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How do i become an intellectual like the rest of you guys?

>> No.8119341

>>8119334
Stop posting unfunny nigger memes for a start

>> No.8119343

take the red pill lmao

>> No.8119344

>>8119334
jus b urself bro

>> No.8119348

>>8119334

You already are, tragically

>> No.8119351

Its a most unenviable profession

>> No.8119365

>Read enough of the "classics" to have a good grasp of them.
>Shit on most of them, being edgy and contrarian is about a 1/3 of what being a /lit/ intellectual is a about.
>Develop your own taste from there. Think of what you enjoyed and explore their other work, then other authors that are similar etc. this is important, this a genuine self discovery. It's a beautiful thing but only part of being a /lit/ intellectual.
>The rich vocabulary and the smug sense of self importance that is allows you to develop, is the other portion of being a /lit/ intellectual
>Put down the books
>Fire up /lit/
>Shitpost incessantly

>> No.8119491

>>8119341
i thought it was pretty funny

>> No.8119515

>>8119334
Your first step is not listening to people, ever. Be they white supremacists or state communists. Just don't buy bullshit and question, why exactly it is bullshit. Keep constant. Shit on white supremacists.

>> No.8119519

>>8119334
being an intellectual's horrible people ask you questions all the time, just read for prose and feels

>> No.8119520

>>8119515
Don't study history or biology so you can be as enlightened as this anon.

>> No.8119531

>>8119520
It's exactly what makes you study that you realize it's bullshit. Anyone can say they study something when they don't. You are no more educated in biology as you are history outside of a basic high school+ I've read wikipedia articles way.

Quit your bitching, all in all.

>> No.8119533

>>8119334

Just fucking read. That alone puts you at an advantage over 90%+ of Humanity, nowadays.

I've been surprised at how much you can learn from even a single book, since I seriously started reading in the past year.

>> No.8119536

>>8119533
This as well.

>> No.8119724

>>8119365
Sums it up

>> No.8119820

>>8119334
Apathy towards contemporary bs and politics

Genuine aesthetic appreciation/enjoyment of literature

think in sweeps of centuries

Doesn't take long if you NEET or are on summer break, OP. Why not?

>> No.8119883

>>8119531
I've been complemented for my smarts by some of the smartest people, how dare you?

>> No.8120171
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8120171

>>8119334

I am sick of this human body

how do I become a lizard man like in this pic?

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>>8119365
I wish I didn't have to study and get a job and all that nonsense and that instead I could just shitpost the rest of my life.

>> No.8120537

>>8119334
Start with the Greeks. As easy as that.

>> No.8120545

>>8120537
you should do your best to avoid the greeks at all costs desu. it'll spare you from plato's autism

>> No.8120561

I liked Murukami(Japanese author), now I'm moving on to Gabriel Garcia Marquez(South American). Any tips?

>> No.8120966

>>8120561
Check out John Greene after, he's my favorite

>> No.8120982

>>8120966
seconded

>> No.8121035

>>8119334
For starters reading books doesn't make you smart and if you think otherwise you're dumb

Secondly not everyone here is even close to smart. Most are pseuds. Im a pseudo in likeliness desu, seeing as I did horribly in grade 9+10 until I realized if I kept ging like that I wouldn't get into any college after

>> No.8121196

By becoming unhappy, disdainful, and insecure. That's the only mode of being for an 'intellectual' in this god-forsaken century.

>> No.8121233

>>8119365
Also learn three languages
>finally can read french poetry
>sublime af
>>8119334
In all seriousness, we aren't intellectuals. Intellectuals are just mental athletes that spend a lot of time at it and have the sufficient threshold level of talent to do it.
If you want to become more educated and a better critical thinking then just read books in general. If you love reading eventually you might stumble on something useful.

>> No.8121356

>>8120171
You have to look in a mirror, turn out the lights and say "kafkaesque" 3 times in a row.

A genie will appear and turn you into a monstrous vermin.

>> No.8121613

>>8121356

kek

>> No.8121628

>>8119343
>take the red pill lmao

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8121636

>>8119334
Don't become intellectual!!! FOR THE LOVE OF BOG! Do NOT think being intellectual is desirable.

Be good. Be strong. Be in touch with reality.

>> No.8121757

>>8119519
this

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>>8120171
motherfucker stole his jacket, what the hell man.

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>>8121636
This 2bh