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Unless you're a plotfag (i.e. pleb) there's no reason to waste time reading a novel when a literary critic will dissect its themes in a clearer and more efficient fashion.

>> No.20599961

By that logic, there's no reason why you should fuck your wife when another man can do it for you and give you the summary.

>> No.20599977

>>20599957
That's like saying there's no point in climbing a mountain since you can just look at a map

>> No.20599985

>>20599957
There’s no point in watching movies when I can just watch the Nostalgia Critic review them

>> No.20599986

>>20599961
Wrong. "Knowing" your wife has the purpose of producing a child. Reading a book has the purpose of extracting knowledge. Novels are an inefficient medium for conveying knowledge.

>> No.20599994

>>20599977
This is true and also applies to all non-business travel. I consider myself well-travelled because I've visited most countries on Google Street View. Tourists are restricted to only the nice, inauthentic areas. Waste of time and money.
>>20599985
There is literally no point watching movies other than documentaries.

>> No.20600023

>>20599986
It’s often not an “objective” knowledge though, is it? It differs fundamentally from sociology/psychology/history/etc., because it’s not only about those elements but how they resonate with YOU.

>> No.20600034

>>20599986
>artlet
opinion discarded etc

>> No.20600036

>>20599957
>literary critic
>clear, efficient
choose one

>>20599986
>Reading a book has the purpose of extracting knowledge. Novels are an inefficient medium for conveying knowledge.
The first sentence is quite obviously wrong. Artistic literature contains practically no information, except linguistic or cultural, but neither is the point of reading a good book, and you're an idiot for doing otherwise.
Consequently, the second sentence is nonsense.

>> No.20600055

>>20600036
>Artistic literature contains practically no information, except linguistic or cultural, but neither is the point of reading a good book, and you're an idiot for doing otherwise.
Totally incoherent.

>> No.20600077

>>20599957
>he reads books to learn from the themes

Even worse than plotfags desu

>> No.20600080 [DELETED] 

>>20599986
lmao go back

sage

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>>20599957

>> No.20600109

>>20600100
>Reddit found the thread

>> No.20600114

>>20600109
whatever helps you sleep at night, fuckwit

>> No.20600119

>>20600109
>Reddit founded the thread

>> No.20600121

>>20600114
It's true, I sleep like a baby knowing soibois are seething.

>> No.20600126

>being that utilitarian
How does it feel to be a robot? Not everything needs a efficient purpose. You may find it nonsense, but you can do something just for the pleasure of it.

>> No.20600129

>>20599957
>clearer and more efficient
you cannot experience a book second had

>> No.20600131

>>20600126
People are different. Some derive pleasure from acquiring knowledge. Some derive pleasure from reading made up stories.

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>>20599957

>> No.20600143

>>20599957
The pinnacle of a /lit/-poster, someone who wants other people to tell him how to think.
At least make the bait a bit less obvious next time, Tyrone.

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>>20599957
imagine being so bereft of thought that you need other people to read a book for you, like a toddler

>> No.20600175

>>20599957
a thread died for this

>> No.20600407

>>20599994
lmfao

>> No.20600413

>>20600121
Rent. And if no one has told you yet today, free

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utilitarians get the rope

>> No.20600468

>>20599957
>Unless you're a plotfag (i.e. pleb) there's no reason to waste time reading a novel when a literary critic will dissect its themes in a clearer and more efficient fashion.
No reason to read a literary critique when you can read a list of the themes on piece of power.

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>>20599957
t. OP and the people giving him the honor of an answer

>> No.20600682

>>20599957
But I read for the plot anon :(

>> No.20600686

>>20599957
I read for the words

>> No.20600698

>>20600468
This is true.

>> No.20600913

>>20599957
What if you notice some themes that a critic doesn't?

>> No.20600919

>>20600077
Why do you read books?

>> No.20600927

>>20599957
Why eat food when I can eat feces?

>> No.20600978

>>20599994
>Tourists are restricted to only the nice, inauthentic areas.
This is one of the most retarded things I've ever heard. You only get this if you're going out of your way for this type of experience, you can easily go to the most shittiest "authentic" places possible wherever you go, people do this all the time, just don't blame anyone if you get robbed by machete gangs.

>> No.20601048

>>20599957
Literary criticism is just smelling your own farts. You’ve digested a text, and now you’re sampling the remnants of it by squeezing out a load of hot air. I don’t care what some stuffy, self-satisfied academic thinks about a poem because appreciation comes from active engagement with it, not by sifting through the regurgitations of someone else.

>> No.20601378

>>20600036
Most real literature tries to convey a point about the world or the human condition.

>> No.20601385

>>20599957
Kys

>> No.20601434

>>20600126
I think you mean pragmatic, not utilitarian.

>> No.20601474

>>20599957
Probably my best bait since
>>/lit/thread/S16998976#p17000227
>>/lit/thread/S16998976#p16999252

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>>20601378
>appeal to authority + no tru scotsman

L + ratio

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>>20601474

>> No.20601596

>>20599957
Why don't you jump off a cliff, OP? You're going to die anyway and everything you may accomplish today will be eventually lost in time and cosmic dust so you might as well end it here and now.

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>>20601596
>OP...

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>>20599957
>Unless you're a plotfag
I am

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>>20599957
even if it is bait, this is how you find out you're an NPC. I'm so sorry anon.
Get off the Tim Ferriss Wheel.

>> No.20602008

>>20599957
Stupid frogposter.

>> No.20602071

>>20600416
Noice juggs

>> No.20602499

>>20599986
Do you do meth because any other hobby would be less efficient at delivering happiness?