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4885665 No.4885665[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

How many words do I have to read daily to not be a pleb?

>> No.4885674

>>4885665
>How many words do I have to read daily
Patricians measure their daily reading in books, not words.
Lurk moar.

>> No.4885949

>>4885665
>>4885674
>anyone here being a patrician
Everybody here has already forsaken their right to patrician-hood.

>> No.4885958

You'll be a pleb no matter how many words you read.

>> No.4886004

Measuring reading in terms of quantity instead of quality automatically makes you a pleb.

>> No.4886018

>read a dozen pages of philosophy on my way to campus
>grab hold of one or two distinct concepts
>chew and digest them all day
>come away with a more intimate understanding of the text
If you read for the wrong reasons, you will always be a pleb.

>> No.4886451

>>4886018
>that feel when I forget it a week later
Philosophy is just too dense for me. ;_;

>> No.4886481
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4886481

>>4885665
you've already failed

>> No.4886483

>>4886018
>philosophy
you're wasting your time

>> No.4886485

>>4885665
>using words read per day as the only criterion for judging whether one is a pleb

most people that i know of dont read and of those that do the majority read the news online

tl;dr plebs dont even read any sort of lit

>> No.4886613

>>4885665
I was pleb once, till I read this thread

>> No.4886620

>>4886018
Philosophy? Next time try science.

>> No.4886623

I'm trans -pleb you all don't know the horrors of being a well read man trying to adjust to a twighlight reading mindset. Check your privilege !

>> No.4886624

>>4886483
>>4886620
0/10 back to >>>/sci/

>> No.4886646
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4886646

10000 hours worth of words in a lifetime

do the math