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7476921 No.7476921[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

How old are the people on here? I'm 23 and worried that having lit as my only friends is pathetic if you're all at least two years younger than me

>> No.7476924

same as you m8. lit are my only "friends" as well. besides, you never want to lose touch with the younger generation.

>> No.7476925

dude, i'm like 5, get out of here!

>> No.7476926

i'm 22 baby

>> No.7476928

I'm 25 but I don't really get involved in drawn out discussions and arguments on here any more. The teenage /mu/tards are pretty annoying but I guess I was one of them myself a few years ago.

>> No.7476930

29, I spend 10-15mins a day on here meme posting and spreading misinformation.

>> No.7476935

21 and growing apart from my friends

>> No.7476939

19 and my only friends are a couple of lesbians.
I come here for the memes.

>> No.7476941

22 here. I remember first coming to this board and thinking it would be like /r/books. It was that day that I realized that this literature board literally discussed literature, and not just any random genre fiction book that you can grab off the shelf from a local Barnes and Noble.

>> No.7476944

>>7476921
23 here. My best female friend (and ex-girlfriend) met a new guy and broke any contact with me this summer. She was the only /lit/-tier person I knew: knew her way around the classics, played the piano, etc.

>> No.7476945

>>7476941
That is, of course, after I was ridiculed for trying to discuss ASOIAF.

>> No.7476950

Test

>> No.7476954

>>7476950
did it work?

>> No.7476956

>>7476950
desu
senpai

>> No.7476961

25. I don't even read, but the DFW memes are gr8.

>> No.7476962
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7476962

39. 40 next month.
Don't let age be an indicator. There's dipshits and decent people of every age all over. And following /lit/ shouldn't be a major deciding factor either. I've belonged to numerous writers groups IRL and the results and people from those experiences are as varied as anything. Open yourself to all experiences and don't bottleneck the possibility for change in your own life by limiting the number of avenues you're willing to expose yourself to. TRUE moderation and natural curiosity are the best guides. Seek out the old for they've seen what you've not seen and seek out the young for they have not the same predeterminations from your awake experience.

But stay clear of /mlp/.

Godspeed, anon.

>> No.7476966

>>7476921
I'm 20 but precocious, pls don't feel pathetic anon, nobody knows.

>> No.7477006

>>7476939
Hey! Same!

Well, except they hardly are 'my friends'. I see them every now and then but I don't really hang out with anyone at all per se

>> No.7477011

>>7476944
>My best female friend (and ex-girlfriend)

C U C K
U
C
K

>> No.7477018

>>7477011
I don't see why. We slept together, hitchhiked together, etc. At one point two years ago she broke up with me, and this year she met a new guy and decided to start a new life. I wasn't a beta-orbiter, if that's what you imply.

>> No.7477020

>>7476935
this person said it for me

>> No.7477038

>>7476921
im 21

sorry anon im 2 years younger than you

>> No.7477056

44

>> No.7477083

>>7477018
>being friends with a woman after she dumps you
>not a beta-orbiter

top banter m8

>> No.7477088

>>7477083
At least I had a girlfriend, you mong.

>> No.7477096

24

The more I /lit/ the less I /mu/. I stopped visiting /v/ about 2 years ago and stopped visiting /b/ about 7 years ago.

Occasionally I visit /out/.

I live with my gf, but other than that I grew apart from my friends long ago, therefore, I am in a similar boat as you OP

>> No.7477126

>>7477083

If you're above the age of 16 and still using the alpha/beta dichotomy, you're a lost cause.

I've never met a solid man who used it. Every single one I've met to use that distinction has invariably been an insecure, sad little loser.

I am sorry you've never experienced a healthy relationship and a healthy breakup. They do happen, you know.

>> No.7477128

25 and I am a pathetic loser.

>> No.7477157

>>7477126
I am an adult man m8.

The reason you do not associate with women after they break up with you is self-preservation.

You wouldn't pour salt in an old knife wound, yet you think it's natural to associate with females you still have feelings, I can't help but think YOU are the insecure, sad loser.

But whatever queer. I don't give a shit about your sad existence.

>> No.7477182

>>7477096

Why does life get more boring as you get older? Should have killed myself at 22

>> No.7477198

23

It's shit.
Poor as fuck, I work a shit job I'm overqualified for. Live in a shit apartment with no furniture by myself in the shitty part of a shit city in a shit state.
Fuck this yo, I curse my existence every hour

>> No.7477204

>>7477198
People are always giving away free furniture just to get rid of it. Check the internet. Unless you live in a real dump.

>> No.7477206

>>7477198
Move back in with your parents? It must be better than where you live now.

>> No.7477209

19 i don't even fucking read i just come here to feel superiror

>> No.7477213

>>7476921
I'm 23 too, but I'll be 24 in three months...
I am in almost the same situation that you (no friends) but I wouldn't go as far as to call lit people friends. I barely post here anymore, I just check the catalog once or twice a day and that's it.

>> No.7477218

>>7476928
>I don't really get involved in drawn out discussions and arguments on here any more. The teenage /mu/tards are pretty annoying but I guess I was one of them myself a few years ago.
Same. It get boring as we grow older.

>> No.7477220

ITT: a bunch of faggots with an snowflake syndrome.

>> No.7477223
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Almost 24. I live at home, taking loans to fail school, and am totally unaccomplished socially, without a redeeming quality to my name.

Pathetic...you say...

>> No.7477224

I'm 25, graduated with a humanities degree, work at a business job 9-6. It's fine I guess.i have a few friends and a girl I'm kinda seeing but... I don't know. All through college I was constantly depressed and stressed out. Now I'm just bored.

>> No.7477226

i'm 32 and i can confirm that i'm pathetic

>> No.7477232
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7477232

What are some good books to combat crippling despair and inadequacy?

>> No.7477235

>>7477223
What do you study in college?

>> No.7477237

>>7477220
>an snowflake

>> No.7477248

>>7477235
Computer Science, like everyone else. It was interesting for a brief beautiful moment, but whatever spark of artistry I saw is now gone. The worst part is it's not difficult...I've no reason for my failures...I just don't feel like I've a stake in the matter...in my own life. It's hard to do anything like that...divorced from whatever animal drive seems to enable everyone around me.

>> No.7477254

>>7477220
>he's the only person in the thread that actually said anything implying this
>everyone in this thread is X... except me!

>> No.7477265

>>7477232
Zoloft.

>> No.7477267

>>7477232
The DSM, also a therapist.

>> No.7477269

23. I'm having grey hairs show up already, I feel old

>> No.7477275

>>7477248
I'm almost exactly the same as you, though I'm not failing (I'm just above passing). I also don't really feel bad about things. I have plans to focus a lot more next semester. I doubt there's much difference here except attitude.

>> No.7477298

>>7477275
>I have plans to focus a lot more next semester.
>tfw you have those plans every semester

>> No.7477316

24. Work a decent job that's pays handsomely with many realnlife friends from various backgrounds.

I come here cause I like memes and I read more than everyone I know irl (and more than most people here desu). Don't really visit any other boards. Been on /lit/ on and off since board launched.

>> No.7477323

>>7477298
Step one is to get off of /r9k/, okay?

I really want to point out that if you think someone like you must feel bad, you're wrong. And it's not like I'm delusional about where I stand in society (though, at best this is a kind of rough estimate). I know it's an uphill climb for people like us, but each person has their own path. You have to define what that is based on your own unique strengths. You can't once judge yourself based on what others say. Which is not to say you shouldn't be logical about what it takes to reach your goals. Anyways, I just want to say you're not alone. And, again, get off /r9k/.

>> No.7477341

>>7476921
I'm 25, with purely abstract knowledge skills.

Pretty much I'm the marketing, NLP, propaganda, meme magic, guy for a fortune 500. It's very unfulfilling.

I try and read 2-3 books a week on a good week. Mostly non fiction, but going through PKD novels at the moment too.

I have no friends irl, and only a few acquaintances eve online. I wish I could go back to college to meet people my own age, i wasted those years inside.

Where's the online /lit/ support group?

>> No.7477343

18.

>> No.7477348

>>7477341
>Where's the online /lit/ support group?
>>>/his/

>> No.7477382

>>7476935
>be 16
>make friends
>get along great for a year or so
>slowly start to look down on them and find them intolerable
>repeat x times
>now 22

Why does this happen? Am I just a cunt?

>> No.7477390

>>7477382
As long as you are truly improving yourself, no. If you just find certain things annoying over time but are not really changing or growing yourself, then yes.

>> No.7477392

>>7477382
normies are worthy of both contempt and revulsion

>> No.7477399

>>7477382
Nah, just the realization that the external world can't satisfy you, ever.

>> No.7477405 [DELETED] 

>>7477399
but it's the only work there is

>> No.7477407

24. About to start my liberal arts associates cause I'm desperate and don't wanna be a neet and recently discovered I'm too dainty for even the most basic blue collar work. My friends are whichever friends from high school never went to college and became townies too. I'm too ashamed of living with my mom to try to date anyone.
But hey at least I'm reading more now than I ever have been.

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>>7476921
29

>> No.7477414

>>7477399
but that's the only world there is

>>7477382
>even entertaining that you're the one at fault
>implying the world isn't in the wrong, always

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7477420

>>7477323
I don't feel bad and if I cared what others thought I wouldn't be where I am. I don't even care what I think. Don't mistake correlation for causality, our situations may be similar, but I don't think our reasons are.

>> No.7477425

>>7477157
>le love hurts meme

>> No.7477426

>>7477414
>but that's the only world there is
I was talking about being satisfied with just yourself, without needing to depend on fickle shit that's outside your control(other people,material possessions,people's opinions)

>> No.7477427

>>7477420
>"i don't care what other people think"

yeah ok

>> No.7477428

>>7477412
>Gives temperatures but no cooking time or method
Yeah I'm just going to stick this in the oven for 8 hours at 120F, that'll be perfect.

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7477429

23. By all accounts I am a loser, but what is there to win?

>> No.7477430

>>7476930
deus vult

>> No.7477438

>be me, 26 years old
>just now overcoming sperginess
>tfw realize nothing bad will happen if I allow myself to be myself
>tfw don't want to be grownass man at 30 still socially anxious and pathetic all the time
>people react totally different and more friendly towards me
>tfw realize most folks want you to be yourself and not be scared as bad as you do

sometimes it takes a while but there is still hope anons. sperg/NEET reform can happen (and literature does help).

>> No.7477450

I'm 24 with no friends, no girlfriend, no job, no ambition, and a lot of student loan debt. I've gone full Bartleby.

>> No.7477460

>>7477438
I can verify this. I had a similar experience. It's weird to realize there was never anything holding you back except your own fear.

>> No.7477476

>22
>graduating this next semester (a year late, due to my major swaps/ capricious scheduling
>Good enough GPA/LSAT to go to the school I want to
>Couple close friends that I have hung out with weekly for going on six years
>Spent the last few years getting fit and don't have too much trouble with women
But
>Unsure if Law is what I want to do with myself
>Unsure if I ever want to get married or have a long-term relationship with a woman
Because
>Writing is what I love, and the place where I derive the majority of my self worth
>Won an essay contest for a thousand bucks and my first piece of fiction is to be published in a magazine in the next week
>Terrified that Law/life will separate me from what may be my only real ability to contribute/express myself
>Terrified that my writing will never be able to sustain me and that I will be a leech on my family forever if I pursue it over a law degree
>Terrified that my ticket will run out while I am waiting for some sign as to what I should do

There is my blog post. I am feeling pretty nebulous lately.
I have recently finished a short story that I think might be worth something, and it is currently in consideration at some high-profile fiction mags. If it gets accepted, I think my choice will be made. Maybe even if it isn't I already know what I should do. I dunno. Those are my feels right now.

>> No.7477483

>>7476921
18.. I wish humans didn't have such a long natural lifespan.

>> No.7477484

>>7477182
It doesn't, /lit/ is vastly more enjoyable than and rewarding than /b/ or /v/ will ever be.

>> No.7477492

>>7476921

I'm 20, I hate life and most of the people around me.

But hey I just got an A in political philosophy so high five.

>> No.7477493

>>7477476
Don't go into law. Even if living as a writer is a struggle, it will be infinitely better than doing something you are not satisfied with.

>> No.7477495

I´m 20 and I have to give in a 1000 word essay on Foucault and sexuality and I haven´t gotten anywhere

Why do I study philosophy in the first place?

>> No.7477498

>>7477476
Man, I truly cannot think of anything more worthless than law. It's one of the most nihilistic, arbitrary, futile things anyone could possibly study let alone do for life.

>> No.7477503

>>7477476
I'd love to have a passion enough for something to not have to be a lawyer or some shit

Do what you love senpai

>> No.7477510

>>7477220
That's not what I see. I see a bunch of brothers connecting on some level ... And also demonstrating that this board is frequented by folks who are not too dissimilar to each other

>> No.7477515

>>7477428
That's the temperature of the actual steak, not what temp you use to cook it.

>> No.7477520

>>7477495
Give me the assignment and I'll do it for you.

>> No.7477524

>>7477510
That's what I'm seeing too. I'm not sure why some people are so bothered when others express their feelings of alienation. Let's leave the "special snowflake" nonsense on reddit where it belongs.

>> No.7477527

>>7477493
>>7477498
>>7477503

Thanks for the thoughts, bros.

>>7477493
As to this, I would probably agree. On the days that I find myself leaning towards Law, I imagine stuff like myself being a public defender and representing the indigent in exchange for crumbs and a sense of moral rectitude. But that is bullshit. The only real appeal to Law is the money, and the only real appeal to money is the sense of independence from my parents and the meeting of their expectations.

>> No.7477530

I'm 46. I have old friends and millennial friends. It took me awhile to lean how to socialize properly. I'm actually popular now but I'm still an introvert who needs to spend time alone.

>> No.7477532

>>7476921
28.

>> No.7477535

>>7477527

Whoops, that second response was intended for >>7477498

>> No.7477543

>>7477527
Justice is a beautiful idea, perhaps the most beautiful. But somehow the law seems to have nothing to do with it. Pretty fucked up world we live in.

>> No.7477546

>>7477530
Do you have a gf? Will we get a gf?

>> No.7477568
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7477568

>22
>No friends
>Shit GPA
>Hate what I'm studying but too far into my major to switch
>Nothing else I'd rather study anyway
>Don't really enjoy anything
>Still probably the happiest I've been in years
Living the d r e a m

>> No.7477575

>>7477568
what are you studying senpai?

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7477577

>>7477568
>exact same situation
ma nigga

>> No.7477580

>>7477520
wow, thanks, but it's in a foreign language

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7477589

20, drunk and listening to swans, I was a bit of a cunt to a girl that I know tonight, unemployed.

I come here to feed my sense of superiority.

blog over

>> No.7477591

>>7476921
18. I don't want to be doomed to live a life of mediocrity and loneliness. how do I avoid this?

>> No.7477596

>>7477589
>I was a bit of a cunt to a girl that I know tonight,
what'd you do senpai? this a blog thread anyway.

who cares about being a cunt to people though, it's not like it matters unless you want to fuck them or something but there's plenty more fish in the sea in regards to that.

>> No.7477600

>>7477589

Can relate. 20. Drunk here too.

Where you from mate?

>> No.7477601

24
Dead end jobs i.e. fast food, telemarketer etc.
I read. I browse /lit/ rarely posting mostly laughing and silently sharing feels. I write and play music. Very amateur. No formal schooling in anything. Drugs. Better than just waitin' 'round to die

>> No.7477603

>>7477382
See Schopenhauer's councils and maxims, yes you could have been more polite and agreeable (and should be) to keep your social standing. No, they were not really all that useful to the pursuit of knowledge or as Nietzsche says, use them as a rug on your ladder upon which you stand and move upward, it's all they are good for.

>> No.7477604

>>7477591
Nothing wrong with lonliness

>> No.7477605

>>7477591
mediocrity is determined by you and loneliness is only really experienced by cucks who feel the need to depend on other people desperately.

Read The Bhagavad Gita(Easwaran translation.) to dispel your doubts.

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>>7477596
>5edgy9me

>> No.7477617

>>7477610
It's called being pragmatic and detached from the results of your actions; the best way to live life without ruminating on stupid shit.

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>>7477603
>or as Nietzsche says, use them as a rug on your ladder
>use them as a rug on your ladder
>rug on your ladder
>rug

>> No.7477627

>>7477589
>>7477600
>I'm going to be 20 in less than 3 months
I still get geniunely confused that I'm not 17 anymore.

>> No.7477630

>>7477596
too hard too explain without contextual info, plus i'm probs being overly sensitive because of booze

>>7477600
perth my nigger, probably the only australian on this board

>> No.7477633

>>7477627

It's a weird feeling growing up

>> No.7477635

>>7477604
>Nothing wrong with lonliness
are you sure m8

>> No.7477637

>>7477630

>Perth

Canada here, it's 9:20 am

>> No.7477638

>>7477626
meant rung fucko.

>> No.7477639

>>7477546
i have had several gfs, sex with non-gfs, and have reasonable chances at another gf but haven't acted on these yet. honestly i like being alone more than having a gf but then you end up dating someone and its fun for awhile then you have to deal with relationship stuff.

you will probably get a gf.

>> No.7477644

>>7477630
no you're not, you could start a Henry Lawson thread every now and then to send out a bat signal.

>> No.7477647

>>7477568
SWITCH SWITCH SWITCH SWITCH YOU ARE A YOUNG MAN DO IT OR REGRET THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

like me.

>> No.7477655

21

>> No.7477656

>>7477637
>Canada
you live in a nice country

>9:20
a little early/late to be drunk but thats alright, sarte says we are born radically free

have you found purpose in your life fame?

>> No.7477665

30, spent all my money travelling and don't much fancy working any more.

>> No.7477670

>>7477665
why not save money again and then live in a cheap asian/3rd world country?

how much money did you spend travelling anyway, where did you go?

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>>7477656

>Purpose

No idea. I'm going to try to become a medical doctor or go to grad school to get my PhD in clinical psyc. I'm a depressed borderline alcoholic but somehow my grades are fine and I managed to pull a few A's this semester even while taking the maximum number of courses. I've pretty much given up on having a meaningful relationship because all the girls I have been with have been sluts and I don't trust women anymore so I've come to terms with the fact that I'll most likely die alone.

How about you?

>> No.7477682

>>7477638
It's something I hear a lot, for all intensive purposes.

>> No.7477693

26.

Here mostly for the philosophy, but sometimes you get into a discussion with a good taste anon and they recommend something interesting you have not heard of.

Lit is the only board I use anymore.

>> No.7477707

27 here.

One question: when i grew out of 4chan, what other sites could i visit?

I dont wanna be a 30 year man with 10 years younger people.

>> No.7477708

>>7477670
That's one of the plans, just north america and europe for a number of years after getting my start in IT. Looking to get the NEETBux from the g'ment now. Such a fall from grace if measured against friends who stuck it out, just wasn't for me is all, I was always an ascetic type and can never remember really wanting things.

>> No.7477713

29
Was neet for ages
Tried to be a normie for a few years
Couldn't do it
Autismbux4lyfe now

>> No.7477717

>>7477670
$50,000 over 3 years, pretty low amount actually.

>> No.7477721

>>7477713
on what grounds? institutionalised? medicated?

>> No.7477725

>>7477707

I think the tendency is to migrate to reddit once you reach the age where your T levels plummet, you lose your sense of humour, and you think about starting a family.

>> No.7477731

>>7477708
>>7477717
aight,cool. I sort of want to go down the same kind of route(minus NEETbux, gubment is too fickle in the UK.), I'm also like
>ascetic type and can never remember really wanting things.
wagecuckery is hell when I just want to live out the rest of my days in a little east asian village. probably never going to happen and I'll be stuck doing it for the rest of my life, but it's nice to dream.

>> No.7477736

>>7477677
I got accepted into honours yesterday, synth chem

>borderline alcoholic but somehow my grades are fine and I managed to pull a few A's this semester
nice, I've been smoking a lot of cannabis over the past year, in fact I'm surprised I got the grades I did because it really does turn the brain to mush.
I've been listening to a lot of degenerate hip hop aswell, I find it easier to constitute my identity around something as opposed to an otherwise masturbatory nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IYght7FGdg

>I don't trust women anymore
I'm very much in the same boat, in my case I think it comes from deep seated insecurities over having been bullied in HS as well as my co-morbid relationship with my mother.

>I've come to terms with the fact that I'll most likely die alone.
not with standing everything I still consider myself a romantic. I hope I manage to find someone, otherwise whats the fucking point

good luck with the med stuff, it's a noble proffession to pursue

>> No.7477738

>>7476925
This To be honest

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>>7477412
>I want medium
>everyone always serves me medium rare

>> No.7477756

>>7477747
>wanting medium
Just get a burger you degenerate.

>> No.7477757

>>7477644
>you could start a Henry Lawson thread
but breh, i'm a pseud

>> No.7477762

>>7477605
Ayyy, I'm reading that right now!

>> No.7477764 [DELETED] 

17

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>>7477725
Reddit?
Ok...

>> No.7477771

>>7477707
/trv/ is pretty sweet for that escapism

>> No.7477799

>>7477762
How are you finding it?
It was pretty enlightening for me and the last few chapters in it gave me goosebumps.

>> No.7477802

>>7477736

Congrats. Chem is an interesting field. I'm also surprised I've pulled the A's. I hardly put any effort into my studies this semester. I mean, a little bit, but a couple of the classes I didn't even study for the exams and still managed B's. I don't listen to hiphop much, much if I do, I like classic groups like Cypress Hill. Tequila Sunrise is always a fun song.

Best of luck to you man.

>> No.7477804

>>7476921
I'm 21 year old hand-holdless virgin with no friends.

>> No.7477955

>>7477764
mods

>> No.7477989

>>7476921
23 and ex-neet here. Friends are worth the investment and the sacrifices, trust me OP.

>> No.7477991
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7477991

>tfw 18 year old spic
>fucking a 24 year old Aryan

Are you living the visceral realist lifestyle, /lit/?

>> No.7478005

>>7477799
It's pretty good so far, and while I don't agree with everything Krishna says about duty and honor, I see the merit in the points he makes

>> No.7478015

>>7477991
>degrading yourself by believing that you're inferior because some cucks on some boards on a website said so
c'mon lad

>> No.7478023

>>7478015
Hold me anon.

>> No.7478028

23, my books are my only friends

except for a few friends I play video games with. I like it that way. talking about art is kinda lame and makes me like art less. Friends are people you tell stupid jokes to and play dumb games with. I don't need them to know who Milton is

;_;

>> No.7478032

>>7478023
o-ok
*teleports behind u*
*slits throat*
nothing personell

>> No.7478055

21. I've been browsing since I was 19. I think /lit/'s the only board that's changed me for the better. Thank you everyone.

>> No.7478060

>>7478055
it was my pleasure

>> No.7478076

>>7478060
Not you though. Your posts are shit.

>> No.7478091

>>7477198
>I curse my existence every hour

Hello me.

>> No.7478122

>>7477126

found the beta

>> No.7478145

>be 32, married, with child, have traveled the world, make six figures
>have lots of very smart close friends
>this board is still the only place where its possible to communicate about a wide range of books and get good recommendations
>not even joking

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7478174

>>7478145
real life 'people' are a meme

>> No.7478189

>>7476921
I'm 29. Personally, I wish that people on this board weren't *older* per se, but more serious. I really enjoy the personal growth I've gotten out of learning about literature that I've gone on to read from posts on this board. Most of the learning I've done has been from serious discussions and not from meme or shitposting (obviously). I don't care how old someone is as long as they have something interesting to say that I can get something meaningful from.

>> No.7478202

>>7477438
I can relate to you

I'm going to be 27 in a few days and its hard to believe I was in my first year of university 10 years ago. I was severely depressed in my last 2 years of highschool, and I have been struggling with it since ..only recently being diagnosed and potentially ADHD as well. I was so socially awkward, there are moments I can't even speak of. Now I'm doing better. I'm still the same person, and People still find me a bit awkward at times, but also interesting and funny.

So I agree, change is possible but you really have to want this reform. I still have a long way to go though.

>> No.7478284

94 3/4 REPORTING IN

>> No.7478322
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7478322

22, currently jobless while I figure out some health problems. All of my friends are in other countries or at grad school. I spend a lot of time with my mom.

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7478333

>>7476921
26, been a part of the board since I was 20.

I'm working towards academia, so I've made a lot of associates/colleagues at conferences. I don't know what to consider a friend, though. I've never been good at getting past "person I work with" into "we are friends." I worked with people in graduate school who I could talk with about books for hours (and we did, since we didn't do much work). I wish I hadn't wasted so many opportunities like that.

I'm married though, and so will always have one best friend, even if I don't have other friends.

>> No.7478347

32 wagecuck,cucked by 25 bi sexual in poly love triangle ( I'm so with modern culture) have to do revisions on my 60k word novella, writing short stories as well. Kinda comfy but lonely. Reading Confederacy of Dunces, thanks /lit.
Just discovered lit and r9k, was a b/for years, feel at home here

>> No.7478364
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7478364

>>7476921
19.
Going to community college at the same time I am getting my highschool diploma as a super senior.
The credits count for both so I'm also technically a college freshman.
I got kicked out of my highschool last april because I was arrested for something my former best friend did to my ex's car who then blamed it on me and had been planting evidence against me.

Surprisingly I feel pretty positive about the future but we'll see. Still fighting that shit in court.

I did shrooms for the first time 2 days ago and it was fucking amazing. Gave me some great insight.

I am slightly autistic (got diagnosed recently in relation to the whole court battle by a incensed psychologist) and I don't really have any friends anymore, nor am I trying to go out of my way to make any but I'm fine with that.
Would be nice to have people to rely on but for now its alright.

>> No.7478494

20, suffered from a crippling chronic illness for atleast 10 years, made high school pretty shitty (not a hell thou). Might finally make headway on overcoming it these holidays.

I really got into literature because I had nothing else to do. If I do recover it will be interesting to see how my reading habits change / how i process books

>> No.7478522

23.

Life is grand :')

>> No.7478526

>>7478347
get out before you destroy the board you polyamorous filthy

>> No.7478588

>>7478333
>I'm married though, and so will always have one best friend, even if I don't have other friends.
when did you get married,senpai?

>> No.7478591

>>7476921
21. that is kinda pathetic tbqh family

>> No.7478594

I'm 25, but I have actual real life friends (only one of them reads.)

>> No.7478614

>>7477269
>tfw 19 and sister pointed out a couple of grey hairs

>> No.7478618

>>7478614
L O N D... wait, M/F?

>> No.7478649

>>7478618
MtF

>> No.7478652

>>7478618
DTF ;)

>> No.7478666

When did /lit/ become an AA meeting? ;)

>> No.7478720

Average age of /lit/ 24.25

>> No.7478733

>tfw you have good friends who you genuinely like and care about but you don't want to spend time with them

feels paradoxical man

>> No.7478786

>>7478720
I doubt that, there's way too many 18-22 year olds or they're just the most obnoxious and loud about how stupid and young they are.

>> No.7478811

>>7478786
that's the math for this thread friend, are you new?

>> No.7478819

>>7478720
But what's the median?
There is a few posts 35-40+ that increase the average by a few points.

>> No.7478821

>>7476921
im only 21 but don't worry i never played team sports or got laid so i've had plenty of time to fit in around here

>> No.7478836

>>7476921

22, almost 23. Don't worry though OP, I'm more of a fucking loser than the 18-20 year olds here.

>> No.7478844

>>7478588
This year, though we've been living together eight years. Very long engagement.

>> No.7478877

>>7478844
Damn, I thought that level of commitment to a relationship was dead in the West.

good job, anon.

>> No.7478889

>>7478333
post wife :3

>> No.7478896

>>7478333
Post more cats bitch

>> No.7478901

26 and cute as hell

>> No.7478902

28 in a month

>> No.7478943

>>7478819
23, closer to 24 than 22.

>> No.7478951

18 but everyone tells me I'm too mature for my age I'm actually 56

>> No.7478963

28

>> No.7478973

I'm 20, turning 21 in a few days. Have a small group of friends met through my girlfriend, but I'm not particularly fond of them. It feels almost out of character to have plans now after being so solitary all my life. They aren't the sort of people I can rely on during deep bouts of depression though, so I'll end up alone again soon enough.

>> No.7478980

>>7478364
> by a incensed psychologist
What did you do to him?

>> No.7478982

26, balding, loser, kissless virgin, want to kill myself every day

>> No.7479075

>>7477627
Same. I've been growing my hair since I was 16 so maybe I should cut it, and that might change my perception.

I don't want to be 20. It upsets me a lot.

>> No.7479089

>>7479075
I distinctly remember turning 20 and thinking "I'll be 30 before I know it" sure enough I'm only 3 years away. Snuck up on me fast. Boy did I waste a lot of time

>> No.7479102

>>7477627
im 22 and when people ask me how old i am i legitimately almost always say 17

>> No.7479120

>>7477601
Go to bed, Townes

>> No.7479133

21 years old, basically burnt bridges with 90% of my friends, occasionally reconnect with old ones but i'm sinking inside my shell

I've been batting with serious mental health issues for the past couple of years and not been to see anyone about it, not told any family or friends

it's just kind of festering in my brain really.

I made friends with people at uni who turned out to be utter cunts; they're probably the only people who noticed that I wasn't well mentally, one of them even witnessed me having a nervous breakdown but do you know what happened?

They mocked me an ostracised me for it and called me a weirdo and basically ran a passive aggressive, underhand hate campaign against me. Of course this made things a thousand times worse but oh well what the fuck can you do?

>> No.7479135

>tfw i feel closer to dead authors than real people

>> No.7479142

>>7476921
23 baby

Unable to find a real gf after getting 90 phone numbers so I'm just giving up on women and putting that energy towards my job

Yow!

>> No.7479143

>>7477604
I disagree. Solitude is self serving. What matters is the extent of your love, how well you build relationships, and connect with others. You will never be complete until you understand how to love fully.

It isn't easy. But it is more rewarding.

>> No.7479149

>>7476939
Hoooomygod same!!! <3

>> No.7479158

>>7479143
>implying everything you do isn't self-serving

Woo-ha!

>> No.7479168

>>7479143
Loneliness is not a function of solitude. I wouldn't use those words synonymously

>> No.7479170

>>7476921
I'm 28.

>> No.7479184

>>7479170
You know what's great about fucking 28 year olds?

>> No.7479187

>>7476921
18

I know, shit all over me for being young.

>> No.7479202

27

Every uncertain sperg in this thread under 20 should start playing a sport

Every crappy undergrad or NEET should get into stem, accounting, or law. If it's the former and your math is shit, take 1-2 years off to do remedial studying.

'That's a crazy time investment'
No, you're about to spend 5 years hopping between dead-end 0-qualification jobs, that's a crazy time investment

'But I need time to finish my novel'
You deserve what's coming

>> No.7479210

>>7479202
Why do poorfags always feel the need to patronize others for not selling the majority of their life for more money? Ideology has made you a self-righteous whore.

>> No.7479234

>>7479202
STEM and law is no good for jobs either, m8 this is bad advice. Finance and accounting are actually good options, but ultimately advanced diplomas in some sort of trade is where the money is at. 1-3 years at some technical college training for a high demand trade is the smartest thing a young anon can do unless they are certain they'll be top of their class at a prestigious university.

>> No.7479238

>>7476921
26. Mostly have online friends, same for them. Have 1 rl good friend still who I talk to and see occasionally (known him since I was 4).

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>>7479234
>STEM is no good for jobs

>> No.7479244

>>7479234
how is a CS degree not a good way to make money? inb4 delusional rambling about indians

>> No.7479253

>>7479244
indians

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>>7479234
i'm in law and there are jobs, but if you don't go to a t14 school, it's not worth going

>> No.7479341

>>7479240
I have a STEM degree and have been unable to get relevant work for a year. I'm going into the trades.

>> No.7479371

>>7478877
Are you retarded? most people still get married. Kids aged 18-25 have always been opposed to it. Wait til you get older and everyone will do a 180 on not wanting to have kids, on wanting to travel, on not wanting to settle etc.

>> No.7479389

19 year old
love snapchatting memes to my senpai :)
blessed

>> No.7479395

>>7479389
4chan's gay wordfiler ruined my joke
f-a-m wordfilters to senpai
wordfilters are one aspect of 2006 era 4chan that needs to die

>> No.7479443

>>7479395

You're right; the word filters really do need to go tƅh. I've ƅeen wondering whether something was getting filtered into senpai since it shows up all the time and people couldn't possiƅly ƅe using senpai so often.
I knew that tƅh was being filtered into desu. I guess I didn't realize that senpai wasn't showing up anywhere, ƅut that makes sense tƅh.
Thanks for letting us know aƅout the senpai filter.

>> No.7479460 [DELETED] 

>>7479443

Hm, still getting senpai. Let's try:
senpai
There we go.

>> No.7479462

>>7479443

Still getting senpai. Let's try:
senpai

>> No.7479469

>>7479443
I want them to stay because I fucking hate Black Twitter and I think its shitty slang should stay there.

>> No.7479470

>>7479462
Senpai

>> No.7479476

>>7479469
The word filters just encourage people to get past them Tbh familia

>> No.7479480

>>7479462

Might not be perfect but:
senpai

>> No.7479482

>>7479443
Why did you do that

>> No.7479494

>>7479469
You hate American urban slang but you're totally cool with Japanese slang?

You got the yerrow fever cowboy? Imperialist dog

>> No.7479501

102 and three quarter and I still can fuck your mom while shaving at the same time

>> No.7479510

>>7479482
Getting around the ƭilters, but not coding past senpai yet.
Let's try this:
ƭam

>> No.7479514

>>7479510
Smhtbhfam

>> No.7479517

I'm 20 and probably will not turn out well-adjusted or happy

>> No.7479519

I'm 21 mang

>> No.7479530

>>7479517
you're probably right

>> No.7479532

>>7479530
thanks

>> No.7479533

>>7479532
np

>> No.7479542

>>7479533
so....are you in the same boat or what?

>> No.7479547

I fuckin love you guys ;_; why did I ever abandon you for /tv/

>> No.7479550

>>7476921
32 and a /lit/ professor. I come here to be the asshole I want to be at my job.

>> No.7479555

>>7479550
How often do you have affairs with your students?

>> No.7479583

>>7477707
you're an insecure fag if you can't have a laugh with university aged cunts. the best posters here are all old, but the posts that make me laugh out loud (whether intentional or not) are probably by 20-year-olds. and that's fine.
>>7477725
nah, this doesn't actually happen. if it does, they were merely memeing without understanding.
>>7478145
this is true
>>7478347
you disgust me

>> No.7479595

I'm a 22 geology major. I read mostly non fiction.

I wish I were majoring in social sciences ;-;

>> No.7479606

>>7479595
>geology major
u rock m8 lmao

>> No.7479610

24 m8 although being honest I do feel a bit too old to be browsing 4chan, I just don't know where else to go

>> No.7479617

>>7479595
>geology major
don't take ur life for granite lmao

>> No.7479619

>>7478347
you sound like an interesting fellow and that love triangle thing is straight out of Peep Show i love it

>> No.7479628

>>7479555
Christ, never. I teach mostly freshman comp., teenagers are, as a whole, insufferable.

It has happened in my dept. in the past though.

>> No.7479631

>>7479595
m8 just take an advice and switch to social sciences right now. Stop your inner monologues, stop rationalising it, and stop pretending that it will work out better for you in the long term.

>> No.7479650

>>7479631
>jus B urself
>do wat u wanna do
>live the life u want
thanks drab truism-man

>> No.7479657

>>7479650
Yeah forget these common-sense advices that people have been giving you your entire life and adhere to an internet board's pseudo-realism instead. That sure is the path to happiness.

>> No.7479663

>>7479657
yeah adhere to this post's blatant refusal to bow whatsoever to the social complexity of reality, just keep mumbling these numb phrases to yourself like maxims and clearly they'll solve all your problems and lead you to nirvana

>> No.7479670

>>7479663
>bow whatsoever to the social complexity of reality

mein gott palpable ideology

>> No.7479689

>>7477725
the prospect of unironically ending up a redditor frightens me more than death

>> No.7479738

>>7479628
you should totally be snagging that tight teenage pussy while you can holmes

>> No.7480219

15

>> No.7480257

>>7480219
b&

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24, turning 25 in May.

I constantly flip back and forth between being very fulfilled with my life and than incredibly depressed about it. My roommate who is my bestfriend (only friend) is back at our hometown leaving me along in our room for about a month. I can already feel it coming on.

>> No.7480443

>>7477483

More time to read m8

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7480481

>>7479595
Seems like you're stuck between a rock and a hard place

>> No.7480554

>>7479631
As someone who studied his passion rather than a lucrative career I will say one should not discount how awful it is to be broke working a dead end job. Conventional advice is what it is because of reasons

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>>7478982

You.

Journalism school.

NOW!

>> No.7480823

>>7480712
why

>> No.7480826

>>7478982
27, bald, winner, lots of gfs, wanna live forever

>> No.7480843

>>7476962
>stay clear of /mlp/
They write the best smut though.

>> No.7480922

>>7480823
>why

My post is self explanatory. So I must conclude you're right, you're hopeless.

I think /r9k/ currently hosts the most suicide instruction threads. Check them out.