/lit/ - Literature

I know

>>20197936
I went to a different board and someone asked why I was being so aggressive. I was just posting like I would on /lit/. It was even a nice post. That's when I realized.

>>20197936
ikr i think im just going to go back to rebbit

>>20197936
Stfu cuck

>>20197936
this is now Poland hate thread.

>>20197983
It's really strange when I go to other, less popular boards and people post politely. It doesn't even feel like 4chan if I'm not being told how worthless and pathetic I am.

>>20198044
exactly.

>>20197936
>>>>/pol/

>>20197936
>>20197983
>>20198044
This board really is terrible. Everyone thinks themselves superior to everyone else. Instead we should focus more on sharing our experiences with cool books.

>>20198044
People on slow boards use the internet like it's meant to be used. Discussing a niche hobby of theirs with strangers, but also leaving the house. Usually those posters are much happier, and civil. Most people on this board don't even read. They just want to argue with a backdrop of literature.
Have a life for 3 months, and come back to this board. See how fucking pathetic it is.

>>20198089
It's really awful whenever I try, and whenever I see anybody else try, the thread dies with under 10 replies. I've even seen legit interest threads get deleted. It's like being in the shittiest nerd clique in highschool.

>>20197936
Its like that on almost every board. And its not just pol esque posts. I think anons just dont wanna admit that they like shit flinging

>>20197936
I'm a pseudo-intellectual and an autist thank you very much

>>20198089
>This board really is terrible
Jannies and mods doing the bare minimum isn't helping either.

>>20198100
Those 10 reply threads are actually good though. Gotta keep fighting

>>20198100
Realizing this makes me want to try to actively be nicer to the anons on this board.

>>20197936

>>20197936

>This board is just X but instead of being X, it's Y
okay

>>20197936
>waah waah gimme my hugbox! I am entitled to a hugbox, gimme one now! NOW!

>>20198089
retard

>>20198093
That made no sense, you immediately contradicted your own claim.

>>20198246
>>20198247
here come the chuds

>>20197936
Yup, the war really disclosed how infected with fsb bots we truly are.

>20198247
retard is not a constructive thing to call someone
>>20198251
chud sounds like a slur, you should stop using language like that

>>20198251
This is the best board I've visited on the site. How soft are you?

>>20198089
>>20198100
I'm trying >>20197322

It's really a shame since there are so many deep and enriching things we could be talking about instead of dealing with these psueds. Books really are this limitless treasure trove of knowledge and it's just kind of sad that so many people here choose to reject it and play these dumb 'my tribe, your tribe' games with everything. But, I'm sure there are still some of you who want to gain wisdom and grow, so let me share my experience with books and hopefully you can take something from it:

Ever since I got back into reading a few years ago I have faced some pretty grim revelations about life. People believe they can justify literally any crime against someone by calling them a peasant and they will use violence or threats of violence to prevent "a peasant" from enjoying things that they have access to and can afford like cheetos, snickers, hamburger helper, chalupas, popcorn chicken, all-dressed chips, barbecue hoops, etc, because "it's too good for them " or "they don't deserve it".

Same thing applies to anything at all that can be considered remotely good in life like having a gf, going to college, having a white collar job, speaking well, owning a website, hosting video game tournaments, exercising and trying to look good, etc.

Basically the aggression threshold is set extremely low because it doesn't take much at all to threaten someone's sense of superiority when they don't have much of a reason to feel superior. They literally think it's acceptable to say that someone is irish when they aren't then will get angry when that person says they aren't irish because they view it as a challenge to their ego if they aren't allowed to lie about other people and identify them as something that they view as inferior to them. They also believe they should be allowed to decide who a person marries and believe that violence or harm is justified if a person refuses to marry.

Imagine living in a world where things like highschool diplomas, walmart brand great value food, thermal hoodies, women who aren't overweight, identifying as english/scottish, movie theatres, "sit down" restaurants, condos/apartments, etc are gatekept and viewed as "for rich people" or "for your betters"

Does that sound like a world you want to live in? "Jimmy's going to go the city and go to college when he's older but you're a fucking peasant so I better not ever catch you eating spicy food or drinking rum instead of beer, if you do well in school I'll starve you" these are literally the kinds of things rural people say to their children.

What's the point of continuing to read now that I know this is what I'll learn?

>>20198520
Hey I remember that pasta

>>20198520
>really a shame since there are so many deep and enriching things we could be talking about instead of dealing with these psueds.
You don't have to deal with them. You just do and write paragraphs about it because your ability to strike up a conversation with people is based entirely on how (unjustly) superior you can feel to something, allowing you to remain permanently ignorant of room for improvement. You're complaining that water finds its own level and you pursue your equal.

>>20198504
Same >>20198141

>>20197936
Yeah, it's why I don't come here as often as I used to. Political opinions here used to be a little more nuanced and varied. /pol/ truly is an idiot factory.

>>20198044
>>20198093
/lit/ used to be a slow board

>>20198044
/lit/ should be a slow board; it is, if you filter shitflinging posts.

>>20198089
Effortpost whenever you can and lead by example.
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>>20198799
>>20198800
/qa/ ruin the board.

>>20198799
/lit/ still is a slow board, some of these threads were posted days ago

>>20198939
not slow enough anymore
>>20198914
it was on a decline beforehand. /qa/ just worsened it

>>20198914
What happened?

>>20198556
you will never be a woman

>>20198520
god damn...

>>20198520

>>20198520
I didn't want to feel this right now

>>20199012
So gatekeep. Be rude and don't help people who don't put in effort.

>>20198520
I need to go think some things over

>>20198520
I know that feel, anon.

>>20198520
I've been there, but I made it through. It gets better.

>>20198520
Wish I could say I can't relate

>poster count doesn't go up
Anon...

>>20198520

>>20197936
honestly coming from /sci/ this place isnt as insufferable as over there, theres still pockets of conversation here, /sci/ is literally just purgatory and we talk about the same nonsense everyday, only decent places being maths and sometimes physics threads

>>20198520
I ask myself the same thing

>>20198089
Projection

>>20199050
I sage every thread I'm in that doesn't relate to literature including this one
It never does anything though.
>>20199026
From what I heard, some fags from /qa/ got personal information of a 4chan mod or jannie (can't remember which). Then their whole board got locked down and they migrated to ruin other boards

>>20199026
>>20199099
/qa/ spammed ACK memes on /lgbt/ so hard that at one point there were more of them than anything else

>>20198520
>What's the point of continuing to read now that I know this is what I'll learn?
Enjoyment, pleasure, aesthetics. Reading for reading’s sake. Anything else is for the birds.

>>20199099
>Then their whole board got locked down and they migrated to ruin other boards
At least other boards deal with those fags. But not /lit/.