>You could instead spend on books and build your own personal library for the money that otherwise you would have used to buy video games.
How do you respond to this, calmly?

>>713347839 (OP)
I spent $100 on an ereader to pirate hundreds of books, like I do with my games

i dont care

>>713347839 (OP)
Valid, however I have an e-reader and just download books for free and put them on there. Aside from the initial outlay for the e-reader itself, I don't spend anything on them.

>>713347839 (OP)
I have over 2000 books. I payed the same amount of money for them as i did for my games $0

>>713347839 (OP)
>buying books
Go to a liberry retart

I don't pay for books or games.

>>713347936
fpbp

>>713347936
Based and same. I've pirated so many games and books over the years.

>>713347839 (OP)
i hate physical books

>>713347936
FPBP
The only reason to have a big library is to impress people with how much you read, which probably means you don't read.

>>713347839 (OP)
>buying video games
look at this kid

I do both though, because I'm not poor and or a pleb?

>>713347839 (OP)
but then i'd have to read those books and i don't want that

>>713348138
You have utterly terrible taste. Are you a woman?

>>713347839 (OP)
"I know, but I actually want the video games."

>>713347839 (OP)
I read digitally. When I moved out of my parents I left 90% of my books with them but brought every single action figure with me.

>>713348336
I'm a 30 year old man.

>>713348138
What the absolute fuck is wrong with you?

Chief Many Book say book should be free, like game and buffalo.

thread sucks, check out my cat instead

>>713347936
Based and same but I buy indies on sale for 5 bucks to support dev occasionally

>>713347936
this
>>713347839 (OP)
i am nomad, don't have space for all that books

>>713348035
whats life like in your empty featureless 100% digital cube

There's only so many books you can store in an apartment compared to vidya

>>713347936
/thread
I sometimes buy volume 1 of a series if I liked it

>>713348401
I do not believe you. Perhaps you are gay, though. Many of those flock here. Far more than women.

>>713347839 (OP)
>yeah i guess i could have done that.
I dont see any reason why this should elicit any kind of negative response.

>>713348456
Chief Many Books is right
I will follow him on warpath

>>713348462
That's one handsome fellow you have.

>>713348554
I mean you can believe what you want, I won't try to stop you.

>>713347839 (OP)
Holy shit, a talking cat!!

>>713347839 (OP)
>the money that otherwise you would have used to buy video games
All zero dollars of it?

>>713348508
Affordable

>>713347839 (OP)
If you're an actual book liker, you'd know books are just as much of a useless hobby as video games (albeit it fun), and there are so many shitty books out there where you're better off spending your time masturbating than reading.
You're an absolute retard if you unironically think saying "bro just read ANY book" is an actual good advice.
"Read books and build your own personal library" self-help fags aren't actually a book fan, they are an absolute pea-brains that fetishes the idea of reading more than wanting the book's content, might as well as tell people to "go and wear glasses to make yourself look smart"

>>713348138
Read something serious jesus!
Also capeshit tier chart (thunderbolts)
Absolute brain rot!!!

>>713347839 (OP)
Name 20 new and good books

>>713348356
>brought every single action figure with me
Can you show your collection?

>>713347839 (OP)
OR OPTION 3

GAMES: PIRATE ALL VIDEO GAMES

BOOKS: BUY EREADER (NOT REQUIERED IF YOU READ ON PC / LAPTOP) AND PIRATE ANY BOOK YOU WANT

PROBLEM SOLVED.

>>713348707
>"go and wear glasses to make yourself look smart"
that actually is not that bad advice(may even work)

>>713348508
OP was talking about books sped, don't assume shit about my house

>>713347839 (OP)
I buy books too. I don't buy as many games these days.
I am slowly reading through 1984. It is a great book, but I have to take breaks because it depresses me.
I also am reading a book about M.C. Escher, one of my favorite artists.

>>713348138
Fantastic taste. Far better than these larpers pretending they read philosophy.

>>713347839 (OP)
>How do you respond to this, calmly?
.pdfs are free

>>713348804
>(NOT REQUIERED IF YOU READ ON PC / LAPTOP)
You really should spend for an e-ink ereader. It's so much nicer on the eyes for extended reading.

>>713347839 (OP)
Check out all the books I've read this year, bros

>>713348660
>Darkness that comes before in DNF
Oh fuck off

>>713348912
I do have it but its not needed if you are cheapmaxxing

>>713347839 (OP)
No one has written anything worth reading in over two decades. The biggest bookfags today are femcoomers, and their books are porn.

>>713348804
>NOT REQUIERED IF YOU READ ON PC / LAPTOP
Reading for more than 10 minutes on a standard monitor is like staring into the sun. Literally how?

>>713347839 (OP)
>books are somehow better than games
it's all entertainment and reading isn't going to make you an interesting person, but people that don't read are pretty retarded

>>713347936
fiddy biddy

>>713349076
Lower the brightness? Use dark mode?

>>713349175
nta but that doesn't do shit
An e ink display will change your life as a reader

>>713349076
It's not if you reduce your brightness to normal levels. Granted, a lot of monitors have ridiculous default levels and/or people are retards.

>>713348804
Option 4
Pirate audiobooks and listen

>>713349240
Try reading while the sun is out then surely you jest

>>713349307
you have never used e-ink display

>>713349302
that's for zoomers/browns who lack an inner monologue

>>713348707
I know a girl that has a huge library in her study and all the books are dark academia romance novel slop and when she's not reading that she reads yaoi fanfiction
I can respect the autism and I bet she can read real fuckin fast but she's still retarded

>>713349307
>wanting cataracts
>not using a lamp

>>713348138
hating on brandy sandy is such a reddit opinion

>>713347839 (OP)
But I do both + vinyls

I pirate most if not all games and only buy second-hand books.

>>713349240
E-ink displays are totally worth it, but normal screen brightness is not like looking into the sun. Looking into the sun for even just a few seconds can cause lasting damage. I've been staring at monitors for multiple hours a day for the past ~20 years and I'm just somewhat near-sighted.

>>713349432
nigga pls
I read hundred if not thousand books in my life but audiobooks are really great especially that when I get older I started to skim over more boring part of the books, you can't really do that with audiobooks
I get plenty of historic audiobooks and they are great(if narrator is good)
Usually listen them in work, Finished Herdotus recently - it was great

>>713349432
I can't read while I work faggot

there's only like 20-30 really good books worth reading though

That's why you buy rare doujjnshi for your library

>>713347839 (OP)
i can spend money on both because i am not poor

>>713349447
>I know a girl that has a huge library in her study and all the books are dark academia romance novel slop and when she's not reading that she reads yaoi fanfiction
Quite a lot of women read books but 99.999% of them aren't smart nor built a good "personal library" with those books.
If they weren't reading romance slops, they are reading a dumb self-help books for women with mid-life crisis, or an autobiography written by some celebrity for gossip whores.
There's a reason why those absolute slops are displayed at the storefront of book stores, and I think this habit of "reading" devolves personality more than develops them.
As much as I like reading books, "READING = INSTANT GOOD" mindset is detrimental to society.

>>713347936

>>713349241
No matter the brightness, my eyes start to hurt 10-15 minutes in. If I ignore it, my head starts hurting as well. Only with breaks and painkillers can I read on a monitor for prolonged periods of time. Never happened with paper. I don't read books often, so buying an e-reader is not very smart, but when I do, audio books are a lifesaver

>>713349432
>>713349432
I never understood that
Apparently people can read without saying the words in their head?
I can't even fathom the idea
Are their any inner monologue-less anons here that can explain that demonic shit?

>>713347839 (OP)
Recommend me some books, anons.
I enjoyed reading Meditations, Atomic Habits and Tao Te Ching. I don't know if I want to read fiction, maybe some sci-fi if so.
Tried reading some "advanced" philosophy (?) like Nietzsche but I got filtered by it

>>713348462
Fluffy

>>713349736
Name them.

>>713347936
Ebooks are garbage. Only ebooks you should ever pirate are textbooks for college

>>713348138
Is this what Americans read? Lol

>>713350113
Dune is good sci-fi
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton is a good introductory book
The Count of Monte Cristo was fantastic, don't sleep on fiction I think it's great

>>713350192
other way around. textbooks and reference books are the only ones worth having physically

>>713347839 (OP)
I spend almost nothing on games because almost nothing worth buying gets made. I also spend almost nothing on books because my city has a public library.

>>713350113
read some ancient sources like Xenophon or Herodotus
They are great read

>>713349627
You didn't finish shit. You didn't read shit.

>>713350113
But What if We're Wrong? By Chuck Klosterman

>>713349429
Yes I have and I have a phone and monitor too neither of which hurt my eyes when I read text on them.

>>713350370
>t. illiterate projecting
I used to camp few public libraries in range and reading practically everything I could get my hand on

>>713348138
>capeshit, halo, star wars
Embarrassingly millennial list.

>>713350113
I can recommend Recursion by Blake Crouch
It's a scifi thriller about memory manipulation

>>713347839 (OP)
I'll concede that i probably should've gotten some technical manuals and textbooks over the years even if I couldn't've actually gone into engineering or mechanicing or electricitying or pc-ing or whatever else. Could've dropped a few hundred over the years for whatever i could've got with that

>>713350113
Autumn in the heavenly kingdom- Stephen R. Platt.
Taiping rebellion was nuts

>>713347839 (OP)
Isnt that from the oompa loompa poems? That shit always struck me as Dahl terrified of losing his job.

>>713347839 (OP)
I have reasonably sized libraries of both. The books I always pay for unless they're gifts though. And yes I've read them they're not just shelf filler.

>>713350613
I've been reading a good amount of historical novels about the east lately. When you have that long of a history recorded tons and tons of wild shit happens.

>>713349627
>I read hundred if not thousand books in my life
Bullshi–
>I started to skim over more boring part of the books
*Deep inhale*
>historic audiobooks
KILL YOURSELF NOW! YOU HAVENT READ A SINGLE BOOK IN YOUR WHOLE FUCKING LIFE

>>713347839 (OP)
>buying books you won't read and only take pictures of to pose on social media
Only buy things you're passionate about and will use.

>>713350271
>>713350359
>>713350398
>>713350553
>>713350613
Thanks, I'll check them all out.

>>713350456
>poor
>audiobooks
Makes sense.

>>713347839 (OP)
I laugh at the notion that they pay for just text on some paper that I can read for free.

>>713348456
That's my chief. I voted for that guy.

>>713348462
he floof

>>713347839 (OP)
I don't have a compulsion to collect and hoard material possessions. I only care about experiencing the art itself.
I pirate or buy depending on whatever's most convenient for me at the moment or if I want to support the creator.

>>713347936
Ereaderfags, Kobo Clara BW and Kobo Libra 2? It seems it comes down to preference in form factor but without them physically in my hands not sure which I'd prefer.

>>713350113
Read crime and punishment

>>713347839 (OP)
nothing wrong with books, it would be good to have both vidya and books.

>>713347839 (OP)
i cant read sorry

>>713347839 (OP)
I already have an entire wall full of books

>>713347839 (OP)
>toxotranny
>shit thread for retards
Name a more iconic duo

>>713347839 (OP)
Books are just annoying deadweight if you're like me and move every few years. Twice i've built a decent sized library only to eventually have to leave it behind due to moving.

>buying books

Unless they're artbooks, nigga why? Libgen exists.

>almost done reading The Count of Monte Cristo

>>713347839 (OP)
I pirate my games and my books, and buy second handed books for my personal library

I can't read books because they bore me, like most things in life that don't offer dopamine shots. Having ADHD is brutal.

>>713350921
I love it when /v/ talks about literally anything some retard shows and says "WHY DON'T YOU STEAL IT? YOU CAN STEAL IT, YOU CAN JUST STEAL IT, GUYS!"

>>713350590

>>713348505 but also this. Was nomading for a long time

>>713350825
I have the kobo bw
I got it for the small size and I luv it

>>713347839 (OP)
“I’ve already done and currently continue to do that.”
Also, use your local library.

>>713350921
You are boring. You must be a chore to be around.

>>713350998
what are the ethics of pirating a book if the author is already dead though

Did you know King James saw a guy get possessed so intensely that he started morphing into a demon and floating to the ceiling?

>Read all day for work
>Come home, don't want to see another printed word for as long as I live
Do any of you guys get this? Only time I get any recreational reading in is on vacation.

>>713350754
yeah and? gonna buy me home where I can store all books I dont have?
no? then fuck off
>>713350717
>Bullshi–
nigga, I am 42 years old
I started reading at age 7, when I had like 8 I read King Rat by Clavell, I used to read around 100-150+ yearly when I was in the school
when I get older and working I didn't have a lot time to read
why you so angry for no reason?

>>713351134
yes and it's such a shame. I find reading pretty exhausting especially if it's a difficult book so I can rarely bring myself to do it unless i'm NEETing or on holiday

>>713347936
I would do this but I love physical books too much
Outside of experiencing the medium, I get an extra tactile bonus of turning pages and closing a book once I finish it
Plus rare and well-crafted tomes are always beautiful to see

>>713351004
I still cary few books but its more like relics, I read on kindle or listen to audiobooks

>>713351223
Good lord, you are pathetic.

im thinking of upgrading my kindle since it must be about 10 years old now
what is the basic best e-reader? something a bit large kobo or alternative pls i don't want amazon

>>713351134
My last job was either all boom or all bust, so we'd have days with absolutely nothing to do but since we could technically have a job come in at any time we still had to be there. I did tons of reading, and it was great at first, but then I began to hate reading. I wouldn't want to read at home, and then eventually I didn't want to read at work either, so I'd end up spending eight hours a day trying to find something to watch on Youtube or god forbid staring at my phone.

>>713351380
no, u

>>713351438
what did you read?

>>713351315
I need a tech manual on how to pirate things haha

>>713348138
>>713348660
Holy fuck this is so much worse than mccarthy/DFWfags or booktop gooner slop

>>713348917
if you liked white noise, you should read libra. easily the best delillo novel

>>713351523
Mostly comics. That time coincided with me really finding interest in them and when I started to appreciate the library, so I taste tested a lot of first volumes to see what I would want to buy to keep.
Eventually I wanted something with more meat so I wasn't blowing through multiple different books a shift so I started earnestly reading literature for the first time in my life. I'm thankful that stuck, at least.

>>713351778
>mostly comics

>>713351223
Oh wise one, what dost thou consider the greatest book ever written?

>>713351857
Friendly reminder we're on a board for video games. You disregarded the rest of the post anyway.

>>713351778
>Mostly comics

>>713351679
Its bait images kek

>>713351861
How to Win Friends and Influence People — Dale Carnegie (PBUH)

>>713351974
It's not

is this what /lit/ is like?

That’s a cat.

>>713352121
more or less

>>713352121
bunch of fart sniffers over there trying out creative writing tasks to bait you

>>713352095
Burn this world to the ground

>>713352121
/lit/ died of cancer a long time ago but it used to be the best board on the site a long time ago

>>713351993
Second this

>>713352121
No this thread is actually better than any lit thread in the last 2 years it is that low quality

>>713347839 (OP)
I have a big bookcase.

>>713352284
for you

>>713352178
>fart sniffers
strictly speaking, this is the /lit/ sexual pastime (cf james joyce)

>>713350998
>YOU WOULDNT DOWNLOAD A CAR

>>713351393
Get kobo its good

What for? I've read all the classics and nothing good came out in the last 30 years, it's all just convoluted crap for women

Just letting you guys know pocketbook era is the white man's choice

>>713347839 (OP)
I’d rather buy games

alright, what am I in for

>>713347936
>>713348138
where do you pirate books nowadays?
there used to be a site that got linked on /lit/ but it has been shutdown as far as i know

>>713347839 (OP)
i actually have a pretty nice libary
i even bought 2 new shelves for it

>>713347936
MODS MODS MODSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

>>713348872
what do you even play?
I feel like i only buy 1 new game tops every 2 years
it has all been so much woke trash since 2014

>>713347839 (OP)
I have both

>>713353013
anna's archive

>>713350825
Libra

>>713347936
this anon gets it.

>>713353075
mine if full of YA slop from when i was a child haha
i should just throw all the trash ones out and keep the decent ones like artemis fowl

I dunno how to get started with books. Like its very overwhelming compared to video games where its very easy to know what are the games worth playing.

>>713351223
>started reading at age 7
are you retarded or something? I learned how to read when I was 3

>>713353013
Annas archive

I am once again reminding you all that literature is heavily overrated.

>>713353315
start with the greeks

>>713353309
as childish as it sounds i mostly keep the books with the nice covers

>>713348462

I can do both.

>>713347936
Based

>>713353315
just try some fun YA books to start, obvious one would be Harry Potter

>>713350192
Please do elaborate retard

>>713347839 (OP)
My bookcase is so full I couldn't really make more fit

>spoonfeeding

>>713351256
yeah but the cost is crazy
these days ill just use libgen/annas archive and my phone to read in bed, works surprisingly well
started reading some warhammer bec i like the lore and some books are fun, others are garbage

>>713347839 (OP)
you can download almost every book for free. physical books and buying books is for retards. also, most books are shit, and you can save a lot of time by asking chatgpt for a summary instead of reading an entire book. the ratio of good books is much lower than the ratio of good games

>>713353353
That depends so heavily on what you are reading

>>713347839 (OP)
>i can buy books and video games? why are you acting like it's one or the other?

>>713347839 (OP)
>reading books
Sorry, I have ADHD.

>>713347936
/thread
people buy books to show off that they have books, not to read them

>>713347839 (OP)
>>713347936
>walk ITT
>see FPBP blow out OP once again
>turn 360 degrees and walk away