>have basic-b***h female coworker (30ish yo) whos ALWAYS reading books (NYT best seller stuff)
>Tell her I'm reading "Notes from the underground"
>Girl: "Is that James Patterson's new book?
>No its by Dostoevsky, the guy who wrote "Crime & Punishment"
>Girl: "Oh you like mystery novels. Didn't think you'd like those anon"
>No he's a famous Russian author
>Girl: "I'm sorry, I've never heard of him."
I get this intuitive gut feeling most women are like this... ...how is this possible?
Most people, male or female are like that
Most people are not massively into literature the way you are, OP. Accept, move on.
>massively into literature
>reading Dostoyesvky
isn't C&P mandatory reading in high school?
Let me guess, you're going to think that the protagonist is a flattering portrayal of a brave, misunderstood man?
>Anon Thinks He's Supa Speshul for Reading Babby's First Author, or: Epic Culture War Thread #38,194
most people who play videogames don't know what the classics or the really influential indie titles are either. there's enough mainstream slop out there to last normies a lifetime, and lots of people never discover that their knowledge barely scratches the surface of what the medium they purport to be interested in of can do.
also , please keep your culture war needs contained. there's plenty of other boards that exist for the explicit purpose of talking about politics.
Dosto hasn't put out a new book in a while. People have short memories.
Dostoevsky just isn't an important writer these days. He has a place in academia of course, if you were studying late victorian novels, but is irrelevant to the general reader
General reader is a fricking pleb nowadays.
I remember walking past the reception desk of my uni halls of residence, late one night, and overhearing the guy working there talking to some Chinese foreign student and saying 'How do you not know who Marx is?'
when the average person says they read they are talking about YA dreck
>>Girl: "Is that James Patterson's new book?
If she had asked about the Scruton book, it would have been based beyond belief
If you knew she was a basic b***h then what did you expect?
Most people read as an advanced form of escapism that unlikes tv and videogames also stimulates imagination
Few people have a genuine interest in literature.
>my specific field of interest is not common knowledge
>how is this possible?
this has nothing to do with women OP, most people don't read books
Dostoyevsky is a name that is only known by those who make reading their entire personality, even though they dont actually read, ergo, this board. People who say that they love to read usually read schlock or "low-brow" literature for the fun of it, not as to seem enlightened
>wait, you know who Dosto-something is?
>ugh, you must be a poser or something...just read hunger games like a normal person
what a lowlife mentality, kek
That's pretty much it, except DostoBlack folk only read Dosto to pretend that they're smart readers which is arguably more petty than slop readers.
That's definitely true for some of the Peterson fanboys, but then most people who read as a lifestyle pick up the new Brandon Sneederson for similarly vapid reasons.
>n-no you don't understand, only disgusting pretentious loser read the classics. stop having standards, creep!
Most people are trying too hard to fit in in one way or another, and you're one of them.
Very akin to a DostoBlack person to assume the tastes of another just because they got exposed for their basic b***h taste. Quite womanly of you.
You're not reading "the classics." You're reading a translation. It is not the same book.
>Dostoyevsky is a name that is only known by those who make reading their entire personality
Imagine thinking Dostoyesvky is some niche author no one has heard of, and that if you know his name, then you pretend to have read him. You are one sad, naive sack of shit.
Dear diary today a homosexual posted the „everybody here isn‘t actually reading but they also are and don‘t have fun with it“ projection again
Stop reading Russian literature. It's for your own good.
"I am very smart" the thread
Women are property. Nothing more.
Today that dumb moron b***h told another coworker I was "reading books by that guy who works for Putin".
I HATE modern woman.
WOW! This post is totally believable and wasn't made up at all in an attempt to revive a dead thread!
Gee-willikers my fellow incels! Don't you just hate women?
>Today that dumb moron b***h told another coworker I was "reading books by that guy who works for Putin".
fake, but hilarious, gave me a good chuckle
Do a cookie-less visit to the book directory of Amazon in order to find out.
You know when you walk into a bookstore and you see the garish ethnic slop lining walls? That's what most people are reading. Those books are there because they sell the most.
>how does female not know xyz
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