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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9372662" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I'm not going to argue over it. But I would say the following two things.1. I laughed. It was funny.2. I don't think that everyone fully understands that The Divine Comedy is not just considered one of the greatest works in world literature, it's also one of the very foundational works in Italian literature. Name of the Rose, Divine Comedy, Decameron, The Betrothed, Zeno's Conscience - there's a handful that are beyond reproach. I can't speak for Italians, but I doubt they'd be quite as amused. That said, while it was funny, I also don't agree with [USER=57112]@Gradine[/USER] that it was particularly uplifting. No teenager should be compared to the greatest writers of all time; being a teenager is when you should be allowed to write and indulge yourself and make mistakes and find your voice. There are very few people who can look back at what they wrote as teenagers without at least some cringe ... and that's okay! Part of being a teenager is not having that fear as you experiment (hopefully). In short, it was like everything else on twitter/X- a post to get reactions and laughs, quickly to be passed over, and not thought of again.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9372662, member: 7023840"] I'm not going to argue over it. But I would say the following two things. 1. I laughed. It was funny. 2. I don't think that everyone fully understands that The Divine Comedy is not just considered one of the greatest works in world literature, it's also one of the very foundational works in Italian literature. Name of the Rose, Divine Comedy, Decameron, The Betrothed, Zeno's Conscience - there's a handful that are beyond reproach. I can't speak for Italians, but I doubt they'd be quite as amused. That said, while it was funny, I also don't agree with [USER=57112]@Gradine[/USER] that it was particularly uplifting. No teenager should be compared to the greatest writers of all time; being a teenager is when you should be allowed to write and indulge yourself and make mistakes and find your voice. There are very few people who can look back at what they wrote as teenagers without at least some cringe ... and that's okay! Part of being a teenager is not having that fear as you experiment (hopefully). In short, it was like everything else on twitter/X- a post to get reactions and laughs, quickly to be passed over, and not thought of again. [/QUOTE]

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