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Reading For Fun Is Plummeting in The US, And Experts Are Concerned (www.sciencealert.com)

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[-] BeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 days ago

I love reading but I grew up before smart phones. I'm not sure reading and smart phone brain go together.

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I sometimes read books on my smartphone.

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

The porn addicts on TikTok would disagree. Porn books are insanely popular and many people seem to only read those.

[-] Akrenion@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss all romance/romantic as porn. Some of them are well written with a touch of the forbidden for an elevated experience.

Not saying there aren't bad pornographic books but dismissing a whole genre for some puritanical reason also seems ill fitted.

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Of course! There are classy romances. However, my understanding is that a lot of these “romantasy” books are exploiting young audiences with graphic sex.

See: Bride