/lit/ - Literature

i like to read because movies became too stale

i am certain my words won't suffice to describe all the plentiful pleasures that reading has brought upon me.
I realiezed this through reading.
But to name a few which come to me at this moment:
>enrichment of vocabulary
>confrontation with many concepts and ideas which leads to a better and deeper connection and interaction with reality
maybe one could say reading is a way to cultivate your intellect but that is to narrow a viewpoint i believe. It is not only my intellect that has veen cultivated but my whole being which includes the more intuitive or some might say unconscious aspects of it.

>>15982123
Ironically, I prefer reading over watching videos nowadays. Don't know if my attention span became shit, but I rarely watch any popular movies (only select anime)

>>15982150
So reading has shaped your entire being? I'm curious, how long have you been reading and how has the journey changed throughout?

>>15982105
cus its fun

>>15982105
For fun and a better vocabulary

>>15982410
>better vocabulary

based

when I was learning english reading a lot significantly improved my vocabulary and I caught up to my native speaking peers rather quickly

Fags.

>>15982105
Fun and different perspectives

so i can learn stuff and shutdown wrong people on the internet

>>15982105
Similar to >>15982123 and >>15982305 I am an exiled cinephile that got tired of shit actors and directors ruining otherwise good underlying plots/characters.
Also reading The Greeks got me into folklore literature which has kept me occupied for several months and I'm not even near finished with what I'd like to learn.

>>15982105
I read as a means to an end, and that end is the will to power

>>15982105
I read to help people.

>>15982105
So I have something to talk about with women.

>>15982105
I read to get away from the instantaneity of regular life, which does not allow for a fully fledged understanding of the moment.

In a good book, I look for a restitution of all the small details that give back to a person, or a life its individuality and meaning.

>>15982123
>>15982305
In movies you can often guess what the next line of dialogue will be or how the story will go, too predictable

>>15983632
cringe you are not an ubermensch read somebody other than Nietzsche

>>15982105
to forget about depression

Storytime!

>>15982105
To impress art thots

>>15985122
you can do that after a year of serious reading. by the 5th year no art thot has any idea what you're talking about

>>15985161
I know lad, is good