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12032142 No.12032142 [Reply] [Original]

Why doesn't /lit/ just write some easy pop culture vomit and become a millionaire?

>> No.12032157

>>12032142
we aren't capable. we can only tear things down without providing solutions.

>> No.12032161

>>12032157
This applies to most literary critics desu

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>>12032142
That would require us to find pleasure in the little things in life and not lamenting in thoughts of suicide, hatred, and self doubt.

>> No.12032245

>>12032142
Harsh self-criticism combined with utter lack of talent, craft and perseverance, not to mention originality and real creativity. Fear of embarrassment, I guess.

I often self-censor 4chan posts because they're too shitty.

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>>12032245
>>12032176

>> No.12033470

/lit is being surprisingly honest today

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Someone call Gaskun...

>> No.12034134

>>12032142
Because even though money can't buy happiness, money can pay the bills I complain about, money can put food in the fridge, money can send me back to school, but what will I have left to complain about after that?

>> No.12034147

>>12032142
The Legacy of Totalitarianism in a Tundra

>> No.12034188

>>12034134
Lack of fulfillment spiritually/emotionally

>> No.12034224

>>12034134
Poor person thinking