Just admit it, most of you read to feel superior to others. Most don't appreciate the art of writing, why do you read anon?
Stop lying to yourself and to others

>>24521674 (OP)
>most
but not all. I am one of the elite readers.

>>24521689
Sure you are buddy

>>24521674 (OP)
Not me, I'm part of the minority of people who genuinely likes reading.

>>24521696
Sure you are buddy

>projecting this hard

>>24521674 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dclW-oDRrOo
How the fuck can´t you fucking appreciate this massive piece of pure fucking literature juice.

>>24521730
The one who is projecting is you buddy

>>24521695
Thank you.

>>24521731
Sorry I don't speak the ancient language known as 'German'

>>24521740
I'm not your buddy, friend

I read so can I can move on from a 4th grader's reading level

>>24521674 (OP)
I literally haven’t read a book in the last two calendar years and I don’t try to hide it.

>>24521706
Glad you understand :)

>>24521747
But I consider you a brother, my chum

>>24521743
https://youtu.be/OzMejWGirJs?si=ACOkHgL4r5Yh-Puu&t=1244
This monologue hits like a fucking truck once you start thinking about it.

>>24521752
Glad you comprehend things compadre

>>24521763
I don't deny that the monologue is great but why does he sound like a 'chud'

>>24521758
Father, please explain.

>>24521771
I love you as my own

>>24521770
The difference between chud and chad is a vowel.

>>24521674 (OP)
I read for both reasons actually, because I like it AND to feel superior to others.
What's your argument now?

>>24521770
I prefer this translation.
FAUST. Medicine, and Law, and Philosophy—
355
You’ve worked your way through every school,
Even, God help you, Theology,
And sweated at it like a fool.
Why labour at it any more?
You’re no wiser now than you were before.
360
You’re Master of Arts, and Doctor too,
And for ten years all you’ve been able to do
Is lead your students a fearful dance
Through a maze of error and ignorance.
And all this misery goes to show
365
There’s nothing we can ever know.
Oh yes, you’re brighter than all those relics,
Professors and Doctors, scribblers and clerics;
No doubts or scruples to trouble you,
Defying hell, and the Devil too.
370
But there’s no joy in self-delusion;
Your search for truth ends in confusion.
Don’t imagine your teaching will ever raise
The minds of men or change their ways.
And as for worldly wealth, you’ve none—
375
What honour or glory have you won?
A dog could stand this life no more.
And so I’ve turned to magic lore;
The spirit message of this art
Some secret knowledge might impart.
380
No longer shall I sweat to teach
What always lay beyond my reach;
I’ll know what makes the world revolve,
Its inner mysteries resolve,
No more in empty words I’ll deal—
385
Creation’s wellsprings I’ll reveal!

Well, he is thinking in retrospect after a life dedicated to knowledge that he doesn't actually know that much, if anything. So in a way it does sound like "it is over", and he is now thinking: "I'm sick of it, now what?"

>>24521779
I prefer the German original

>>24521775
But (you) are not true to yourself

>>24521674 (OP)
I read because I am superior

>>24521784
Me too, but still, what really matter is its substance. Consider your own life, how you are living it now, and that you might be gambling with time and contingency, and that at the end you might not even have anyone to bargain things and actually do something with everything that you got until now and that maybe it could actually be all in vain. I don't think that was the case for him, because he was a teacher, but I'm not a teacher, I just do things by myself.

>>24521779
We are naive but we all seek love.
As long as you have hope anything is possible

>>24521674 (OP)
It's true that I use reading to get a sense of superiority over others in my very lackluster life. I am truly pretentious; I've nothing to really back it up. But I also actually enjoy reading, and feel much better when my pretentiousness forces me to read, even if there's no one around to know that I've been reading. This is not only with literature, but my (warranted) inferiority complex makes me act like a better person in general, and when I feel like there's a risk I'll be judged by people I begin acting with calm, health, wisdom and general goodness to make sure I'm perceived as a good man. Maybe it's a kind of lie about myself, but I think my true self is just a self-pitying bitter bastard who lays down in the snow with a bottle of liquor one day soon, so I don't feel much of an urge to dispel my illusions.

>>24521674 (OP)
I don't read to feel superior, I read because I am superior.

Just kidding, I'm just introverted and sensitive

>>24521674 (OP)
filtered

>>24523546
Kudos to you for being open and admitting it.
Maybe what everyone lacks these days is purpose
>>24523580
<3

>>24521674 (OP)
Yes, and?

reading doesn't make you superior to anyone and I'm not saying this out of fake humility, it literally does nothing.

>>24523759
A man who has read all the classics of world literature is superior to a man who doesn't.

>>24521674 (OP)
I read to feel superior to others and because I appreciate the art. Maybe I am superior.

>>24523768
/lit/ users are the elite of the world.

>>24523763
in what way faggot?

like why do I need to learn math? I'm a retard with a smart phone so...

>>24521674 (OP)
Can't relate. I live in a high IQ country where almost everybody reads.

I read it because I love Mahler and wanted the context for the eight symphony. It didn't help that much lol

whats real anyways.

i keep a little notebook where i write down many of my epiphanies and tips on poetry. no one even knows i write poetry

picture a building, now describe that building through the eyes of someone who is unhappy. do not let the speaker say they are unhappy. once done title it something like "missing him" or "after the funeral"

LMAO
Of course I'm not fake.

I'm fuckingly superior to 99% of humans.
I don't read in public and never have literature conversations with anybody.
I read very difficult literature in my superior language.

Have a good day, barbaric moron

>>24524173
this post refutes your point because it looks like it's written by a moron.

>>24521674 (OP)
I am not superior to others, i am inferior to others, that is what makes me superior

>>24523759
reading gives you perspective and perspective is the basis of all decision making

I started reading because my friends would mock my literacy frequently. Now I am more literate than they are and terribly lonely because they think I'm a snob now.
Only books to keep me company, a viscious circle.

>>24524429
is that why you make shitty decisions that you regret all the time?

>>24521674 (OP)
>why do you read anon?
It's fun. I like learning things. Reading about history is both cool and sexy and I get to learn about fun things while I'm at it in an intellectually stimulating way

>>24521674 (OP)
The degree of intelligence a book must have in order to entertain someone is a good measure of this person's intelligence. Nothing wrong with being easily amused.

noooooo, you've got it all wrong. i feel superior to others and read to find reasons to justify this

>i watch intellectual japanese cartoons
>but i watch sexy japanese cartoons
>retarded fucking coomer
>retarded fucking pseud `
just like in my animes