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Hi lit. I'm mentally challenged. I can only read about 15 books a year, because when I try to read difficult works, I cannot get through them very fast. I wish that I had what it took to be a great reader, but I am biologically inferior due to my reading speed.

>> No.17837358

ok

>> No.17837383

>>17837358
I wish it was okay, but I feel the determinism of biological limitations and it fills me with sorrow.

>> No.17837467

bump

>> No.17838325

15 books is more than what 99.9 percent of people read. You're good.

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>>17837351
dang u are doing better than most people in my country let alone my town

>> No.17838488

If you’re mentally retarded you’ll love Atlas Shrugged

>> No.17838500

>>17837351
its better than reading nothing. what are you reading rn anon?

>> No.17838514

>>17838500
Pessoa, Borges, Cold Mountain, Zizek, Cioran, Adorno, Hegel's phenomenology of spirit with Sadler's lectures. I jump back and forth between these. I like shorter aphoristic stuff

>> No.17838523

>>17838514
You're not mentally retarded, you're just an asshole looking for external validation. Fuck you.

>> No.17838524

>>17838523
Lmao

>> No.17838530

>>17838523
Zizek got a second PHD at 35 and has probably read thousands of books. Him and most PHDs have read so much and can read very fast. I cannot.

>> No.17838534

>>17838514
>Hegel's phenomenology of spirit with Sadler's lectures
good shit. i think ill read that soon after im done with the book im currently reading
why do you jump between diff books like this? is it more fun that way?
also in general these books dont seem like the sort that is bad to read slowly of. honestly, there is a virtue to reading slow as well though i guess it makes seeing the larger picture harder

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>>17838523
are you worse than retarded anon... are you a shitposter?

>> No.17838547

>>17838523
Filtered

>> No.17838556

>>17838534
Some people just zoom through books. I jump between different books because in books that aren't a unified subject, it's not like you need to carry the train of thought with you to the next part. It depends on my mood. Hegel requires a little dedication but I'm on a Hegel break. Just finished annotating and summarizing the book up to the psychology section in the Reason section.

>> No.17838588

My thread is pruned, by this is still up?
God is a fuck xP

>> No.17838605

>>17838556
hmm i see. i should try reading less systematic stuff on the side. better use of one's time than browsing 4chan when i get mentally exhausted. btw did you see that one thread about this guy who apparently read at superhuman speeds (>>/lit/thread/S17322119)? honestly don't believe it, and even if it was true, idk how you can enjoy that. even having to reread passages over and over isnt a bad thing. means your brain is putting in work and growing

>> No.17838614

>>17838530
Who cares what Zizek does? You’re not Zizek.

>> No.17838836

>>17837383
Yes. Our biological limitations, coupled by the effects of our environment, create prisons that are difficult for us to perceive, let alone tear down. We suffer because we are not dead.

>> No.17839019

>>17838488
OP said he's retarded, not an idiot