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http://austinkleon.com/2014/10/17/33-thoughts-on-reading/

What do you think /lit/? And yes, this is obviously from r/books[1]

[1] not that this should influence your judgement in any way

>> No.5940940

>>5940935
Oh no, are we unironically using footnotes? Please tell me we're not unironically using footnotes! I don't think my poor, cancer-riddled body could take it.

>> No.5940946
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5940946

>>5940940
I think they're fun.

>> No.5940954

>>5940940
Don't blame me, man. Blame Terry Pratchett[1]. Also, sometimes there really is a need for a tangent, explanatory interlude, or stray thought that would be captured poorly by a parenthetical, and a footnote is nice in that case.[2]

[1] The other footnote-intensive author; also far more entertaining and more widely read here than the Big One.[3]
[2] Not, however, in this case. This is for comic effect.
[3] Seriously, how many people here do you think have actually read IJ?

>> No.5940957

>>5940946

Surely you jest[1] bro?

[1] a reference to /lit/'s unanimously most favouritest book ever

>> No.5940961
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5940961

>>5940954
>not going alphabetical at the footnote level

>> No.5940967

>>5940954
stay on reddit you fucking wanker

>> No.5940968

>>5940954
>Also, sometimes there really is a need for a tangent, explanatory interlude, or stray thought that would be captured poorly by a parenthetical, and a footnote is nice in that case
That's what the spoiler tags are for man.

that and NOTHING ELSE

>> No.5940991

It's funny after 7 posts noone bothered to reply to OP.