I was at a party a week ago and struck up a conversation with a girl. She seemed into it and told me she wanted to be an author. I said that was interesting and we got to the topic of books for a while and I said my favorite author was
>Dostoevsky
She said "well that's pretentious" and immediately lost interest, before making an excuse to break the conversation off.
Who are some good, normie-friendly, relatively a-political authors I can cite at a party like that?
Victor Hugo.
John Katzenbach, Stephen King, Nora Roberts. All those shitty authors.
Yuri Mamleev
Keep saying Dostoevsky, fuck her.
If he is your favorite author, then he is your favorite author.
I'm not going to change who my favorite author is, I'm just going to say someone that the normies would react in revulsion towards when asked.
Tell her Brandon Jones
fpbp
but weird cuz thots usually love to pretend to love russian lit
>She said "well that's pretentious" and immediately lost interest
no, she wasnt interested with you to begin with
This
>She said "well that's pretentious" and immediately lost interest
Good riddance!
Just say Hitler or Mao and spin it into a joke, most normalfags won't know half the edgy authors this board likes.
Mao is truly based tho
Paulo Coelho is peak thot lit
Charles Dickens or Jane Austen
desu though if you just say "Oh I'm really into Russian lit right now, I appreciate it's not the bravest statement but I really like Dostoevsky" then anyone who isn't a shitter won't immediately assume you're pretentious.
the way this is written makes me think you aren’t really going to parties
Just say Eustace Mullins. Only redpilled people who he is because they don't want us to read his books.
why is that pretentious, dostoyevsky is like entry-level 'good literature'
yeah the whole thing doesn’t ring true
Buddhist and anarchism is something people actually keep in their pocket, and lose?
this. dostoevsky is good and she is pretentious
Aren't they supposed to be LSD stamps?
It's more pseudy than pretentious. The girl in OPs story sounded like she wasn't smart enough to know the difference though
they're tab of acid
If you'd said Robert Munsch you'd be golden.
buddhism is like atheism with acid & weed xdddddd
this but not this. OP you were at a party (allegedly). This is not the time to be serious in mood. Be light, spontaneous, and crack a joke. Was your goal to discuss literature or get in her (allegedly) pants?
anyone who thinks psychs are spiritual is a moron honestly they can be very useful but people who straight up think it makes you communicate with aliens or god even after they've sobered up are brainlets
user you gotta flip this scenario on its head. Dostoevsky isn't hindering you, hes protecting you. Dostoevsky is clearly a thot repellent.
>get in her (allegedly) pants?
you don't think she was wearing pants?
fuck that bitch
Do not say Hitler, are you stupid?
That is the single, easiest way to make everybody around you avoid you.
"He reads books by Hitler" is comedic shorthand for "this guy is crazy and violent"
This, OP. Don’t listen to anything else. Dosto is great and if someone likes you they will want to listen to the things your passionate about. If you had said a different “normie-friendly” author (whatever that is) you would not have suddenly hit it off with her, why would you think so?
if you're good looking you can say anything with no consequence I was at the pub once and the holocaust got brought up and I went on about a 20 tangent talking about how holocaust numbers are greatly inflated and how the jews are actively trying to destroy white people
no one cared they either assumed I was joking or assumed I was credible just because I'm attractive
Sure, I just thought I'd poke fun at these hipster-types and their commodified spiritualism. I don't believe in spirituality but I find the way it's commercialized disgusting.
yeah I get that, I've taken psychs quite a lot and they've honestly been life changing for me but unfortunately whenever anyone talks about them they have to put some huge meaning on them it has to be more than just chemicals in your brain, can't just talk about it without someone talking about auras or energy or some shite
@13289205
Look at this bitch nigga. A few brain chemicals talking shit.
Kinda like weed, huh? These substances tend to evoke the illusion of an ocean even in a puddle. I never used psychs ( didn't really have the opportunity and don't have the connections ), but I imagine it's better used for seeing something from a different perspective rather than thinking you see that object from 2 dimensions above.
they just ignored you because your an autistic loony
>dosto
>pretentious
yep thats femoids for ya
>Mao is truly based tho
Based on what?
Guess how I know you're unattractive.
They're basically chemically induced trance. It can be spiritual or not, based on your mindset.
>Oh I'm really into Russian lit right now, I appreciate it's not the bravest statement but I really like Dostoevsky"
That sounds 100x times as pretentious as simply saying your favorite author is Dosto
I have no idea. enlighten me
user you're supposed to ask her her favourite book/author first. If she cites some literary author then you can reveal your true tastes. However if she cites a normie YA author then you have to cite one in turn.
this, so much this
Because when it comes to attractive or very popular people, whenever they say something offensive it is automatically assumed to be a joke and funny. Its perfectly possible to get away with saying Hitler is your favorite author.
You read hitler and other alt right shit.
Hegel
absolutely based
>normie-friendly
Dan Brown, Stephen King, J.K. Rowling.
Eh. Valid. But how many of us are that hot and popular? It's just best to assume you don't qualify.
this is the most offensive thing anybody has ever said to me
How the fuck is Dostoyevski pretentious
This
Doestoevsky is incredibly accessible literature
>dan brown
fucking based
>long turgid books about russian people being polite to each other with a few gold moments interspersed
>valid
baka
>literate women
Found your problem. Women were, are, and always will be a mistake
OP, one possibility you may want to consider is that the girl you were talking to might have been feigning interest in you with the explicit purpose of getting you to open up about something that is important to you and make you feel insecure about it, just because it makes her feel superior to know that she has that kind of power.
fag
I don't see how. Perhaps you have autism?
i can't get girls interested!
hm i'll ask lit
>letting your principles stand in the way of pussy
Cringe
hmmm say Palahniuk or Murakami they are surprisingly roastie-approved authors.
you are cringe
Gravity's Rainbow is full of goofs and gags to appeal to the lowest common denominator
It is pretentious.
poast feet
Is the last image LSD?
Based
Alright faggot
Fuck you.
Hahahahaha
can confirm
I fucking loved Palahniuk until I got sick of him. Didn't pace myself. Now I cannot return to those simple fields of bizzaro social commentary.
don't be mean, user-onii-chan
That's exactly the kind of thing Nastasya Filippovna would do
The only thing pretentious here is OP's character and the character of the people in this thread playing along
haha, never forget this op. Uncle Fyodor is protecting you.
>Memestoevsky
Found the zoomerfaggot
user, if you degrade yourself to fit in with normies, you'll become one of them. You don't need to impress these people, they're fucking dumb.
I hate this board.