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10292619 No.10292619 [Reply] [Original]

>when you're reading a slightly boring book but it's an old classic that earns you a lot of pseud cred so you keep reading

>> No.10292675

>>10292619
So you're reading philosophy?

>> No.10292678

>>10292619
kek, have an upboat

>> No.10292692
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10292692

>Plato: The Republic
>Hobbes: Leviathan

>> No.10292693

Only true for 20th century "classics".
All pre-19th century classics are great.

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10292696

>reading classics and reading whatsoever is boring to me
>but everything else is just as boring so I persevere for the brain gainz

>> No.10292699

>>10292696
Dank

>> No.10292702

read classics about shit you care about and you wont have this problem

>> No.10292704

You're reading Moby Dick too?

>> No.10292708

>>10292619

Pseuds are the easiest people to out-maneuver in literary discussions. They have nothing to say. Just pretend you read it and put them on the spot to explain why it was a great book.

>> No.10292710

>>10292708
Cicada 3301! At last you show your face.

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>>10292619
>when you're reading an old classic that you're too pseud to understand, but you only read to claim the hobby as an accessory to your trendy identity so you keep reading

>> No.10292747

>>10292619
I finish every book I pick up unless the author self-inserts retarded political opinions on the edgy and intelligent character.