Saturday, 20 September 2025

Does No-one Read For Pleasure Anymore...?

 Or do they just read to see their own desires and worldview reflected in the pages?



For me, reading was always an escape from my world, and a chance to see another, either real or invented. How sad for today's generation, unable to appreciate anything that doesn't 'reflect their reality'.

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  1. I’ve never heard of tabletop roll playing games before. I might be interested.

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    1. It's basically like being one of those "furries", but instead you identify yourself as a bread product.
      Steven

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  2. "Most anticipated" by whom? Really can't imagine many of even today's young adults being poised on the edges of their sofas waiting for that lot to come out. And it's probably more "unable to find anything that doesn't 'reflect their reality'". A bit of surfing at Amazon or, as it's "SF", a visit to Baen Books or some such might sort them out.

    Presumably this is Reactormag in its final death spiral, everybody sensible having bailed out?

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    1. Reading is declining, all the experts say, maybe this is why?

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  3. A game for spoiled self-entitled narcissists to play against other self-obsessed narcissists, to out narcissist eachother, to actually achieve nothing at all to be famous in their own heads to plaster over their social media for everyone to roll their eyes and ignore. I once tried playing "Risk" with a bunch of utter bores, must be over 50yrs ago, I lasted about five minutes and left them to it. Role play games, PAH....

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  4. I prefer computer games, maybe I’m just sntisocial?

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