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I don't think people read because it's "good for them".
by frizkie 8y ago
I don't think people read because it's "good for them".
- emodendroket 8y agoOh, come on now. You don't think anyone ever read Virgil or Milton or the Bible or a dense history book more out of a desire for self-edification than from enjoyment? As Twain once said, "the classics are the books everyone wants to have read but nobody wants to read."
- chad_strategic 8y agoTwain must have been a genius.
- chad_strategic 8y agoMaybe this was comment misinterpreted, Huckleberry Finn is one my favorite books. Next time I will just up the previous persons comment.
- emodendroket 8y agoHonestly an author I've always meant to read more of. You never hear the end of him growing up in Connecticut.
- esrauch 8y agoI don't think anyone (for acceptable tolerances of "anyone") reads those at all.
- emodendroket 8y agoAre you being serious? You think nobody reads the Bible? I've read all of them for what it's worth
- chad_strategic 8y agoI like to expand my knowledge.
- dylan604 8y agoOne of my favorite bits from Bill Hicks, "whatcha readin' for?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwkdGr9JYmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwkdGr9JYmE