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14942094 No.14942094 [Reply] [Original]

Please leave this board and never return if you agree with any of the following sentences:

>you read any form of genre fiction
>you barely know your classics
>you tend to believe that if you like a given work, it is justified on an artistic level
>you think everyone's opinion should be accepted and respected
>you speak a single language
>you read contemporary versions of Shakespeare or Milton
>you read for the plot
>you read for entertainment
>you rarely read nonfiction
>you don't have a solid grounding in philosophy
>you do not at least have some understanding of the Three Tragedians and Homer
>you have little to no understanding of literature outside of your cultural horizon
>you have little to no understanding of literature within your own cultural horizon (muh african authors)
>you mostly read contemporary literature
>you believe 'the author is dead'
>you make your literary analysis proceed from ideology
>you think intricate prose is 'pretentious' and that the author 'should just get to the point'
>your rarely read poetry
>you think Rhythm and Rhyme is just useless rules and laws restricting creativity
>you have a hard time explaining why you like a given work
>you have a hard time forming structured and relevant literary criticism
>you tend to refuse to judge works for yourself, rather relying on the opinions of literary authorities
>you rarely read for more than one or two hours straight

>> No.14942283

>>14942094
Great list, brother, but I want to expand on it a bit more

>you haven't read Euclid's Elements
>you are a midwit
>your Philosophy and Ethics is completely influenced by your Politics and not the other way around

>> No.14942291

Dat bepaal ik zelf wel

>> No.14942308

>>14942094
Très basé

>> No.14942341

Have sex

>> No.14942342

>>14942094
Lol I don't read

>> No.14942364

>>14942094
how about you leave since you seem to be so out of touch with reality that you think I have to read 100 diffrent books just to post on an online imageboard. Ill admit I havent read all the classics or whatever but ill get there eventually. also whats wrong with "genre fiction"?

>> No.14942381
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14942381

>>14942094
I only read self help and cookbooks. What are you gonna do to stop me?

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14942500

>>14942094
shut the fuck up, you fucking nigger

>> No.14942550

>>14942094
>> you read for entertainment
go jack off somewhere else, i recommend >>>/s/ and >>>/hc/

>> No.14942561

ez, farming trigger3d pseuds lmfao

>> No.14942584

novalis, you look different. cuter.

>> No.14942626

>>14942094
>>you tend to believe that if you like a given work, it is justified on an artistic level
maybe it's you that needs to leave, midwit

>> No.14942643

>>14942626
this is stale pasta newfag

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14942789

>>14942094
>>you read for entertainment
>>you rarely read for more than one or two hours straight

Ah yes, not reading for large amounts of my time because I enjoy it but to be a smug anime girl gatekeeper on a mongolian pseudo-intellectual basketweaving circlejerk forum