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5665091 No.5665091 [Reply] [Original]

can /fit/ into lit?

>> No.5665098

mostly but imo anyone who recommends anyone else read marcus aurelius is an idiot

>> No.5665100

this is retarded, literature is not therapy

>> No.5665101

>>5665091
sure but it's pointless

>> No.5665104

>>5665091

>Most self help books are watered-down pop psychology

They pass my test.

>> No.5665105

>>5665100
wrong. Literature can be anything you want it to be.

>> No.5665106

Yeah, this is pretty much /lit/, it just lacks the big 3 (Pinch, DFW, JJ)

>> No.5665109

what is with /fit/ and the need to 'educate your mind' like some fedora tipping neckbeard?

>> No.5665112

>tfw you have only read one of those books

>> No.5665113

>>5665109

>the need to 'educate your mind' like some fedora tipping neckbeard

2/10

>> No.5665115

>>5665105
lmao, listen i love literature and read a lot, but i dont like this gooey notion nowadays that fiction is self-help. if you're depressed and lonely, i cant think of a worse way of fixing that than staying inside and reading a book. unless it's already one of your favorite books and you know it affects you in a certain way, reading some canonized novel is a hilariously dumb way to administer self-help.

>> No.5665119

>>5665091
huh didnt know fit could read

>> No.5665124

>>5665091
>art of war
really

>> No.5665132

>>5665113
>/Fit/'s approved reading list
>A superior gentleman guide to cultivating his mind

>> No.5665135

>>5665119
they cant

>> No.5665136

>>5665091
Life is a dream seems interesting, might have to check it out.

>> No.5665139
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5665139

>>5665091
>gentleman
Reddit/10

Lets continue
>la vida es sueño
>war and peace
>the art of war

I think they can into /lit/. Most of them are classics and good books. But aren't they just /fit/? I mean, that board is just for fitness and health, not for becoming an alpha male (which is a meme on /pol/ too) or the Übermensch.

Still don't know if most of them have read those, since all what they post is
>mirin'
>we're all gonaa make it
>LONDON
>Natty Gooby
>Jeff pls go
>LE COOKIES ARE READY
>DYEL

That said, they really lift and go to the gym, unlike many boards that don't do what they are supposed to (for example /pol/ which most of the time discuss lel niggers and paranormal shit).

Going off topic, why many boards are doing this? Is this whole board culture now a real thing? I've seen many boards 'secede' from 4chan, like /k/ doing OperatorChan and /mu/ doing MusikChan.

>> No.5665140

>>5665115

>unless it's already one of your favorite books and you know it affects you in a certain way

Why is it that the experience of reading a new book never matches reading an old book that you already know? How is this always a necessarily lesser experience? How are these two forms of experience even comparable?

I'm interested in hearing your reasoning, because I've a sneaking suspicion that you're a confirmation bias peddling retard.

>> No.5665141

>>5665139
>unlike many boards that don't do what they are supposed to
All the attention 4chan has gotten in the last 3 years are because of /pol/.

>> No.5665142

this is lit worship, in which canonized books take on the magical therapeutical properties. don quixote, war and peace, moby-dick -- all wonderful, rich stories. at the same time, though, they're just freaking books. ive read them, they're great. but what do you think they're gonna do? what do you think's going to happen if you read great expectations?

>> No.5665143

>>5665139
>Going off topic, why many boards are doing this? Is this whole board culture now a real thing? I've seen many boards 'secede' from 4chan, like /k/ doing OperatorChan and /mu/ doing MusikChan.

because 4chan has a terrible reputation
also because shitposting is almost encouraged site-wide and that will never change

>> No.5665147

>>5665140
i meant if you're down and you know a certain book lifts your spirits you should read it, but just prescribing Read Don Quixote to somebody is retarded

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>>5665142
/fit/ is mirin' us

>> No.5665151

>>5665091
>'read literature instead of self help books'
>recommends Marcus Aurelius

>> No.5665153

>>5665091
so high up there on the shelf

books begin to gather dust

>> No.5665155

>>5665141
And /b/ since most raids are from there.
>>5665143
I also think that, but why 4chan still has a huge number of users? Is it because they're all newfags?

>> No.5665157

>>5665147

>i meant if-

You are a rambler. You ramble just to have something to say. Even if it's confirmation bias bullshit. Stop doing this.

>> No.5665184

>No Confessions of a Mask
lol okay buddy

>> No.5665185

>>5665091
daily reminder that mishima sucks ass as a writer and his death is the most interesting thing about him

>> No.5665203

>>5665184
At least they have one Mishima

>>5665185
I mean, he may have sucked ass in real life. As he was a homosexual.

>> No.5665206

>>5665185
unsubscribe

>> No.5665208

>>5665157
Wait, what the fuck? Is that really your prescription for this guy based on... >i meant if- Fuck the fuck off.

>> No.5665215

>>5665109
They think reading is like lifting where you just do it for the brain gains and get whores to mire your intellect. Can't blame them since pretty much every one does, don't know why you would force a hobby on false notions rather than enjoying it

>> No.5665217

What makes this list tailored for /fit/ more than anything else?

I would object to choices but I don't know what type of theme you're going for.

>> No.5665221

i am laughing so hard right now picturing some DYEL carrying around The Art of War at bars trying to use sweet tactics to pick up girls

>> No.5665229

>>5665221

tbo this is a scenario more likely for every other board apart from /fit/.

>> No.5665233

>/fit/
>Nietszche
oh god

>> No.5665241

>>5665233
i thought that was a curious inclusion also

>> No.5665244

>>5665221
lmfao it'd work too; the gooks read it metaphorically, applying the art of war to all aspects of their lives

>> No.5665950

>>5665217
Well we were trying to choose books that would inspire or work as cautionary tale. For example the sound of waves is there because some anon mention how it inspired him to appreciate what he had and be a better man.

>> No.5665967

>>5665139
>I've seen many boards 'secede' from 4chan, like /k/ doing OperatorChan and /mu/ doing MusikChan.
moot does a shit job of running this website

>> No.5666025

>>5665233
>>5665241
Why? Nietzsche was very concerned with health.

>> No.5666029

>>5665091
those books feel so random, why does such list exist

>> No.5666037

For the love of god, add some Hemingway already.
The guy was manly as fuck, and wrote about men being men.

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>>5666037
>men being men.
how heteronormative

>> No.5666041

No.
They fall for bait that 8 year olds would recognize.

>> No.5666046

>>5666037
actually he was a faggot sissy who desperately attempted to appear manly but liked to wear womens dresses and wanted to get a womans haircut

>> No.5666050

>>5666046
>[citation needed]

>> No.5666055

>>5666040
>he said while posting on a Mongolian knitting board

>> No.5666060
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5666060

>>5666046
Oh it's you again, that guy trying who keeps trying to force the Hemingway was secretly effeminate guy.

>> No.5666072

>>5666037
>>5666037
There is some Hemingway

>> No.5666100

>>5665136
Sueña el rey que es rey, y vive
con este engaño mandando,
disponiendo y gobernando;
y este aplauso, que recibe
prestado, en el viento escribe,
y en cenizas le convierte
la muerte, ¡desdicha fuerte!
¿Que hay quien intente reinar,
viendo que ha de despertar
en el sueño de la muerte?
Sueña el rico en su riqueza,
que más cuidados le ofrece;
sueña el pobre que padece
su miseria y su pobreza;
sueña el que a medrar empieza,
sueña el que afana y pretende,
sueña el que agravia y ofende,
y en el mundo, en conclusión,
todos sueñan lo que son,
aunque ninguno lo entiende.

Yo sueño que estoy aquí
destas prisiones cargado,
y soñé que en otro estado
más lisonjero me vi.
¿Qué es la vida? Un frenesí.
¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión,
una sombra, una ficción,
y el mayor bien es pequeño:
que toda la vida es sueño,
y los sueños, sueños son.

damn...

>> No.5666105

>>5666100
Is the translation any good?

>> No.5666112

It's actually better than the /lit/ essentials lel

>> No.5666114

>>5665091
im cringing

>> No.5666120

>>5666105
I don't know, but the rhyming is awesome there, so probably not

>> No.5666122

>>5665124
it's pleb to the max

>> No.5666124

>>5666100
>Sueña el rico en su riqueza,
que más cuidados le ofrece;
sueña el pobre que padece
su miseria y su pobreza;

damn

>sueña el que a medrar empieza,
sueña el que afana y pretende,
sueña el que agravia y ofende,
y en el mundo, en conclusión,
todos sueñan lo que son,
aunque ninguno lo entiende.

damn damn

>¿Qué es la vida? Un frenesí.
¿Qué es la vida? Una ilusión,
una sombra, una ficción,
y el mayor bien es pequeño:
que toda la vida es sueño,
y los sueños, sueños son.

DAYUM

>> No.5666131

i approve, even tho that would not really cultivate your mind but just your social self. cultivating your mind would imply philosophy and spirituality readings backed by a consequent way of life.

>> No.5666648

>>5665091
>Do oversized brutes have the Intellectual capabilities to read a book?
No. Fuck off.

>> No.5666668

i think that's a good list of books, if somewhat reactionary

>> No.5666680

>>5666648
>Do oversized brutes have the Intellectual capabilities to read a book?

Insecure much?

>> No.5666685

>>5665091
Yeah, actually, this list is really solid

>> No.5666704

>>5666680
You have no need to lift weights, looking like a neanderthal is not attractive, women find you disgusting.

To call me insecure is a joke, considering the reason you started body building in the first place was to escape your insecurities and fear of rejection.

>> No.5666732

>>5665091
>Antigone

besides that, looks good

>> No.5666741
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5666741

>>5666704
>looking like a neanderthal is not attractive, women find you disgusting.
keep telling yourself that

>> No.5666751

>>5666704
>looking like a neanderthal is not attractive, women find you disgusting.
You might not like it, but women definetely do. I'm staying hungry skeleton because /fa/ and /2poor4gym/, but if you want girls, getting buff is probably the fastest and easiest way into ever higher tiers of girls.

>> No.5666798

Lol in addition to all the classics with somewhat surprising inclusions from Calderon and Celine, it just HAD to have the Art of War

>> No.5666803

>>5665215

i'm sure the thread discussion on /fit/ for the making of that picture was a bit more in depth and had a lot of criticisms towards the popular suggestions.

the whole getting girls to mire your intellect thing only applies to a minority on /fit/, and that was probably inspired by frank yang's older antics.

I'm sure lifting for awhile did influence a lot of them to look towards reading also, but i doubt the motive was to attract women. most people on /fit/ know by now that if you're not dealing with whores then you need a good personality rather than literary knowledge to attract those worthwhile

>> No.5666812

>>5666704
>any amount of muscularity = neanderthal
>To call me insecure is a joke

Yeah, you're totally not classifying all athletic people as idiots in order to maintain your superiority complex. Stay beta.

>> No.5666817

Would someone please think of the poor oppressed athletes

>> No.5666825

>>5666732
Whats wrong with antigone?

>> No.5666838

The level of posturing on this reading list is something you can only get from /fit/

>> No.5666865

>>5665091
There was actually a big discussion con whether rand ahould be included por not.

>> No.5666878

It lacks some Alexander the Great shit, some motivational tier, otherwise it isn't /fit/

>> No.5666909

Can you get big from jogging?

>> No.5666961

>>5665119
>>5665135
Half of them haven't even bothered to read their own sticky.

>> No.5666972

>>5665141
Thats just because they like saying things to shock people which gets talked about a lot.

>> No.5666988

>>5666798
The whole list is just a bunch of classics and things that are vaguely related to being manly

>> No.5667000

>>5666909
Nope.

>> No.5667521

I don't get why Antigone is so acclaimed, the dialogue is rather dull and the ending was ridiculous.

>> No.5667542

>>5667521
let me guess, you read it in translation

>> No.5667545

>>5667542
>expecting me to learn a worthless language for a few plays

>> No.5667931

>>5667000
why. eat big and run.

>> No.5667955

>>5667931
you'll just get fat

>> No.5667966

>>5667955
that is by definition big

>> No.5667983

>>5665109
Because its pretty obvious that being both well read/informed and fit is better than being one or the other.

>> No.5668024

>>5665139
> I mean, that board is just for fitness and health, not for becoming an alpha male

Many take the view that just being physically healthy and strong is not enough, you should also improve yourself in other ways.

>> No.5668056

>>5666812
He cannot accept that a lot of really smart people are also very fit and quite popular.

>> No.5668394

>>5665109
Maybe they feel a need to distance themselves from the "dumb meathead"-stereotype? I think a large portion of /fit/ comes from other boards, like /lit/, because they wanna get dat pussy