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8606818 No.8606818 [Reply] [Original]

>make a goodreads
>start adding books i've read from memory
>barely make it to 100 books
>know that i have read a lot more but simply can't remember them

What's the point of reading if we simply forget?

>> No.8606830
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>> No.8606833

I just only mark down the stuff I read from the point I make an account.

>> No.8606836

>>8606818

'I can not remember the books I've read any more than the meals I've eaten. None the less, they've made me'
--Ralph Waldo Emeerson

>> No.8606840

>>8606818

What's the point of living if we simply die?

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl201/modules/texts/schopenhauer/vanity.pdf

>> No.8607020

>>8606818
You absorb and act upon the lessons conveyed by literature subconsciously. Even if you can't remember each book you've read word for word, it has left you with a moment, feeling, or sensation that encompasses the content.

>> No.8607044

If I could remember everything I've read, I'd be lord of the universe by now.

>> No.8607047

>>8606830

Damn, Matt. Which poem is that from?

>> No.8607048

>>8606830

Did his razor break mid-shave?

>> No.8607067

>>8606840
Our memes live on.

>> No.8607370

>>8606818
A good book is an end in itself.

>> No.8607826

>>8606840
Good point desu

>> No.8608623

>>8607048
Kek

>> No.8608777

Check your amazon/ebay purchase history.

>> No.8608896

Just put all the Goosebumps and Animorphs in there, dude.

>> No.8608917

>>8607020
Yeah, this is why if you watch nothing but anime you'll write anime and if you read nothing but David Foster Wallace you'll write David Foster Wallace.
There's a reason why people end up 'discovering' that their work is suddenly really similar to this and that story they read. Because it is.

>> No.8608948

I can barely remember the book I've read before the one I'm currently reading, but every now and then I'll amaze myself by remembering some obscure fact when its useful. That makes it worth it.

>> No.8609727

>>8607044
Don't think I've related with anything more on this site.

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>>8608896

>> No.8609829

>>8607048
That's so he can dig deep in the beaver but also have a beard, which makes him the epitome of manliness.

>> No.8610351

>>8609829
Schopenhauer approved hairstyle.

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>>8606818

>make a goodreads
>start adding books i've read from memory
>wow this is going to get long
>can't remember shit after 40

>> No.8610430

>>8608917
>write anime
d-do u really think so sensei?

>> No.8610447

>tfw you just read to enjoy and don't give a shit about what others think

Feels pretty good, desu lads.

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>>8608896

it's so sad because it's so true