Re:The NYT Book Review Is Everything Book Criticism Shouldn'...
by StefanBatory on Thursday July 11, 2024 @03:43AM
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Ultimately those books are the best. Fiction books don't have much of value, as does the rest of entertainment. If you can lean - you could study instead or work instead.
And there's always going to be someone who does who will kick you from your job.
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Re:The NYT Book Review Is Everything Book Criticism Shouldn'...
by a-french-anon on Thursday July 11, 2024 @04:29AM
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Are you for real? I mean, it's fine if your dream life is that of an ant worker where art has no place, but don't think for a single second you're the sane one.
Re:The NYT Book Review Is Everything Book Criticism Shouldn'...
by patates on Thursday July 11, 2024 @04:35AM
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Not the person you are replying to but I highly suspect it was sarcasm. A caricature of a stereotypical HN-way of thinking.
Re:The NYT Book Review Is Everything Book Criticism Shouldn'...
by a-french-anon on Thursday July 11, 2024 @04:52AM
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If that's the case, my bad then, my sarcasm detector might need some more fine-tuning.