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9282200 No.9282200 [Reply] [Original]

I hate literary, journalistic, and humanities department culture but I feel like I'm a hostage. If I admit this irl people will think I'm a pleb.

I simply have no interest in all sorts of shit. I don't care what Plato / Locke / Hobbes / millions of others had to say about politics. Why do I have to pretend that a priori mental masturbation is anything other than puffed up garbage?

Critically thinking about any philosopher's thoughts is fucking forbidden. You are only allowed to worship them. This can take many forms. Plain and outright praise. Giving credit for predicting things by selectively quoting them ("Aristotle said that 'Stuff moves'. He predicted Quantum Mechanics! He's a genius!"). Praising a fictional example that became famous ("Ahh gosh, Plato's conception of a philosopher king has always been relevant!". Hmm... a trivial name for a "perfect" leader is somehow illuminating...). Of course in case of emergency, break glass for a "Literary Analysis" of a famous philosopher. ("Nietzsche had a name with two syllables. There were two world wars in the 20th century. My God, humanity's tragic will to power was predicted by this prophet!").

A lesser problem is history fags. Sometimes this can be interesting but a lot of it is significance porn, plain and simple. ("Ahh gosh, this battle defined the contours of 17th century Prussia's borders for the next two centuries!") But again, it's not as bad as the above stuff, though we all know that within 150 years Hitler will be openly worshipped.

It is funny seeing Historians try to act as "experts" when talking to stupid journalists but they obviously do it for the money rather than because they're stupid.

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>>9282200
>If I admit this irl people will think I'm a pleb.
I can't imagine why.

>> No.9282247

You're at a phase in your life where you think you've got "everything figured" and that you've somehow risen above it all due to your cynicism in everything.

You're at the point where you think everything you don't understand is "pretentious" and not worth understanding. You're frustrated that there are things and concepts that may be above your current intellectual level so instead of humbling yourself you lash out at them.

We've all been there, OP. Luckily, you'll probably grow out of this once you hit your twenties.

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>>9282200
Get out of university and read what you want. We pay tuition to jump through hoops and get our little stamp of approval so we can show everyone how we are good little boys.

>> No.9282268

>>9282247
This

>> No.9282272

>Critically thinking about any philosopher's thoughts is fucking forbidden

uh...no, critically thinking about them is pretty much the entire point. have you ever actually tried writing something thoughtful and critical, or just turned in something that said, "THIS IS FUCKING DUMB!!! YOU ALL SUCK!!! I'M SMARTERE THAN YOU BTW!"

>> No.9282285

>>9282200

Why is this board made up almost entirely of deluded undergrads with superiority complexes?

>> No.9282288

>>9282285

I always thought that was the fun of it, though calling them undergrads is giving them a little too much credit, as 75% of them are in the process of failing out of their first semester, because they're too smart for college.

>> No.9282293

>>9282285
>OP: deluded undergrad
>Next 6 replies: not deluded undergrad
makes you go hmmmmm

>> No.9282420

just switch to STEM, OP

>> No.9282593

>>9282293

Well I am one, so the ratio is at least 2/7.

>> No.9282687

Going to college is in itself un-patrician and bourgeoisie

>> No.9282704

>>9282258
deep & edgy my man

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>>9282704

>> No.9284092

>>9282200
>I hate literary, journalistic, and humanities department

Enjoy being told how to think.

>> No.9284106

>studying something in college besides pure math
Why do people do this? I don't understand this meme

>> No.9284269

>>9282200
I'm exactly the opposite. The problem I have with my philosophy and my English departments is that they have LITERALLY zero respect for the original thinkers. I don't agree with just worshipping them for the sake of it, but I mean these are great thinkers we're talking about here.

Idk, I think the kind of inherent respect and attention that it takes to read someone like Plato in the modern age, despite his somewhat anachronistic quirks, is severely lacking in the universities, in favour of "critical thinking" and "deconstruction" (one of which is a real thing and the other a sham btw)