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I thought people who read books were supposed to be smart

>> No.11307128

>>11307117
you thought wrong

>> No.11307132

>>11307117

> Implying /lit/ reads

>> No.11307142

>>11307117
Only dumb people think that because they don't read. Smart people enjoy reading, interact with others who enjoy reading, and thus understand that many people who also read are total retards.

Basically, the absence of reading does signify stupidity. But the presence of reading does not necessarily signify intelligence.

>> No.11307156

>>11307142
>Only dumb people think that
Only dumb people say that

>> No.11307209

>>11307117
They are obnoxious.

>> No.11307216

it's just porn you're not allowed put in 3d or 2d. you can leave if you don't like it.

>> No.11307385
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11307385

I do sort of wonder how certain readers remain so shallow or elitist

How can you read as much as people on this board claim and still be an elitist edgelord with little understanding of how people work? Did you not absorb anything you read?

>> No.11307390

>>11307142
i've known one or two guys who were highly intelligent and had literally never read anything, except skimmed some books that were required in highschool. These guys all became engineers lol

>> No.11307404

I'm fucking retarded but I like to read still

>> No.11307407

>>11307385
since when is elitism frowned upon?

>> No.11307419

>>11307385

They must force themselves to read books they don't enjoy just to prove to themselves that they're smart.

>> No.11307425

>>11307390

Same, or they only read books related to the field they're successful in

>> No.11307428

>>11307385
almost nothing I post on this website is sincere, it is still childish to spend my time provoking people but I dont actually believe the things I'm saying

>> No.11307432

>>11307390
They probably kept their college books after graduation

>> No.11307450
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11307450

People who read fill their heads with other people's ideas. They are knowledgeable, but not smart.

>> No.11307455

>>11307450
i forget most of the things i read.

your turn.

>> No.11307465

>>11307407
yeah the whole anti-elitist thing is worth a laugh

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11307524

>>11307385
Those people care more about appearances than substance. Basically they're opposite of hipsters.
>>11307450
Off topic but that is my main critique of school system, it makes people read and make them know a lot,but it doesn't really make students think a lot.

>> No.11307532

>>11307450
half the time your new ideas come from connections with other ideas.

>> No.11307548

Everyone in this thread is such a pleb. I can almost hear "I was smart I just didn't try in high school" emanating from your pathetic cries against literary standards.

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11307550

>>11307117

— what does “smart” mean to you?

>> No.11307560

>>11307550
See what I'm saying, you guys don't even know what smart means.

>> No.11307570

>>11307560
I'm smarting now.

>> No.11307572

>>11307548
the two years of highschool i tried in(11 and 12) i got an average fluctuating between 93 and 97 and I didnt even try that hard. I got into every university i applied to which were admittedly just the Canadian ones

i didnt go to university though I got drunk for 6 years instead

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11307579

>>11307548
it's so annoyingly transparent

>> No.11307586

>>11307579
I don't listen to what people with bad teeth have to say.

>> No.11307614

>>11307548

whats with the sudden angst?

>> No.11307682

>>11307450
new ideas don't exist if you think about it

>> No.11307696

Could a dumb person still understand and enjoy artistic nuances?

>> No.11307706

>>11307572
you're exactly the person he's describing.

>> No.11307719

>>11307706
but i literally stated that i did well when i tried, which is the opposite of what he described

>> No.11307725

>>11307719
You just fucking said that you didn't try in high school. What's more interesting is that you're now proving your intellectual incompetence.

>> No.11307732

>>11307725
>>11307572
>the two years of highschool i tried in

maybe i would have been bad at uni, but i was at least competent enough for highschool, get off my case m8

>> No.11307739

>>11307732
fuck you. canada will pay

>> No.11307744

>>11307117
i am smart, /lit/ is not smart and neither are most STEMfags or literati. Most of academia and the cognoscenti are not intelligent anon this is how its always been

>> No.11307767

>>11307696
yes with his heart

>> No.11307775

why do you think they have to read?

>> No.11308130

>>11307390
Engineer here. I'm 6'2, earn +50k a year, and read Donne and Milton on my spare time.

>> No.11308167

>>11307548
>I tried extremely hard in highschool
>I now am a proud grammar teacher

>> No.11308189

>>11308130
cringe