whats their deal
i saw this thread yesterday and lol'd irl
Would all the famous philosophers and writers grow up to be the same as if they were born today (meaning born some 20-30 years ago)?
They would lurk on 4chan
This. As r-slurred as most channers are, this website still appeals to philosophical types because it lets you share your thoughts without much censorship or lame incentive structures.
after i posted an ebin react gif of norm mcdonald laughing, i got this response
Okay, now try to make an actual argument (and make sure it's not a strawman)
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I don't necessarily think 19th century philosophers would have been on /lit/ but I am convinced that their correspondence was the 19th century equivalent of longposting.
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i've made this point before, but people like martin luther would 100% be longposting on internet forums about the pope and or marvel capeshit
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Imagine being a sperg in the 18th or 19th century. You don't have videogames or television to absorb your time. However, pen and paper are relatively available, as are local libraries. What are you going to do? Sometimes I wonder if videogames, the internet, and television have robbed the world of all kinds of intellectual exploration.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Urizen
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found the incel
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No he'd have a monetized Youtube channel
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