/lit/ - Literature

>>8700043
False modesty is worse than pretentiousness. Being ashamed of using big words when you're a word specialist is ridiculous. You should learn to use whatever language the situation calls for rather than stick to some dumb maxim.

>>8700057
Popularity without quality is an inducator that there's a whole subset of experience criticism has failed to integrate or even perceive.

>>8442912
I could say the same thing, glad someone understands my unsatisfied will.

>>8162514
>Sorry, your spelling of "tought [sic]" distracted me, I assumed the rest of it was moronic and lo and behold I was right.
That is a cute excuse.

>everyone has their own set of likes and dislikes.
Which are completely conditioned by their environment just like the rest of their identity.

>not recognizing that those groups are distinctions that exist in your head only is madness.
What's madness is thinking distinctions exist outside of perception. But that has little to do with the discussion. The point is that you're only bringing out the tastes card because you don't want further inquiry on your own tastes, because you fail to recognize them for what they are and are afraid of name calling. Rather than arguing back, or expounded on why the content or the technique of the author is effective, you fall back on non-arguments and sarcasm out of a misguided sense of shame, bringing the quality of the place down to your level rather than trying to contributing some of your effort.

I could be wrong about all this though, admittedly, hopefully.

>>7520841