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navree · 2 months ago

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#its the reading equivalent of having your entire media diet consist exclusively of children's cartoons

the amount of people doing the "you guys are Making Fun Of Children for like children's books/ya" is insane when that entire article was spawned by full grown college students in college saying that they're favorite book is fifth grade level

#like here's the thing: i don't mind the occasional cartoon #there's a reason why when i feel off sometimes i just put on justice league/justice league unlimited #and stuff geared for kids can be enjoyable even as adults and even have messages i find engaging #but when that's the only thing you're consuming #to the point where you are actively detracting from stuff that isn't in fact for six year olds #then it's a problem especially if you're abjectly refusing to engage with anything else #the lion king is my favorite movie but is it the only movie i watch? no and if it was i'd expect someone to call me out on that #like sorry college kids saying that their favorite book is harry potter and they don't wanna read anything more difficult #and don't think anything more difficult is even worth their time actually is a problem #(and part of a broader trend of anti-intellectualism amongst young people we've been seeing over the last five years but i digress)

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