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4167147 No.4167147[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Why do we read what other people write?

>> No.4167150

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>> No.4167152
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4167152

Why do we write so others might read?

>> No.4167158

Because we're not niggers.

>> No.4167165

>>4167152
>Please, allow me to switch around the words in your sentence to ask a different question.
>Did I tell you I was edgy and intelligent?

>> No.4167167

>>4167158
>>4167165
can't decide which one of these posts is more stupid.

>> No.4167169

Because the paper's too uncomfortable to wipe your arse with.

>> No.4167172

Freshmen creative writing majors sometimes have the impression that they shouldn't be reading anything, because they should be only developing their own styles, not getting influenced etc.

It's usually too late to save those people by the time they get to college.

Paradoxically, if you never read anyone else, your style will be 100% stale and generic, not unique.

>> No.4167178

Because you can't think for yourself.

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4167220

why indeed

>> No.4167347

>>4167172
What's wrong with being influenced?

>> No.4167353

>>4167167
the one that you get offended by because you're 26 and it's time for you to stop using 4chan

>> No.4167416

>>4167347

Are you literally illiterate?

I said in that post that one MUST read and be influenced, and that it's a naive error to think otherwise.

>> No.4167432

>>4167416
Yes, he's literally illiterate. He literally is. The mere fact that he somehow managed to form a coherent sentence and post it is by itself a miracle. You should feel proud to have witnessed such wonder.

>> No.4167439

>>4167432
#rekt

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4167443

>>4167432

>> No.4167464

>>4167443
#epic

>> No.4167473

>>4167147
Because it's something you didn't think up.

>> No.4168978

>>4167353
or the one where a 12 year old tries to explain how edginess is so kewl gais!~ u 2 old

>> No.4168985

>>4167147

Because what I write is shit.

>> No.4168990

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it.

>> No.4169034

>>4167147
Because we are citizens. We enter one anothers' dreams and fantasies, and take from them ideals that we pair to the world around us, to contextualize reality in a new frame. This, in turn, leads to different perspectives on life, which we use to engage in dialogue. And this interconnectedness of inspiration and ideas promotes a collective desire for self-actualization, which drives us to create brighter futures.

But this assumes that reading and writing is a privillege. And that what's being read is TAR.

>> No.4169177

>>4167147
it's thelepathy, magical thought transfer over time and space... the closest we have to efficient communication of ideas

>> No.4169247

>>4167167
Can't tell which one of these posts is more stupid.
Oh..yes I can. Because there is only one stupid fucking post in this entire goddamn thread. Yours.

>> No.4169249

>>4167147
>>4167152
Why do we write what others read?