/lit/ - Literature

jus b urselv

>>12225663
Sad thing is that no women that is actually into acadmics (and who has any srrious aptitude for it) would look/dress like this. Sure they might be super hot, but all the ones Ive ever met (which is few) dress a bit more conservatively (which is still nice, but not as cute).

>>12225663
Just go to the library and scan around for a girl reading a book that you've read, approach her and start a conversation about the book.

>>12225681
I know an academically inclined woman who dresses exactly like this (minus the hat)

>>12225681

>>12225682
>start a conversation with a random stranger

>>12225682
Also if you can't tell what book she is reading just stand behind her and look over her shoulder while reading some of the text and google it. Then google a few basic facts about and some basic analysis, go up to her again and strike up a conversation or quiz her on it.

>>12225708
Yes it's called social skills

>>12225721
I do have those
but people simply do not do in real life what you're suggesting

>>12225724
this guy's right

>>12225681
>>12225691
The shoes look like Joe Browns which is basic quirky intellectual dress in the UK.

>>12225724
I start conversations with strangers all the time. Sure 4/5 times they're not really interested so you just gauge that and back off, but I've made friends that way too.

>>12225711
This. Don't forget to carry a newspaper with one of those peepy eyeholes in them too.

>>12225704
>looking at camera rather than book
I hate her already

>>12225663
hardly such a thing these days unless you hang out with a lot of upper class inbreds. otherwise they only read books because 1. they have a mental disorder so they will read manga and high fantasy or 2 they read gay shit like wall flowers,nietzsche, and selected passages of other useless shit.

>>12225801
>or 2 they read gay shit like wall flowers,nietzsche, and selected passages of other useless shit.
So like Butchers Crossing, Growth of the Soil, moby-dick, Lonesome Dove and Blood Meridian?
I have a very weak female like mindset and these are my favorite novels and even though I spent a lot of time reading them I never grasped the deeper themes or reread them or think them over for a really long time afterwards

>>12225745
I hate people like you. Why do you need to bother us so? Yes its cold but I dont want to hear you r inane comments about the weather just leave me alone

>>12226458
LONDON

>>12225721
Nobody goes to the library to socialize.
In fact, I don't really know why anyone goes to the library. Internet's been a thing for a while now.

>>12226465
>female like mindset
that poster is a dumb faggot

>>12225667
fpbp

>>12225663
You don't want one. Especially not one that dresses like a lit gf.
>t. had a lit gf

Literature is a dead hobby to normalfags unfortunately unless it has a huge franchise being shilled on TV or in cinema.

>>12225681
Spotted the American. What's that, your women have no taste in dress? That's not characteristic of their taste in general is it?

>>12226464
Hey what are you doing? My names...

>>12225721

Maybe some books on the topic?

>>12225682
>library
>start a conversation about the book.
>library
>start a conversation about the book.

>>12226489
tell us more pls

>>12225682
>Just go to the library and scan around for a girl reading a book that you've read, approach her and tell her the ending of the book to prove you're the real deal and actually read it
Now THAT is how you do it

My advice is if you enjoy something, keep it away from non males. Non males are inherently toxic to male enjoyment
Ghostbusters
Star Wars
Road Warrior
Flat chested Tomb Raider
Academia
Journalism
Female sports announcers

All ruined by non male toxicity.

Do you really need to hear feminist hot takes on why Melville or Tolstoy are problematic white males?

If you enjoy something, keep it secret from non males. For your own good.

>>12225663
Why the fuck would you want a girl like that?

>>12226625
she had a masters degree in creative writing. marginally employed by her alma mater. no plan for life really. she wrote and published her own Rupi-tier poetry. her house was full of books but her bedside reading was all gyno-centric takes or criticisms of things men had written first. this was before i ever came to 4chan, but she reminds me now of any random /lit/ anon. just really bad at interactions and forming relationships, and thought sex was the end-all of being with someone. didn't understand the purpose of living, i guess.

>>12226693
>Flat chested Tomb Raider
Only plebs like big tits
Spot on with the rest tho

>>12226693

I hate pop culture.

More importantly what is with normalfags obsession with imitating a false sense of class and sophistication on social media but doing absolutely nothing to gain knowledge on those areas?

>>12226729
They don't want to be dumb but won't put in the work to develop actual taste. Also there's a stigma on people who are actually sophisticated.

>>12225732
Quirky!®

>>12226501
lol why would I want to date a normie gf anyway

>>12226747

Feels like the complete opposite of what Champagne Socialists do when they try and be down with kids from council estates and think they are on the same levels as them despite being so far detached on the mobility scale.

>>12226466
>Nobody goes to the library to socialize.
It's as if you have never been to a public library.

>>12225663
You don’t. Finding another /lit/ guy friend is basically impossible as it is, there is nearly no reason for an attractive female to haves wasted her time to become lit and consequently introspective. She doesn’t need to be so she won’t be

>>12226636
>go to bookstore instead
>actually look for shit you need
>they are not there to read or find books
>they are there to find dudes
>follows you around store
>easy prey.jpg

>>12225691
and someone, somewhere, doesn't

>>12226780
This
I go to Barnes & Noble, chicks like this would never go to an actual library
I also just enjoy reading there and I've even had chicks approach me while reading rather than vice versa

Literally not ONE (1) [uno] helpful advice on how to get a /lit/ gf. I'm not OP, but I need this, I don't even care if it's just advice on how to meet a /lit/ friend, I just want somebody to talk about literature. I've already gone to a book club and it was an awful experience, I've spoken with friends about books and they always have the most basic view of every subject imaginable, not to mention they won't ever read any of the books I recommend, even when it's THEM that ask ME. I seriously don't know what to do, is it that literature is not meant to be discussed about in real life? I know for certain people like you guys exist, how come I've never met you? I just want a relationship like Borges had with Bioy Caseres, or even Wittgenstein and Russell, anything.

>>12226806
The only real answer is: study literature/philosophy/whatever in university and meet a girl there, hoping she's not a retarded pseud like 99% of humanities students.

>>12226806
>REEEEeeeeeee!
>Literally not ONE (1) [uno] helpful advice on how to get a /lit/ gf.
I was deadly serious - go to the bookstore instead. Do not expect her to ever be at your level. She will either follow your inclinations or she will be a vapid cunt.

>>12226806
Organize a /lit/ meetup in your area

just accept that you're going to die alone.

>>12226724
Big tits emerging out of contained clothing is literally the most patrician taste there is.

>>12226845
No, I'll accept marrying a bland but stable basic housewife type before I accept that.

>>12226856
have fun with your divorce dumbass

>>12226768
What's this convention about

>>12226865
In all fairness, I reused an image from a different application. They are actually bitcoiners.

It's actually pretty easy once you have the right mindset.

The only thing people care about is what you can do for them. When you see a cute quiet girl reading a book, her aesthetic and looks automatically make you feel entranced and invested. You have to keep in mind that you almost certainly don't do the same thing for her. If you're an intellectual guy, you're probably physically not very aesthetic or attractive. So, you have to have some other way of engendering investment from this girl.

Just saying "Hey, my name is [blank], what are you reading there?" does absolutely nothing on that front. How is that statement supposed to make her feel romanced/excited/invested? You might know all about your own internal positive traits, but she certainly does not. You need to be able to clearly SHOW your positive traits.

It's not so hard to do this. If you're confident and outgoing, you could for instance brush against her hand as you turn the page of her book and admire the text, at least that does SOMETHING to engender some sort of emotion in her.

You could also say something like: "you know, you remind me of the comfort of a library, a field of ochre flowers, and my favourite parts of autumn" at least that has some poetry and emotion behind it.

BOTTOM LINE: this girl knows literally nothing about you, you're not good-looking enough to swoon her on looks alone, so you better make her feel romanced/excited somehow.

>>12226914
>you know, you remind me of the comfort of a library, a field of ochre flowers, and my favourite parts of autumn

>>12226943

That line has literally gotten me laid. Women love that kinda shit.

>>12225704
ew

>>12226914
>You could for instance brush against her hand as you turn the page of her book and admire the text

>You could also say something like: "you know, you remind me of the comfort of a library, a field of ochre flowers, and my favourite parts of autumn"

>>12226965

I'm just telling you guys what works. It's no wonder these threads continue popping up.

>>12226577
Shhhh

>>12226975
If that kind of shit works she was into you already. You could go "pls poopy in mai asshol" and she would think you are funny.

>>12226987
>"pls poopy in mai asshol"
This is always funny, no matter what the scenario.

"lit girls" dont want "lit guys" at last not the ones that hang around here. Why the fuck would they want someone else who spends hours and hours at home just reading and overall acting like a pseud? they want a chad to take them on adventures, the same ones they read on their YA book club and creative writing and English writing history classes. Also rearrange their gut with a huge dick.

>>12226996
>the ones that hang around here
>spends hours and hours reading

>>12226996
blackpilled and Hegelpilled.

>>12226996
>they want a chad to take them on adventures
most girls just want to lay in bed and browse the internet.

>>12226987
If that kind of shit works there's only one explanation: after a history of tragedy and pain, this woman decided to take her own life and visited the library to think of a plan. Then anon came by, and with only a few words he effortlessly showed her that yes, there was someone in this world in a much more desperate state than her. Her mind shattered and moved by her last shred of empathy for humanity, she allowed him to have dry sex with her.
The day after, she set herself on fire while jumping off a bridge.

My gf studied English lit and History at Uni, she's studying law now, so I guess she's "lit" in some way, she's surely educated anyways

We met on tinder

>>12226466
Why a library?
>I like physical media.
>I like the atmosphere of a library (we are human anon, the experience of being in a library is night and day with that of browsing the internet)
>Libraries allow you to stumble upon books in a way that doesn't happen in our modern online echo-chambers.

To me your original comment is like asking "Why do people go for walks anymore, why don't they just use VR treadmills?".

>>12226957
how the fuck could you be attracted to someone with that shit taste in chat up lines?

>>12225682
This advice is as useful as pic related

>>12227054
Just walk up to her and say "HEY THERE"
She'll look up with a smile and say "yes?"
And you say "Is that a book you're reading?"
And she'll excitedly say "yes!"
By now, her pupils should be fully dilated
That's the signal to ask her out

just read stuff you like until it becomes part of you, until it gives you a new vision of life in general. then, read what she reads and just give your opinion about it, based on that new vision. that will create a field for discussion, and a link will be created. it takes time tho... thats what she wants, all the time and energy you put into giving her attention. they feed on that. its the price to pay for it, so you either work on it or just give it up and put that energy to something else.

>>12227054
lol. what the fuck do you expect anyway, real step-by-step guides wont work if you dont already have the drawing talent. same shit with everything else: theres something that cant be written down, which is what makes things move. anything that can be written works based on that.

>>12227099
Where I'm from, pupil dilation is usually a sign of recent cocaine use

>>12227101
But the advice seemed to be - do this easy thing, do this easy thing, do this impossible thing.

Like, how do I perform open-heart surgery? Well, you lay out your cutting implements, you sterilize the table, then you perform the open-heart surgery. Gee, thanks, great advice.

I can't just "start a conversion" with a stranger.

Got a lit gf, met her because I gave a Walser novel to a mutual friend (that I didn't even read lol) and everything is great. She's more well read than me, and is christian (which is one of my fantasies). All in all everything is nice, only issue would be that she won't give any bjs. Might be the christian thing

>>12227000
Based and checked

Does Batman fanfiction count as /lit/?
I had this ex who wrote tons of it.I had to read it

She also liked Palahniuk

What's a good insult to call someone who likes the idea of themselves being so far up their own ass with how falsely sophisticated but is a complete phony and doing it all for their own image? Pseud is too tame for them.

>>12227184
french

>>12227144
Hey dude I can empathise with you, when I was browsing a couple other boards when I was younger I had the same issue. I'd call out for advice and people would give the most clickbait-esque answers. So intoxicating I probably endured about 2 whole years of terrible advice because I was so desperate to get any kind of real insight to how popular-folk make it happen. Since then I've had a couple of open opportunities to do things but I've turned them down. You're probably like me, vaguely autistic, or at least a schizoid, but don't fret. Don't take any thing to loosen up in front of people (unless they're drinking in which case match them), it'll just make you more conscious of how you present yourself with the 'aid'.
You might not see it quite yet, but these people you're chasing, aren't actually that 'engaging', in so far as you don't actually need to try. You know why you're self-conscious so you're already way more perceptive than the majority.

A couple of things first. Root out as many insecurities as humanly possible. Don't block shit off because it's hard (getting moderately fit) and conversely don't beat yourself up (blame your big ears or something). The more insecurities you block out the less they'll race through your mind as you try and do simple things like say 'Hey'.
This is why it's important, you need to practice pauses in conversation to lure people in, when you're at a pause you're more liable to fuck up whilst she/he/fuckyou responds. Find a haircut that suits you, clothes, colours, fragrances, get anal about it, the more anal you are the more sure-of-yourself you'll be. Shave your shit beard. Don't wear trainers, wear a watch. Read about body language and study it. Get good at reading people. Just sit somewhere publicly observe. 80% of your first impression is non-verbal. Why do some guys have it easier? Presence. Then it gets tricky, once you have introduced yourself make every statement in the first 5 minutes a succession of observations and then intensely vague comments, she'll retract from focusing on your conversation and focus on 'you', suicidal? Absolutely. By now you should excel at reading someone and show signs of relaxation whilst you slowly divulge about yourself. What do you talk about? It doesn't matter. So long as it's not rehearsed, it doesn't matter. If you said 'this library reminds me of some of the old Sonic the hedgehog games' whilst looking good and keeping a solidly confident foundation you could probably pull it off. Don't overdo it. All that being said, I'm not christian myself, but honestly 99% of these chicks are fucking dull and will fuck your life up because you didn't prioritise yourself. Hope that helps.

>>12226466
Ive met three friends at the library that I cqn think of off of the top of my head, and both my current and previous partner like/liked gokng to the library with me to use the computer or an hang out with friends, and theh didnt even read. Especially if its a university library, and a nice one at that. I bet if you go to a uni with a nice, large, busy library, probably like 15% of the student body have gotten laid by someone they met at the library.

>>12227184
Biedermeier

>>12227209
kek

You don't get one
Word of advice, don't go looking for a girl who you can share "deep" conversations with. You're not gonna find a chick who wants to talk about fucking Plato, Hegel, Dosto, or Joyce with you. Look for a girl who you find agreeable enough to tolerate. You don't have to have the exact same interests, but if shes kind and nice and at least pretends to listen to you then you're good.
Leave the philosophy and literature for the guys. You're gonna end up disappointed when you try and talk to a girl the way you can talk to guys.

>>12226914
>"you know, you remind me of the comfort of a library, a field of ochre flowers, and my favourite parts of autumn"

alright boys I'm going all in

>>12226996
>I've stripped the book weight out of my camping pack
That's not how you do it, get rid of your faggot tent poles and eating utensils.

>>12227282

>Biedermeier
Holy shit that's brilliant. We need to turn it into an insult somehow.

>>12227431
Women's tastes are defined by their first few exes anyway. They don't really develop organically.

I have no social skills. I had a very isolated childhood, movie-tier isolation stuff, with an overbearing, manipulative and crazy mother and all. I'm in my 20s now and I still read plenty every day, out of habit. But I am extremely bad at interacting naturally with others. I can carry a conversation but I am unable to read any mood or understand any sort of social cues. I always go to the library and book stores and there are frequently cute girls but I just stand there staring ahead once anyone comes into the aisle. I go from legitimately searching for a book to trying to maintain any air of normalcy, and in doing so I usually do stupid non-normal things. The phenomenon is far worse when it's a cute girl. I don't know if I'm allowed to look at anyone. I don't know if I should make eye contact. I don't know, if I make eye contact, if I should smile or just look away, those actions both seeming creepy and cold respectively. I can tell that people look at me as I'm coming closer to them in an aisle, but, fearing any sort of unnecessary involvement or reaction, I almost always simply ignore them. I try to focus on my breathing and tell myself I shouldn't run away, shouldn't leave the aisle and aimlessly search another shelf until the person has left the aisle because that's what a coward would do. But on off-chances someone will say something, a girl will ask for a book recommendation for their little brother or something of the variety, and my heart rams against my ribcage and I feel my face flushing, but I'm able to at least able to keep up with responses. And, if the interaction goes well and I feel I reacted as a normal person, I sometimes will feel elated for for a number of days. Likewise, if I stutter or say something dumb, I'll think about it for the next week and get even more anxious that I'll never interact normally with humans.

an excerpt from my upcoming book, Desu: My Diary

I feel like I'm too smart for dumb girls and too dumb for smart girls. I wouldn't be able to keep conversations on the same level with a real "/lit/ girl".

>>12227866
Please subdivide your train of thought in paragraphs, thanks.

>>12227879
I actually had paragraphs and then deleted them once I was finished typing everything out because I wanted it to be a mess. Anyone who reads it will probably be able to tell where the paragraph breaks were supposed to be

>>12227866
>>12227242
Did you not read my post?

>>12226914
based and litpilled

>>12225704
I know that bookstore, the prices are outrageous

>>12227907
No, I hadn't ready any of the posts in this thread. Just saw the OP and ranted. Nice post though. Few questions:
>"Don't wear trainers"
is trainer a regional term for sneaker? if so, what is wrong with sneakers?
>read about body language
this hurt me more than it helped, would not recommend to anyone else equally autistic
>"All that being said, I'm not christian myself, but"
what does that have to do with what you said afterwards?

>>12226806
I've met one guy who's like what you've described, but he trains literally everyday because he's trying to be a pro-boxer so I never get to talk to him. And for the most part we read outside of each other's areas of interest, so when we do there's minimal overlap.

I imagine you would need to find a space where literate women congegrate and have a plausibly deniable reason for being there for extended periods in order to establish the social bonds of friendship, eventually you might find a real spark of romance among the discussions of literature, gossip, and flirtation.

(I haven't left my house in six months)

>>12226914
>>12226957
>>12226975
>You could also say something like: "you know, you remind me of the comfort of a library, a field of ochre flowers, and my favourite parts of autumn"

>>12227242
I have plenty of friends, am good-looking, very fit, a good deal of money, cool clothes, sense of humour blah blah blah. But I can't connect with people romantically after a few relationships in my early 20s turned sour. I find that after talking to someone for 20 mins or so I find myself thinking 'well this person is perfectly nice but vapid and inconsequential' and that's that. Instead I hold a forlorn hope that one of my exes is going to fall in love with me again when we meet in our mutual friend group or by chance somewhere.

>>12226768
Das a happy doggo

>mfw its great to have a non-/lit/ gf if you only knew how vacuous /lit/ girls really are

goys I know off topic but need help.

>be me
>uni student
>meet girl who quoted kierkegaard
>we hang out n shit
>but like im lowkey a fit/lit/ and not wanting woman rn
>she is also kinda intense, prob has anxiety
>whatdoido?

who comfy /normiegf/

>>12227099
>"Might you desire courtship with yours truly?"
>"W-what?"
>"Is it proper for a gentleman to ask such a literary lady for a fine dinner?"
>"Sorry, you're not my type."
>"Are you alluding to the thinness of my phallus?"
>"..."
>"Please do not let the fact I was in a pool deceive you as to weight of it full mast."
>unzip pants
>"I wish you to perform the transaction now."

>>12228315
be yourself bro!

>>12228315
Smoke weed with her.

>>12228326
My girlfriend isn't /lit/ but she is really intelligent, and also kind of a bitch.

>>12228330
kek, for the greentext and for the reference.

>>12228330

>"I wish you to perform the transaction now."

Every fucking time

>>12226806
if you aren't in uni/college, you are kinda fucked. if you are in school, it's easy. just go to all the readings at your school, any literary event in your area, just go hang out. even if you're not a literature major, it's doable. If you are out of school, it's a tougher challenge. Can you tell me how old you are?

bros, I really want to read poetry out loud to a girl.
I bet its great

>>12228824
goddamn I can relate

>>12226996
my ex is an english lit phd student and she dumped me because i wasn't into victorian lit

>>12228902
gib bronte loving gf

>>12228824
>I really want to read poetry out loud to a girl.
Make sure to tie her down so she doesn't escape

can you just walk into a barnes and noble and read a book or do you have to pay for it first?

sorry i have the 'tism.

>>12228971
I see attractive people sitting in the aisles reading occasionally

>>12227879
God I miss Bush

>>12228976
Those are people are called teenagers, anon
You can't talk to them or you'll get vanned

>>12229010
Do you miss Bush, or just pre 2008 internet?

>>12228695
I'm 19 and am currently in college.But I'm also a STEMfag, which means that in my college there's 1 female every 15 males, and most of them are already taken. Not to mention that only 0.5% of people in my college actually read anything other than genre fiction once a year.

>>12225704
>tfw no Dylan Roof gf

>>12225682
LOOK HER IN THE EYES AND GIVE HER A FIRM HANDSHAKE

>>12226914
>never having had sex this much

>>12229010
>missing Bush

wrong board

>>12225663
Find a stem girl and get her to read literature

>>12225663
Just show them this 5

>>12228976
yeah but will they get mad at you if you get a book and just sit down and read for a while?

Gasoline

>>12225663
learn to solve problems and to communicate well and ask a girl that you feel that seems to be happy around you who likes to read, to read a book with you

>>12226724
Well, then I may be a pleb, but I will die a happy pleb.
t. husband of a pair of G-cups

>>12228902

pretty patrician of her dude, you can't even get mad at being dumped for not having the right lit tastes. it's maybe the most respectable reason a person could concoct.

of course the real reason is because she met a new guy, but let's suspend our disbelief for a post

>>12226466
>In fact, I don't really know why anyone goes to the library. Internet's been a thing for a while now.

last time i went was doing research on Holland in the 12th century. couldn't find much about it online.

the library didn't have anything, either.

>>12227037
What library is this? Gives my gut a fuck to know I'll never be there.

whom here /too stupid to deserve a nice library/

>>12225663
Honestly, it's really hard. I've known a lot of "literary" women and dated a few of them, but in the end none of them really read all that much, or if they do read, a lot of their literary diet is contemporary memoir, pop-lit, that sort of thing.

It's always kind of disappointed me. So many literary/artistic temperaments, but no real artists in the bunch, you know?

>>12225682
No woman actually wants this. Don't take this guy's advice.

>>12228330
kek
this one is going in my reddit folder

>>12226806
They don't exist. The one's like in OP are just looking for a photo-op. There are semi-lit ones out there, but they don't read with much rigor or focus, and tend to read pop-lit; the real ones are rare. I've never met one, and I've been to grad school for writing and interned at an art museum. It's just a bunch of posers.

>>12226914
the only reaction that's going to engender is discuss, dude.

>>12228824
I already had a hunch that literature and poetry makes you gay but this confirms it.

>>12227044
I guess women's logic, m8.
Men and women think in entirely different ways.

>>12226987
>pls poopy in mai asshol

>>12225663
The role or woman is not to be an intellectual. It’s a good thing if a woman doesn’t engage seriously with literature, in my mind. To me, to do so would be a sign of some sort of dysfunction in her, a lack of proper femininity that she is attempting to compensate for. Women use literature only as a means of propping up their identities, like a piece of pretty clothing to adorn their figure. They are incapable of the true intellectual rigor and honesty that it requires, incapable of the sincere search for truth and beauty, will always treat this path unconsciously as a means to gain more social or sexual validation. Only men, who are capable of treating the subject of literature with the actual respect and seriousness it deserves, should be the ones to fully engage with it and commit themselves to the literary or contemplative life. The role of woman is not to be an “intellectual partner” but the future mother of your children and a part of the foundation and proof of your manhood.

>>12230710
Not him but it's the Walter library in U Minnesota.

>>12230698
any interesting finds my lagelander?

>>12229010

Should have gone to the shooting range more

>>12230919
>but the future mother of your children

what if i don´t want to have children?

>>12230884
I meant how could you be attracted to someone who thought that line was good.

>>12228902
She dumped you because you were not chad. LMFAO.

>>12225663
>become a published author
>go to author/publisher/critics parties
ez game ez life

>>12231412
Why was she dating him in the first place then?

>>12225801
Your right bro, I read the genealogy of morals and all I discover was neittshze was a huge undercover faggot who wasn’t ready for the 29th century

>>12229100
Dubs of truth

>>12227262 So true, the library at my campus is always full and girls treat it like a cat walk

just grab a regular girl by the pussy and then make her /lit/

>>12225682
If you're not a 8/10 looks guy don't even try this.

>>12226914
>If you're an intellectual guy, you're probably physically not very aesthetic or attractive.
DELET DELET DELET

>>12232232
relax you're probably not that much of an intellectual

>>12232249
thank god, i dodge the bullet with this one

>>12226914
>. If you're confident and outgoing, you could for instance brush against her hand as you turn the page of her book and admire the text
>You could also say something like: "you know, you remind me of the comfort of a library, a field of ochre flowers, and my favourite parts of autumn"
If anyone heeds this advice he will most assuredly die a virgin lel

>>12226914
>brush against her hand as you turn the page of her book and admire the text
You had me going there for a second, anon. A great lure that's in your possession.

>>12225663
Wouldn't know, I'm a faggot lol.

>>12232232
>tfw used to be extremely thin because of Crohn's but I had wide shoulders so certain women considered me hot and I managed to have a few good looking girlfriends without ever having to work out
>Now I got better with the disease so I took a little fat and I'm just plain unattractive because I'm out of shape and it shows.
I don't wanna go to the gym, I hate working out

>>12232424
>tfw IBS and constant random bursts of terrible diarrhea
>had several gfs before my IBS began to unfold in college
>scared of getting close to any girls now because it's disgusting and i don't know if i can handle all the judgement that goes along with it

>>12227025
>tinder
cringe

>Be philosophy student
>1/4 or 1/5 of the class (all classes) is female
>They're all feminists
>The smartest one somehow has Harry Potter as her favorite book

>>12232646
I get that too with Crohn's. Thankfully I'm a depressed shut-in and I never leave the house so I'm safe from unpleasant surprises.

>>12230930
hey i go to this school and hang out at this library all the time

>>12232930
fuck this is me

>tfw beautiful /lit/ gf from my uni
>tfw met her cause she wanted to practice her Russian w. me
>she used to go on lit until one of you fuckers threatened to murder her on discord

>>12233047
>one of you fuckers threatened to murder her on discord
lol over what

>>12227016
I'd read your book.

>>12225663
Don't

>>12233047
>"YOU'LL EAT THE WHOLE BOWL OF EGGS AND YOU'LL LIKE IT"
>"ANON PLEASE NO"

>>12225663
The libidio can actually subverted through conscious identification with the intelligible self. This much was already explained in the Bhagavad Gita, or "Celestial Song", when Krishna teaches Arjuna that actions can be reduced to ashes by knowledge. Once desires are washed away by the illumination of the mind, and subjectivity is thereby overcome, the female form is no longer an erotic object--the allure which once infatuated the man has vanished without a trace. With his newfound independence and lucidity, he is free to enter into the contemplative life dominated by understanding, since the blind sensuality of the lower centers of soul no longer entices him. Acutely following the eyes and expressions of others, he identifies the very subjectivity which he lately overcame, finally understanding that others project their desires onto him, only seeing him as a potential actor for the roles that remain unfilled in their stage play. Liberated from the endless cycles of time, he no longer unwittingly caters to the will of the self-devouring world serpent, feeding itself on the karmic actions of the multitudes.

>>12233047
There's something poetic about a girl joining a 4chan discord and having a bad time.
>A way to farm attention? Sign me up! There's no way this can go wrong!
>Oh no, 4chan users are weird, if only I could have seen this coming sooner!

>>12233218
I thought the same, why the hell would even a guy want to stick around a place where you're no longer anonymous and being called out.

>>12233227
The same reason Reddit and tripfaggotry exists. Some people just think they're so special and unique that the idea of not being credited for their outstanding posts is just too much.

>>12227099
Hahahahaha

>>12233218
>>12233227
>>12233251
FUCK TRIPFAGGOTS
FUCK DISCORDFAGGOTS
WOMEN CAN GO TO HELL

>>12233218
Actually, she didn't reveal she was a girl. She was just careless and got doxxed, whereby someone like >>12233290 started with the threats

>>12225682
Being handsome really, really helps. Conversation wise, a slight self deprecating attitude helps. Think Hugh grant from Notting Hill. Don’t try to hard either .

>>12233412
>self deprecating
Fuck that. Self deprecation is one of the most disgusting social diseases in existence.

>>12233430
But there's so many things about myself to depricate that it would be a waste not to.

>>12233625
200/28/180
patrician

>tfw was seeing a lit girl
>enjoyed all the books I lent her, she let me borrow some of hers which were enjoyable
>currently drifting further apart with each day
I miss being cosy with her lads

>>12233680
that's a lot smaller than a 28

>>12234135
Call her up! Go do something with her if that’s possible! Do what is in your power to keep that bond you two have! Don’t just allow it to happen if you can do something about it, fot if you are shy now, you’ll be shy for a thousand years.

>>12225681
Why wouldn't you want a woman dressed in nice clothes? Only problem with girl in OP's pic is she's flashing a bit of her upper thigh.

Conservatism is sexy.

>>12227938
Is that the Strand in NYC? I got mem’d on some years ago because I read a retarded post here that it’s a great bookstore to visit and followed the advice
That place reeks of pseudry

>>12226914
You could also say something like: "you know, you remind me of the comfort of a library, a field of ochre flowers, and my favourite parts of autumn" at least that has some poetry and emotion behind it.

>>12226466
I go to the library of the nearby university because they have a bunch of random academic texts that I'm interested in that aren't available online, or even used.

>>12226806
Join literally any classics reading circle in your area. Or make friends with a relatively normal person who reads the classics; they can point you in the right direction in a local sense.

>>12235684
People who've never dived below the very basic surface level of any topic cannot comprehend others not following the path of a brainlet. Anybody who thinks just the internet is suffient enough to have a solid grasp at anything is an automatic red flag that everyone should appreciate. Not needing a library for your own purposes? Fine, knock yourself out. Not understanding why anybody would need a library? Kill yourself. Literally the only source of my own particular interest online is a three paragraph Wikipedia page full of red links and an Amazon page for a 150pg introductory text

>>12235704

Pray... what is that interest.

>>12235704
I think there are some things which the internet has enough material to reach a sufficient level of understanding; for example, the entire modern curriculum of mathematics can be found on LibGen. But I understand your point, and agree with you in general.

>>12235755
why would you agree with him? you think any social science or humanities degree can’t be done by a high iq auto-didact online?

>>12227184
dilettante

>>12235794
I'm agreeing more with the fact that there are a ton of incredibly minor fields of study and interesting theories that were left behind with time. E.g., I was interested in the works and ideas of Robert Hartmann, but none of his works were available online. Not that I could find, anyway.

As for humanities and social sciences... I don't know, honestly. I've never tried following the curriculum for, say, sociology, or the history of China. Some, such as Philosophy, are definitely possible so long as you find someone to argue with. I could see anyone with a bit of skill using Google being able to find the correct resources.

I was really thinking about it as two categories: There are the big, broad subjects that form the foundation of the little theories, and then there are those little theories themselves. The former are probably mostly available online; the later are, in my experience, generally not.

>>12233047
>she used to go on lit until one of you fuckers threatened to murder her on discord
>>12233398
>She was just careless and got doxxed, whereby someone like >>12233290 started with the threats
Based. Fuck women and fuck normalfaggots.

Only pseud lit men are looking for lit women and vice versa because looking for a lit partner is an inherently pseud thing and as a result all litionships have two pseuds.

Real lit people either have too much self-loathing to want to go out with another lit person or would find a litionship not interesting because what kind of person looks for themselves in a relationship? so they look for other people who are nice or interesting.

>>12235884
>litionships
cringe

>>12234145
t. whore

>>12232955
I prefer Wilson, not as aesthetic but no-one will notice if you stash a bottle of whiskey behind the Eamonn de Valera for months at a time.

>>12235930
??

>>12225667
fpbp

*erm*

FUCK WOMEN
FUCK NIGGERS
FUCK GERMANS

>>12232930
you'll be fine, just ask them what they think of Rupi Kaur. If they like Kaur, their vag tastes sour. If they hate Rupi, they'll take it in the poopy.

>>12237501
this but unironically

>>12225663
you cant

>>12225663
mark me and set me loose

>>12237805
based

>study english literature
>secure gf
>maintain relationship into post-university adulthood

>>12238304
how 2 secure gf?

>>12238544

>>12238555
I'm 41

>>12238565
1. Don't be unattractive
2. Be attractive

>>12238623
thanks mate very helpful, I think I've got it now

>>12238544
just be yousef

>>12225663
Don't.
Believe me, don't end up with an insufferable high horsed intellectual or your life will be hell.
Been there.

>>12228902
out of curiosity, where did you meet her?