Why aspire to be well-read?

Because if you can't be an alpha, you can at least be a dignified beta.

so people like me without ever actually have to interact with them.

I was working with some goth faggot in a department store, and he was talking about "Die Büchse des Pandora." I was half paying attention, and said something like, "blah blah blah German expressionism," and he was absolutely blown away that I even had a modicum of understanding of what he was talking about. I made that little faggot feel alive through relative indifference masked as, and that's as a man, that's a valuable gift to provide to people. It makes them feel a little less alone.

Why not?

>>9188476
Because I like reading.

>>9188509

I'm a little confused, but that's actually kind of beautiful, despite your douchebag exterior.

>>9188476
I don't aspire to be well-read. I aspire to understand the world around me, and my place in it. Being well-read is a consequence of working toward that goal.

Yeah, why? Read because you like it, or because you're interested in the subject you'll read. Aspiring to be well read is worthless.

>>9188476
If you want to write well, you read great writers and understand their ideas.
Please shit post on the anime boards

My dream is to become a physiatrist, and I romanticize the liberal arts helping me achieve that goal.

Well-read is not a a synonym of a interesting and intelligent person. It's one of the forms to It, and should i say the most complex one (and complete).

>>9188476
When the revolution comes we'll be spared the bullet.

kek

>>9188525
exactly my reaction.

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Reading is fun

>>9188821
OP here, I guess what I meant more was, besides consumption and enjoyment, why is reading good for you?

>>9188886
t. pseud

>>9189231
KNAWLEDGE