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why am I such a fucking slow reader? I pick up a picture of dorian grey, it's taken me days to get 26 pages into the book. I have this problem, see? I pick up the book and at first I read with fervor, then I start to slow down, until I am so tired that I am reading the same line over and over again, not able to comprehend it because my attention has waned so much. I don't know if this is a common phenomenon with people who don't read that much. I picked up The Perks Of Being A Wall Flower, I read about 36 pages of that book in a couple hours, it's very easy to read, but it still takes me longer than I feel it should be taking and I still get tired of it and have to put it down. I dunno if it's just because I'm not reading good books, I think both books are okay, but they're not really compelling me to keep reading them. I wish I didn't have this problem, it's been one of the most terrible afflictions on my entire life, the inability to pay attention to thinks I just don't give a fuck about.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72HU8kSnD20
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>>8078985
Stop using the internet so much. Being raised by it, reading inane articles or shitposts, you're only trained to read in short bursts, not knowing how to deeply focus on a lengthy text.
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I found reading incredibly hard after spending years online and playing video games. Your ability to read is going to be really off at first, and gradually normalize itself until it'll feel as easy as doing anything else. Just keep at it.
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Does anyone knows if there are any english subs for this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTyBz_MwRJA
Seen it 2 times already without understanding anything. Maybe there'll be some swedishfag willing to translate?
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just learn spanish, not that hard
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>>8078969
puto.
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>>8079076
regresa a hispachan ahà perteneces, broder al children.
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>""""""Journalism""""""
How can anyone trust Vice as a reliable journalistic organization? This is some of the most gossip-columny bullshit I'd expect from The Atlantic.
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>how to take a screenshot
opinion discarded
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What do you guys think of Grape of Wrath? I thought it was pretty neat, ending was a little boring tho
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one of the worst posts I've ever seen here.
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haha ya
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>>8078244
Needs more grapes and less wrath.
Is use of the word 'whom' ever justified today? I just used it in the following:
"He was grateful to his parents to whom he owed his conscientious and pragmatic nature to." Will this come across as pretentious and pseudo intellectual to the reader? Or is it authentic.
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It was perfectly fine until you stuck another 'to' on the end and made yourself look like an idiot.
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>>8078243
That's just correct grammar.
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>>8078257
fuck true, thanks.
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>want to keep buying books
>no more space on bookshelf
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>>8078154
>not just stacking your books from floor to ceiling
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>>8078162
That's so messy, though.
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>>8078154
I used to double shelve my books. Two rows to a shelf. It was a bit of task finding specific books but it helped until I got a bigger shelf
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>he has read Stirner
>he thinks saying "spooks" is in any way an argument or a refutation
It's imbecile way to note that someone is too far fetched in his belief or idea without further attempt to persuade or make him believe in what yourself would wish him to believe in.
Yeah, persuasion to believe something you would like him to believe, a belief that supposedly doesn't suffer from some fool noting of muh spooks. But nothing is free from having "spooky" as a response. Saying "spooks" is a spooky word in itself and serves as a showcase of hypocritic idiocy.
Cease this shitposting.
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This is one of the worst posts I've ever seen here.
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>he calls himself a Stirnerite
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>>8078011
Do you truly believe that when people post "spooks" they're genuinely trying to convince you of their own beliefs? Like you said, it's just shitposting.
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Just finished this. Thoughts?
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Now read Atomised and Platform. If you like them, go for the rest of Houellebecq's novels.
Lanzarote isn't worth your time (even if it's very short).
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This is one of the worst posts I've ever seen here.
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>>8077964
Agreed. OP doesn't even bother to give her opinion.
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why writers suffer depression and are suicidal, /lit/? 2016-05-24 10:11:15 Post No.8077890
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why writers suffer depression and are suicidal, /lit/?
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there was a study released on this either last year or the year before concluding that about 85% of it has to do with the smell of paper and ink. apparently the brain doesn't know how to process them very well because they are so unnatural and that's why depression has only really started to become a problem in western society since the invention of the printing press
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>>8077897
That sounds fucking dumb, show me the source of that gay ass study
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>>8077897
top kek
Do any of you keep a diary? If so what software do you use or do you do it the old-fashioned way?
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This is one of the worst post I've ever seen.
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>>8077887
I guess that's fair. I can get pretty emotional.
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>>8077862
my diary desu
https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/4kn8ve/seven_incredibly_tough_books_for_extreme_readers/
Have any of you read this pitiful comments section?
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hmm what's this 'reddit' site? seems pretty interesting
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>>8077854
It's the best possible example of the stifling and soul-crushing aspects of the Heideggerian term Das Man.
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>"No Naked Lunch? The only book i've ever given up on in disgust. 2Gross4me."
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>not owning the meme editions of the meme trilogy
stay pleb lit
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>implying you've ever read a book in your entire life
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>>8077430
What would the meme editions of the other two be?
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>>8077449
Is there any reason to?
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ITT your favorite Books and why you hate women.
My favorite book is Lord of the Flies and I hate women because of their shameless exploitation of the sexual revolution, which they blew out of proportion thanks to their many beta providers and inherently degenerate nature. It has been over 50 years ago, yet you're still using it as an excuse to be controlling whores ALL THE TIME: the insane manipulation of media, the casual sex, the atrocities you're committing against mankind with the rights men GAVE you thanks to your beta "friends" in the Western world.
Everyone knows what you're doing and you've been doing in these 50 years, the only reason this spiral of silence still exists today is because you'd be called a sexist, a virgin, you'd be be ostracized from society.
Can you imagine a male whore being excused because 90 years ago a woman attempted to hurt his whore feelings after making a poor decision? It would be inexcusable, but then again sluts have their friends in the West who love to increase their infinitesimally tiny chances at having sex by tugging at whore's heartstrings.
I'm fucking sick and tired of your slimeball tactics. If you really have the support of people in the western hemisphere then are you still wasting no effort to influence and manipulate public opinione, sluts?
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i chuckled
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>>8077401
My favorite book is Mason and Dixon.
I don't hate women in particular but I do hate poor people and roughly half of all poor people are women.
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>>8077401
my favorite book is lolita. its easily the most emotional, passionate book ive ever read. i also love the great gatsby, even though a lot of people call it a pleb book. just because a book can be accessible to plebs doesn't mean it isnt patrician. gatsby has a lot of depth, but plebs manage to enjoy the book without noticing that depth
i dont hate women, but i am desperately alone, and at times that makes me resent women
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What are some good books about feminism? Positive or negative, fiction or nonfiction.
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>>8077073
Vindication of the rights of women - only feminist book you need, the rest is trash.
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>>8077073
Well, if you let peoples words hurt you then you're weak. It's a fact. It's not like they're smacking you in the face with a rock or physically assaulting you. If you spend a year in a ghetto neighborhood you'll get insulted just about every other time you leave the house.
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So I sat down the other day and spent ~2.5 hours and read the entirety of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. I really enjoyed that experience and loved the relative brevity of it. Really comfy experience. It was like watching a long-ish movie. What are some more books around a hundred or so pages long that can be read it one sitting?
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>>8077020
Of Mice and Men
Almost all Shakespeare
You can probably finish The Catcher in the Rye in 2-3 sittings
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>>8077041
Of Mice and Men has a sad ending tho. I'm especially looking for books that are "comfy." Shakespeare seems like a good idea, thanks anon.
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>>8077020
Any novella, really