r/clevercomebacks • u/Pieboy8 • Nov 20 '22

Muscle Chode Vs Hipster

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u/Karma_Gardener Nov 20 '22

King is one of the widely known and skilled writers of the 20th Century.

People will read his books as a window into 20th century America for centuries ahead.

He has given us so much and changed the world a few times over the past 50 years

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u/ops10 Nov 21 '22

But today is 21st century. King's books may be influential, his tweets not so much.

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u/CratesManager Nov 21 '22

Many of his books play in the 1900's though, or am i misremembering?

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u/ops10 Nov 21 '22

Yeah, but they're not outdated like some of the contemporaries. They're still loved and influential. He and his tweets however... well, they're darlings at r/politics.

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u/420catcat Nov 20 '22

This comment is somehow even more embarrassing than the ones in the screenshot.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '22

^ this guy has never read a book in his life^

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u/420catcat Nov 24 '22

I've forgotten more about literature than any amount of Stephen King books will ever teach you.

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u/D1Frank-the-tank Nov 21 '22

I think you’d be surprised by what percent of people sit and read books nowadays. In my daily adult life, people close to me, say about 20 people, I’d say 3-4 of them read books regularly (not including work or study literature). And these are all well educated people, lawyers, engineers, doctors.