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In what moment that you realise that reading fiction is a waste of time, and start reading only non-fiction?

>> No.17428148

There are certain personality types who could never fully reap the benefits of fiction. IMO being one of those people would not be a life worth living.

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>>17428148
Holy shit, that some mighty cope right there, truly sound like:

>I've wasted my time reading old dudes moaning about life and shit and now I need to cope with this fact

>> No.17428184

>>17428127
You're approaching the truth anon, but what you need to realise is that both fiction (i.e. novels) and non-fiction are equally pointless. Read POETRY

>> No.17428196

>>17428127
>Frenpill
That's literally just being a Christian

>> No.17428230

>>17428127
I thought the same years back, then I didn't, then I did again and now I don't again. I guess it depends on your phase.

>> No.17428272

>>17428127
What a brainlet take. Good fiction is applicable to real life. That's the entire point of it and the reason why humans have been telling stories since we were able to talk.

>> No.17428360

>>17428127
In the moment where I was a soulless autistic bugman who gets filtered by the concept of art.

>> No.17428371

>>17428196
Wow, the image with a reference to a bible passage in it is Christian, what a great detective you are.

>> No.17428565

>>17428127
About a year ago.

>> No.17429058

>>17428127
after I finished moby dick

>> No.17429065

>>17428272
the fiction book doesn’t spend the whole book enlightening you on its themes and what it has to say. rather than reading the entire fiction book you could just look up an analysis of the book and it’s themes and points that the author wants to impart upon you

>> No.17429494

No, 4chan! I won't fall for that meme, I like to read the good old fiction, be it fantasy or not.

>> No.17429576

>>17429065
No. Good fiction ennobles the spirit and encourages and inspires the heart to change. This is not a merely intellectual process. It is a spiritual phenomenon, hence why good art is said to have “soul”. Human beings are moved by stories, not by explanations.

>> No.17429600

>>17428127
After I turned 21, but I still occasionally read web novel trash and it makes me feel like a dirty pleb desu.

>> No.17429653

Most good fiction is based on something that actually happened.

>> No.17429654

>>17429576
Exactly this- just read Letters from the Underground for the first time and the narrative portions are (to me) way more moving and enlightening than where the “paradoxalist” is philosophizing.