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[–]ravenclaww 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's ironic in a subreddit about books that people don't seem to have read the essay at all. There are comments where they mention JKR giving misinformation, but they don't actually quote what the misinformed part was nor why it was inaccurate.

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Since it became a default sub /r/books became essentially /r/reading. It was filled with discussions of the same ~12 super popular books, and any time anyone recommended a book it was YA, sci-fi dreck.

Otherwise it was inane questions like “what do you use as a bookmark?” or “DAE childish helplessness when picking a book?!”.

For most people there, their identity as ‘someone who reads’ is far more important than doing any actual reading, and when you have moderators who’ve drank the woke Koolaid, it’s not hard to see why.

I fucking hate /r/books, it had so much potential.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I find this sad and analogous to the way the gender identity movement compares to lgb.

[–]ArthnoldManacatsaman🇬🇧🌳🟦 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oh my God you're right. I never thought about it that way before.