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>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... Stoner"
>*look of condescending disgust comes across face* "Oh... nevermind"
>qt walks away because she thinks you read Tucker Max-tier

Anybody else vain like me and feel this way about the title of this book?

>> No.9101135

>>9101127
It's an incredibly overrated book. But yeah, the title is bad too; or at least the title is bad nowadays. Not sure how long the word "stoner" has meant what it does now.

>> No.9101137

>>9101127
>can't bother even to read the title with her own eyes
>assumes immediately after it is spoken that it is a word rather than a name

Sounds like you dodged a bullet on that occasion.

Also, "intellectualism" is another word for "priestly," stop using this

>> No.9101139

>>9101137
Priestliness, rather

>> No.9101141

That's why you always pretend it's only the shortened version of one of those really long old titles.
>Stoner, or; The TRIALS AND times of an Engliſh tutor whose name is THE GIVEN TITLE.

>> No.9101144

>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... Infinite Jest"
>*look of condescending disgust comes across face* "Oh... nevermind"
>qt walks away because she knows you read slightly above-airport bestseller status books

Anybody else vain like me and feel this way about the book?

>> No.9101151

What if his last name was Boner?

>> No.9101154
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9101154

>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... Stoner"
>smirk arises on her face
>"wow anon, i'm impressed. let's exchange numbers!"
>receive text from her next day
>can hardly contain excitement
>"hey anon, can i pick up a dub?"

>> No.9101168

>>9101151
>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... Boner"
>qt immediately yanks her dress off and squats her Pawg ass on your ween, yelping with hysterical lust

that's a better outcome

>> No.9101179

>>9101168
>Pawg

I sincerely thank you for introducing my shut-in-ass to a new slang term.

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9101180

>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading
>keeps walking and takes the seat furthest away from you

>> No.9101191

>>9101179
Google that shit senpai dick will be diamonds

>> No.9101196
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9101196

>>9101144
>reading Infinite Jest in public
>qt asks what's it about

>> No.9101201

>>9101127
>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?">
"uh... Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West"
>*look of condescending disgust comes across face*
>*she spits*
>*qt gets up*
>*she is dancing, dancing*
>*qt waits for you to go to the toilet then goes in after you and proceeds to rape and dismember you, then rides away into a desert sunset of biblical proportions

>> No.9101205

>>9101196
hahahaha why does maathefrench Orson go so well with this post

>> No.9101211
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9101211

>>9101201
>she is dancig dancing

Top kek

>> No.9101218

>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"How to read a book"
>*look of condescending disgust comes across face* "Oh... nevermind"
>qt walks away because she thinks you are missing a chromosome

>> No.9101227
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9101227

>sitting on the public transporter
>Nubian princess sits next to me
>asks what I'm reading
>The Nigger of the Narcissus

>> No.9101260

>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"Ecce homo"
>*look of dissapointment comes across her face* "Oh... nevermind"
>qt walks away because she thinks you are gay

>> No.9101327

>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... The Republic"
>*look of condescending disgust comes across face* "Oh... nevermind"
>qt walks away because she thinks you're a sexist bigot white male that voted for Trump

>> No.9101346

>>9101127

No.

>> No.9101389
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9101389

>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... Discipline and Punish"
>*give you a flirty look * "Oh... you're into BDMS? Me too! Have you read 50 shades of gray?"
>"y-yea sure"

>> No.9101475

>>9101201
kek

>> No.9101508

>>9101327
But if you read the Republic you probably are a sexist, racist, misogynist shitlord (at least if you understood anything)

>> No.9101514

>>9101389
In reality you´re into pozz parties at the nearest hot bath, right?

>> No.9101523

Is there a book that is actually about some sad boy weed smoker?

>> No.9101527

@9101508
I'm not even gonna bother replying.

>> No.9101531

>>9101508
yes, how dare somebody read a book that might express ideas outside the conventional comfy zone? We should all exclusively read Zadie Smith. Not to mention the fact that it was written over 2 fucking thousand years ago

>> No.9101545

>>9101531
we simply hate women and nonwhites

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9101549

>>9101527
>@

>> No.9101553

>>9101545
nice

>> No.9101554
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9101554

>>9101545
They are simply, simply inferior my redpilled brother.

>> No.9101557

Williams is for people who don't understand Kafka

>> No.9101568

>>9101557
how do you mean?

>> No.9101584

>>9101568
>implying he's going to respond to you
>implying he even knew what he meant by saying that

>> No.9101691
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9101691

>>9101554
>>9101545

I actually like women.

Too bad they don't like me.

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9101963

>>9101691
It's ok anon. We all feel out here

>> No.9101977
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9101977

>Intellectual german qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... Mein Kampf"
>*look of condescending disgust comes across face* "Oh... nevermind"
>qt walks away because she thinks you are a white supremacist

>> No.9102012

>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
>*look of intrigue comes across her face* "Sounds interesting, can I take a look?"
>"sure"
>*she opens to the first page*
>Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo...
>*look of condescending disgust comes across face* "oh nevermind"
>qt walks away because she thinks you are mentally a 7 year old

Anybody else feel this way about the content of the books they read?

>> No.9102030

>>9102012
I kek'd way too hard

>> No.9102040
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9102040

>>9101523

>> No.9102081

>>9101260
>Intellectual
>would understand what "homo" in "ecce homo" means
>SHE DOESN'T KNOW NIETZSCHE
>pleb qt 3.14

>> No.9102097

>>9102012
Is this prose redeemed after reading for awhile or does this book continually sound like a hack dr seuss?

>> No.9102128

>>9102097
guess

>> No.9102131

>>9102097
No Joyce is the greatest inside joke in all of literary history.

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9102140

>>9101327

>> No.9102337
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9102337

>>9102128
>>9102131
Fuck i was actually thinking about reading portrait soon
should i just avoid joyce altogether then?

>> No.9102347

>>9102040
I guess I'll have to fall for the meme then
Wish me luck!

>> No.9102354

>>9102140
Will he complete the system of Platonic politics?

>> No.9102849

>>9101127
>you wake up
>turn to Christi Claire, your adoring wife
>"honey, I had the dream again"

>> No.9103647

>>9101135
You come off as dumb.

>> No.9103670

>>9101135
It's a great book. Great. Not overrated at all. Seeing the few /lit/ regulars post the book cover a lot doesn't mean it's overrated. There's a world outside /lit/ memes and your computer, you know?

>> No.9103699

>>9103670
They didn't write it like that and it was used as an imperative.

>> No.9103708

>>9101260
"Gay Science" would be funnier. Like some kind of queer studies.

>> No.9103724

>>9102337
No. The beginning of Portrait captures what it's like as a child, the opener being a nursery rhyme. Read it anon. Do not disregard Joyce.

>> No.9103900

>>9103670
I'm aware of this. Not sure what I said made you believe that I think this book is overrated based solely on what I've seen on /lit/.

>> No.9103903

>>9103647
Ouch.

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>>9101127
>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... t-tractatus logico-ph-philosophicus"
>*look of condescending disgust comes across face* "Oh... nevermind"
>qt walks away because she thinks you have autism

>> No.9104308

>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... t-the Satanic verses"
>*look of condescending disgust comes across face* "Oh... nevermind"
>qt walks away because she thinks you're an edgy satanist

>> No.9104312

>>9101201
Ok (spoilers for blood meridian) did the Judge rape and or kill the kid in the toilet at the end? I recently finished the book and wasn't sure what the fuck was going on at the final meeting.

>> No.9104322

>>9101691
>tfw

>> No.9104344

>>9104308
>>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>>"what's it called?"
>>"uh... t-the Satanic verses"
>>*look of condescending disgust comes across face* "Oh... nevermind"
>qt walks away because she thinks you want her to eat butterflies and you don't even have dalí's moustache

>> No.9104643
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9104643

This actually happened to me.

> reading Stoner while waiting for class to begin, second year of university
> girl in big Star Wars tshirt comes over and sees the author's name
> "I didn't know he wrote books, wow!"

>> No.9104650
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9104650

> someone at the same school as you
> they recognise that you post on 4chan
> now whenever they meet you, in public, they spout 4chan memes like Pepe, kek, dubs, and "you just got meme'd" all the time

>> No.9104652

>>9101127
Put a bit of an accent on it, like "Stoner".

>> No.9104655

>>9102097
He's writing it from the perspective of a 7 year old because the book is a semi-autobiographical novel about his own youth. The book gradually matures as he ages in it.

>>9102012
This happens too often on /lit/ with people who just dive straight into Joyce without any clue.

>> No.9104659

>>9101127
>middle aged man in old suit
>clearly an oil painting
>looks sad
If someone thinks it's about weed once they see the cover, they're too dumb to breed.

>> No.9104660

>>9102337
Your loss if you do, anon. That'd be foolish of you. Joyce is a treat if you appreciate prose.

>> No.9104765

>>9102337
read Portrait slept

it'll change your life

>> No.9104810

>>9101127
>"Whatcah Reading"
> "A book"

Where do you fall on the spectrum, anon?

>> No.9105135

>>9101260
>>9103708
this, why wouldn't you use the gay science instead

>> No.9105457

>Intellectual german qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... The Turner Diaries"
>*look of condescending disgust comes across face* "Oh... nevermind"
>qt walks away because she thinks you are vulgar person for reading someone's diaries

>> No.9105501
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9105501

>Reading in library top patrician /lit/ for a month now
>Havent met any qt or nonqt lit girl

>> No.9105614

>>9104643
fuck

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9105658

>intellectual qt 3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>hey anon, watcha reading?
>"Nothing"
>oh, ok
>she gets up and leaves
>showed that bitch who's the boss

>> No.9105664

>>9101135
>It's an incredibly overrated book

Fuck you, that's not remotely true.

>> No.9105670

>Intellectual qt3.14 sees you reading, sits next to you
>"hey anon, watcha reading?"
>"oh, n-nothing. Just this book"
>"what's it called?"
>"uh... Stoner"
>*look of disgust comes across face* "what was Edith's fucking problem?"
>qt turns out to be a legit irl Katherine

>> No.9105675

>>9101141
Underrated post

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9105780

Really makes those neurons fire....

>> No.9105790

>>9101127
>"I-it's a good book! It was written by John Williams D-do you know him?!"
>The initial disappointment turns into disdain as she frowns and says: "Go read your star wars pleb fantasy somewhere else, nerd."

>> No.9105803

>>9105780
This is supposed to make me like Stoner more, right?

>> No.9105975

>>9105664
The book is shit, man.

>> No.9105996

>>9104312
The judge rapes the kid's sister, Phoebe.

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>>9101201

>> No.9106737

>>9101196
>It's about...tennis?