/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.2652542]

>tfw you go to a bookstore and aren't impressed by any author, writer, or philosopher because you know you are smarter than them and anything they have to say you already fully understand

I wish I wasn't so smart, then I could enjoy these trivial literature and philosophy stories like /lit/ does

[Anonymous No.2652546]

> haven't read Jean Luc Nancy, Blanchot, Bataille, Deleuze, RobGrillet, etc....


0.7/100 make me answer

[Anonymous No.2652550]

Being able to fully understand something doesn't mean there isn't ideas out there that have never crossed your mind.

[Anonymous No.2652553]

Must have stayed away from the philosophy section, huh, kiddo?

[Anonymous No.2652554]

Post your writing, OP

[Anonymous No.2652556]

>>2652550

those ideas can be broken down into basic parts which I already know

everything that we can know is pretty obvious, the rest is just hypothetical what-ifs and speculation

[Anonymous No.2652557]

Why are people responding angrily if it's literally impossible the OP isn't being tongue-in-cheek

[Anonymous No.2652558]

Same here OP, but I also sometime get the urge to write the same crap these people read just to make millions off of it, but at the same time, I would hate my fans and not be able to live with myself after the fact.
How do you feel about this?

[OP here No.2652562]

>>2652553

my first BA was in philosophy.

[Anonymous No.2652568]

>>2652557

[Anonymous No.2652574]

>>2652558

You don't owe them anything genuine or new, take their money and do as you please with it.

[Anonymous No.2652599]

>>2652574
This nigga her has been reading the right philosophies.

[Anonymous No.2652606]

>>2652557
People actively enjoy being trolled. Getting angry on the internet is about as common as furiously masturbating several times a day over shemale porn these days.

[Anonymous No.2652610]

>>2652556
you've just admitted you haven't come up with all of the 'what ifs' so fuck you. read a book.

[Anonymous No.2652615]

>>2652556
yeah this is true after taking a semester of world history i just broke down the parts i read and it was obvious duhh

[Anonymous No.2652623]

>>2652542

did u kno that when the colombus came to america, the indians did not see his ship for they did not know what they are? (this is a metphor)

[Anonymous No.2652626]

>>2652615

>conflating history with fiction or philosophy

sure is grade 5 reading comprehension in here

[Anonymous No.2652637]

>>2652626
wut no im a freshman in college

its just an analogy its the same thing idort

[Anonymous No.2652654]

>>2652637

>its just an analogy its the same thing

clearly you don't understand what an analogy is or how to make a non-faulty analogy

[Anonymous No.2652655]

>>2652637


OP's criticism doesn't work with fact based disciplines like history or science, it works with theory-based disciplines like fiction or philosophy that just analyze ideas and possibilities

[Anonymous No.2652661]

OP, just because you are more intelligent than all these authors (which i very much doubt), doesn't mean you can't be gripped by wonderful story telling, and wowed by experiences that you haven't had.

[Anonymous No.2652666]

>>2652542

Honestly, this is how every educated person should feel.

[Anonymous No.2652721]

>>2652661

I'm gripped by comic books more than literature

[Anonymous No.2652725]

>>2652721
Dont you worry young grasshopper, that'll probably change when you hit puberty.

[Anonymous No.2652726]

OP is the Dunning-Kruger effect, exemplified.

[Anonymous No.2652733]

>>2652661

Comes down to this OP. When I was an undergrad I felt the same way you did (and to some extent still feel that way), but there is still merit in reading fiction, especially fiction from outside of your native culture. You don't have to be the smartest man in the room to be the best storyteller.

[Anonymous No.2652742]

>>2652726

Once one is aware of the effect, he/she can compensate for it, rendering it useless.