alt Hacker NewsInteresting that you highlight classics, is the implication that it's more ... productive for your personal development to read classics than trashy thrillers?
As someone who spent four years reading 'the' Classics at uni, I doubt it's very true
you comment wouldn't read quite so well if you swapped classics for posting cat tiktoks and hanging out with strangers you bump into in the street. But what makes that inferior?
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hallole • today at 8:08 PM
Yes, it is more productive. Becoming more familiar with the English language and skillfully written prose is good. The notion that modern prose is of lesser quality is widespread.
This comment reads as snarky post-modernism.
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> Interesting that you highlight classics, is the implication that it's more ... productive for your personal development to read classics than trashy thrillers?
No. You can play Candy Crush for all I care if that's what gets you more enjoyment. The classic were just what were on my mind when I wrote that comment.