/lit cringe thread

good tattoo idea desu

>>8369129
Thats far from the worst tattoo ive seen. Dont particularly like it but its not on my arm and I wouldnt call it cringe

Cringe is 3 girls I know who had never read Howl by Ginsberg (one read the first page or so) getting a typewriter font "Howl" on all three of their ankles

Also the So It Goes variety and that quote from On The Road. Cringe tattoos IMO are impersonal trend images.

>>8369129
A pseud in high school kept on bragging about how he read Ulysses
[spoilers]He pronounced it U-leh-says[/spoiler]

>>8369159
Oh shit, I fucked that up

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>>8369159
>>8369162
cringe

>>8369169
I said "ayy" out loud when I saw this pic.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=h0B7Z3JERdk

>>8369321
That's /mu/ cringe, THIS is /lit/ cringe
https://youtu.be/ii6lk9QcW_Q

>>8369341
Is that a shelf full of YA?
Holy shit, women shouldn't learn how to read.

>>8369321
Is that video really that cringe? They seem to be really genuinely into what they're doing. They're definitely not the worst either.

>>8369362
Go to the middle east then you sexist pig

>>8369321
what's supposed to be cringe about this

it's just 3 mildly dorky-looking high school kids jamming really fucking hard
they aren't even bad

>>8369129
could be a troll his handle is a confederacy of dunces meme

>>8369368
>sexist pig
back to tumblr

>>8369368
>>>/numale/

>>8369341
How can someone read so many books, but nothing good

>>8369410
>implying she's actually read them
they're display pieces she bought for her colour-coordinated shelf with her boyfriend's credit card

>>8369410
She has Lolita.
>inb4 implying Lolita is good

>>8369364
its bait
really cool bait

>>8369321
Hey this is pretty good! Not cringe at all

>>8369368
CRINGE

>>8369427
I should I have known. This used to be posted on /mu/ to swathes of disapproval in similar threads all the time.

>>8369321
not cringe at all

>/lit cringe thread turns into meta cringe
Who would have thought?

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Not /lit/, but still the greatest cringe.

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>>8369364
>>8369374
>>8369433
>>8369499
you're all wrong and pic related.

>>8370337
ultimate cuck

>>8369341
Maximum autism.

>>8370348
>Tomorrow
Cringed.

>>8369433
this guy gets it

>>8369341
this hurt

>>8370336
>takes a screenshot
>doesn't show what the spoiler is
true cringe

>>8369321
this is actually pretty good, though. not at all relevant to a cringe thread

>>8369321
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Time Machine Modulus are fucking awesome. They could have been the next King Crimson if they felt like it. Also, look at the comments for some next level autism.

This anon is either baiting us or a pleb who can't even correctly rank My Bloody Valentine's discography from best to worst.

>>8371092
>This anon is either baiting us or a pleb
Neither, obviously, seeing as how it's a /mu/ meme to post that fucking video in cringe threads.

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>>8371137
Explain why any clear-thinking person should dislike Time Machine Modulus. Does it honestly make you 'cringe?' If I had been on that stage it would probably be the crowning achievement in my life.

To judge whose taste is superior here post your favourite song: https://youtu.be/SecdY6_F9aA

>>8369410
i had a gf who use to read nothing but Dan Brown, Nora Roberts, Nicholas Sparks and shit like that. literally she had 50 plus books of the junk.

she wanted me to give up MY collection of classic lit so she could put hers on the shelf. in MY house.

dumped her the same day.

>>8369321
youd better stop posting time machine modulus on cringe threads.

>>8371149
Are you fucking high right now?

You want cringe? I give you cringe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OYYjXWCoI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-ZOOPwwHMY

>>8369341
Why every Lit Youtuber had this personality?

>>8371215
Isn't this girls daddy super fucking rich?

>>8371266
German conman who filed for bankruptcy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbQQxzNA8eA
Heh

>>8369148
Seriously? Howl only takes like 10 minutes to read. What the fuck.

>>8369433
>>8369448
fuck of CS Lewis, your poetry sucks. I see you in every thread and I fucking hate you and your shitty poetry.

>>8371215
>3400 pages.

i'll bet my top dollar on own it's in big sized letters and has drawings.

>>8371215
>a serious composer actually wrote a soundtrack for this

poor guy. at least he got paid.

>>8371177
>she wanted me to give up MY collection of classic lit so she could put hers on the shelf. in MY house.

How did she approach that subject?

>>8371215
i call poe's law

>>8371415
she literally went:
>"hey, there was no space for my books on the shelf, so i took some of yours out and put them the kitchen cabinets"

i have no idea how i'd dated that women before that.

she didn't even ask, i was just shocked. i though she was kidding at first, but then i look over my shoulder and the books are gonne

>>8371430

That's fucked up. No respect at all

>>8371430
Did you hit her?

>>8369148
>Typewriter font

It's called courier you ass.

What's the real cringe here?

>>8369159
It's pronounced You-lis-sees right? Like the civil war general

>>8371465
nah, i can control myself, however, i can say there were some things she did that were worthy of a suplex. but i don't like going to jail.

that said, going to jail would probably give me free time to catch up on reading and write a novel. maybe i should've have hit her

>>8369321
not cringe

>>8369341
now I am cringing
why would someone put that on youtube?

Maybe not *that* awful but I cringed a bit when this guy tried to add something of value to a conversation with Knausgård, without success.

https://youtu.be/di5UN5BpW-o?t=12m25s

>"oh and then in the dream, I mean, SORRY, in the book…"

>>8371507
Dude, hitting women is ALWAYS the solution.

>>8371092
>he probably ranks Isn't Anything above Loveless and sneers at "plebs" who recognize that the more 'accessible' album is also the superior one

>>8369129
Tattoos should be outlawed

>>8371271
Oh please God make him stop

>>8370687
It's easy to assume what the spoiler was

>>8369341
>No twilight or HP
I'm shocked

Why?
https://youtu.be/Vai1gWjTWA4

>>8371977
imagine being an adult man and only reading lame ya
christ

>>8372030
I bet he thinks he's well-read and makes sure to declare his love for books on any given occasion.

>>8369341
Hey this is pretty good! Not cringe at all

>>8372033
i just don't get how this happens to people
if you read as much as this guy must, I don't see how you don't somehow expand your tastes
this is something that confuses me about that girl peruseproject, she's a history student at uni, someone who studies the humanities, yet all she reads is ya and some basic classics

>>8369341
...Is this arranged by colour?

>>8371977

He's handsome until he opens his mouth.

It's funny how similar he is to the female booktubers, his bad taste in books is exactly the same and so is his weird way of talking.

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>>8371977
>all that shitty YA
>then Chabon

aaahhhhhhahaha

>>8371215
This can't actually be real

>>8372071
His homosexuality is causing that similarity.

>>8371977
Man, American accents are annoying anyway, but especially when they sound faggy.

>>8371977
i saw one good book, and he put it on the bottom shelf

>>8370337
Damn do you think she goes around the house in a towel, teasing him when her husbands away? Do you think her towel ever slips off "accidentally"?

>>8371977
He only has YA novels, all from the last few years (worked in Barnes and Noble in 2014, we were pushing some of these really hard), and, best of all, they don't even look like they've been read.

>>8372152
Bet you she doesn't. Sounds like he's just a total slave now, not even worth emotionally torturing. Would you tease your coat rack?

>>8371215
>>8372118
it's obviously not real, the random low production video clip they showed and the corny sound bite when they showed the forehead signature are dead giveaways

>>8372051
It's so much more than that. I mean, look at his collection. All those books weren't released until recently. They all look pristine. I'll just jump to conclusions and claim that this guy didn't read any of those, and that he's just posing. But why would you do that?
I could understand it to a certain extent if he did it with classics, because this would make him seem sophisticated, but YA? Why be a pseud about YA? It really goes beyond my understanding.

>>8369341
She reminds me of an English teacher I had once. But she was good.

Also
>that carefully nonchalant placement of toys she will never play with
Appropriate.

>>8371177
That's pretty autistic m8

>>8369605
is this a raid

>>8371977
he talks funny. Is he an homosexual?

>>8372213
https://kiwifar.ms/threads/gloria-tesch.381/

https://youtu.be/b4-IrG3MY6Q

btw im female but dont try to get this all at once boys l o l

>>8371496
Yeah, it's "you-liss-sees", and Pynchon is pronounced "Pihn-chon" ;^)

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Tattoo fags of /lit/ what do you have?

I'm thinking of getting something Futurist

>>8371977
>all that trash
>then catcher in the rye on top
can't make it up

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>>8372054
Nobody knows

>>8372641
This isn't really that cringey. Yeah you can tell he is trying to put on a cool persona sometimes such as the door man verse but he just seems to really like the poem.

>>8371496
with shitty american accent yes, but in original greek no

>>8372840
>ulysses
>original greek

>>8371977
Jesus Christ, his vanity is fascinating. That video is like a fucked up self-portrait.

>>8371977
Ok what the fuck is up with the retarded angled stacking he's doing at 3:42, this is fucking retarded

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>>8372655

>>8371977
That's a very expensive decoration.

>>8372840

>odysseus
>latin

>>8371215
>she married a rich dude and forgot about her small town writer life

https://www.instagram.com/gloriatesch

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>>8371184
No, I sincerely think Time Machine Modulus is cool. And is there anything wrong with Electric Light Orchestra

>>8371574
Isn't Anything > Loveless >= MBV

>>8372993
>>8371215

It goes deeper than that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXlUwCFo7VI

>>8369129
he actually reads a lot of really great books, and hes a fast reader. maybe OP is a bit jelly.

>>8369129

Do we really have to turn this board into shit like /pol/ or /v/? Come the fuck on. Saging because this is not the kind of content we need here.

>>8371977

What do they even need different channels when every single booktuber is the same?

>>8371977
>Bakuman
For a minute there I thought I didn't hate him after all. But then the effect passed.

>>8372093
I like how every finger in that photo is playing a role

>>8373691
What's the thumb doing?

>>8369341
160k+ subs. is this what they mean by "lowest common denominator" appeal?

>>8369341
it wasn't booksandquills. the relief washes over me in a awesome wave.

>>8371215
Jesus, Mary and Saint Joseph...

>>8373811
But Bryson thnks her bookshelve is better than yours

>>8371977
being a gay man is now no longer /lit/ af

>>8371977
You can actually sing "Ya" over and over to the beat of this video. That's what I did anyway. Fuck I wish I was a hunk who read YA and fucked qts.

>>8372184
How can you asses that?

Book collections videos are exactly like vinyl collection videos on YouTube; 90% of them are women and even the men have the same infantile tastes, and most of them have an identical and irritating way of talking

>>8369321
That's fuckin gnarly, wish I played that good in high school. We were just playing covers of Elvis Costello or Iggy Pop.

>>8373002
>No, I sincerely think Time Machine Modulus is cool. And is there anything wrong with Electric Light Orchestra
Are you trolling me? None of what I said was ever about whether or not the band was fucking good or not, you goddamn idiot, that's what you're not getting about this. You've gotta be b8ing me. You're on a board to discuss literature and you can't even read.
You got me good, I'll give you that.

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>>8374001
bruh, I just like Time Machine Modulus

>>8369321
10/10 not cringe.

>>8369321
pretty good, not cringe at all

>>8374012
I can tell, dude, you can't read though.

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>>8374033
Only words I need to know are "LET'S HEAR IT FOR TIME MACHINE MODULUS!"

>>8374041
You know what?
I respect that.

>>8373009

I call for the Death of the Artist

>>8371629
Why? Makes it really easy to pick out the bozos

>>8369341
At least 99 percent of those books are in mint condition. I mean for fucks sake, for a person obsessed with appearances, you'd have thought she'd be self aware enough to break the fucking spines.

>>8374159
these people believe it is the *book as object* that is precious, rather than valuing the text itself. same reason they don't do ereaders. quantity>quality

>>8374171
Not only that, but all of these books that they are buying are reasonably expensive, clean, first hand, first editions. None of these booktubers are buying second-hand. Instead, they always have to buy the deluxe edition with the glossy covers and extra accessories, all for the benefit of nobody, since they're not even going to read it. I think one can ably describe this as 'Conspicuous Capitalism'. These women could buy less tacky clothing, or something they're actually interested in, but instead they're buying these books, not because of their contents, but because they'll receive virtue-points from people who think they're intellectuals. These books might as well be handbags or clothing (or the rent for their own fucking apartment), and in another they would, but people look down on others who wear nice clothing. Buying books is virtuous, reading optional. We're the worst, and dumbest generation in history, and have the gall to look down on our forebears.

>>8374238
>We're the worst, and dumbest generation in history
People born in 840s Ireland were far far worse. We're actually only the 7th worst ever.

>>8374238
100. I think they have the same experience going into Waterstones (Barnes & Noble in US?) as a normal person does going into a cathedral or major civic building; buying the books is again a means to an end.

Even when they go to Waterstones in their gaggles, they are so obnoxious and have inexplicable valley-girl accents.

>>8374247
Implying my ancestors had a comparable lifestyle available. They did what their material circumstances compelled them to do.

>>8374270
No I didn't. The kids born in 840s Ireland were basically a platonic ideal of idiocy compared to both their parents and their children.

>>8369129

>Call Me Ishmael
>Ignatius J Riley

Novels, not even once

>>8374261
This. Working in Eason (like an Irish Waterstones, don't think there are any in Britain outside NI) I see these people spend £50 on 4-5 books. The money they are throwing away on books that could be bought in any number of charity shops really irritates me. It is, as you said, a means to an end.

>>8369410
It takes half an hour to read one of those, or she probably just skims over to talk like she had read it without doing it so. Most people I know who are into YA just hoard them and never get to actually read it.

>>8371977
Here's the reasoning behind his mess. He's a book collector. Not a reader but a collector. This prompts more questions than it answers but here it is:

https://youtu.be/O7xuWhq1Tck

>>8374643
The collection grows, the hairline recedes.

He plans to write a novel himself and it's going to be a contemporary novel because he loves to see what people are doing in their lives.
https://youtu.be/N8vcrp9RqMo

>>8374673
Why do "booktubers" never stray away from YAshit?

>>8374673
Wow. he says in this video he's been reading a lot of middle grade recently. That means books for kids aged 8-12. What a faggot.

>>8374683
It's beyond me. You're not going to impress anyone outside of this self-contained circle, so why even bother? Why not pretend that you're really into classics, like us developmentally challenged literature fans? At least that will make you seem sophisticated.

>>8374683
They might get money to promote those books to their audience of teenagers.
Even if they don't get money from publishers or whatever there is definitely more of an audience for YA shit on youtube than reviewing actual good books or classics.

Looking at my own bookshelves with the clusterfuck of editions that don't match and worn spines I feel better.

>>8371977
>that part where he is jumping around on the bed and saying "books. sleep. books. sleep." repeatedly

do people really talk like this and act like this now in real life, or is this just a youtube thing? i've seen this behavior in very young children before, but i would not expect this of a grown man.

>>8370337
The kind of man that leftist politics will turn you into, without external forces to stop the process.

>>8374851

Ofc they don't, his persona is just that, a fucking persona, and he still managed to make it annoying and stupid as hell somehow

>>8374238

For women, everything is adornment.

>>8369321
Hey this is pretty good, not cringe at all

>>8371977
STURDY SUCKERS

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>>8369368

only on /lit/

>>8374673
"If I ever put out a novel, it'll probably be a contemporary novel."

No shit.

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>>8369341
Jesus Christ. I thought I was tough and laid-back, but I lost the will to live as soon as she opened her mouth and by the time she finished her waifu arrangement I was in fetal position on the floor sobbing, "Make it stop! Just make it stop!"

>>8369341
>I decided to only bring my tbr books with me
...

>>8374294

DERRY
E
R
R
Y

>>8371507

you sound very corny

>>8374673
Wtf is he referring to as contemporary?

>>8375511
>>8369341
So all of those are books she hasn't read yet? Why would you buy that many and not read them?

>>8375647
Yeah because no one here has unread books in their shelves that they bought in a book shopping spree. R-right anons?

>>8375647
Books and vinyl records are the go-to media that hipsters use as a stand-in for an actual personality, because those are the two easiest media to judge by the cover and they themselves have nothing beneath the surface worth judging.

>>8375658
Having a few unread books lying around is a lot different than filling entire shelves with unread books.

>>8375667
how do you know she hasnt read them?

>>8375679
She said she only brought her "tbr" books with her.

>>8375684
Ah! I see. And how do you know she hasnt read them by now? How do you know she hadnt read them by the time she posted the video. How are you so certain on others inferiority?

>>8375694
>How are you so certain on others inferiority?

I never claimed anyone was inferior.

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>>8371687
How? Obviously the joke is that one would think it's dick, but once you click on the spoiler you see it's something else. How on earth would one know what that something else is?

>>8373700
Not being a finger

>>8375739
Well I know what your thumb is doing.

>>8372247
my house, my rules.

buy another shelf

>>8375796
was she a 8/10?

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>>8375757
OOOOH
I'm not exactly sure what that means in this situation, but I bet that anon is FUCKING PISSED

>>8375803
nope. seven at best

even if she was. self-respect comes first.

>>8371507

>these are the type of people frequenting /lit/

>>8371149
ELO is my favorite band desu

>>8374673

>I was scared of big books

What did he mean by this?

>>8372659
>implying catcher in the rye isn't trash

https://vimeo.com/107993304

>Pynchon has a secret twitter account

>>8375796

Yeah, because making an actual attempt at communicating would have made you less of a man.

I think the story is fake simply because only an autist would throw a gf out for something so petty without having other good reasons.

>>8373009

Is she schizophrenic or something?

>religious when young
>writes a shitton of most likely bad fantasy
>turns into bimbo
>wants to rap now

maybe shes a scam artist?

>>8376463
This is a strong contender for cringiest thing in the thread.

>>8376488

Most likely she is just kinda dumb and lacking self-consciousness.

>>8376463

>https://vimeo.com/107993304

jesus FUCK this is bad. this bitch Julie Sokolow does not know how to make documentaries.

>>8376463

Well, that's just sad actually.

>>8374159
I obsessively make sure that I do not break the spine because I like to keep my books in good condition so I'll never have to buy another copy. Is this wrong?

>>8372051
not to mention all these people who are English majors or have degrees in English lit but only read YA. If they have read classics its pretty much just children's lit, Jane Austen or Dickens

>>8376526

>obsessively
>Is this wrong?

do you need to ask us?

>>8374159
personally I always try to keep the books I read in as good a condition as I can. I'm just really anal about it

I love this kind of threads, it feels like /lit/ is furiously masturbating itself. The worst part is that most people don't seem to be aware of that and take this shit serious. It is so /pol/tier that I feel nauseated.

>>8376540
Thanks for the snarky greentext. I asked the question hoping for reasoning behind why "true /lit/ readers" break the spine.

>>8375621
YA books that are neither Dystopian nor Fantasy. Usually books that are set in the modern world

>>8376564

It was a srs answer, I thought you would be able to get the meaning implied.

If you are too worried about breaking the spines of your books, you are putting too much importance in the material aspects of owning a book.

Of course there's nothing wrong in taking care of your books, but going to such an extent as to "obsessively make sure" to keep them at mint condition is overkill. It's just so good to get intimate to a book, break through it, leave your marks in it just as they leave theirs in you, and you might be missing out on that feeling.

>>8376559
There's always Reddit, you can fuck off back to it.

>>8376509
i like how they blur his face only the first half for some reason

>>8376559
>everything I dislike is /pol/

>>8376577
Thanks for expanding. I think you'd concede that your initial response was nebulous.

>>8376463
Good cringe.

>>8376559
>it feels like /lit/ is furiously masturbating itself.

but this is almost every thread in this shit board
you want to talk about a book? too bad, first you have to pass through
>lol enter/pleb level tier
>shitty author
>kys for reading a translation
>X is better
people here is all about posting cool colections of thing they didn't even read, and most people just skim through books anyway, there is aways the ">2016 still subvocalize" and ">2016 not speedreading" retards

I honestly can't find a good place in the internet to talk about books, r/literature used to have some cool stuff from time to time, but now its really boring, r/books is aways good for the cringe so I keep coming here in hope that one day this board will be at least decent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_qO9EnvNLs

>>8371507
I've served time and spent three years reading continuously and playing chess a couple games a day but like 16 hours a day of reading. Wasn't that bad in hindsight, during the time it sucked ass but yeah.....

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>Moby Dick: BOOKWORM REVIEW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBkyiDmqk70&ab_channel=DavidPopovich

he is like a faggot nostalgia critic

he even has the bad acting / jokes and the awful hat

>>8377820
>john green, the giver and hunger games in the background
>a fedora
I just wasted 4 seconds I'll never get back.

>>8377830
he shits him self over "gay subtext"

>>8374683
Because other books might require some thought or effort to read.

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>>8374673
>An adult who refers to literature as "adult books"
>He is "getting into" middle grade books (for 10 year olds)

>>8377820
hahaha omg, that THATS good /lit/ cringe

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>>8377820
>Moby Dick is permanently engraved in our zeitgeist
>Hell, it's even referenced in MATILDA
Does this person believe Danny Devito's Matilda is a cornerstone of modern western culture?

>>8377820
>the guy is also a furry
can't makes this shit up

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>>8377820
The previous stuff post just gets under /lit/s skin because of superiority complex, but this is real cringe. Kudos if you made it past the first 30 seconds.
>>8374270
>implying the vast majority of modern society has material circumstances that differ substantially from the past
yes, modern society has access to far more knowledge but they are just as repressed and uncaring as "lower classes" throughout history.

>>8369321
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>>8374962

Fuck you, /mu/.

>>8377820
the intro to his channel is also good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUolPR-iqTk

>>8377820
>>8378041
Is he actually autistic, like in a non meme way?

>>8378048
most likely, however, being autistic isn't intrinsically bad. People are just dicks to those who are different, but, still, in this case, it's cringe worthy.

>>8378048
>fedora
>furry
>anime intro
>loves John Green

He is the hero /lit/ needs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT-gOekJlyI

>>8377777

>>8378048
>>8378055
he is the shitty kind of autist like CWC

i wold kill for a good autist reviewer who might not speak well but gives a ton of good / minuscule info about the book

>>8377784
That felt like a much less fun version of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dryGUu7iLM

>>8369341
Quick /lit/:
Do you arrange your bookshelves for aesthetic appeal, ease of access, or for some sort of organizational consistency (alphabetical, by author, by subject, etc).

>>8378154
Loosely defined categories, e.g. "existential writers", "modernists"

>>8374683
Because that's what's popular.

>>8374683
sometimes you can see a moby dick, lolita, catcher in the rye, gatsby and lord of the flies review around, but thats it

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>>8377820
this is so awful good god

what would melville say about this?

>>8376526
Man, I have this book which I spent a few weeks loking for and it was pretty expensive

I only read it with rubber gloves because I dont want to stain the pages.

wasn't there a guy that made videos about how amazing his poetry is and Eliot's was bad (or another famous poet)? Also he had a pretty extensive text about how Gravity's Rainbow is shit

>>8369341
holy fucking shit, her tbr shelf is almost (maybe bigger) than my entire book collection, I bet she will read only an infinitesimal fraction of these

>>8372849
>>8372840
i'm fucking dying

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>>8377820
>That Japanese rock song intro
I haven't smiled so hard in god knows how long.
Holy fuck, god bless this autist.

>>8377820
ffs that was so bad I punched myself.

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>>8369159
>>8371496
>>8372651
how the fuck are you supposed to pronounce Ulysses and Pynchon then?

>>8379336
>how the fuck are you supposed to pronounce Ulysses and Pynchon then?

U-LIE-SEES
PIN-CON

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This one's still fresh.

>>8379336
Just use wikipedia instead of listening to people on fucking /lit/ who will say goddamn anything if they think it's funny.

>>8374673
>over 400 pages
>big

JUST

>>8377820
this is so bad it's good,and then it's bad again.

full circle.

>>8376153
for him

>>8378154
want to see me trigger /lit/?

i arrange them by book size

Recently I've been seriously considering getting a muted posthorn tattoo on my inner forearm, what do you guys think?

>>8379354
r u memin
pls dont lie to me

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>>8376463
This wasn't all that cringe until I glimpsed the part of that tweet that's shown before they segue into him reading his other shitty tweets
>I sexually identify as accidentally skipping a line-
Oh snap, looks like we got us a regular Filth Frank right here, am I right? I hope this guy doesn't fucking come here.

>>8379426
No, that's how you pronounce their names.

>>8379426
You-LIS-sees or YULE-is-sees are most common
alternatively You-LEEZ-ees
Pynchon I have no clue, I say Pinch-on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VK1Xxc7Jcc

why do readers of YA keep reading YA?

Wouldn't they get tired at some point?

>>8379723
there she is, a history undergrad who pretty much solely reads ya trash
i will never understand

>>8370348
>he uses the black theme

cringe desu

>>8379859
>not getting BLACKED

>>8379753
You hit the nail right on the head. They don't read them.
If you read, let's say, Pynchon, you'll get burnt of his style after one maybe two books and woul like to switch it out to something else like Vonnegut or Bolaño.
Either they aren't reading the books which would explain the effort on making the covers so glossy and shiny, appealling to the eye or they are so void and empty that your brain doesn't even recollect ahving read anything and they can keep going without any type of moral fatigue.
If it's the second then maybe YA is the best for people who actually enjoy reading for reading's shake.

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>>8377784

>>8378154
alphabetical by author

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfYU1VMUPCY
classic le 26 going on 48 melting face goblin man

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>>8380557

>>8380096
That's probably the most benign and pointless quote I've ever read.

>>8379444
>>8379426
>>8379336
the man himself says pinch-on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcYXWfGt7DY

>>8378154
By subject, but not obsessively. I mostly study languages, so I have all my dictionaries and grammars on one shelf, then a shelf each for the different languages. Other than that, everything is muddled together (except I do keep books by the same author near one another, all linguistics books near one another, etc.).

>>8377820
Made it to 2:35, real proud of myself

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>>8369605

>>8380868
>how to take screenshots
>elder scrolls tab
>2 WoW tabs
>has the audacity to post in a cringe thread

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>>8377820
>that fucking anime-esque intro song

>>8380960
you must be new

>>8372840
Yeah. It would be slightly different in the original Greek. Slightly.

>>8371490
>What's the real cringe here?
Your narrow mind

http://www.1001fonts.com/typewriter-fonts.html

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>>8379859
>>8370354
I have terrible vision, and an ever developing cataract. It's the easiest on my eyes. I thought about changing it for the ss, but I also thought it would add to the humor so I kept it.

This thread actually makes me sad. I can't even find it in myself to feel pity for these people. Imagine being so worthless and empty your entire character is a false image you've constructed out of social media and young adult novels you've never read . How do they live with themselves?

>>8381194
the same way we all do, one day at a time, burying emptiness and sorrow in vainglorious foolishness at the fleeting hope that tomorrow will change our interconnectedness to the concepts of luck and fate.

>>8376488
Oh god you just confirmed my suspicions that I am schizophrenic

>>8369341
I-I organize my books by color too

>>8370354
>>8379859
It's the easiest to look at, retards.

>>8369368
don't you think diversity is a good thing? Why would you make racist assumptions about other cultures like that?

>>8372840
I'm fairly new to /lit/, and I'm going to take this as evidence that just like other boards, probably more than half of people that come here don't even participate in the board topic and have nothing of value to add to discussion

>>8375694
you're really smart, anon

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>>8372840
>but in original greek no

>>8381463
You are almost right, actually only 20% os the board have something worthwhile to aay and stay on topic. Enjoy your stay in this cesspool