Want to be a writer

Post a sample of your writing

Why should they put in effort to turn you down when they're not profiting from you? The sheer quantity of material they're sent makes it impossible.

I understand that. I hope they understand on the off chance that I'm ever successful that I'll never take their representation.

This.

The dirty little secret is that anything can get published if you send it to the right place.
By sending you a generic letter, the agent is withholding their criticism. They do that because they know their opinion is irrelevant to the market. Absolute horseshit gets picked up all the time. They legitinately have no idea whether someone else will love your work, so the advice to keep looking is universally applicable.
Would more specific advice be useful? Yes. They just don't have any.

Why? They're just doing their jobs and treat all prospective writers the same. What makes you deserve special treatment? Your attitude is childish; cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Hey agent.

you should try it some time. it's fun

Truest advice ever.

Which is why you should never give up. keep submitting, again and again. You may never get noticed, but you DEFINITELY won't if you stop trying.

You never know. the next one might be the one that bites.

Never forget, even some of the most popular authors were rejected a lot

Stephen King's "Carrie" was rejected 30 times

Frank Herbert's "Dune", rejected 23 times

The fucking Diary of Anne Frank, the most popular diary in the world was rejected 15 times

even Harry Fuck Potter, the single most popular book series there is was rejected 12 times.

So if nothing else, that should tell you not to quit. Keep fucking submitting your work

I'm not an agent, I'm just aware that business isn't personal.