>i read 'the classics' because people told me it'll

Read what you want but the classics will make you smarter.

They're good reads though, a lot of them.

>>8903692
>>8903697
stockholm syndrome

>>8903700
>I don't understand something therefor its bad

Shut the fuck up

>>8903692

Unfortunately not smart enough to articulate exactly how, so who cares?

>>8903719
They will increase your understanding of common themes in literature, Help you understand this history of western culture and western literature and the mindset of writers from different time periods.

It will increase your vocabulary and widen your horizons on genres and themes you might find you enjoy. The list goes on and on.,,

>>8903714
Reading 'classics' sure hasn't made you 'smart', but it sure has made you something else.

>>8903725
Boring and useless shit.

Why should I care about the opinions of dead white men when I could be reading comfy sci-fi.

>>8903727
You don't even define what you mean by classics.

>>8903734
Dead white men invented modern Sci-fi

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>>8903741
>>8903739
>>8903725
>>8903714
>>8903697
>>8903692
the rhetorics getting old, pseuds

>>8903746
>I will call him a pseud, that will sort him out!

>>8903725
>You read classic literature so that you understand more about... the influence of classic literature
I read for two reasons, for pleasure and for learning things that are useful and applicable in life.

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>>8903751
oh, you're still here