/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.10093700]

>approach that nerd whos hunching over magic mountain in the library again
>ask him if he's a big fan of german literature
>yeah i read hesse, zweig (im huge wes anderson), uhm yeah... go-tuh..
>mfw

[Anonymous No.10093711]

[Anonymous No.10093728]

>>10093700
>be me
>at Sydney uni book fair the other month
>happen to be there at the same time as a fellow /lit/izen
>we find each other, start browsing together
>other guy points to philosophy section and says "Look dude, they all fell for the starting with the Greeks meme!"
>i say nothing
>guy points at the feminist section and does a greentext arrow with his hand and says "implying women can write"
>guy points at a DFW book "you should do this, get it!"
>i tell him i have to go
>i leave
>didn't even get to buy anything

[Anonymous No.10093800]

>>10093728
This sounds like a truly horrible experience

[Anonymous No.10093828]

>>10093728
banter

[Anonymous No.10093870]

>>10093728
>starting with the Greeks
>meme

[Anonymous No.10093872]

>go to fave antique shop
>lots of books
>1922 inside complete with cute literary girl at cash register
>go there for years
>June 2017
>just broke up, on a mission to fuck someone
>hunter.jpg
>Time to have a go at antique shop girl
>"hey do you have Sartre or Camus?"
>"Light reading for the beach, huh? Let's see"
>she smiles
>she'll get the pipe mane
>"I can give you French copies. Nothing else right now. Do you speak French?"
>"Yes. "
>I don't
>she says something in French
>wtf
>I just nod
>asks something in French
>something about essays
>"I've read most of Camus essays, something else"
>she hands me a book
>don't know what it is
>better buy it and leave before I'm compromised
>"This will do"
>she giggles
>damn she's down to fuck, I'll get her next visit
>I pay
>Go home
>it's a collection of Camus' essays
>she greets me in French when I see her in front of the shop ever since
>never go inside again

Rip shop 2012-2017

[Anonymous No.10093874]

>>10093728
JEJ

[Anonymous No.10093888]

>>10093872

[Anonymous No.10093907]

>>10093872

Guaranteed she knew that you were lying the whole time. If you go in and admit that you lied about knowing the language out of awkwardness and then felt obliged to keep the lie going in panicked resignation she might find that honestly appealing and give you her number for real.

Or it might make that autism fest far worse than it already is. Kek.

[Anonymous No.10095298]

>>10093872
See if she'll teach you French

[Anonymous No.10095339]

Is she about to say shunamitism? What a kind woman.

[Anonymous No.10095936]

>currently moving to another place about two miles away, begin taking my stuff over piecemeal
>get a text whilst packing up one of my book shelves
>someone I'd met at a party has asked if im free to smoke
>"yeah sure"
>lass comes over, walks in to see a living room with no TV, the router unplugged from the wall, and a fuck load of books
>awkward small talk as she is clearly a little bit "???" at the state of the place
>watever, put on the radio and its on BBC Radio 4
>at this point I'm perspiring heavily
>"anon is that just people speaking? haha thats weird why would you listen to it?"
>crack jokes about beloved BBC Radio 4
>suggest getting some takeaway after we smoke
>'right anon, try and avoid appearing aloof and pretentious and I'll probably get laid'
>we get Indian, I go to get cutlery
>no cutlery
>I had took the cutlery to the new flat
>"haha so I dont have any forks or spoons or anything so maybe like you could use a wooden soon and ill just use my hands?"
>I knew when I handed her the wooden spoon that I wasnt going to get laid
>as im eating my lamb rogan josh with my hands like a tramp I can see her basically looking at me in disgust
>only had toilet roll to wipe my hands
>cheap toilet baby is now starting to stick to my hands in little threads
>she says she has a headache
>leaves a garlic naan, nearly all her biryani


kill me

[Anonymous No.10095975]

>>10095936
Laughed
I feel like if you could pull it off a true shabby /lit/ room would work, esp with a piano and scattered papers

[Anonymous No.10095997]

>>10095975
go back to /fa/

[Anonymous No.10096027]

>>10095997
Aesthetics over gay prose

[Anonymous No.10096057]

>>10093870
yeah, it's obviously "start with the greeks meme" baka

[Anonymous No.10096070]

>>10093872

Just tell her that you don't really speak French and that you were just being polite. Smile and laugh. She won't analyse the situation and you could even joke about getting her to teach you French sometime.

[Anonymous No.10096101]

>>10096070
>She won't analyse the situation
nigga, I'm pretty sure everyone analyses reality at least on this kind of level.

[Anonymous No.10096109]

>>10093700
>approach the nerds who are at black mountain
>ask them if they read any german literature
>yeah kinda i mean there's too much to read (i'm a huge documenta), uhm yeah... nick land..

:(

[Anonymous No.10096138]

>>10093872
Fuck you, it was so easy

>do you know french, anon?
>nope. Do you?
>yes
Maybe she says something in French
>oh where did you learn it
Some other bs
> do you give private lessons?

If say she's not you go
>well, what if we go get s coffee anyway?

[Anonymous No.10096149]

>be eurofag studying English in local college
>started my second-year undergrad last Monday
>the first class is literally called "reading"
>prof ask us one by one what books have we read lately
>all I've read over the past month is the HP saga because my gf loves them
>ohno.jpg
>start thinking what I had read before 'arry
>can't remember
>it's almost my turn
>thinking about running away
>"so what about you anon?" prof asks
>start sweating profusely
>playing for time
>"it's uhh....."
>think of /lit/ of all the places
>"it's called Infinite Jest"
>she seems impressed
>"really? what did you like the most about it?"
>remember the water meme
>"the bit about fish in the water"
>she seems satisfied and walks away
>tfw I've been saved by shitposting

[Anonymous No.10096161]

>>10096149

She was laughing at you fool