Is it normal that i hate people being elitist about reading?

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Okay, so I don't enjoy reading at all, but if I gotta do it, it'll be something non-fictional. However, I always hear my friends feeling like they're some accomplished scholar for reading rather than saying, watching TV or playing a video game. Now if they read some educational book I'd agree. But here they are reading some stupid fiction book like Hunger Games or whatever pretending they "learned" something. It's just words on a damn page about fictional characters, nothing with more substance than a good TV show or video game! The only thing you have the potential to learn in a fictional book that isn't as common in well-written TV shows is maybe vocabulary, and I'm pretty sure nobody reads fictional books for that purpose. I'm pretty sure reading something as dumb as Twilight is just as bad as watching Jersey Shore or some shit, while if you're reading something worthwhile with an actual plotline, it's still just the same as watching any well-written TV show. I don't really care if people read as a hobby or anything, do what you like, but it really pisses me off if people think they are "learning" and "smarter" than say, someone who would rather watch TV in their free time, for reading some poorly-written teen romance novel with no substance.

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    I can honestly say I've learned more from fiction than from most other things. I'd never want to be elitist about it, though, or make other people feel insecure about not being well-read. I'll always say they are missing out and I will always try to introduce them to books that changed me but, ultimately, it's their life, and I don't judge.

    I will sometimes say, though, that people imagine someone is being elitist when they themself feel insecure about something. Flutterhigh will know what it's called if it has a name.

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    • shade_ilmaendu
      11 years ago

      Couldn't have said it better myself. I've always preferred fiction, though I try to read a decent combination of fictional and informative books. Fiction teaches you in a different manner, books have opened worlds for me and encouraged me to start thinking, learning and exploring at a young age.

      For that reason I love to encourage my friends to read, and I loan out a lot of books to people. When something has had such a positive impact on your life, you want to share it with others. :)

      Oh, but I do agree. Reading Twilight is just as bad if not worse than watching Jersey Shore.

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    • NeuroNeptunian
      11 years ago

      This.

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  • missy18
    11 years ago

    Any kind of reading is good for spelling, punctuation and grammar so I encourage it in that sense

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Op, I don't even know you're there but if I did...I'd ignore you.

    I'm having people flown in from other galaxies just to scratch me while I read The Village of Stepanchikovo on my yacht.

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  • CreamPuffs
    7 years ago

    Pfft. You're not a real woman until you read Fifty Shades of Gray.

    (I'm just kidding people, it's called a joke. I entirely agree with the OP.)

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  • crazogirl
    11 years ago

    What makes me mad is people complaining about eBooks. Oh I'm not really reading, I'm only reading if I'm hurting my eyes with tiny little print! I have eye problems, btw.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    "Hunger Games" is just a new fad.

    Read books you can learn from instead and then you'll be smart like me.

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