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8330949 No.8330949 [Reply] [Original]

When it comes down to it, isn't reading fiction as much of a waste of time as watching tv or playing video games? Shouldn't you read stuff to better yourself instead?

>> No.8331113

I like to read novels though, so let me.

>> No.8331704

>>8331113
That's cool, I just don't get why one would look down on the others when there's ultimately not much of a difference.

>> No.8331723

>>8331704
>ultimately not much of a difference.
>ultimately
oy vey

>> No.8332024

>>8330949
>implying fiction doesn't improve you

Stop reading pleb literature.

>> No.8332028

>>8332024

>> No.8332029

>waste of time

There's that meme again

>> No.8332031

>>8330949

Yes.

That's why I stick to philosophy and science.

>> No.8332039

>>8330949
Fiction helps you understand human nature, improves your empathy, develops your vocabulary, imagination, creativity. Lots of stuff. Fiction can help you grasp even important political, philosophical, and scientific ideas more intuitively.

>> No.8332084

>>8332039
B-BU MUH VIDEO GAMEZ HELP ME PUSH DA BUTTONZ FASTER, MUH HAND-I CORDANATION?!!

>> No.8332521

>>8332031
mah nigga.

>>8332039
tv can do all of those. Video games could in theory, I guess.

>> No.8333095

You'll run out of worthwhile TV pretty fast though (relatively speaking)