/lit/ - Literature

>>15981186
It's not just that.
>Be old broke faggot living off dead dad's money for literally whole life
>Do nothing but walk around arguing about how democracy's bullshit, the king should be above the law, and Sparta is a model society we should all copy
>Students buy this and overthrow the democracy, install their own dictatorship, and use a garrison of Spartan soldiers to terrorize, murder, and steal from the public
>Lasts less than a year before they get ousted
>Socrates goes back to walking around saying all the same shit
>Same fucking thing happens a few years later
>Lasts less than a year before they get ousted
>Socrates AGAIN goes back to walking around saying all the same shit
>Starts to happen a fucking third time, gets stopped pre-emptively
>Socrates gets put on trial for turning multiple young students of his into murderous tyrants
>"Sorry I'm just so much smarter than everyone else *dabs*"
>"Look you can either fuck off out of the city or we'll kill you"
>"Fuck you I'm not going to Sparta, that place sucks"
>Gets executed

>>12420724
>>12420747
>>12420792
Okay, I can see I've contradicted myself somewhat. I suppose it's not fair of me to say "I'm not as affected as it says I should be to necessitate an answer" and "it doesn't declare what I'm supposed to be feeling to necessitate an answer" at the same time.

>>12308611
>The Iliad by Homer
>The Odyssey by Fagles

>go to /k/
>people discussing guns, survivalism, heavy weaponry, military equipment, customization, related media, etc.
>go to r/guns
>people discussing how much they miss owning guns "but the wife made me get rid of them, you know what I mean?"

>go to /lit/
>classical literature, complicated philosophy, history, thicc books for brainy boys
>you get called a fucking idiot and laughed out of the thread if you aren't caught up on the subject matter
>go to r/books or whatever the fuck it is
>"hey ya so im rereading Harry Potter for the seventh time and..."

>go to /diy/
>machining, woodworking, blacksmithing, prototyping and fabricating, actual craftsmanship and discussion of trades, math and science skills often required
>go to r/diy
>fucking life hacks and back to school crafts

>go to /fit/
>strength training, bodybuilding, strength sports like powerlifting and strongman, programming, nutritional information, general self improvement threads, mental health
>go to r/fitness
>brosplits and momscience as far as the eye can see
>"I don't want to lift weights because I'll get too bulky, I'm just trying to get toned :^)"

Can we get a name for this phenomenon? Why as soon as you introduce normies or karma points to a community it becomes irredeemable shit?

Why is this still here it isn't /lit/

>>9412179
>ones where the spells actually WORK
14 year old girls shouldn't be on /lit/

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