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4212211 No.4212211[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Why do you read books and short stories when you have television, video games and the internet to tell you stories and entertain you, much more vividly than the written word ever could?

>> No.4212215

Because unlike this exact same troll for the 50k's time, reading requires imagination.

Enjoy your tv, moron.

>> No.4212214

I know it's bait or troll but
>much more vividly than the written word ever could
only if tv has killed your imagination, ie your parents were horseshit

>> No.4212216

take for example the harry potter series

do you see people loving and cherishing the dvd set or the books? do people talk about rewatching the movies or rereading the books as kids?

>> No.4212219

>>4212216

Most people that talk about Harry Potter only saw the movies

>> No.4212221

>>4212211
Fuck off retard.

>> No.4212226

>>4212221

>Being on /lit/
>Being this ineloquent
>lulz

>> No.4212263

>>4212226
'Fuck off retard' is perfectly eloquent, actually.

>> No.4212266

>>4212263
and succinct

>> No.4212555

>>4212211
I don't read for the entertainment of the story. And besides, a good writer can construct a narrative far more vividly with language, it just takes a little patience and effort to paint the full picture in your mind rather than having a TV do it for you

>> No.4212556

>>4212219
those movies would have been so good if terry gilliam directed them (he was originally going to)

>> No.4212557

>>4212211
because I want to be intellectual and so on

>> No.4212572

Books require imagination to digest them properly.
>T.V and video games rob you of your imagination and creativity because they don't let your mind work to be entertained, essentially turning you into a mindless drone of pop culture.

Would you rather be thinking, or would you rather be staring blankly at yet another screen?

>> No.4212573

>>4212211
because the inner monologues

because i like literary style more than cinematographic style

because books are older and have more great works because of their lengthier tradition

>> No.4212574

>>4212211
>much more vividly than the written word ever could
>implying

>> No.4212579
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4212579

>>4212556
Can you imagine?

>> No.4212590

But i read more books now because i got bored of video games and tv