>move to new city
>only bring war and peace, brothers Karamazov, moby dick, manufacturing consent, origin of species and the republic
>realise I'm a pseud fraud because I only picked important books, not ones likely to be enjoyable
>order ringworld, flow my tears, lots of light, and history of western philosophy from Amazon
>realise the pseuds will insult me for reading recent books and not having read the important ones
>realise I'm just like the "I just LUV books" crowd
>cancel my orders
Damn, I hate literary / book culture. Why can't I be left in peace without coming in to contact with pseuds who pretend the Greeks were gods or 6/10 women using books as beta orbiter attractors, or anyone who doesn't treat books as disposable entertainment.
>>9710667
If you care about what others think and let that affect what you read then you're hopeless
>>9710667
>Flow my tears.
Nice.
>>9710667
War and peace and brothers K are genuinely enjoyable reads
Hide your books in a closet. Tell people you don't read. Harbor secret feelings of superiority without having to substantiate them to anyone.
>>9710667
Imagine being this self-conscious about what you read in your spare time
>>9710667
What is going to happen? Someone will walk into your house and disregard you for the books you own? I don't think people would even care if you owned Mein Kampf, because there are so many justifiable reasons for owning the book besides "you're a nazi lol".
Reading X does not make you Y. Seriously grow up.
>>9710667
How did you even become this autistic?
>>9710667
>not enjoying the classics
Yeah, you're pretty much just like the 'I LUV BOOKS' crowd.
>>9710667
>basing your actions on other people's opinion
this is why people think you're boring
>>9710761
Yeah, you're pretty much a cuck
>>9710766
Good one
>>9710667
motherfucker just pick up books you're interested in
not everyone will like the same shit but you're bound to bond over a love of one book or another
holy shit this is motherfuckin kindergartner level bullshit, we don't all like the same shit, what a fucking revelation, how about suck a dick