What was the last book you read or are currently reading, and what was/is it about?>I'm currently reading "Shadows of Amascut," a RuneScape novel
>>84775782Lol I have not read a book since 2019
>>84775782The First Heretic Warhammer 40K in the Horus HeresyIt's about Lorgar being a weird BPD cunt so far having a bunch of melties but I'm enjoying it so far Word Bearers are kind of cringe tho like we get it unlike Allahr
>>84775791Widespread illiteracy is no laughing matter. You, my friend, are PART of the problem.>>84775801Commendable.
>>84775816What is interesting is I learnt how to read way before my peers. I was a toddler when I started to pick up on words being communicational language. I still remember when I saw the letter S come to life. I wonder what word it was. If I was born a century earlier all I would do is read I think I do like reading but just 4chan anonymous people
>>84775843crazy to think smart people on this site waste their potential like this, couldn't relate myself. You've gotta be like 19 or something right? That ambition usually goes away pretty fast here.
>>84775932I am glad you are using your potential we need people like you in this world. What will you use it for personally I just like the simple life and am not a very high achiever although I do have goals. I don't think I am very smart probably a midwit. I am just entering my 20's
>>84775782I don't read. I collect books and have AI give me summaries of books so I seem smart to bookstore bitches to pump and dump
>The weak may become strong if they are not crushed early.HEED THE WORDS OF ZAROS!!>>84776035That doesn't work; bookstore-types don't even read anything outside of 'self-help' books anyway.
>>84776043>That doesn't workGo ahead and keep believing that
>>84775782There was a time during a self improoooving period where I just bought like 20 books, mostly finance but also some fiction and philosophy.I then realized how retarded reading is, really you can get much more information on the internet 10 times faster it's not even close. Unless you really like reading there's no point.
>>84775980I meant I couldn't relate to being smart, not wasting potential lol. If you stay here regularly, you will not achieve much. Since 20 is the age you become a man (In Japan, Scandinavia, Old Testament Hebrews), what goal are you going to spend your next few years on? If you decide to "feel it out", you'll probably do nothing in your 20s, like many others here. You should choose one basic 3 year goal, preferably a structured one, like getting a degree, or completing an apprenticeship,If it's a less structured one like making a game (typical NEET ambition), you should find a group of people to work on it asap, otherwise you'll fizzle out and accomplish nothing. I say this from experience, and from observing others.>24, just finishing a certificate (1 year) now>Looking to start down my chosen career path only nowEven if you're just a midwit, most people cease to use their brains in any formal capacity after highschool or university.
>>84776076There's a clean feeling you get after finishing a chapter though, you also learn more contextually than you do just googling.
>>84776094I just watch YouTube or ask AI, if I don't get something I'll get Ai to be simpler or watch another video
>The Dystopia Triptych #1: Ignorance is StrengthJust a bunch of short stories. Too bad they continue into two other books. This book only contains part 1 of those stories. Part 2 is Burn the Ashes, and part 3 is Thus Came the Light. I hate having to continue on with series, but I didn't know this was. The short stories themselves are decent. But, almost all of them have forced woke and SJW bs that would have had zero bearing on the story itself. I mean, in the last story, why did the MC have to be a transman? Also, while I'm on the subject, why are all transmen still attracted to men? Before that? Oona Out of Order. Basically, a woman is living her years out of order. She lives the first 18 or 19 so lives as normal. But once she reaches 19 or 20 (I cannot remember), she wakes up to random years and stays that age for a year, before on her birthday, she sleeps and goes to another random year. I thought it would be a comedy by the name, cover, and description, but it's a stupid "muh regrets" story.
>>84775782I fucking hate reading. And I can't keep any consistency. But I've been trying... Last thing I read to completion was Kafka' The Metamorphosis, which I enjoyed quite a lot. I like how simple his prose is, while still being able to write an engaging story. Lots of showing, little telling. I tried moving on to something different, a full novel. I know thinga about the author and others, which I find interesting and so I wanted to check out their work. I chose Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. The prose is much more complex and, honestly, boring. I have only made it to chapter 3, Lord Henry's speeches are interesting, and the characters surely do have interesting relations for the setting. I fail to be much interested in whatever is going to happen next, though. Despite the fact that I hate reading, I like stories, lore, ideas, art, etc. So I have been trying to force myself to keep going. It's taken me a week to read those 2 chapters, however. I tried reading The Bible as well, but I similarly lack consistency, which makes me feel guilty since I do have respect for that book. Anyway, can anyone give me any tips? Any recomendations? I haven't read any of the classics or whatever. I did loke Dracula a lot, even though I didn't finish it, the setting was pretty cool.
>>84776080I just want to do things that help me become a better man and a better person. I only use 4chan because I don't like normie social media algorithms that are designed to be addicting or push an agenda or show off a fake life for likes and followers or something. I would rather be anonymously authentic with other spergs. You are right though being on here really does not achieve anything worth while so I should tone down my screen time and get a trade or something at some point. I just don't know how. That is an awesome achievement keep it up and keep progressing
>>84776178That's true about social media, and I thank you for the encouragement. I can't really give you any advice regarding positive social media environments, except to avoid this place, this board can't be reformed either, so I'd even recommend against making positive generals like this thread, water always meets its level, so you'll gradually become like the NEETs here who are determined to never work, stay entirely detached from society, and then kill themselves at 30.Ask your parents about starting a trade, how it works would depend on your location, and how much you'll make for each discipline (electrician, carpenter, welder, etc), but you'll be useful wherever you move if you do this. As long as you're generally being productive (in the week making sufficient progress to your career (studies or work), your physical fitness (jogging or gym or some kind of sport), your mental fitness (reading)), you shouldn't worry about your screen-time. I don't think planning your time reductively like that ever really works anyway.
>>84776228You are welcome and you are right this place is quite a cesspool but I don't know sometimes I think people just need someone to talk to even if it just red text. I will fund the trade myself at some point. Regular exercise reading and mental stimulation such as learning is always a net positive. A consistent routine involving these will do good things. Thank you for the good advice
>>84775782I am 10% of the way through transcribing harvey's grammar because I never learned this stuff properly in middle school I'm going to print it out when I'm done and hole punch it and keep it in a binder and it's going to be my book
>>84775782Haven't read books in a long time and my attention span is gigafried so I have decided to read a collection of essays by Cioran. They're depressing but comfy at the same time, I think people on this board would appreciate them.
I am reading the starving saints.It is about a siege gone wrong.I enjoy it enough to keep reading but I would not call it a great read.
>>84775782I bought The Age of Reason by Sartre some weeks ago, I watched someone speak about it, about its main character that is incapable of making choices, I identified with his indecisiveness.But I haven't read it yet, I read the first page, and I have not opened it again.
>>84777702>the plural of "beef" is "beeves"Fucking kek
Epitaph of a Small Winner.It's pretty good, reminds me a little of Dostoyevski's works.
>>84775782>What was the last book you read or are currently reading, and what was/is it about?Currently reading Three men in a boat by Jerome. It's a semi-comedic recounting of a boat trip along the Thames. It's alright.Also occasionally read a few pages from an anthology of early short stories about war by Tolstoj when I have nothing to do at work. Kinda boring. Expected more from Tolstoj.Previously, in the past 2 months or so:>On the road by Kerouac. A semi-ironic reread of a mediocre book 17 y.o. me found cool. Basically the true story of a few douchebags and addicts travelling across the US and Mexico in the 50s>The remains of the day by Murakami. A middle aged butler reflects on his life and the occasions he lost due to to his choices. Very British. Very delicate. Good book.>Baudolino by Eco. One of the best books I've ever read and definitely the funniest. Unfortunately doesn't translate well in any language that isn't Italian. It's a historical novel about Barbarossa's struggles to unify the Holy Roman Empire, but also about the birth of the city of Alessandria, but also about Constantinople and the fourth crusade. It's also a picaresque adventure about a country boy from northern italy bullshitting his way into a chase to the holy grail. It's also a medieval fantasy adventure, as in an adventure with the kind of fantasy elements someone from the 12th century would come up with and consider believable (blemmies, dog-headed people and lost Christian kingdoms in the far east). Lastly it's also a reflection on the concept of truth.Next I want to reread The name of the rose by Eco. I honestly wouldn't know how to sum up that one. I mean it's technically a medieval murder mystery, but it's really not about that. Everyone should read it once.
>>84776076>really you can get much more information on the internet 10 times fasterAnon reading is not about just "getting information". You're supposed to do something with it, use it to build up something new.
>>84776158>I chose Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. The prose is much more complex and, honestly, boring. I have only made it to chapter 3, Lord Henry's speeches are interesting, and the characters surely do have interesting relations for the setting. I fail to be much interested in whatever is going to happen next, though.I get it anon. Dorian Gray sucks ass. One of the worst books I've ever read. I think I also stopped at chapter 3ish twice. Last year I finished it out of spite. I swear it gets worse towards the end. left it at a local book crossing in exchange for a recipe book.
>>84776158>Anyway, can anyone give me any tips? Any recomendations?Maybe try getting an anthology of Lovecraft stories? They're all short and usually interesting. The prose isn't the best, but it's not too complicated, and the concept behind the stories are usually pretty cool. It's a nice kind of horror IMO.
>>84775782I'm reading Harry Potter
>>84779271In the current year? You're such a Hufflepuff.
>>84775782tl;dr: the UFO phenomenon is not new, and the "government taking UFOs seriously" phenomenon is not new. These things have likely been seen for centuries, and largely coincide with biblical notions of demons.
>>84778907>Currently reading Three men in a boat by Jerome. It's a semi-comedic recounting of a boat trip along the Thames. It's alright.Hey, I just finished reading this last week. Yeah, the humor gets a bit tiresome with how repetitive it is, but stick with it. The ending fits the themes and ties them up nicely. >On the road by Kerouac. A semi-ironic reread of a mediocre book 17 y.o. me found cool. Basically the true story of a few douchebags and addicts travelling across the US and Mexico in the 50sThe whole time I was reading this, I kept getting upset at the cheating assholes cheating on their wives. "It was a different time" my ass!>The remains of the day by Murakami. A middle aged butler reflects on his life and the occasions he lost due to to his choices. Very British. Very delicate. Good book.Good movie too.
>>84779608Nice tits on an otherwise disgusting body.
>>84777914Interesting point I found
