If he were a zoomer today, what would he be doing? Writing gay little Xeets or Substacks? Publishing a cliche-ridden progression fantasy on RoyalRoad? Getting an MFA so he could turn out flaccid litfic no one reads? Or maybe he would write Generic Netflix Show #295732 based on some side character from a movie that made boomers soiface in the 80s.
He’d be caged, plapping his clitty to bnwo babecocks
screen writer of HBO dramas and comedies
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>>25223984A bit insulting to him
are we actually turning on shakespeare now thats crazy
>>25224144What makes you think that? A couple of low effort responses that mean nothing?
>>25224144Quite the opposite retard
>>25224206Methinks he’s using reverse psychology
>>25223969He wouldn't be alive today because his mom would be chasing Chad on her cell phone until she was childless at 35 and his dad would be a wageslaving incel.
>>25224262>what if shakespeare was a zoomer>but he's notcongrats you failed the breakfast test, sub 70 iq
>>25223969Every now and then I click onto /lit/ to see what 4chan has to say about my interests in books and then immediately get hit by this and 100 other retarded threads.
>>25224694Honestly I think this is the correct response when the hypothetical is so far removed from its base materials as to render the question meaningless. >>25224927What books do you like
>>25224927There is genuine discussion to be had, you do have to look for it though.You’re a fool for believing in the capacity of /lit/ (in 2026), and I’m a fool for persisting here
>>25224210thou thinkest verily and art correct in thy cogitations; thou art in compos mentis, but thy mate above is in compost mentis
>>25225099Thy adulation of mine own sapience is sup'rfluous; maugre all which, i am beholden.
Collabing with Rupi Kaur.
>>25223969He would be writing the new play about the literary man of letters who had nothing else to contribute to literary discussion than "what would Shakespeare do if he were alive today?" threads. He would take apart the sad and lonely existence of such an individual who clearly is devoid of any thinking.
>>25224936yeah shakespeare's upbringing today would be so different that maybe he wouldn't be shakespeare anymoreMaybe the question would work if you raised him up in an environment that was half the modern day and half the 1500s. Modern lifestyle but historical education? Kenneth Clark's Civilisation pointed out to me that one of the radical things about Shakespeare was the bold, rational philosophy unchained from religion (e.g. saying that life is pointless).I don't think that would be impressive today.It would be cool if he could replicate the feat of making popslop that also has literary depth.Though perhaps, his literary genius wouldn't help him nearly as much in the audiovisual media world where you also need to be good at visuals/audio. Also maybe he would be constrained by our worse oral memory?
