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>decide to browse for some bookshelt tour videos
>95% are females
>100% are plebeians

How come?

>> No.12301222

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXXHXo4fReY

an example

>> No.12301234

haven't seen this shit explored to death on /lit/ before

>> No.12301248
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>>12301222
She's a woman of culture.

>> No.12301261

>>12301220
gee i wonder what kind of person would use books as mere vanity

>> No.12301272

>>12301222
I'd love to see her in thigh highs while I read Shakespeare to her in a smoking jacket

>> No.12301289

>>12301222
gib
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmRql5uwu2Q

>> No.12301294

>>12301220

People like the idea of appearing more cultured than they really are. Does this honestly come as a massive surprise for you?

>> No.12301306

this philosophy bookshelf tour from a philosophy professor is quite nice although not /lit/ style. but it's probably the best one in youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCsLFSR_Y94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCsLFSR_Y94

>> No.12301319

>>12301220
They probably read more than the average /lit/ user, even if they're reading YA.

>> No.12301373

>>12301319
so what? I rather read all Nietzsche in a year than 15 YAs a month

>> No.12301381

>>12301306
I wish he would push his books out more, makes the shelf look way better

>> No.12301390

Here's a good one
https://youtu.be/SYsL7BUO6c4

>> No.12301444

Definitely check out PaperBird on the Tube. Funny dude, but into some obscure pomo shit and generally avoids le memes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mESoUtItVL4
Link to his bookshelf tour (he only covers the first plank)

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>>12301248
with that pophead shit collection I beg to differ.

>> No.12301507

>>12301220
what is it with those fucking plastic pop figures
is it mostly an american thing?
i've seen them here in places like forbidden planet but i don't know a single person who owns one of them

>> No.12301514

>>12301507
Hyper consumerism and "nerdy" pop culture push this stuff and bug men NPCs eat it up
They should be put down like dogs imo

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>>12301222
I hate normies so fucking much.

>> No.12301591

>>12301220

more patrician library tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E8PGchwuGA

>> No.12301613

>>12301591
sure if by "patrician" you mean "boring as fuck"
isn't there anything in between the two extremes

>> No.12301628

>>12301444
great taste

>> No.12301639

>>12301306
You're wrong. This is easily the best one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RERGlWWoIvA

>> No.12301879

>>12301248
Please enlighten me on the appeal of Sarah Maas. there's some girls at work that are obsessed with this and I know 0 about it.

>> No.12301880

>>12301444
that was good. it actually went by too fast. his channel is similar to what i would like to do myself

>> No.12301897

>>12301591
>Au-gus-TEEN

>> No.12301958

>>12301222
>sorts alphabetically ALL the way across
lmao

>> No.12301978

>>12301306
Eyo was finna post that. Didn't this guy get memed a lot here some time ago?

>> No.12302452

>>12301220
Is this shelf /lit/ enough? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_CTdqJhyUI

>> No.12302501

>>12301222
>Bookshelf Tour
>First 4 minutes are all about fucking Funko Pops

>> No.12302503

>>12301879
Haha! Pleb!

>> No.12302568

>>12301591
This is pretty sweet

>> No.12302639
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>>12301514
>>12301507
It gets worse.

>> No.12302647

That feel when I have a friend who has a personal library of 60k+ books so even the "huge" library tours on YouTube always look really small to me

>> No.12302653
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>>12302639
I am at a loss for words.

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>>12302653
They have their own "biker" gang.
https://www.instagram.com/funkofiends/

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>>12302452
>my favorite philosopher is neetchee
>anime shit everywhere
oh noooo

>> No.12302725

>>12301220
everyone who actually reads enough to have good taste uses a kindle, onyl people with their entire collection as physicals are people who want everyone to know they read, they care less about reading and more about being seen as someone who loves to read

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>>12301222
Shes pretty young, and earnest about her hobby.
Its the need to broadcast that onto the internet that annoys me. Not to mention all the disgusting social media and donation whoring that comes with it.

>> No.12302978

>>12302452
>mozart in the background
>can't pronounce library
>can't pronounce nietzsche
>the green walls
>the anime plushies
fucking unbelievable

>> No.12303157

>>12301591
>defending middle-age literature after its omission from the Great Books series
Very comfy

>> No.12303196

>>12301220
that's the average person who is "into books"

>> No.12303206
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>>12302452
>/pol/ reading shelf
lol

>> No.12303212

>>12302452
this is the typical /lit/ poster now

>> No.12303632

>>12303206
well, the guy in the video sure as hell has a better selection than both ones in your picture

>> No.12304581

>>12302452
Disappointed someone posted cultured thug before me

>> No.12304585

>>12302452
55 minutes? fuck that
also he says "liberry"

>> No.12304681

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JuwEuMh-Nw
this girl is such a qt

>> No.12304685
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>>12302452
Americans not even once

>> No.12305026
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>>12302639

>> No.12305035

>>12304681
Did nobody teach this girl how to talk at a proper volume? Being boring and cute won't suffice in a decade or two

>> No.12305048

>>12305035
Her mom is getting banged in the next room and she doesn't want to interrupt.

>> No.12305076

>>12303206
There's literally nothing about hitler or jews on the left, kinda dumb meme.

>> No.12305079

>>12302452
>lie berry

>> No.12305080

>5% male
>0% non pleb
Objectively wrong. This guys collection is impressive even by /lit/ standards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fraBg8dIWDI

>> No.12305088

>>12305026
The popularity of reaction channels really bothers me, i feel like there's something important to be said about it but I'm too much of a brainlet.

>> No.12305119

>>12301514
>>12302639
>>12302653
>>12302691
>>12305026
I feel this totally mindless consumerism is at least partially responsible for the huge raise in number of people suffering from depression after they start slowly realizing how totally devoid of purpose or any higher meaning their lifes are.

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>>12301220
>funko
God have mercy on her soul.

>> No.12305161

>>12302452
>so many hard-hitting APHORISMS

>> No.12305267
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>>12305080
Has a fucking Dumbledore quote on his wall.

>> No.12305280

>Funko and Disney shit
every
time

>> No.12305285

>>12305080
That music hurts my soul

>> No.12305299

>>12305026
grim

>> No.12305778

>>12301272
Grammar question. Who’s smoking in a jacket, you or her? Apologies, English is not my mother tongue

>> No.12305787

>>12305778
He's wearing the jacket, but the phrasing is a bit odd

>> No.12305807

>>12301222
>funkopop
What the fuck are those and why does she have so many of them? Never heard of them before in my life. Is it some trend?

>> No.12305927

>>12305807
nunerds are obsessed with them

>> No.12306032

>>12305080
>>12305080
Someone please explain the obsession with those plastic figurines. What the fuck is it? Some Americanism I missed?

>> No.12306044
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>>12306032
Consumerism and manchildren
So yes, America

>> No.12306064

>>12306032
they're cheap and all the same, which means that they can be mass produced and you can have one from all of your favourite franchises, from Twin Peaks™ to Star Wars™.

>> No.12306258

>>12301591
very nice

>> No.12307603

Fresh French bookshelf tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh2OtR7Oyyw

>> No.12307620

>>12305088
I don't know if there is much that needs to be said. It's just a cheap and lazy way to make a video (and money)

>> No.12307680

>>12301373
This man speaks the truth.

>> No.12307906

>>12301248
>Sarah J. Maas
I'm glad some booktubers are realizing she's shit. Stop giving money to hacks. The same thing to Cassandra Clare.

>> No.12307954

>>12305119
I'll never understand the need for plastic crap. This Christmas was the best one for me because I got things I can actually use after 20 years of getting junk.

>> No.12307959

>>12307954
Underwear?

>> No.12307978

>>12307959
Coffee pots, beer, and cash.

>> No.12308755

>>12305778
The jacket is smoking

>> No.12309125

>>12301220
>>12301222
>muh YA
>muh harry potter
>pop figures
>haha i'm so nerdy xD
Every time. Burn the books put the figures into landfill.

>> No.12309134

>>12308755
Yes, but whose?! Yours or hers?

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>>12309134
His. Women do not wear smoking jackets.

>> No.12309149

>>12305026
He's doing it on purpose, it's just satire? R-right?

>> No.12309198

>>12301639
based and upvoted

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>>12301591
>this one's my favorite
>see how worn it is?
spine checking pseuds absolutely and forever BTFO

>> No.12309228

Gosh, OP, what a mystery. Probably because anyone in the world can buy a book or books.

Don't show me stuff you have bought. Show me how you have benefitted by having that stuff.

>> No.12309235

>>12301220
>>12301222
Why are these YA hardbacks always so fucking massive?

>> No.12309245

>>12309235
because when you actually have an audience to sell to you can lavish some attention onto the quality of the product.

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>>12301306
based

>> No.12309272

>>12302639
>when $1560/year on plastic garbage is the amount you settle for

>> No.12309319

>>12301591
>EOP shelves
>"patrician"

lol?

>> No.12311111

>>12307603
C'est toi ?

>> No.12311201

>>12306032

basically

>cuuute potter figures!!! :3 :3 :3 aaaahhhhhhhh

Mindless consumerism

>> No.12311598

>>12309319
what does eop stand for? i am a bong

>> No.12311973

>>12305088
look up the concept of "interpassivity" as defined by pfaller and then popularized by zizek. for example, canned laughter makes it so that it doesn't matter if you get the joke because the show is already laughing at itself. these guys provide an analogous service in the realm of nerd hype: you don't even have to be excited, there's a helpful face next to the trailer being excited for you. and if you don't have time you can just look at all the thumbnails of the gaping faces: it's official, excitement is being had, with no pressure on you.

>> No.12312098

>>12305807
I buy Pops of characters I like so that I can look at them and be reminded of the character that I like. Sometimes they work as a conversation starter, such as when someone sees Ron Swanson on my desk and throws out a quote. Sometimes I'll be childish and play with them. Why not? (I also have a handful of Legos on my desk for similar reasons

>> No.12312378

>>12302452

tw: antisemitism at 30:10

>> No.12312391

>>12312098
holy redddit batman

>> No.12312406

>>12312098
you have to go back

>> No.12312590

>>12312391
>>12312406
Who are you to determine what other people should find cute and choose to collect? Just because it is not of interest of value to you does not mean it is a waste of money to others.

>> No.12312599

>spending all that money on that printed garbage
I'm really glad I got an e-reader so long ago.
I can read all the mediocre literature i want for free and without it littering my living space.

>> No.12312848

>>12311973
Thank you for introducing me to a new concept, it is for posts like these that I come to /lit/

>> No.12312893

Are there girls that actually read good shit instead of just going the "nerdy girl omg i read 9999 pages in two days"?

>> No.12312923

>>12301289
I'd like to read her books, as in, fuck her titties, if you know what i mean lads.

>> No.12312983

>>12305080
Jesus Christ

it's the same thing but with a guy

>> No.12313036

>>12312893
Does it matter they are women?

>> No.12313065

>>12312590
Men don't collect plastic toys.

>> No.12313072

>>12313065
Are tanks model ok?

>> No.12313136

>>12313065
4chan is a babyish "hobby" too.

>> No.12313205

>>12313136
this.
4channel is the big boy hobby.

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>>12302639
>So starving for identity that he clings to the manufactured and focus-group tested consumer culture to such an extent that he's liable to spend more than $150 a month on fetishes of symbols designed to be devoid of definite meaning.
>Relies so heavily on the approval of others or is otherwise so devoid of the ability to form his own opinion that he is not able to experience or enjoy something approved by whatever collectives he belongs to without erecting a plastic shrine to it.
>So weak willed that despite his fanaticism his wife is able to step in and control him in whatever way she feels is necessary.

I don't know what's most pathetic.

>> No.12313259

>>12301390
the only cool person ITT

>> No.12313329

>>12312893
>are there any women doing the version of X that doesn't get them large amounts of social validation?
No.

>> No.12313843

>>12312893
>actually having to ask this
People that read actual literature and not YA/genrefic are a minority in general. Yes, there are women that actually read.
Off the top of my head, Joanna Newsom - best contemporary lyricist by far for my money - has cited both Nabokov and Joyce as influences, and it shows in her own use of language.

>> No.12313941

>>12305026
He is purposefully overacting right

>> No.12313994

>>12313941
Yes, but not as a joke - and his audience doesn't take it as a joke either. Capeshit nerds actually don't see what's wrong with this.

>> No.12314053
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Average bookshelf tour:
>funko pop
>star wars
>funko pop
>harry potter
>funko pop
>something from avengers and/or disney that isn't related with literature
>funko pop
>no biographies and no classics
>funko pop
>funko pop
>80% of the books are just american YA novels
>funko pop
>not a single books that was released before 1991 except The Hobbit
>funko pop
>poster from a shit hollywood adaptation of a book/comics
>funko pop
>funko pop
>mostly female authors
>funko pop
>funko pop
>John Green
>funko pop
>funko pop
>funko pop
>funko pop
Stephen King
>funko pop
>funko pop
This is what happens when you mix cannabis, estrogen and funko pop with shit ideas like "man cave" and "flexing".

>> No.12314114

>>12314053
>no biographies
And That is a Good Thing!

>> No.12314130

>>12302639
I legitimately thought this was a mother and son contract. My horror when it was a grown man

>> No.12314145

>>12302639
We must burn the West

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>>12301222
She has 5 copies of the first Harry Potter book.

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NEW EMMA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQwIGAtvB1c

>> No.12315470

>>12303206

The left is a shelf for The_Donald. The fact that anyone thinks the shelf on the right is intellectually impressive enough to make an image bragging about it is just fucking sad.

>> No.12315509

>>12311973
Reminds me of how shitty films use mostly mediocre, but highly emotional music (if that makes sense) to tell the viewer what to feel, because the director/actors/scriptwriters aren't skilled enough to provoke any real emotion through their own work.

>sad violin

>> No.12315831

>>12301222
It's not the kind of books I would read, for sure, but I'm pretty glad for her. She seems to be happy.

>> No.12317034

>>12314368
Yikes!