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Am I the only one who is incapable of reading at home and goes out in town with no other purpose than read in the bus or the train?

>> No.944775

Sounds exactly like someone who won't be a good, nurturing person unless someone they're trying to impress is watching.

>> No.944783

sounds like hipster

>> No.944793

am I the only one who is incapable of doing shit in my private life, and goes to Starbucks with no other purpose than to write my novel which will be awesome? it is about nanobots and a military exercise..

>> No.944819

>>944783
FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU

>> No.944821

>>944775
I don't want to impress people, I just get distracted easily when I'm a t home

>> No.944824

>>944793

lmfao

>> No.944829

>>944793
Bullshit every book ever written at starbucks is a coming of age story.

Though the coming of age story may include nanobots.

>> No.944834

Am I the only one who is incapable of using my macbook air and my moleskine notebook to scribble random bullshit (that will one day be a part of my amazing novel that I will write) unless I am at starbucks?

>> No.944836

>>944829
and comments on people facebook status'

>> No.944841

>>944834

Fuck MacBook. I use an iPad with keyboard dock.

I am hipper than thou!

>> No.944842

I can't do anything at home anymore it's so fucking stupid, I started a group for people cooking naked so we meet up at the local library and pretend we cook while wearing nothing but aprons and we touch each other's penises and I guess that's cooking too in a sense since they produce delicious nutritious meals and then we eat them and wipe with books and put them back and sometimes the librarian shouts at us but then we say we'll report her to Obama.

>> No.944846

Am I the only one who is incapable of functioning unless people are watching what I'm doing? I mean like, what's the point of doing shit if other people aren't there to give you attention, you know?

>> No.944847

>>944821
Because tons of people are coming and going and noise and weird bums are so much less distracting than my cat sleeping on the couch across the room.

>> No.944848

>>944821

I don't understand this. I understand that some people get distracted by noise, but since you're reading in public, I assume you mean you're distracted by things in your house like your computer or television or other things like that?

If that's the case, then just do those things. If you have to force yourself to read, then you probably don't want to. If you wanted to be reading, those things wouldn't tempt you.

I only read when I feel like it. And you should adopt my lifestyle because it's superior to everyone else's. I'll be back in a little bit to give you more advice that you don't want.

>> No.944856

>>944847
Silence is more distracting than noise actually

That's why I'm posting on 4chan instead of reading

>> No.944857

Eh, I was going to agree, but now I'll be labeled a hipster. Blah.
I'm just going to say that I only spend 8h at home, I only come here to shower and sleep, and I only have time to read while on the bus/subway on the way to my office and the way back home, and from time to time when I get free time in the office. I'd say I want to impress my bus/subway fanbase but I don't think they're consistently watching what I do nor paying attention to me anyway.

>> No.944859

>>944848
But being a literati hipster makes me so much deeper and more interesting to the nonexistent women in my life.

>> No.944863

>>944848
When there's noise, I try even harder to concentrate on the book

When it's quiet, then any tiny thing will distract me and I'll leave my book to just go on the Internet or watch TV

>> No.944865

>>944857
Sounds like a hipster. And a hipster would totally change their opinion if they thought it might get labeled a hipster.

>> No.944866

>>944857
That's what you think, I watch you from the back every day clandestine in the corner licking my lips and fapping. Keep reading.

>> No.944870

>>944863
Play bad music then. Don't be douche going around reading in public for the sake of reading in public.

>> No.944878

>>944870
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=2407849747&ref=search

>> No.944879

I can sympathise, OP. There's too much shit to do at home and not much else to do between shit in town. Hence, drinking and reading in the pub.

>> No.944881

>>944857
So you're that guy I see on the bus to campus each day that I silently have developed a hatred for. By the way those jeans you always wear are for girls...seriously my sister owns the same pair.

>> No.944885

>>944863

Weird. I'm the same way about the tiny little noises, but I find it even more difficult with a room full of noises.

Sometimes I go in my backyard and listen to water (I have a pool) while I read. I also know some people who put on ambient noise tracks with headphones.

I've even sat in my car with the AC running loud to drown everything else out. That worked the best actually.

And all of those things are naturally better than anything you could come up with because, since I lead a superior lifestyle, I am of superior intelligence. And good looks, too.

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944888

>Wait in subway station
>Skim through House of Leaves holding the pages wide open
>See if anyone is watching you

>> No.944893

>>944878
>So once upon a time, there was a boy who read books. He read them everywhere, but mostly in public. He did this because he knew, that reading in public is good for your health. He also did it because he knew it is DAMN SEXY.

>Why does it seem that more women read than men? Why do some men percieve it as a girly activity, or something that cannot hold their interest? Yes, there are books about hockey or motorcycles if they won't read anything else, at least it is a start. But when I see a boy on the bus with a copy of Catcher in the Rye or Catch-22, I can't help but meet his eye. We all have different opinions of what 'good' books are, but the bottom line is: REAL MEN READ NOVELS.

Gee women like egotistical douches and make up reasons to justify it. Got anymore news there Geraldo?

>> No.944896

>>944878

Raged

>> No.944902

>>944888
I have sat out in front of my university's english department and read Atlas Shrugged in a blatant manner. This combined with a very liberal school makes for some interesting reactions.

I was called a tasteless capitalist pig in a serious manner.

>> No.944906

>>944865
So hipsters have offices now? Cool story bro. I don't work at Starbucks nor MacStore btw.
>>944866
Tell me more.
>>944881 By the way those jeans you always wear are for girls...seriously my sister owns the same pair.
No, my fashion sense is terrible. I don't even wear jeans, I wear short pants... And I only wear plain black tees. No witty remarks or anything. That's why it'd be strange if I get labeled a hipster because I seriously don't mind getting attention or not, in fact I kind of dislike it.

>> No.944910

>>944906
These are all things a hipster would say.

"Yeah I don't care about my appearance or want attention that's why I spend hours organizing outfits that show this"

>> No.944911

I too have the same problem. At home there's too much to do and i feel guilty about reading when there are things that need to be done.
Which is why im on the webz right now instead of reading a good book. Just too much to do. : \

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944913

>>944902

>> No.944914

>>944911
Then get to work you lazy bastard.

>> No.944920

>>944910
But I have only 6 (plain black) shirts and one pair of pants! Sigh. :(

>> No.944922

>>944920
Such a hipster...

>> No.944924

No, I read in my house because I am not a hipster faggot.

>> No.944925

>>944902
Next time wear a Glen Beck T-Shirt, you might get physically assaulted.

>> No.944926

>>944910

lol this shit always cracks me up. what could he say that wouldn't get him labelled as a hipster? if he said his fashion sense was too good for skinny jeans, he would be a hipster. if he says it's too bad, he's a hipster. if he said he doesn't care what you think, he's a hipster.

from all the "hipster-calling" i've seen thrown around, the only one common trait i've seen in all the accused is that they have chosen to live a lifestyle (including fashion or taste in entertainment/art) that the accuser has not.

And by that logic, most of us are hipsters.

>> No.944927

Silence. When there's noise around me, I find myself zoning in on it instead, and then I have to reread a passage in the book over, which sucks.

>> No.944929

>>944926
You sound like a hipster. Trying to label all of us as hipsters too and defending fellow hipsters.

>> No.944932

>>944929

i pretty much expected that. i think you said that to be "ironic."

hipster.

>> No.944933

>>944925
Any other ideas for real life trolling?

>> No.944936

>>944932
A hipster would try to turn this back on me and use the word "ironic".

Jokes on you I don't even know what that word means!

>> No.944939

>>944926

Bah. I thought hipsters were people that did things to get attention, not being genuine and attract attention in the most annoying ways possible.

>> No.944941

>>944936

shit, man, playing the "i don't know what ironic means" card ironically.

why don't you put that on a t-shirt and wear it?

hipster.

>> No.944943

>>944926
Serious Moment:

Being a hipster is essentially doing anything in public for the sake of being seen doing it. It is doing stuff for the social status it begets. It is following trends but then denying it and saying that you are above it. It is about acting with a sense of entitlement for no damn reason. And above all it is being an egotistical self centered jackass that is in total denial of these traits.

>> No.944947

This whole hipster thing has ruined the small joys in life. : (
I like using sarcasm and being humorous. I like wearing plain old jeans and simple t-shirts of either plain color or a band i enjoy. I like wearing comfy semi-formal leather shoes and wearing a plain baseball cap.
Is this hipster?

>> No.944948

>>944943

hipster

>> No.944949

>>944768

i don't go out in town just to read a goddamn book in the train. but when i go out in town, i always read a book.

>> No.944954

>>944941
PSH I live in a 3rd world country and don't own clothes. I'm using a coconut powered computer the professor made for me.

A hipster would unintentionally bring up my plight on the internet.

>> No.944956

heaven for me: a book and a tiny room and a candle and a soda.
(& lots of whores' phone numbers)

>> No.944957

>>944933
Urgh, can't think of any..

>> No.944961

>>944947

lol you can't do anything without someone thinking it's hipster. i dress for comfort. everyone should do the same and just say fuck you to anyone who stands in their way.

>> No.944963

>>944947
Little bit.

>> No.944969

>>944961
Dressing for comfort it totally hipster.

>> No.944971

>>944954

i used coconut powered computers before they were cool

>> No.944975

>>944971
Hipster.

>> No.944977

>>944956
Same. Except it's freezing and there's tons of blankets on the floor to curl up in.

>> No.944981

Hmmmm. But i don't go out much. Go to the movies, shoot some pool and work. Maybe eat out. Don't hipsters do more? <---- serious question.

>> No.944989

>>944933
If you college has some type of speaker circle or place where different religious/political groups congregate go there and basically take the opposite position and debate them.

Religioiusfag: Point out slutty girls and talk about the things you'd do to them in bed
Protestfag: Talk about how much you like what they are protesting

You get the picture.

>> No.944994

>>944981
Sounds like a pretty hipster lifestyle.

>> No.944996

>>944981
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>>944775
>>944768

Hipsters, the lot of 'em.

>> No.945000

>>944929
Hipster.

>> No.945003

>>944989
Also citing made up studies works great.

Tell the NORML protestor about a study that shows that weed triples the chances of suicide and causes homosexuality.

>> No.945005

>>944996
A hipster would try to claim a whole thread is full of hipsters to stand out.

>> No.945006

>>944981

hipster is less a set of actions and more a set of intentions behind them:

watching an obscure movie because a friend suggested it or it looks interesting=normal

watching the same movie to say that you did and look cool=hipster

>> No.945007

But i don't care about what people think about me.
I read books on science and fiction. Are you sure im a hipster?

>> No.945011

>>945005
Jesus Christ, look at all the hipsters.
They must be migrating for the summer.

>> No.945012

>>944981
Do you do these things?
>>944943

If so you're a hipster.

>> No.945016

>>945007

>don't care what people think
>am i hipster?

>> No.945017

>>945003

>causes homosexuality

oh shit brah that's like a troll within a troll

>> No.945020

>>945007
Absolutely, hipsters love science and fiction.

You'll see them sitting around reading a book by Feynman or reading paradise lost. Hell damn near any book is complete hipster.

>> No.945023

>>945016
What do you think?

>> No.945024

>>944768
yes, the ride makes the reading more enjoyable. while im reading. /lit/ is becoming like /b/. cant even stay on the topic.

>> No.945025

>>945023
Sounds hipster.

>> No.945027

>>945023

i think you're asking people what they think to be "ironic"

hipster

>> No.945030

>>945024
Hipster.

>> No.945033

I like riding buses and reading books.
I like doing them both at the same time.

>> No.945039

>>945024

let me guess, you were on /lit/ before it was like /b/?

>> No.945040

Hey!
Read my comment!

>> No.945042

>>945033
I like riding horses and volatile explosives.

Doesn't mean that I should combine the two.

>> No.945044

>>945040

working your way to the tripfag shit-tier

>> No.945045

>>944933
Something that Ive found is that most people only know enough about politics to seem like they know what theyre talking about and in addition most people choose their political beliefs based on their social groups. Most of their political discussions are with people they agree with and most of the ones with those who they disagree with have been with people just as politically ignorant as them.
Become well educated in politics(real politics not just crap that pundits spew) and read lots of really biased political literature from both sides of the argument(This isnt so much to give you arguments to use but to prepare you for the arguments youl face)
Alongside this study basic debate tactics and methods, these will be your most vital tools.

All of these things combined and I can assure you that elections will quickly become the funest time of your life.

>> No.945046

>>945040
A hipster would want people to read their comments.

>> No.945049

>>945042
You should totally combine them. Volatile explosives propelled horses!

>> No.945057

>>945045
Also learn all of the logical fallacies out there. Nearly every argument that can possibly be made can be deflected as being one. Hell just yell strawman and slippery slope and you'll defeat 95% of people's thoughts.

>> No.945061

PROTIP:
None of you are hipsters.

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945063

I could go for some buttsecks, how about you readers?

>> No.945068

>>945061
But hipsters post on 4chan!

>> No.945074

>>945063
Shhh. Take that to /b/. Im busy reeding.

>> No.945080

>>945068
Nope.
They don't.
4chan is for nerds and faggots.
If you are a real hipster you wouldn't even use the internet anymore.

>> No.945090

>>945068
I've met a variety of people in real life that like 4chan. And yeah a number of them were hipsters. Especially /mu/ and /fa/. /a/, /v/, /jp/ ect are mostly complete social rejects. Strangely /b/tards are usually some of the most normal from a social standpoint, usually a bit odd and like dead baby jokes but relatively normal.

I can't speak for /lit/ because its not quite old enough for me to have met any members but I'd bet that /lit/ is older than the average channer, likely fairly intelligent, and about 30-50% hipster.

>> No.945099

>>945057
Though Terminating Cliches are good, not nearly as much fun as destroying someones deeply cherished beliefs in a duel of minds, but good at pissing people off.

>> No.945100

>>945090
How do you realize these people visit 4chan?

>> No.945104

>>945090
I'm not even sure you know what a hipster is.

>> No.945106

>>945090
>/b/ are the most normal from a social standpoint
Thats because thanks to knowyourmeme and other such faggotry /b/ is "cool" now.

>> No.945116

>>945106
Ugh. Why did they even make that website?
I don't want to share 4chan.

>> No.945124

>>945100
Initially it was by hearing accidental references to memes(I don't talk to anyone who intentionally uses them they tend to be faggots) or retelling a story that I've heard on here. Things like that. After a few I started to notice personality traits that are generally common in the 4chan population. Its hard to put those into words but certain people's sense of humor and different quirks they have seem to be common amongst a huge chuck of people here.

>> No.945134

>>945104
>>>/fa/

Chances are if they dress like this they are totally hipster. There's plenty of other habits that are common with them beyond clothing though.

>> No.945137

>>945124
Strange. Where are you from?

>> No.945142

>>945116
Thats not the worst part.
The worst part is their in the process of COPYRIGHTING MEMES.

Imageboard "Culture" is nearing its endphase.
Almost all the other major *chans have fallen into AIDS and failure, /b/ has become some sort of sentient cancer and is slowly infecting the other boards(/x/ was only the beginning)

The apocalypse is coming.

>> No.945144

>>945124
Also LOTS of stoners.

>>945137
The Midwest but I've traveled around a bit and bounced between a few colleges in a number of different places.

>> No.945146

>>945142
*Theyre

dammit

>> No.945150

>>945142
You sir, are an idiot.

>> No.945151

>>945142
BUT WHAT WILL WE DO!?!?!

Oh yeah keep on F5ing. Can't stop the will of the people. And people are retards.

>> No.945154

>>945151
>>945150
I wasnt really being serious but ok.

>> No.945166

So where do we go from here?

>> No.945169

nothing wrong with reading on teh subway because you've got nothing else to do. that or newspapers

>> No.945203

byebye

>> No.945209

>>945203
bye.