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9135596 No.9135596 [Reply] [Original]

Do you think reading literature has made you an intellectual?

>> No.9135606

Not to other readers, no.

But normies and plebs think I'm a goddamn genius.

Up at the club, explaining to bitches what Raskolnikov means gets them all hot and bothered.

>> No.9135607

>>9135606
You should stop bothering them.

>> No.9136223

>>9135607
Hahaha

>> No.9136242

>>9135596
Quite the opposite, it has made me realize my knowledge deficiencies are grievous.

But as I tell my daughter, there are two types of people, those who read and those who dont. And you can tell the difference immediately.

>> No.9136366

Yes and No; but the realisation of either serves both to cherish and hold with contempt the present.

>> No.9136371

no, I am just parrotting what I read on 4chan

>> No.9136383

>>9136242
Yup. When I told myself I wanted to start reading to "expand my intellectual horizions," I though I was gonna see the world in a different light. I did alright. I became more insecure in my abilities, and I realized that a lot of the important works of the world have a tint of sadness to them. Perceptive and insightful? Yes. But a lot of them - if you read sincerely - bled the author's blood and it got in your eye, too. idk. I had no idea I would have felt this way once I started up but so it goes, I guess.

>> No.9136498

No. Literature after all is the conscious or unconscious pursuit of vanity - it has no bearing in day to day life. But damn me if it dont get me all euphoric and shit about, easily my favorite thing in the world.

>> No.9136894

>>9136498
>reading for pleasure

l m a o

>> No.9136898

>>9135596
I love being a reader, and I love being a writer. I do believe it makes me smarter, but I wouldn't go so far as to call myself an intellectual, especially because most of what I read is historical fiction and books about real history. If anything, based on what I read, I'd at best call myself an amateur historian or a history aficionado. Bernard Cornwell is my favourite author.

>> No.9136899

Nah, I feel like a dumbass.

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>>9135596

It made me a professional dilettante.

The really sad thing is that it STILL makes me smarter than 99% of those whomst'd've I encounter in daily life.

>> No.9136944

>>9135596
I don't just think it. I know it.

>> No.9137116

>>9136894
Reading is fun, though... or at least it can be, depending on what it is you're reading.

>> No.9137130

No, I think being an intellectual makes you want to read more.

I know plenty of people who are well read, who I would never consider an intellectual.

>> No.9137199

>>9135596
intellectualism is a big fat spook

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9137955

I know that I know nothing.