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It is a waste of time depending who you are of course. |
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Idk i just need somthing to do |
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A complete waste of time, but it is enjoyable sometimes! |
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Fiction is nothing but a collection of garbage Some of it is well-written garbage but, well-written
garbage is nonetheless still garbage;. A bunch of stories about things that never happened to
people who never existed.
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A “new” user, respire, gave gottfried a warning about me. Too early for a “new” user to know
how I debate… He told gottfried not to have anything to do with me because I am…get
this…quick-witted.... Read more... |
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Chewing gum for the eyes...;-) |
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Fiction is fake therefore its stupid and a waste of time |
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That depends on if you think any recreational activity is a waste of time. |
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Read some non-fiction.
Fiction books do nothing. I seen my sister, cousins, cousin's friends reading pointless books. I
have read none but they have nothing over me.
F imagination, all it gets you is to write more pointlessness, lol. |
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Fiction or non-fiction, one passes on knowledge the other is just... Not for me! |
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 joe9  10 Jul 2008 18:44
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The main arguments for fictional reading material being rational are stretching the imagination,
enriching vocabulary, increasing creativity, learning from morals and having some time to relax or
entertain oneself with a fictional piece. However, non-fictional books introduce us to new and
intriguing concepts that can both amaze us and lead us to other thoughts and fantasies. And most can
derive amusement from interesting things. Also, let's not forget about the existence of
biographies/autobiographies, a type of book highly similar to fictional publications. The suspense
of these combined with the realism in order to visualise and connect more effectively make them the
equivalent to a novel. Now, regarding morals, don't you think that ethics and principles of specific
areas and life in general would be taught more successfully from a NON-fictional book: By
definition, fictional books are not real and morals are part of fictional books. Therefore, a great
number of morals in fictional books are not real. This applies to any facts that one "can learn"
from fiction as well. Moreover, creativity can be generated through the amazing fun activities and
stories included in non-fictional writings, especially the genre of how-to. Besides that, the
enrichment of vocabulary is incredibly less profound with fiction than non-fiction.
Equally important, I have realised that many are attempting to find correlations between reading
material and other articles such as art and television programs. Contrarily, we must stay on topic
here.
All in all, fictional stories do not help us progress in life to a higher degree than non-fictional
items. We simply cannot sit on our porches all day flipping the pages of a novel: Life is too short
for that. We must learn from non-fictional compositions in order to be happy and reach success. And
learning is NOT boring. |
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It is a waste of time. An opium. |
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I would have to say that reading fiction is a waste of time, though I wouldn't go far enough as to
say we need to read computer manuals and things of that nature all day, I feel that my nation can be
very ethnocentric and are illiterate to other cultures. And lets not forget those wonderful
education voids. I feel that reading about philosophy, art, history, cultures, etc. Could be far
more beneficial. I feel that reading fiction is a leisure, making it occasionally enjoyable, but at
the end of the day, a waste of time. I feel that I would disagree if I could honestly say people
read more non-fiction than fiction, but it is simply not true. I attend a high school and am typing
this in our library right now and I will say that the sections containing the vital, enriching
information about our founding fathers, philosophy, psychology, religion, and the countless other
fields I am interested in, is pathetically less than even the rows of authors' last names that start
with A's in the fiction section. Now, am I calling my school poor, no in fact it is far from it, it
is a quality school no doubt, but the idea that the library seeks to provide books that kids want to
read shows that we are depriving ourselves of facts and knowledge. Now, I must go and do what books
were made for, learning. |
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Fiction takes away from learning about real life and real events that have happened in the past, if
people who read fiction books moved to books based in reality we would have a much more intelligent
country.
Some are used to teach morals and right from wrong, there are historical analogs that would teach
the same morals and also educate us about our own past. |
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Fiction is for children. You can watch movies to get away from reality - why waste more time by
reading a book? |
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Yes, I believe reading fiction is a waste of time. This time is unproductive for you by all means.
How you can make this time fruitful for you, is the main question. You should read some knowledge
books (or surf the Internet encyclopedia) on science or any subject in which you have interest, to
gain good knowledge so that you can use it in your studies and to make impressive future. Secondly
you can read about your religion and it will teach you, how you should spend your life according to
the teachings of God, what is good and what is bad, how you can earn heaven and how good you can
contribute to the society. |
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I do agree with this, because you do not learn anything from fiction novels. It only gives you a
depiction of a "fantasy world".
Secondly, it is totally based on an unrealistic approach and there is no use in reading about the
gadgets and a world that can never be created or will ever exist.
Maybe to impress someone, you could waste time on such novels. |
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Shut up, moron. I "waste" time writing fiction all of the time, and my friends happen to love it. I
could send you some if you wanted. |
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Reading fiction is a waste of time for people who don't have an imagination and are jealous of the
authors and people who do |
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Tell your friend to read a novel, obviously they haven't realized how it develops the brain and
imagination |
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I think that Fiction is great for the mind and that everyone should read a little bit more of it.
Its way better than the internet, or myspace, or facebook anyday. If you say reading fiction is a
waste of time then no more playing games on your computer, chatting with friends, only going on to
education sites. |
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Although it's important to succeed in life, it's also equally important to be healthy. Reading
fiction novels are great for just forgetting what's around you for a while, relax, and get rid of
all the stress. It's proved that happy people live a longer life! Plus, it's just nice to be able to
imagine and dream once and awhile. :) |
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I have been reading fiction since I was at least seven years old and it has never done me the least
bit of harm. If anything fiction has enhanced my vocabulary 10 times more than any non-fiction book
ever has. I believe imagination is one of the many qualities of a healthy mind and can help shape
the ideas of future generations to come. Anyways not all fiction is based on nonsense, there are
many fiction books based on a person in the time of an actual event in history. For example the book
April Morning is based on a soldier of the Ameican revolution and was involved in many actual battle
in the war. Also many fictinal stories or myths/fables tell important moral lessons to young
children. |
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Though i dont like reading a fiction,but i dont think it's wasting time.some fictions are maybe
wholesome to many people, also it can help some one to spend his spare time.
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Although it is made up, books can teach you a lot of vocabulary and they can take to an imaginary
world. |
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Yes it is a very boring! |
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It's not a waste of time.For once you wont have to read boring school stuff. |
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Reading Fiction is not a waste of time because it includes themes and improves your writing skills. |
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The ability to be able to believe in something that doesn't exist is something that sets apart from
the animals. Our brains are so sophisticated that we are able to create things that do not exist and
in a sense be able to "see" it. We are also able to read works of fantasy and interpret words into
something imaginary and something that in a way is real. Works of fiction are a great way to
exercise the wonder that is our brains. |
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Fiction is not a wasre of time. U can get a break from reading all the anoying school stuff by
reading fiction. Its a good way for relaxing. And also, it helps people's minds not to be so narrow
minded, and only think of the world in the viewpoint of science. |
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Fiction is not a waste of time. How absurd! Fiction books are the texts which inspire our creativity
and imagination. They teach us basic morals and ethics of day to day life. They are books that relax
the mind and also take one any from reality that has become highly technological.
They are books that can warn us about a possibole danger in the future eg. Nineteen Eighty Four by
George Orwell, they also primarily develop the reading skills of young children and they can also
intrigue us with their sophisticated writing such as the Shakespearean plays.
Fiction books are not a waste of time to read, they are mandatory to our readers just as much as
non-fiction. |
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I love reading fiction. Sometimes you just need to relax and escape reality for a little bit. |
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Fiction is an escape for the mind, that is like telling people not to go shopping, or watch movies,
or socialize for that matter. Fiction is apart of the world we live in you can't just take it away,
also not everything that we do has to be educational, or else there would be no such thing as
luxury. |
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Fictionary literature is a big part of the culture and if there would be no stories told anymore...
The world would be really dreary. |
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Oh please, how much time does your friend spend in front of the computer downloading garbage from
the internet and watching you tube? Reading is never a waste of time regardless of the genre
because it expands the vocabulary and the ability to actually interact with other human beings who
care about more than what Miley Cyrus and JayLo are up to. I remember someone else who had an issue
with books once upon a time; I believe his name was Hitler. |
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Reading fiction is not a waste of time it can help you get away from reality for a little while it
can be fun while reading non fiction is just all facts and can sometimes be a bit boring |
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I think fiction is good for the imagination. It helps people come up with different ideas to make
this world a little more interesting |
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Well, if there was no fiction I don't guess I would read much. LOL |
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Reading, whether one chooses fiction or non-fiction, increases vocabulary. I fail to see how
increasing one's vocabulary is a waste of time. Mostly everything else I would say has been said in
this debate, but I do feel that it is better to pick up a book than veg in front of the TV. Some
fictional stories are based on situations that occur in life. That being the case, there are things
to be learned from a fictional book. |
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Shakespeare, Hemingway, Dumas, Fitzgerald, Twain, Dostoevsky, Williams, and Proust, all these people
made up stories and told many of life’s greatest truths at the same time. If that wasting time,
well then I suppose I’m hoping to waste a lot more time in my life. |
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The people who think that it is waste of time are jealous of the authors who write great books! |
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What? And throw out Dr. Seuss? Are you MAD! |
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Fiction is not a waste of time. What about those little kids in grade 1 and 2? They need practise
reading, and most of those non fiction books are just way to hard for them. |
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Even if it is, let people read what they wanna read |
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What would the world come to if we only were allowed to read manuals, scripts, and history books? If
children, teenagers, and adults don't read something fictional every now and then we would have
absolutely no creativity. No creativity means we wouldn't have some of the great technology we have
today. |
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Stop children from reading fiction and what's the result? Bad English! Even adults can sometimes
brush up on their English by reading fiction. In fact reading nearly anything at all is good. |
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I can only repeat what Tami said...reading is never a waste of time. |
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I like fiction stories because they are entertaining. Sometimes i have to take my mind off the real
world. |
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Reading fiction books helps expand your imagination and inspires children to read more. As far as
I'm concerned reading anything is never a waste of time. |
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Well then that could be said about certain non fictional things like, historic documents and
scientific theories... When you think that you've just got a theory, a better one appears rendering
the one you just read a waste of time. |
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