[ SECRET POST #5036 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5036 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

As someone who has read a whole lot of classic lit in my life, and who now reads mostly fanfic, all I can say to this secret is, nah.

Not everyone likes to read at all. Some people’s strengths and areas of interest lie elsewhere, and that’s cool. People don’t have to read a lot to be smart, or to have rich inner lives. We all have to read a little, in order to take in new information and navigate the world, but beyond that, reading is a choice. Reading for pleasure is a choice. When it comes down to it, reading fiction is a fairly inefficient way to take in new information. On that basis, scientifically minded people could theoretically take a judgmental view of people who read mostly fiction, just as OP is taking a judgmental view of people who read mostly fanfic. There’s always an argument of superiority to be made, based on what exactly one values.

In my opinion, who cares? Let people like what they like and pursue what interests them. “Improving one’s mind” is cool, but one is not obligated to do it, and reading is not the only way to do it, if one chooses to.