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3377626 No.3377626 [Reply] [Original]

How does it feel being great, /lit/?

>> No.3377648

Feels suicidal, man.

>> No.3377647

>Patrician minds discuss ideas;
>Pleb minds discuss events;
>Women discuss people.

fix'd

>> No.3377654

feels great, man

>> No.3377662

>>3377626
Feels pretty good.

>> No.3377677
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>> No.3377682

>eleanor roosevelt

>> No.3377698
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3377698

>mfw the very comment discusses people
>mfw the bitch accidentally herself a small mind
>mfw i'm discussing her now so I'm one as well

>> No.3377699

Feels like a ludicrous fucking generalisation, that isn't applicable to the real world.

>> No.3377705

Great - /lit/
average - /pol/
small - /tv/

>> No.3377709

>>3377699

Yeah, what about discussing people's ideas?

>> No.3377712

so chomsky or some high brow intellectual discussing the arab spring is only average because that's just an 'event' whereas I'm great for discussing the idea that my farts control the cosmos.

>> No.3377715

>Eleanor Roosevelt
>Wife of shitty crippled president who had no idea what the fuck he was doing
Yeah, no thanks.

>> No.3377717

>someone reading a eulogy at a funeral


lol small minded pleb

>> No.3377721

>>3377717
is one person talking considered a discussion?

>> No.3377725

>>3377717
But my dad read the eulogy at my grandfather's funeral, and I always thought he was the bees knees... ;_;

>> No.3377726

everyone talks about people and events. it's like the only things that exist to talk about (maybe add other organisms)
ideologues discuss ideas - ie anyone who eventually fits whatever they're talking about into some general framework.

>> No.3377732

Ideas - Literature, philosophy, science etc (/lit/, /sci/)
Events - History etc (/pol/, /int/)
People - Relationships, drama, your life etc (/r9k/, /soc/)

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>>3377715
He may not have had a full understanding of the problem, but he got people who did and lead the nation to recovery.
Oddly enough, now that we do know how to fix the problem of depressions and recessions, we can't do it politically. I mean that stimulus worked. Now that its paid for lets shoot off another one

>> No.3377735

>>3377721
if people are listening yeah.

even in a conversation 1 person speaks as others listen. even conversations are lectures. just shorter with more frequent interruptions where someone else becomes the speaker.

otherwise a discussion would only be a rabble where everyone talks at once, which is nonsense.

>> No.3377749

>>3377626
Stupid, worthless quote. What about people discussing ideas concerning events or people?

>> No.3377756

>>3377749
Analysing it is stupid. it's meant to be understood immediately as >>3377732

>> No.3377764

>>3377756
Stating the obvious is pretty worthless too.

>> No.3377798

>>3377764
Everything's worthless. He said it was stupid though.

>> No.3377819

>>3377647
win

>> No.3377828

Minds can discuss ideas, events and people.

-Get fucked Eleanor

>> No.3377833

>>3377764
it's just a small quip, asshole

"smart people do smart things"
>wow, how retarded, that is so fucking obvious omg so stupid and worthless to be said

>> No.3377836

Ever read Don Juan, Eleanor? Anyway, writers are always gossips - they're profoundly interested in people, at bottom.

>> No.3377838

>>3377732
Still ridiculous. Great minds discuss all of these things. Sometimes you just need advice on your life direction or the other people in your life - there's no reason to elevate social pariahism as a standard of intellectual rigor.

>> No.3377842

>>3377838
but i'll still agree that /r9k/ is a pile of shit.

>> No.3377868

>Great minds discuss poop.
>Average minds discuss farts.
>Small minds discuss food.
- John Quincy Adams

>> No.3377870

I didn't know she was autistic

>> No.3377872

You guys are taking this way too seriously.

You're making this into "Great minds always discuss pure ideas! Average, mediocre people discuss the news! The ignorant small minded fellows will always just talk about gossip and people!"

Geez. Fucking aspies.

>> No.3377879

>>3377872
Please stop trying to defend that stupid quote, thanks

>> No.3377900

>>3377682
more like eleanor loservelt amirite?

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3377909

And we can all agree that Sports are Ideas.

>> No.3377912

>>3377879
there is nothing to defend, stop taking it that seriously

>> No.3377929

>>3377909
events

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3377945

/tv/ here, do you guys have waifus?

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>>3377945
Yup. This cute lil girl right here.

>> No.3377959

I think there's something to that quote. For example I very rarely talk about subjects pertaining to my life, or people I've met, and I know some people who only talk about those things. And then there's people who only follow the news, but aren't so interested in the long perspective or the recurring patterns. I think these people like to stay on top of things, but aren't so interested in getting to the bottom of things (to paraphrase Knuth). And then I think there's people like me who are willing to talk about a very very broad range of topics, and I suppose they can see the relations between superficially disparate topics. That doesn't sound exactly like ideas, but I guess they're patterns which are captured in ideas. Who knows.

So I think there's something to it. Also, women are very people-oriented if you're going by what their magazines talk about, not to put too fine a point on it.

I interpreted this in a slightly self-congratulatory way, but most of us do it.

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>>3377945
>2013
>not being into young Joyce Carol Oates

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>>3377968
>2013
>liking 3DPD sluts

>> No.3378010

>>3377971
>devoting yourself to a character created by some sweaty jap

I understand the appeal, but don't try and pretend your deviant "love" is anything but pathetic

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>>3378010
Still beats 3D cockhungry sluts.

>> No.3378047

>>3378024
Nice generalization. I'm sure you have plenty of experience.

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>>3377945
Of course.

>> No.3378286

>>3378024
source?

>> No.3378364

>Great politicians constantly deal with and theorize about people
>All the idiotic philosophy and STEM shut-ins who spend all day thinking upon great ideas but contribute as much to the world as neighbourhood gossip.
Step it up Ellie.

>> No.3378391

>>3378364
>seriously thinks being a politician is obviously is better than being an intellectual

Opinion dismissed.

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3378414

>not enjoying gossip

stay autistic

>> No.3378453

What if you're discussing awesome people like Bismarck or Darwin or Caesar?
What if we're discussing events like the Cambrian Explosion or the Battle of Carrhae or Supernovae?
What if people are discussing ideas like "Wait, bruh, wat if ... here me out ... wat if the moon ... WAS made of cheese?"

Stupid quote, stupid woman.

>> No.3378466

>>3377626
So for I noticed /lit/ mainly talks about DFW.

>> No.3378472

>>3377705

More like:

Great - /lit/ /sci/
Average - averyone else
small - /pol/

>> No.3378477

>>3378453
>Wait, bruh, wat if ... here me out ... wat if the moon ... WAS made of cheese?

That's kafkaesque, bro.

>> No.3378485

>>3377705
More like

Great - /lit/ /sci/
Average - /mu/
Small - /tv/ /b/ /pol/ /int/ /v/ /mlp/

>> No.3378488

>>3377732
/pol/ only discusses how the jews and blacks ruin everything, therefore they discuss people
/int/ only discusses stereotypes of countries and their demographics, therefore people
srsly how new can you get

>> No.3378526

>>3378485
>can't handle the banter

/int/ is good tier. /mu/ is shit.

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3378533

>tfw you live in isolation

>> No.3378562 [DELETED] 

>>3378286
he's the masturbation champion of the world

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>>3378562
I often feel like Japs are aliens.

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>>3378604

>> No.3378687

I discuss all three, that picture makes little sense.

>> No.3378694

>>3378533
iktf

>tfw you barely feel any emotions feel compulsed to rationalize and analyze everything you come across and it only increases your dissatisfaction with life

>> No.3378700

>>3378687
Discussing all three pretty much just means you're a dilettante. You probably read popcorn bullshit to "take a break from the classics".

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>>3378604
As do the Japanese

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>>3378700
>You probably read popcorn bullshit to "take a break from the classics".
Get a load of this guy.

>> No.3378724

>>3378700
>calling others dilletante
>can't even form a decent opinion on hitler, ww2 and national socialism

>> No.3378728

>>3378719
devout catholic artists thread?

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>>3378728
Why not?

>> No.3378748

>>3378724
>decent opinion of hitler, ww2 and national socialism

ISHYGDDT

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>>3378748
My opinion on Hitler is that he understood far more than 90% of /lit/.

>> No.3378770

>>3378759
He could speak real loud during a period of turmoil.

>> No.3378788

>>3378759
u got tricked u just discussed a person

>> No.3378805

>>3378788
I know you're trolling, but it seems like most people ITT don't understand OP's quotation. It's not that "small mind never discuss any people of any kind". The phrase "small minds discuss people" refers to idle chitter-chatter about what Suzy Neighborwoman is doing with Joe the Plumber.

It's not about historically significant figures, but more about mediocre twats living next door.

>> No.3378810

>>3378805
>The phrase "small minds discuss people" refers to idle chitter-chatter about what Suzy Neighborwoman is doing with Joe the Plumber.
Or what Roosevelt's wife said that one time.

>> No.3378845

>>3378810
/thread

>> No.3379041

>implying you can separate ideas, events and individuals

yeah she's a pleb