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"People forcing themselves to excessively partake in an activity in order to impress strangers find they're having a miserable time". A very shocking discovery
by didntcheck 3y ago
"People forcing themselves to excessively partake in an activity in order to impress strangers find they're having a miserable time". A very shocking discovery
Meanwhile those of us doing things because we enjoy them haven't even heard of these "influencers" or their games. "We" is a lot smaller than those in a bubble think
Though perhaps I'm being a bit disingenuous, since people who are more interested in being visibly "A Book Person" than actually reading have been a phenomenon since way before the internet, and is obviously part of a much broader category of posturing that's presumably existed as long as language has. As with most things, the internet has just amplified basic human flaws in a feedback loop
- pests 3y agoI struggle with understanding other people on this topic. I read books I enjoy. I put down books I find dull or bad. I don't feel bad for not finishing a book. I don't track which books I've read or pages I've completed. I don't even consider myself a book person. Some people get consumed in the act around a hobby. Where collecting tools and supplies and materials is the actual focus opposed to the actual act. Painters with their paint and brushes, guitarists with pedals and amps, programmers with their environment and ide, book people collecting books they will never read. I understand it to an extent and its perfectly okay. I'm sure this preparation has helped in a lot of hobbies. I'm also sure other people get just as much fulfillment and accomplishment and results without all the prep. Just some musings.
- jrmg 3y agoI find it hard to deliberately leave a book unfinished even if I’m not enjoying it. I think it’s because there are definitely books I’ve slogged through the first half of, but ended up loving by the end. Perhaps this new book I’m not really enjoying is one of those?
- hotpotamus 3y agoI was that way until I took up the "Mission Earth" series by L Ron Hubbard. I did make it through a few books before it just got too terrible and I was like, "why am I doing this to myself?". And I say that as someone who rather liked "Battlefield Earth".
- nickitolas 3y agoLately I've been forcing myself to finish books since I'm learning a new language and half the point of reading the book is practicing reading in that language. And in this case the struggle might just be related to lacking language skills.
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- rchaud 3y agoInfluencers need to "read" ~300 books a year because you make more with affiliate links to said books than if they had just read 3.