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>reading for 3 hours straight
>eyes start to hurt
>want to read more
>mfw

>> No.6187360

>>6187329
what were you reading?

>> No.6187371
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>>6187329
>reading for 15 minutes
>eyes start feeling heavy
>close the book, fall asleep

It's pretty comfy.

>> No.6187375
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>Not getting cybernetic eye augmentations that allow you to read endlessly

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>>6187360
Executioner's Song.
I'm like 500 pages in, which is only halfway through.

>> No.6187439

>>6187375

I wish.

Deus Ex HR can't come fast enough. Transhumanist master race.

>> No.6187468

>read for 1 minute
>have wank
Being a LAD is tough

>> No.6187496

>>6187468
>read a paragraph
>get horny
>wank
>continue reading
>want to check 4chan or YouTube
>dick around for 5 minutes
>read another paragraph
>'Hmm, the Oscars sucked. I feel like reading some sjw bitch about it.'
I hate having 80HD

>> No.6187527

>Read for a minute
>Mind inexplicably wanders and thirty seconds later my mind has gone through about twenty topics and I can't find anything in my book that would indicate how I got there
>Consider that I might be horny
>Masturbate to clear my mind
>Spend thirty minutes finding some material
> Finish and go back to my book before realising I have something else to do now

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>>6187496
>tfw 8EHT and unable to write 20 words in a single stretch most nights

>suddenly a 200 page all-nighter pours out of you without a stop

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>>6187571
>write for 4 hours straight
>stream of ideas overwhelm my head
>decide to take a break
>go shower
>come back
>can't think of anything good to write anymore
>delete everything and cry

>> No.6187602

Try listening to noise generators while you're reading, something like this: http://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/isochronicBrainwaveGenerator.php?c=0&l=00000000000000003500

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>>6187591
bro, don't delete

you can always come back to it later, and reviewing all the half-ass shit you write can help you understand what parts you struggle with

>> No.6187629

>>6187329
What are audio books.

>> No.6187630

>>6187571
Perfection.

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>>6187629
>narrorator sounds like a cat being neutered

>> No.6187699

>>6187646
Mfw the audiobook for IJ is like 60 hours

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>>6187699

>no Greentext
>uses 'mfw' without any face

>> No.6187738

>>6187727
posting dfdubs and being a prescriptivist

>> No.6187742

>tfw only use audiobooks cause it's easier than reading

Am I a pleb?

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>>6187699
>my mfw when I can't just listen to IJ audio book and play Europiss Truck Simulator because I have to manually read the footnotes on a .pdf.

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>>6187699
57h
So far I listened to 5 hours of this, I thought I was good in English but this book is killing me.

>> No.6187755

>>6187742
Nah.

>> No.6187762

>>6187742
Yes. Might as well just watch TV and movies instead.

>> No.6187772

>>6187762
What's wrong with listening to audio books?

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>>6187749

>Listening to audiobooks while playing videogames
>Not being driven around LA while reading Everything & more

Dude that guy's chick was hot.

>> No.6187822

>tfw I steal stories from /lit/ and submit them to slash fiction magazines
>tfw I've had 8 published so far and earned close to $50

>> No.6187834

>>6187751

Oh god don't do it

>> No.6187846

>>6187822
Top fucking kek

>> No.6187856

>>6187751
Is it wrong that I think this is a great cover?

>> No.6187867

>>6187834
It's too late. I already read 11% of the book.
>>6187856
No even if it's a fake, by the way it's Daniela Hantuchova.

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>>6187819
>reading
>not counting every word and syllable.

>> No.6187879

>>6187867
Thanks. Just looked her up. I'd like to fuck her anus, if you know what I mean.

>> No.6188652

>>6187329
>Write for three hours
>Only a page and a half written