/lit/ - Literature

Reading in direct sunlight is bad, mkay

>tfw i used to read in sunlight when i was younger. now i have cataracts.
>tfw have to dictate my posts to my little brother.

>>4901386
>>4901415
>what are sunglasses

>>4901382
>reading american psycho

why do i even come here

>>4901382
Could be a little warmer.

Sunlight causes skin damage. I wear SPF 50 every day, regardless of whether or not I go outside, and take vitamin D supplements.

Uncomfortable. I'd rather sit in a big luxurious armchair with a footrest. Too poor for that though.

>>4901382
I prefer reading inside, actually.
And when I get really into it and I read lik 100 pages at once I start walking through my entire house for no reason.
idk
i like it

americanpsycho/10

>>4901382
Is that Scandinavia?

>>4901443
For those of us in Fahrenheitland, 20°C = 68°F.

>>4901478
>>4901382

Where do you live, OP?

>>4901485
Belgium

>>4901415
OP here,
I have cataract too, only a light form and it doesn't seem to get worse over time.
So you just slowly turned blind?

>>4901496
>belgium
>reading in english

pleb

>>4901510
So I should read a shitty dutch translation of a book written in English?
That's like saying I should read the Camus in English.

>Celsius

Must be a land without freedom.

>>4901415
>>tfw have to dictate my posts to my little brother.

lol

AND YET YOU ARE ON LIT.

>not on a lounge with a TV on for background noise.

It's like you hate being comfortable.

>tfw weather over 70 degrees makes you sweat like a pig
I need to move north.

>>4901582
>TV
>not ambient music

>>4901510
>not being a multilingual patrician able to read the finest literature of at least three languages

pleb

>>4901631
But I can read French,Dutch,German and English perfectly fine.

Lel

>>4801631
Piss off, cunt. I'm fluent in English, French, German, Japanese, Latin, Latvian, Russian and Spanish.

Need a Robert London book for later that night.

>>4901631

>only 3 languages
>patrician

>20 degrees

>>4901382

Wow man, I also love the 20 degrees days, they're perfect for reading.

>>4901382
>tfw you live in a ghetto apartment

I dunno sounds pretty cold to me. I prefer more like 68 degrees.

>>4901618
>tfw weather under 20 degrees makes you shivering and uncomfortable

>yesterday
>16 degrees
>very windy
>girl I'm with wearing a skirt that would be troublesome even with no wind
>tfw ducking my head under it

>>4901496
KNEW IT! In the sun too. Where in Belgium?

>country using Celsius
How's it feel not living in America, the only free country in the world?

>>4901382
Sitting on my back porch, 68 degrees, slight breeze, coffee in hand, 2666.

Champion level happiness

>>4901874
Murrican reporting in. I just strolled into work for 4 hours of overtime still half drunk on margaritas from last night.

Fck yer!

>>4901512
Errrm, my mother tongue is Dutch, my English is rather good, same goes for my French and German. I'm familiar with Latin and Greek. Still I choose to read Camus in English (started reading The Plague this afternoon) because I find English the most literary language. Sue me.

>>4901382
>Can a man ask for more /lit/?
Beer, obviously. And maybe a casual blowjob.

>>4901496
Ik zie je zitten.

>>4901892
Are you saying you prefer reading a translation (which implies betrayal) to reading the original solely because you regard English as the "most literary language"? That makes absolutely no sense to me.

>>4901382
I can't wait for winter.

I went to the park earlier for three hours.

A nice gentle breeze all the while, the nice sound of runners running, cyclists cycling, kids and their parents playing football together.

I made shitloads of progress reading my book. It's over 1000 pages so getting through nearly 400 pages in one sitting was brilliant. My arse is a bit numb now thought because I was sat on the grass under a tree.

>>4901950
Zit weer hoop Vlaemsch volck op /lit/ vandaag.
Niet OP

This is where I sat and read for 3 hours this afternoon. First properly nice day of the year.

How many pages does /lit/ average per sitting? Per day? If you read each day? You see what I'm getting at..

>>4901995
Well it depends on the font size really, but I'd say on average about a page every minute, although I find that during particularly "action packed" or intriguing scenes I fly through about ten pages without even realising.

I have an hour of breaks at work and I read The Count of Monte Cristo exclusively at work and it took me two months, although a missed a few days.

>>4901995
60+ pages an hour for something simple like Game of Thrones
40-50 pages an hour for something like Dostoevsky
20-30 pages an hour for philosophy

>>4901995
It depends on the book.
If I'm reading poetry 20-30 pages, philosophy also 20-30 pages, 40-50 pages for something like Dostojewskij, and something like Bukowski or Burroughs usually around 50-60 pages, but with Burroughs I usually read the book in two or three sittings

>>4902020
This is fairly accurate.

>>4902020
I haven't read any Dostoevsky yet. Is he quite challenging, or just more rewarding to take at a slower pace?

>>4902020
This seems to hit the spot.

>>4902020
>20-30 pages an hour for philosophy
slow down son.

>>4901990
dat gelukzalige gevoel wanneer België eindelijk eens boven de 20 graden gaat.
Blij anderen Vlaemschen op /lit/ te zien

>>4902092
Nieuwsgierigheid besluipt me: vanwaar zedde gij?

>>4901415
>>4901520
"Can you repeat that back to me please"?
"Yeah, that's it. Now attach a picture of a sad frog"

"...a-a sad frog"?

"Just open the folder labeled 'frog and feels' "

"W-wha... what is this? There are hundreds of them. What are these for"?

"Nevermind that. Just look for the one called 'fregg', that looks like it had a seizure and attach it."
"Yes, that's perfect, you can send it now"

>>4901483
If there's a light breeze, I need it to be at least 75. Y'all need to stop living in cold places.

>>4902454
lyl

Is reading in the sunlight actually bad or are you guys trolling?

>>4902476
Personally, it hurts my eyes because of the sun reflecting off the pages. But I've been called a bitch ass pussy before, so take that as you will.

>>4902485
>I've been called a bitch ass pussy before

Let those among us who've not been called a bitch ass pussy before cast the first stone.

>>4901874
Murrican here. Just shot like six guys who were walking too slowly and then took the money off of their corpses. From there I walked into my favorite coffee shop, went behind the counter, took the coffee I wanted (without paying, of course), walked out and into a nearby bookshop, collected the books I wanted (without paying), burned the ones I didn't like, and then threw a few tomatoes (which I had taken for free at the market) at the nice lady working there.

>not living in the land of the free and the home of the brave

I feel sorry for some of you.

>>4902492
;)

>>4902547
Murrican here. Just waited in a long line of motorized scooters for a ridiculous amount of time (2 minutes) to get my super-saturated toxic sludge food. We don't have any coffee shops in my city because McCafe is better than some waste of space designed exclusively for coffee. Yeah, I didn't put an accent on cafe. Know why? Because my computer keyboard doesn't have it and I'm too fat and lazy to even open up the character map. Deal with it.

>>4901995
Well, it depends on what I'm doing that day, though I usually get in at the very least an hour of reading. Occasionally I'll structure an entire day around reading, taking small breaks here and there for food and exercise. I never really keep track of how many pages I read, though, because the speed at which I read depends on the difficulty and size of the text.

>>4902454
top kek

>>4902384
regio gent

Too cold.
/thread

>>4902454
You get a golden star

>>4902454

Giggled/10

>>4901382
>20 degrees, no clouds.
>reading a book at a 20 degree angle

>reading while comfortable

Confirmed for bourgeoisie pleb.

You're as bad as people who describe books as "great summer reads"

>going outside
disgusting

>>4902454
oh fuck

>>4902454
'You wanna post what about Rimbaud?'
'I want to fuck his boypussy'
'His what'
'Just fucking post it okay!?'

>>4902563
Britbong here, just talk a spiffing walk round the muzzie area, some of those dark little blighters gave me some right queer looks don't you know. Popped of down me mothers for a cuppa tea and sum biscuits and watched corrie, that roy's in a right state since 'aley died. Well thanks for listening to my day and I hope this message gets through the censor.

>>4902454

>>4906519


im dying squirtle

>>4901496
Dag vriend.
Wat was je aan het lezen?

>>4901382
>2014
>reading fiction

>>4906559
>2012+2
>reading

>>4906559
>151 AF
>Subscribing to the fact/fiction dichotomy.

>>4901382

>reading outside
>going outside

I prefer it being about near freezing and inside my bedroom

>>4906519
nice

>>4902454

>>4906519
"Well was there a reply?"

"None, they just ignored you."

"Reply to me and say 'You're a disgusting faggot, go back to forward slash a forward slash.'"
"Just do it, trust me. It'll start a discussion."

"What is forward slash a forward slash?"

"It's the 4chan anime board."

"What does anime have to-"

"Just post what I said, jesus!"

Five minutes later, "Was there any reply?"

"One."

"Well what does it say? Read it."

"'Samefag', thats it."

"Damn them... Damn them all... Report that guy and then reply to my original post and say that anyone who disagrees with this is cancer."

>>4906593
"Somebody quoted all of your posts and said, 'Fuck off faggot.'"

"... shit. Damn them, damn them, damn them. What has happened to /lit/ lately, it's nothing but shitposting and 'intellectual' autists. I remember when it was good."

"Do you... have a reply?"

"Hm? Oh, yeah. Tell them I was joking and they're all retarded for getting trolled."

>>4906593
'Fuck this, let's go on /tv/'

'Oh thank god, can we at least have a wayfoo thread'

'No fuck off, post a Bane thread again'

'Oh jesus fucking christ why?'

'It's funny'

'It's not it's irritating and I don't get it'

'FOR YOU lol', anyway just do it'

'Any replies?'

'Yes, but it's all the same sh- it's been deleted'

'He does it for free'

'So do you'

'What was that?

'N-nothing'

AGH I love this meme!

We should make this a thing guys. It's so random and epic :)

>>4901425
>why do i even come here

It's on the /lit/ starter kit

>>4906614
You're just mad that you aren't funny like us.

"Is there a bookshelf thread?"

"Uh... Yes, one."

"Okay, go into My Pictures and find 'bookshelf.jpg'"

"What is this? We don't own any of these books. You don't even read anymore."

"Shut the fuck up, it doesn't matter."

"Alright, alright... Are you just posting the picture?"

"No, of course not. Jesus. Write 'Just got done reading Pillars of the Earth again, what a book.'"

"'Pillars of the' what?"

"Earth."

"Yeah, what is that."

"It's a book."

"Have you read it?"

"Jesus, are we writing a summary about it? No! It doesn't matter just sa-"

"Ohh! I think I saw a TV show called that."

"Shut up! Just type that you're done rereading it!"

>>4901448
Hahahahaha

>>4906607
>>4906605
>>4906593

I spent the day at speakers corner and I am sunburnt as fuck. I wish I'd put on suntan cream and taken off my shirt so I could have tanned and wasn't just red from my collarbones up.

>>4901382
Reading under direct sunlight is not really my "ideal" way of reading.

"Some guy's made some joke posts about us. People seem to like it. If I'm honest it seems pretty funny man. Want me to post one of those gay reaction pictures you have?"

"A-are they laughing at my jokes? D-do they find me funny?"

"Um... you haven't made any jokes bro..."

"A-are you trying to say I'm not funny?"

"What? No, wh-"

"A-ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME? ARE THEY MAKING FUN OF ME?"

"Dude, chill the fuck out. Nobody is making fun of y-"

"I BET YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TYPING ANYTHING I'VE TOLD YOU. I B-BET YOU'VE JUST BEEN TELLING EVERYONE W-W-WHAT A LOSER I AM!"

"Jeff, stop shouting, you'll wake mum and dad up. And stop fucking touching yourself, I know it's involuntary when you get stressed but its fucking disturbing."

"I'LL TEACH THEM TO LAUGH AT PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ME. I-I'LL SH-SHOW THEM!"

"Jesus Christ, okay, fuck, just tell me what you want me to say..."

>>4906661
This in response to:>>4906614

My brother is a real asshole sometimes.

>>4902048
His stuff is fairly easy to read, but youll want to contemplate a bit on most of it.

>>4906550
ZO laat nog op de interwebz?

>>4906795
't is blok...
Wat denk je zelf?

I just can't find it within myself to take pleasure in such simple things for more than a moment. Deconstruction, analysis, interpretation, relation, reconstruction, creation- this is the substance of my stimulation and I can find no other sufficient satisfaction.

>>4906661
You peaked at the rimbaud boipuss joke, it's time to stop anon.

Quality posts tho m8

>>4907218
You need to wean yourself off this neurotic grasping and chill the fuck out then, friend.

>>4907261
Oh god I read the sad frog and rimbaud one when I was at my parents and burst out laughing. I couldn't explain why either even though my was asking. Yeah let me just say "boipussy" in front of my 65 year old grandmother. She laughed after though, when I did get a chance to tell her.

I've often imagined what it would be like for some suicidal NEETs parents/friends or a "normalfags" girlfriend (or even say, the average small town BCI investigator having to search through a computer)

>What the fuck
>Why are there 200 images of this frog?
>Why does this person hate jewish people so much?
>Did they make all of these?
>Is that a photoshop of a wiemeraner dog on a woman's body next to the same dog?
>The grammar is atrocious
>WHAT THE FUCK AM I FUCKING LOOKING AT

>>4907384
>Even though my girlfriend*** wanted to know

I'm sorry to be an attentionwhore and make this second post about being a cool guy who wears shades inside but that sentence and the one following are nonsensical without this post.

>>4902454
>>4901415
i don't understand, pls explain

>>4907261
>Mod deleted my reply to this

Are you fucking kidding? Now we're mass clearing posts from an IP that gets banned? Okay well we're educating then.

My name and subject fields are cool.

>>4907648
Email rather. Now it's subject. See? ;^)

Iove you, mod-kun!

>>4906803
Heb nog een weekske te gaan voor de blok alhier.

>>4902454
>>4901415
>>4906519

I almost considered passing this thread up

>>4902454

>>4902665
Wat studeerde?

I like to read with my back facing the sun, its beauty illuminating the pages of my book.

That or in my home near a window. There is a sort of ease of reading when natural light is present

>>4908671
Wow you sound like you're from the 16th century.

>>4908499
>Die afbeelding

Goeike

>>4908684
What is significant about the 1500's that would suggest that.

I imagine most people enjoy the warmth of the sun's gaze as well as not reading under a lamp or florescent light

>>4908499
>pic
top lyl

>>4901853
>tfw you'll never be a patrician

>>4901382
>Can a man ask for more /lit/?
Shade.

>>4901874
you mean the fattest country in the world right?

>Celsius
You are human filth.

>light breeze

Wind of any sort can fuck off.

>I'll never be in the middle of a field of grain, a golden sea as far as the eye can see, the setting sun washing the sky with a splash of burnt orange that makes me wonder which is more beautiful, the earth around me or the heavens above me.

It would be there that I would love to lay down and read.

>>4901382
>wanting hypothermia
ishiggity

>>4910761

That's a good way to catch ticks, anon

>>4910761
rustle crow pls

It's even better with a female laying her head down on your lap as you both read together.

Yeah it's great.
Except fucking bull grass and shitty ants everywhere jesus christ I hate my backyard.
The park about km away is great though. I've figured out their lawn mowing schedule and I go there during the three or four days before they mow it, feels like I'm reading on a bed under the sun. I'm sure I'll be half blind by the time I'm thirty but that's okay.

>>4910775
Wait, is it in Celsius or Farenhiet? Because if its Celsius then its like Antarctic weather.

>>4912041

>Half blind by the time I'm thirty

Why's that?

>>4912070
All I'm seeing in this thread is >lmao reading under the sun enjoy your tesseracts

Shitty thread, but hey, let's bump this thing!

>>4912454
bumping again

Reading outside is awful. Unless it's overcast. Then it can be nice sometimes.

Best way to read is indoors. Climate controlled. Next to a window. While it's raining. Snowing is fine too.

>>4912929
>bred in captivity

>>4912945
>implying being outside makes you free

>>4912948
>implying it doesnt

>>4912966
>implying freedom is a real thing.

>tfw no ex-porn star to read Zizek with

>>4913123
She looks like a faggot

>>4913135
More like a virgin!

>>4913142
I wonder what her feet smell like?

>>4913165
Farts, I hope.

>>4902020
>reading this fast
Pleb

>>4913222
>having double digit IQ
my condolences

>>4913165
She has nice feet.

>>4913226
I hope you win the fast reading competition

OFFICIAL READING PLACE POWER RANKINGS:

1 - Your Own Private Reading Room
2 - The Park (on a nice day)
3 - A (nice) Public Library
4 - Un Cafe
5 - The NEET Bedroom of Your Dreams
6 - The Pub

THEDANGERZONE:

A - An Inner-city Library
B - Public Transport
C - At Work

>>4901483
That's still on the chilly side.

>>4913242
Public transport is by far my favorite place to read. As long as people aren't being inordinately loud and obnoxious, which to be fair is relatively infrequently. I've taken long bus rides just to read.

>>4913227
Sauce

>>4913302
Trains are better I'd say. Less commotion, better seating.

>>4913302
>>4913314

Trains are fine.

Buses suck because when the roads are bumpy (which they mostly are here) everything jolts and such a situation doesn't exactly make reading small print enjoyable.

>tfw reading on the beach in koh tao
>beautiful women everywhere
>the feel of the sand between your toes and the sun shining on you
>reading paul theroux

that backpacker lifestyle. life is good

>>4913242

>Un Cafe
>The Pub

No?

I can't imagine why you'd think either is acceptable

>>4913242
>not putting sitting in the shade in a private garden/bacony on the top of your list

shiggeroo

>>4913361
>life is good
pleb detected

>>4902020
>60+ pages an hour for something simple like Game of Thrones
I remember timing myself when reading asoiaf. I read 50 pages in 3 hours and that was me delibaretely trying to read fast.
Fuck is there something wrong with me? It feels like i can't enjoy literature as much as others can because i take in information much slower than them.

>>4913812

You've been ruined by inferior forms of entertainment. Stop playing video games and watching tv.

>>4913361
>beautiful women everywhere
How beautiful?

> be in Egypt on holiday
> reading a paperback in the sun
> a page falls out
> shitty publishers damn
> a whole chapter
> the whole book

The sun melted the glue

fuck

>contaminated outside air

>>4901382
>posting a picture of you reading a book
i didn't know we had teenage girls on /lit/

>>4913828
Keep on fighting the good fight, my friend.

>>4913828
>You've been ruined by superior forms of entertainment.

Fixed that for you.

Storytelling was originally an aural and visual medium. It wasn't until the advent of written language and the printing press that reading became a widespread form of entertainment.

>>4911729

Are you implying ticks are somehow inferior to human beings? They only come for a better life. This anti-arachnid discrimination is getting pretty old. It's 2014 ffs.

Why is this thread still up, for christ's sake.

>>4914244
Deleuze said that dogs are pretty dumb, whereas ticks are cool, or something to that effect.

>>4902454
It seems so fucking authentic.

>>4906607
>'N-nothing'
Miss a golden opportunity right there, Banebro.

go away thread, go away!