I'm currently reading Catch-22, and it is quickly becoming my favorite book out of the low number of them I've read. I've read some Goodreads reviews of how some don't like the non-chronological style, but I find it makes it more interesting to read and it somehow just flows better in my opinion. It also reminds me of my own shitty ability to tell stories or explain things.

>>8
I found Catch-22 horribly boring and unfunny.

>>8
I've always preferred non-linear storytelling. Anything overly linear starts feeling weirdly tiring as the story moves along, if that makes any sense

As a matter of fact, I've always been drawn to avant-garde shit way more than traditional storytelling, even as a kid. I don't know why, I just find weird shit to be way more fun

>>8
Got a favorite character, Anon? I'm particularly fond of McWatt and his "oh well, what the hell" attitude.

>>11
So far, bit of a generic answer, but Yossarian. Nearly everything he says and does is incredibly entertaining and endearing. Other than him, it would probably be Major Major out of empathy and due to his loner actions.

LOL THIS IS BAD BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE IT

Fuck off

>>2
All your games are gone

First I'm seeing it. It's cute.

Not sure what this thread is really about, but my guess is it has to do with it being popular for undesirable reasons?
I find the only real solution to that problem is to just stop paying attention to it, and to the people involved. Hating things because you don't like the way/reason others enjoy them is just as bad as enjoying things for the wrong reasons.
2 sides of the same coin. Easier to just let it all go.

GARMFIELD!!

At least this guy uses an actual vcr instead of sony vegas filters

Not even here I’m safe from this whore, Jesus fuck, stop posting her ugly ass face.

Spoiler the image in the name of all that is good and holy!

who

MEAT

>>2
Imagine how much money you could make. All those horny idiots need to eat too.

so what you gonna do, pig? arrest me?

>>4
Well some of the stuff you're talking about boils down to intelligence. I don't think you can really have a very high standard for that online.
But the question about why they don't at least get tired of it, is very valid.

>>1
I'm not disagreeing, but can you give an example? It sounds like you might have encountered a very specific scenario instead of just the usual modern day internet argument.

>>6
No specific scenario - just my observations over the years. Hating someone for enjoying something that hurts no one, hating someone for their writing style, hating someone for their opinion on an unimportant matter in the grand scheme of things, hating someone for their humor, hating someone for their nationality, hating someone for being rich or poor, hating someone for their art or writing and so on. These things don't matter at all yet so much attention is given to them. Worse than that, people want to hurt others over them.

It's not an internet-only thing mind, I've observed these things throughout school when I was a child.

Hatred is fine when it's turned toward something productive. It's not easy to devote attention to the things that supposedly do matter. I think it's better than being dead inside. People simply live and breathe different values, and that's something normalfags will never ever get. The problem is when you insert in personal philosophy instead of taste and it quickly gets political.

>>1
>>7
I've always found getting upset or hating people for trivial reasons to be rather silly, and I think, as far as online is concerned, the overarching metajoke has always been to mock the absurdity of such trivial vitriol (your waifu/anime/vidya is a SHIT etc). At least, that's always been my sense of things. I've always been a really easygoing person, and spent time with other easygoing people, and we always pretended to get upset and outraged at silly things as a sort of mockery of uptight people. I have noticed a lot of tension in the air online and even in real life, of late, and I have to say, I don't understand it. I think you should strive to find easygoing people to associate with, and try to establish tone. There are still people out there that are taking it easy.

>>23
If you really think that behavior is actual trannies then it sounds to me like it's you who is taking everything too seriously.
Why do so many people today honestly think actual trannies make up even 0.1% of the population on any site you use? I know it can be hard to understand that today, because the default attitude IS to take everything seriously, but they're just fucking around anon.

Please read the subcomment here >>21 and can we PLEASE not turn 4taba into another social media shithole?
At least try to consider that, as I said, maybe you've gotten it backwards and it's you who is taking things you see online too literally.

>>24
People today act like they're out of a PSA on not believing everything you read. They honest to god believe things because of memes

>>25
Maybe the problem is we actually don't have PSA's on not trusting the internet anymore. Remember when we actually used to have them?
I remember commercials on TV literally saying not to give out personal information and not to blindly trust anyone online. And I remember almost every major site that had a sign-up having some notice about protecting yourself.

Hell, even in online games we had
>Warning: Experience may change during online play
Anyone remember those? lol

I blame big data farming business like Google and Facebook for the change really. They realized it's FAR more lucrative to teach people the opposite.
When people take everything at face value and "fight" things they dislike instead of joining in as a joke, then you know exactly where they stand on any issue, and that's better for data farming them.

>>17
>It's right between things which are motivated by real world concerns and things which aren't.
same, causefags suck the joy out of everything for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=132&v=3OGa_ZXHsy4

https://old.reddit.com/r/lisafrank/
https://old.reddit.com/r/LisaFrankWorld/

I've seen a couple of these before, why do none of these people even bother to click on FAQ/info pages if they don't know what they are dealing with?

Anyone have the old 8/jp/ usertest? Not this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQtbHtXQtUA
I remember the banner comes up where there's a drawing of a syringe next to a penis and the usertester was shocked by it.

>>29
Only grognards use or make F.A.Q.s. If it isn't immediately obvious from the outset, then you've failed.

>>31
>grognards
that's a new one

>>31
It seems that you, too, are new. ;P
Go visit /tg/ some time.

>>3
Now make a short stop motion video with it while playing space jam as BGM.

What a great find and great thread.

Draw a swastika on Reimu's forehead

>>3
That would make a great lamp.

I know you bought that 3D sculpture on the back from Aliexpress

>>2
I think he's trying to stop her.

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=963lP_1559317325
how does one end up in this situation?

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=sScph_1558855211

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=uGheE_1560238012

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=atYP3_1559868271

It definitely works, but you need to make the sacrifice of services constantly thinking you're a bot. I think you should make that sacrifice if it won't affect you too much.

Tor has been compromised. Please update your programs.

>>14
There's a lot of channels where people still talk on rizon, but they're all weirdos and it feels like they've all known each other for years.

Pretty much all the channels I'm in are dead. I used to go on one every day but it's been pretty dead probably, two years now? I would like to still talk to people more frequently on IRC, as I like using it a lot more than something like Discord and in my experience the average user is more pleasent to talk to. I don't doubt there are active channels but I'm not on them. I would be curious if people have channels they like, though, I would feel a bit odd in a channel full of people who all know each other. Hell does shitaba have an IRC, doesn't seem to, maybe someone should make one or board specific ones.
>>15
I was pretty much in something kinda like that, but like I said it died, a shame.

>>16
yeah I wasn't saying that it's bad, it's just that it's hard to integrate for newcomers since it's tight-knit.
>Hell does shitaba have an IRC
There's one on rizon but I've never been there. I don't know if it's official or not.

>>17
What's the channel name? Might check it out, didn't find it listed.

>>18
#4taba

That depends.
I think there's a big difference between caring what others think and being embarrassed about something, but we tend to mix those two concepts together.
I think "caring what others think" is something that's true even if you're all alone (lying in bed at night for example).
But something like wanting people to stop talking shit behind your back and listening to people snicker at you for something is totally different. I'd say you can easily not give a shit what they actually think and still be bothered by that because there's more to it than just "what they think".

So anyway, I'd say the above describes me. I generally don't tend to be bothered by people's opinions of me beyond the awkward/humiliating encounter itself, and I can usually laugh it off immediately after the situation is over.
But I'm not the type of person who can just totally not give a shit while _around_ people.
Those who can are something else.

>>2
Not OP, but if I understood that right just now, it's the exact same for me as well and I somehow never thought about seperating the two phenomena.

(I like to think that) I don't care about what others think, however I *know* how quick people are to judge things deviating from the norm and I also *know* that I and my interests tend to deviate from the norm quite a lot, at least in the region I'm from. So, I don't have to think of myself as being weird to know that others would most likely think of me as being weird, which is something that makes me anxious because I hate negative attention and would prefer to just be left in peace whenever I'm out. Even though my self-esteem is pretty high, I just can't shake that anxiety off, no matter how hard I try.
It's bothering me quite a lot because it makes me feel caged, even though people have told me countless times that I come across as very charismatic and "confident" in actual conversations. Still, I always feel like I'm acting. When someone makes a joke around me, I smile and make them feel funny even if I don't want to, just because I don't want to throw them off and generate negative attention towards me.
I just don't know how to beat this.

>>3
Yeah I think you get it.
I should have mentioned this in my other post too, but I even hate positive attention (like winning an award and having to stand up in front of everyone, or having people sing happy birthday to me).
And there's no way to really confuse "caring what others think" with "hating positive attention" right? Those things are clearly distinct, so this example makes it more obvious.

But I completely understand what you're saying. In my opinion what you've said IS a sign of someone who doesn't care so much what others think because you're aware of it and still choose to do your own thing.
People who care too much about what others think of them would become aware of it and change who they are as a result to be more accepted.

sorry for making this thread, I didn't understand

>>2
What didn't you understand Anon?