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2875449 No.2875449 [Reply] [Original]

>tfw you read articles in highly regarded literary journals
>tfw the articles discuss aspects of a novel or genre that you thought were too obvious to commit to paper
>tfw you could have been published for stating the obvious
>tfw academia underwhelms you

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2875455

>i feel you OP

>> No.2875474

Where do you hear or read about these?

>> No.2875477

humanities academia is a joke, this isn't news.

go read science or engineering journals to blow your mind

>> No.2875481

>>2875449
it's a thing in modern art too. sometimes you encounter things you could have done or said, but the point is - you didn't.

that being said, you probably think everyone is stupid and praises stupid ideas. right? i sense some teen angst.

>> No.2875483

>>2875481

>it's a thing in modern art too.

that's because modern art is shit tier as well

have you read humanities journals, philosophy, literature, etc?? they are super pointless

>> No.2875484

>>2875449
but you didn't. slash you don't have the credentials / connections to publish them and be taken seriously.

>> No.2875487

>>2875483
oh ok. have fun being that kid from catcher in the rye.

>> No.2875488

academia is largely a circlejerk, yes. This is not news.

>> No.2875490

>>2875487

I have a degree in Philosophy & Physics btw
I enjoy both subjects immensely but Academic philosophy is a joke.

>> No.2875498

>>2875490
And you still come to /lit/ and angst about the state of academic philosophy? Sorry but I can't hear you through all that bullshit.

>> No.2875502

>not knowing that time grinds off all the shit

>> No.2875510

>>2875498

I come to /lit/ all the time and I'm not angsting anything, I didn't make the thread, I just agreed that humanities are really poorly structured and the material they produce at the graduate level is very obvious and even more trivial

>> No.2875512

I could have discovered the Higgs Boson, I just didn't get around to it because I was busy eating this ham sandwich.

>> No.2875525

Hahaha OP, it's like...

Well that wasn't obvious was it STIENBERG!!!

>> No.2875829

>>2875477

"Man, girls are a joke. You should try buttsex, it will blow your mind"

>> No.2875835

"Everyone is stupid but meeeeeeeee"
Also the argument is more vital than the idea

>> No.2875873

Yeah, OP. I feel ya. I mean, any one of use could have written Toni Morrison's "Playing in the Dark" or come up with Homi Bhabha's idea of hybridisation. Literary criticism is soooooooooooooo easy.