Have you ever seen a cute girl reading an actually good book in public?
>>24698911never. and i'm 78 by the way.
Do people actually read those books?4chan shitposts are better than that rubbish
>>24698911No. And if I did I would feel scared.
>>24698911i just read books on my phone. i guess many other people do the same. usually you won't be able to identify what book i'm reading or even notice it, for that matter.
this is performative because it's gr
there is no such thing as a good book
>>24698911Saw one with a copy of "Notes from the Underground". Was in her Dostoevskyan girl summer era I guess.Also I once saw a 30-40yo nice looking woman reading Selimovic' "Tvrdava" (in the original Serbian) in a park in England.I think younger people just do this >>24698990
Never. I'm 54
>>24698911I don't look at women; the power they have to destroy my life scares me.
>>24698911Yes, I let my wife borrow mine once.
>>24698911>Gravity's Rainbow>A good bookHa, lol. Anyone reading in public is doing it for performance. If you're homeless, it's acceptable.
>>24700871>he's never read under the shade of a tree in the park or in a hammock by the riverDenying yourself life's simplest pleasures due to insecurity and then acting conceited about your cowardly heart
I'd say 1 in 5 women I see reading on the subway have a book with any literary merit, and that's counting stuff like Joan Didion. And only 1 in 5 people I see reading a book on the subway are women.
>>24698911Why does nobody complain about people watching loud fucking brainrot tiktok slop in public? I'm all for somebody, ANYBODY picking up an actual honest to god dead tree book with actual meaningful words on it, even if they can't understand a single one of them.
>>24698911I saw a girl reading Tennyson on a bus once
>>24698911Women this, women that. Shut the fuck up. Women ruined my life. I can't stop cumming. I'm drained.
>>24700975>Denying yourself life's simplest pleasures due to insecurityNot at all. It's legitimately a fact that people who read in public are nine times out of ten posting it somewhere for validation. It's inherently performative. Read at home, in a comfy chair, with a cup of tea, preferably away from niggers.
yes, my diary (male)
>>24701128whoa
>>24701185>I'm NOT insecure>I'm just constantly thinking about what other people think of me
Cute yes, but reading slop.
>>24701185>being away from my coffin-apartment, my comfy cuck chair, and my 4chan shitposting machine is, by its very nature, performative
>>24701185You're a performative little fag boy wherever you go so what difference does it make where you choose to read.
>>24698918Kek
>>24701128>I would've proposed on the spot.
How many threads about "performative reading" with a Reddit/Tiktok image/video attached do we need?
>>24701378Your post is performative. You entered the thread with the same curiosity we all did. Go back to your philosophy threads and pretend to be smart.
>>24701322Actually, yes, if it's done for any other reason than for your own sake.>>24701237Nope. I'm simply pointing out that when you read in public, you are most likely doing it for validation. People see what your reading and engage with you. It's like street busking. Their interaction with you is your reward. It's saying, "look at me, look at me! I read!" I'll give you the benefit of the doubt if you are reading in a spot where you know you won't be seen/interacted with.
>>24701344Not an argument.
>>24698911I saw a beautiful girl reading Faust on a bench the other week. I was on a run, and she was sitting along the waterfront facing the river. It struck me as a horrible spot to read. There is so much foot traffic and too many cracked out zombies stumbling around to ever really relax and read something like Faust. And sitting on a dirty metal bench... I prefer to read in the comfort of my home on my couch and in my underwear, but then again I'm not trying to posture as an intellectual. She was pretty though, and looking for attention. And I don't really give a damn if she is being performative, probably means she's good at sucking dick. I can't help psychoanalyzing a pretty girl who reads Faust in a spot like that, though. She's asking for it. Notes on patient: Late stage adolescent female with acute focus on external validation stemming from repressed incestual compulsions toward her narcissistic father. Patient would benefit from a hard spanking by an older intellectual who can help sublimate her repressed sexual instincts which have manifest into a myriad of performative expressions of the reflection of her father.
>>24701396>People see what your reading and engage with youNot me. I purposely take off the sleeves and/or tilt the book down so people can't see what I'm reading at all, and I have a scowl on so no one comes up to me.
>>24701494This is the way to go about reading in public.
>>24701494I mainly read outside just to get out more and it's nice, but anything over 400 pages I leave my book at home and take my kindle so I'm not seen reading a "big book" like some pseud fag.
>>24698911Never. Hell, when I have met some cute girls who claim to read and try to talk to them, they don't even know the books they claimed to like.Before you say it... Yes, it's probably because I'm ugly.
>>24698911No. Never saw a cute girl reading anything but on her phone.
God dammit if I saw a woman reading Gravity's Rainbow I would cum so hard
>>24699015GR kicks ass faggot
>>24701396>I'm simply pointing out that when you read in public, you are most likely doing it for validationEither that, or people like being outside during the warm seasons when the weather is nice. But the least charitable and most bitter explanation is probably the correct one
>>24698911>good>book
