knight of Mirrors !!s2lmlI8P60f Thu Jul 31 10:30:17 2014 No.5218615
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Such venom! Fellow forum-browsers, I query: Why does any public intellectual activity immediately cause the general public to resort to accusations of pretension? Reading is not an inherently pretentious act, even such tomes as The Iliad or Gravity's Rainbow are applauded for the entertainment one derives from the act of processing their plot, prose, and text. Consider, could this video satire simply be an expression of its makers' insecurities? He seems to be offended just by the simple act of reading a novel in front of others!

Like most of The Onion's videos and articles, it is a decent quip but its execution was overlong and clumsy.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 10:38:31 2014 No.5218654 >A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy O'Toole >John Kennedy O'Toole >O'Toole People say that

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 10:42:41 2014 No.5218671 >>5217718 you are very salty

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 10:43:47 2014 No.5218674 >>5218654 That Is Part Of The Joke.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 10:45:22 2014 No.5218679 >>5217196 /lit/core would impress most college professors if you are reading them as an undergraduate. /lit/, however, will call you an uneducated pleb.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 10:51:31 2014 No.5218703 >>5218674 >That Is Part Of The Joke That's why I said 'People say that'.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 11:04:32 2014 No.5218762 >>5216695 >also reading infinite jest >also reading infinite jest Lol

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 11:42:38 2014 No.5218973 >>5217395 Not mad, disgusted. The Onion's attempts at cultural commentary always serve to reveal how isolated from reality their writing staff is and how solipsistic their worldview is.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 11:50:27 2014 No.5219017 >>5218973 >how solipsistic their worldview is. You're an idiot.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 11:52:02 2014 No.5219028 >>5217718 Fuck off

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 11:57:37 2014 No.5219060 >>5218973 bazinga

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 12:01:53 2014 No.5219085 >>5219017 They believe that the only reason anyone reads or owns books is so that the great and mighty writers of Onion will feel humbled by the superior intellectual credibility of the reader. That is solipsism.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 12:05:40 2014 No.5219103 >>5219085 no they don't, where the hell did you get that idea

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 12:13:19 2014 No.5219136 >>5218973 is everything solipsistic?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 12:14:14 2014 No.5219142 >>5219136 They don't understand solipsism

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 12:39:22 2014 No.5219255 >>5218973 solipsism isn't synonymous for selfish or self centered.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 12:57:15 2014 No.5219321 >>5218615 A solid question asked pompously so everyone ignored it. Maybe it's America's ingrained anti-intellectualism.

Anonymous Thu Jul 31 14:36:49 2014 No.5219704
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>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 21:22:14 2014 No.5221316 >>5219085 Are you fucking retarded? The point of the article was to poke fun at pretentious people.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 31 21:30:23 2014 No.5221351 >>5218615 >>5219321 >missing the point >implying they were making fun of people who read in public and not the types who do it in order to gain attention

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 1 07:47:23 2014 No.5223406 >>5216695 >I like how they only mention books that any semi-intelligent member of /lit/ would be embarrassed about liking. Joyce and Vonnegut? So you're saying there are no semi-intelligent people on /lit/. You're not too far off, kiddo.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 1 07:48:37 2014 No.5223409 >>5219704 It's his shoes that get me every time.

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 1 16:26:13 2014 No.5225273 >>5216695 Why is the Demon Cycle, Prince of Thorn Trilogy and Night Angel Trilogy included with those trash?

>>	Anonymous Fri Aug 1 19:18:24 2014 No.5225957 does anyone else always try and hide the cover of their book when they're reading in public? i don't want people judging me, and i don't want them thinking that i'm a pretentious poser

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