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12179967 No.12179967 [Reply] [Original]

Is reading in public a pseud thing to do? I'm getting self-conscious about my reading habits.

>> No.12179976

A pseud thing to do is to are about what anyone besides your family, friends and business partners think of you.

>> No.12179979

Even breathing is a pseud thing to do when you're a pseud

>> No.12179992

>>12179976
I don't really care but I get stares every now and again.

>> No.12180034

Nobody gives a shit what you do in public unless you're naked and touching children.

>> No.12180224

>>12179976
I care what everyone thinks about me. Even when someone insults me on /lit/ I take it to heart and it chips away at me for at least half an hour.

>> No.12180228

>>12180224
Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot.
Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot. Faggot.

>> No.12180234

>>12179976
Based

>> No.12180242

>>12180224
Anon, I want you to know that unlike
>>12180228
I don't think you're a faggot. Being empathetic is cool, and you're cool.

>> No.12180243

Well depends on u

>> No.12180299

Getting self conscious about reading habits is one of the most pseud things you can do.

>> No.12180326

>>12179992
It's because you're good looking

>> No.12180327

>>12179967
I used to sketch with watercolors in public and nobody ever even looked at me

>> No.12180359
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12180359

Just get one of those fake dust covers for fun.

>> No.12180383

>>12179967
No, it is the ideal way to get sunshine, improve your mood, get a tan while learning something and potentially striking up a conversation with a stranger.

>> No.12180390

if you are reading for reading, then you should not give a fuck about it. But you're reading for attention. You're whore mr op.

>> No.12180449

>>12179976
Rased and bedpilled

>> No.12180667

>>12180326
I'm not good looking but I hope I'm not ugly enough to make people stare at me.
>>12180390
I definitely don't read for attention. I just think it's a good idea to spend my time reading whenever I'm on the move or when I just have nothing better to do.

>> No.12180676

>>12179967
Only pseuds think it’s a pseud thing to do.

/thread

>> No.12180702

>>12180224
I hate you.

>> No.12180731

>>12179967
I even get my textbooks out and start solving exercises while commuting. I don't really care enough to not take advantage of what little downtime I get.

>> No.12180745

>>12180731
Do you study STEM?

>> No.12180746

giant ass hardback that needs it own bag? pseud
kindle or pocketbook? still pseud
your pseud no matter what you do

>> No.12180751

>>12180746
>giant hard rock no matter what you do

>> No.12180789

>>12179967
Not where I live (Buenos Aires) but in Tokyo (I spend a lot of time there and I'll move in a few days) people use "neutral" dust jacket. I swear I've never seen a person in public reading a book without a dust jacket, literally never, and I see people reading books in public every day in Tokyo. At first I didn't pay attention to that detail, but now is really bugging me because I haven't seen the real cover of a book in years.

>> No.12180797

>>12180745
Yep, maths.

>> No.12180804

>>12179967
Now I must admit that I could not read at all and take your problem to be some inane bullshit.

Go to the shower and sleep. To work tomorrow. No other advice will come.

>> No.12182152

>>12179967
It's only a pseud thing if you do it to show off. Particularly in a busy place where nobody would voluntarily sit down to read otherwise.

>> No.12182236

I feel ashamed to read in public. Like something dirty you have to do at home

>> No.12182247

>>12180789
It's hentai

>> No.12182271

If you care about what people see you reading, yeah, that's one of the most typical pseud behaviors there are.

>> No.12182281

>>12180789
Let them read their self-insert light novels in peace.

>> No.12182287

>>12180789
I hate to read with the dust jacket (if you're talking about the paper cover that comes with hardcover books) because I feel like it's part of the decoration and I don't want to ruin it

>> No.12182289

Sometimes I think about reading on campus to pass the time but then I realize I haven't seen a person read a book public anywhere in this country in the last 6 or so years and my social anxiety and fear of standing out and being laughed at by the stacies with high-cropped tshirts kicks into high gear.

>> No.12182290

>>12182289
you're weak

>> No.12182298

>>12182289
>fear of standing out and being laughed at by the stacies
Be honest, do you even have a chance with a girl if you refer to her as a "stacy?" No. Who cares what she thinks, then? Read your book. She won't even notice you.

>> No.12182312

>>12182290
Very.

>>12182298
I'm not concerned about having a chance, I have a gf anyway. I have massive fear of social disapproval of any form.

>> No.12182335

>>12179967
Not at all. It may seem like that if you're actually busy with something else or you can´t concentrate in public but you're still trying to read.

>> No.12182350

>>12182312
>I have massive fear of social disapproval of any form.
Why

>> No.12182354

It makes me feel like a bit of a faggot sometimes but ultimately it doesn't matter. A lot of people read in public, and why wouldn't they? No one cares; the only ones that might are the curious few who wonder what you're reading.

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>>12179967
I always disliked people who read during lunch breaks. No decorum or class. ADHD tier mentality.
How about you just sit back, focus on your food and be grateful for the moment instead of wasting life with your neck bent and your nose in a book. Interesting too, the lunchtime readers I have known throughout life were always obese. Television and distraction while eating is one hypothesis for the rise in obesity. Surely, holding a book up reading while you shovel food in your face is going to have the same effect. There is a time to read, a time to eat, and they do not coincide.

>> No.12182386

>>12182350
Parents probably.

>> No.12182397

>>12182335
Yeah I get it. I just got over that in recent years. Confidence is hard to build, but I was able to do it by realizing that I will never fit in anyways, and that's okay.

>> No.12182398

>>12182386
You only have power over your own thoughts and actions. What other people think about you is neither your fault nor your responsibility.

>> No.12182618

If you live in some smaller ex-communism town then yes, everyone will look at you and gossip about you being pseud.

>> No.12182633

God damn the frogposters, they're a fucking plague