skilledroy2016 t1_jb40tt7 wrote on March 6, 2023 at 6:56 AM

Shakespeare would still be Shakespeare even if it was written by a trillion monkeys smashing keys on typewriters.

mirh t1_jb4j2jf wrote on March 6, 2023 at 11:16 AM

Yeah, except you would never find it in that case.

So appealing to shakespeare's authority as a quick determiner of "good work" wouldn't fly.