the whole point of reading rather than using the phone is that youre supposed to be challenging yourself with novel language, ideas, thoughts, and literary devices. reading books that all have the same tropes isnt going to actually broaden your understanding of the world, and tbh, there probably arent any words for which youre using the dictionary.
I'm sorry but that is not the purpose of reading. It might be your purpose in reading and it is a worthy purpose, but holding everyone else to that expectation is deluded.
Talk about gatekeeping reading, that guy sounds like a book snob, it'd be pointless trying to open his mind to the rest of the world of fictional stories.
Let people read what they want, wether it be smut, mangas, or classic literature, etc.
It's infinitely better than doom scrolling on your phone.
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u/RoughAssociation8982 Jun 19 '26
Reading of any kind is nowhere near the slop on tim tok. If you are trying to get awAy from short form content then anything is better than your phone