#(i’m not gonna go on my everyone is intellectual just in different ways rant lmaoo)

[p1anether]

the “what is the correct way to read” discourse is a little weird ngl!

#i saw a post about it #where someone said something like reading doesn’t have to be purely intellectual #and like yeah that lol #i didn’t rb it bc i think there was something in it i disagreed with lmaoo #but like that part was excellent #like yes u should be critical and analytical #but never reading solely for enjoyment makes u boring sorry #we had a talk in one of my classes a few semesters ago about reading poetry just for the aesthetics is a fine way to read poetry #bc u wouldn’t get mad at someone who just liked a painting bc it’s pretty #like u can just read and then never think about that book again that’s fine lmao #i just think #a lot of people grew up in tumblr fandom #where everything was discourse all of the time #and u need to separate urself from that #and i also think a lot of u are way too comfortable admitting ur own elitism and intellectual superiority complexes #(i’m not gonna go on my everyone is intellectual just in different ways rant lmaoo) #(but intellectual superiority is a myth and everyone has a different skill set)