tell me anon, why do you read?
I don't "read". I "awaken myself" to the truths of this pathetic reality by taking in words.
Primarily for enjoyment. Why do people always ask why I read. Nobody asks why I watch movies.
>>8188269
I read with the hope that some author may help me out of this everlasting depression. It still hasn't happened. I fear that the depression may eventually win.
>>8188269
I honestly don't know.
i like words.
>>8188274
You must be 18 to visit this site.
>>8188278
i ask because i must answer that question, its a school work, why do you (insert your hobbie here)?
>>8188269
There's one thing and one thing only that the mods could do to immensely improve the board, instantly, overnight, and that's facilitate more threads about David Foster Wallace. Create them, nurture the ones that exist, guide the discussions, and make sure they stay on track. If we're here to discuss literature, ultimately, we are here to discuss David Foster Wallace. There is no way for a person to grasp the full implications of Infinite Jest and not realize this. We're talking about the smartest man who ever lived. You must realize this. It's not a joke anymore. We're seeing the world degenerate further and further into chaos, and we're standing by and watching it happen. You want to fix this board? You want to fix the world? You want to fix your life? You need only take one step: read Infinite Jest. There is no substitute for hard work, and that's what Wallace requires of you if you are to understand him. If you are to understand not just him, but the world. We're not talking about escapist literature, fan fiction, genre nonsense. We're talking about saving our lives. We're talking about meditating on God. We're talking about communing with the primary presence. This is not an issue to be treated lightly.
I'm a NEET, and 12-16 hours of exposure to the internet daily started to give me symptoms of ADD. I'm pretty sure my memory's been deteriorating too.
Anyways now I spend somewhere between 5 and 8 hours toggling between books and daydreaming. It almost feels like a job at this point, and i'm starting to take pride in my work
>>8188302
I am much older than 18, "Anonymous." I am almost 14 billion years old, for sooth, each and every part of me predates to the formation of this wretched spaceglobe.
>>8188292
so you like as an art form? is the story just a plus from a good way of writing?
>>8188319
I wish that I was on another space globe.
>>8188320
>so you like as an art form?
yes
>is the story just a plus from a good way of writing?
yeah.
>>8188318
what do you read?
>>8188316
Chill out man, i just posted the image because it a very long fucking book so it works as an metaphor of how much i read.
I learned recently about a video-game term that teenagers these days throw around: "overpowered," or "OP" for short. If a character type in a competitive video game is inordinately more powerful than the others, then it is "overpowered"; the game as a result is deemed "unbalanced," and fans will complain on forums that the developers have delivered to them a swift "slap in the face." It's an interesting metaphor. Life, of course, is no game, and it's a truism that it isn't fair. But every once in a while we get a striking reminder of how unevenly Mother Nature distributes her gifts. Take the literary world for instance. By any measure, David Foster Wallace, the author of the acclaimed novel Infinite Jest, was overpowered. If he were a class in a role-playing game, then you wouldn't hear the end of the complaining. When it came to the writing of fiction, Wallace blew his competitors—historical and contemporary both—out of the water. To borrow another term from video gaming, it's fair to say that he "owned" them. When Infinite Jest hit book stores in February 1996, the title's two words were in the mouth of every serious reader in America; every living writer, however, was faced with a different pair of words: "Game Over."
>>8188327
i finished Phaedrus this morning, a few days ago I was reading stories by Kafka, every now and then I'll pick up Borges or read IJ
>>8188269
It passes the time and doesn't kill your mind like TV and internet porn. Also to feel superior to slush-brained consumer capitalists.
>>8188352
beautiful
I read because society superstructure tells me to do so. The ideology within the concept of 'well-read man' is all over me.
>>8188269
For fun and cool stories. When people ask what I read I stray from that, especially on here as most people here have a superiority complex.
>>8188374
Yeah i have noticed that people here (and readers mostly) have two opposite personalities, one with a superiority complex and the other with an inferiority complex.
>>8188374
i bet you haven't even read the greeks baka
>>8188387
Oh there it is!
>>8188269
Its cheap and fun.
A book can range from $1 to $40 and last a few weeks.
I got War and Peace (Pevear translation) for $10 and it lasted me about two months. Come on, you can't beat that.
>>8188369
Same here
>>8188387
How can you tell if you have a superiority complex?
I'm always worried that i come off this way when i even try talking about books with people.
>>8188269
I read mostly for style, but also for different perspectives and, honestly, entertainment, because i find most of life very boring and/or overwhelming.
>>8188417
You have a superiority complex if you see yourself as superior to others.
Because im miserable.
>>8188437
>You have a superiority complex if you see yourself as superior to others but aren't
FTFY pls upvote this post
>>8188452
Superiority complex: the post.
I don't know why I do anything at all
>>8188269
I read to worry about someone else's troubles for a while.
I like stories, and the means with which they are crafted (prose, cinematography).
I basically read for fun and feels.
>>8188413
>paying for books
>>8188480
kys
>>8188413
so you read because it's cost effective?
that seems like a stupid reason.
I read because I'm poor and it makes me less conscious of wasting my life being poor and reading.
Reading let's me get into other people's heads, helps me appreciate how other people see things so that maybe I can change how I see things and think differently about my experience
