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16257704 No.16257704 [Reply] [Original]

Do you read in a genuine pursuit of knowledge and truth, or because it gives you a sense of superiority over others?

>> No.16257714

>>16257704
both, the first more than the second tho

>> No.16257726

>>16257704
i wish i could feel superior just for reading stuff. i just feel like an idiot for most of the time.

>> No.16257729

Read great literature for the same reason I enjoy great music, it elevates the human soul.

>> No.16257734
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>>16257704
>why yes i feel superior reading while others have sex

>> No.16257737

Both those answers are one and the same thing

>> No.16257751

>>16257734
even rodents have sex, hardly something to aspire to

>> No.16257752

>>16257704
i read because i am superior

>> No.16257754

Both. I read for the pursuit of knowledge, mainly, but if I can flex on people in the process then I consider that to be a net positive.

>> No.16257761

>>16257752
>even rodents have sex
Yet you are not

>> No.16257768

>>16257751
>even rodents have sex, hardly something to aspire to
>not being able to do something that a rodent can do
it's a hard world, isn't it anon?

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16257778

>even rodents have sex, hardly something to aspire to

>> No.16257782

>>16257768
>>16257761
yes and dogs eat their own shit, if you aren't doing the same you're inferior to a dog

>> No.16257789

>>16257782
>yes and dogs eat their own shit, if you aren't doing the same you're inferior to a dog
Nice False equivalence. I thought books made you smart?

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>>16257782
this is such an unbelievable cope that I can't even fathom typing it, let alone posting it.

>> No.16257796

>>16257704
started with the first, gave up and now its the second

>> No.16257802

>>16257789
>>16257791
>no argument

hmmmm

>> No.16257803

>>16257751
Numales and simps idolize having sex since they can't conceive of being a man in any other way than being a dildo for roasties. They bring the concept of being a man down to the lowest level possible. We can call them retarded and such, but they really don't know better.

>> No.16257809

>>16257802
>thinks a false equivalence is an argument
So you don't have sex and you're dumb, yike.

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>>16257803
>blah blah blah
sex fucking rules

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16257818

Numales and simps idolize having sex since they can't conceive of being a man in any other way than being a dildo for roasties. They bring the concept of being a man down to the lowest level possible. We can call them retarded and such, but they really don't know better.

>> No.16257823

>>16257812
loser

>> No.16257832

>>16257803
we all idealize what we don't have. incels were deprived of sex so they obsess over it as the piece that is missing.

therefore the people they worship ie "Chad" becomes a stereotype of everything they lack to the point of irony

>> No.16257844

>>16257832
Yep, and on the opposite pole you have guys who are so insecure inside that when they finally found a female to tolerate them they puff up their chests like a gorilla as if to say "I've got mine", but crumble as soon as their little doll is taken away or finds someone else.

>> No.16258062

>>16257704
I read almost exclusively for fun. I couldn't even tell you the page count of anything I've read. Usually I read about 1-2 books a week but I'm not feeling it I'll just go exercise/shitpost

>> No.16258078

>>16257844
literally was me

>> No.16258094

>>16257704
The former. I derive no social benefit from reading literature. I don't talk to people

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>>16257734
>why yes, I feel superior reading AND having sex while others watch tv and masturbate, how could you tell?

>> No.16258111

I read history for funny anecdotes and to get inspiration from the lives of greater men.

>> No.16258127

>>16257704
The former, though I’ll admit that the truth and knowledge acquired does make me feel superior.

>> No.16258136

>>16257704
I read to acquire the key to goberning power and for the destruction of the "state" of Israel. Also to hate society.

>> No.16258139

>>16257704
absolutely both

>> No.16258153

>>16257704
Possession of knowledge and truth only lowers your social status. If you're pursuing truth for some ulterior motive, you're a moron.

>> No.16258178

>>16257704
I started reading for the second reason, and kept on reading for the first.

>> No.16258190

>>16257734
Once you actually start having sex regularily you realize sex is nothing worth caring about. With knowledge, it's the exact opposite.