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“reading” has this weird cultural immunity where quantity gets celebrated regardless of content.

120 romance novels isnt intellectual development, its entertainment consumption.
totally fine, but its closer to binge-watching netflix than to actual learning. the flex tells on itself

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Posted by hawgfaninc

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:29 pm to hawgfaninc

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Posted by Tangineck

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:48 pm to hawgfaninc

Eh, I dont hate on women for reading smut if it gets them revved up for their husband/boyfriend. Its better than scrolling tiktok or watching porn. Bragging about it like you read the top 100 English language novel list is a bit much though.

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Posted by Lawyered

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 3:52 pm to hawgfaninc

No enrichment or learning or anything of value

That’s all just smut from tik tok

I’m not saying read all history books but damn.. that’s a bunch of just junk literature .

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Posted by GreenRockTiger

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Posted on 12/27/25 at 9:43 pm to hawgfaninc

I’m not sure what to say … I read a lot of romance (look at my 2025 reading challenge list) but I do not list what I read for work but I read a ton of stuff - articles, research studies, excerpts from books - so ‘my’ reading time is for entertainment purposes

So I don’t necessarily agree with Twitter guy’s assumption of:

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its closer to binge-watching netflix than to actual learning

because your brain processes words (even if it’s smut) differently than just pictures on a screen like watching tv

My inner librarian never scolds anyone for reading anything because this may lead her to reading ‘better’ things. And who are we to judge