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Respect. I'm gonna start using "shitlit" from hereon out. And also, there are people I respect who said they read 100+ books a year, and that you should, too.
by deebosong 3y ago
Respect.
I'm gonna start using "shitlit" from hereon out.
And also, there are people I respect who said they read 100+ books a year, and that you should, too. But while others in my circles were eager to jump on the train, for me, I thought it would be performative, and be about having read said 100+ books than digesting any of it. And what more, I recall that I best retain info via reading if I have skin in the game, rather than feeling like reading makes me appear more approvable to others.
All that is to say, it's good to hear from someone who reads a ton that a lot of your reading is kinda junk stuff (even if 150+ books a year is still a crazy metric – and as a tangent, people who ride bikes a ton say that a lot of their miles they rack up are junk miles, so I'm sure there's an equivalent of shitlit in any pursuit/ hobby/ interest/ endeavor).
- throwaway2037 3y agoFor "shitlit", I highly recommend novels written by Charles Bukowski. They are very funny.
- vasco 3y agoBukowski's books are funny and sad at the same time, but I would not consider it shitlit! Well maybe some if it like Hollywood I could see it, but definitely not Post Office.
- throwaway2037 2y agoWhat do you consider shitlit?