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hkd001 t1_jdfvq2m wrote

Reply to comment by Deliriums_Fish in Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading by drak0bsidian

In highschool I was reading anything about the Diablo franchise from how the game mechanics worked, guides, and lore.

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Deliriums_Fish t1_jdiejtf wrote

and that's fantastic! ALL READING IS READING! I think so many people get caught up on "kids these days don't read the things like I was reading back in the day" which they then translate as "kids aren't reading."

These are the same people who will lambast others getting their recs from sources like BookTok. Often sources like that are the first way a lot of teens/young adults find a gateway to what they enjoy and then branch off to find other things like it.

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hkd001 t1_jdigc54 wrote

Yeah gatekeepers are the worst. Like who cares about where you get your recommendations from, what matters is that you enjoy the material.

The metal music community has a ton of them too. Like the "name three songs from that band" or "that band isn't metal" kind. It's best to ignore those people.

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