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18951157 No.18951157 [Reply] [Original]

When you think about it, there's no reason to read fiction other than just pure entertainment. If you think you become 'enlightened', what use is that on a day to day basis? If you were an author you could've channeled it in your writing, if you were a cult leader you could've enchanted your followers with nuggets of wisdom, if you're an opinioniated public speaker you could've dabbed on liberals and amass a cluster of fascist fanbase on Youtube. For you, a nothing, the 'enlightnment' that comes from books just sits there pointless, purposeless. Besides, none of the insight you *think* you pick up stays with you more than week after reading the book anyway

>> No.18951169

>>18951157
But I'm an author

>> No.18951211

Many activities we do are for entertainment. There are activities such as going to the gym which can improve physical health or learning which expands our minds, but to what end? If you're going to say reading fiction is pointless because it's for entertainment, you may as well cast aside anything else we do for entertainment and live a miserable life. Entertainment makes us feel good, what point is there in living a life that you can't enjoy? Stop taking yourself so seriously you absolute fag

>> No.18951234

>>18951211
>If you're going to say reading fiction is pointless because it's for entertainment
It's not the activity that's pointless, it's the enlightenment that comes from reading that's pointless if you're a nobody

>> No.18951248

>>18951157
>one chance at life
>born a 5'8 pajeet and not this

Yeah I agree all fiction is just escapism, and I don't even think literary fiction is superior in any way to film, TV, or even video games and visual novels. I played Pathologic 2 recently and I had a more vivid and immersive fictional experience than in any book i've read. Books are kind of a meme.

>> No.18951288

>>18951157
You could say the same thing about an other form of leisure. At least being well-read makes you acquainted with more information and arguably a better writer, which is useful for employment.

>>18951248
Maybe, but books have a longer lifespan than other media.

>> No.18951362

>>18951157
Agreed, I only read history, philosophy, and theology.

>> No.18951438

>>18951157
Reading for 'pure entertainment' is retarded. No great masterpiece will ever compete with the dopamine shots you'll receive from doing drugs, eating junk food, fucking a hooker, getting through a fight, beating a videogame, or pumping iron in a gym.
For a seeker of pure thoughtless hedonism literature has nothing to offer, in a rapidly interactive, pleasure-brimmed world, an act of sitting in total silence and staring at letters writter centuries ago could be compared to a mild form of masochism

>> No.18951455

VANITAS VANITATUM OMNIA VANITAS

>> No.18951535

>>18951169
what have you written?

>> No.18951564

>>18951438
>Reading for 'pure entertainment' is retarded
No. Rather, thinking that everyone is entertained by the same things to the same extent that you are entertained by is retarded

>> No.18951768

>>18951157
>Fiction is for fun/escapism
>We communicate via defining thing only
>we don't find ourselves in situations in real life, as stated in stories
You a little bitch, little bitch

>> No.18951797

>>18951157
>caring about what other people read
>posting creepshot

Kill yourself, faggot.

>> No.18951804

I read to cry
Like Pessoa's 'O pastor amoroso'
Like Dostoievski's 'Brothers Karamazov'
Like the Book of Job
And tears clean me

>> No.18951825

>>18951157
it stops me from killing myself, and helps me understand other humans, so that's something I guess.

>> No.18951933

>>18951157
whatever bro. im sure reading Outliers leaves you a better person because you're able to spit a couple nifty facts, as opposed to reading a timeless work of fiction

>> No.18952120

>>18951768
you can be better at handling those situations without reading stories

>> No.18952157

>>18951248
>being 5’8” poo in loo
>not adopting a guru personally and yoga lifestyle to fuck white suburban yoga whores
Ngmi

>> No.18952665

>>18951248
>books are a meme
Your problem isn’t being a 5’8 pajeetlet it’s that you’re fucking retarded

>> No.18952669

All I want to do is understand myself.

>> No.18952742

>>18951438
You have an unrefined palate. I've done hard drugs and had dangerous sex with strangers. There are unique experiences available only within fiction

>> No.18952808

>>18952742
Sex is 100x more pleasurable (in the sense of instant gratification) than reading and you are a larping pseud if you claim otherwise.

>> No.18953201

>>18952808
Pleasure doesn't exist on a single axis you absolute moron. You have no taste, at all. You will never truly experience life, nor will you understand it

>> No.18953226

>>18951157
What a retarded take. Good fiction helps you think better. It shapes behavior.

>> No.18953269

>>18951157
> be born black
> if I’m ever caught reading Im treated like a child being congratulated on being “ into books! “
Chads have no idea how lucky they are to be able to capture this aesthetic

>> No.18953285

>>18951157
What’s he reading?