How Seriously Do We Take Books?

[WeDealInLead]

No, it's not just a book. It's a idiocy and illiteracy in book format. It's proof that we'll take any SHIT media serves us and it'll sell millions. It's proof that general readership has taken a turn toward mediocrity and serious dumbing down of what was a beatiful form of expression and actual ART. It's almost like publishers are fucking with us... 'let's see if we can get away with this one?' or 'maybe they are THAT stupid.'

50 Shades of Dumb is for soccer mommies and tweens who never actually tried S/M. The Twilight was a solid piece of literary work compared to this. I knew humanity is fucked when my mom bought this book.

That bitch got off easy. Fuck her and fuck everyone else who supports this garbage. True authors who actually work on their art are getting shafted left, right and centre because of this shit.

[beam*seeker]

No, it's not just a book. It's a idiocy and illiteracy in book format. It's proof that we'll take any SHIT media serves us and it'll sell millions. It's proof that general readership has taken a turn toward mediocrity and serious dumbing down of what was a beatiful form of expression and actual ART. It's almost like publishers are fucking with us... 'let's see if we can get away with this one?' or 'maybe they are THAT stupid.'

50 Shades of Dumb is for soccer mommies and tweens who never actually tried S/M. The Twilight was a solid piece of literary work compared to this. I knew humanity is fucked when my mom bought this book.

That bitch got off easy. Fuck her and fuck everyone else who supports this garbage. True authors who actually work on their art are getting shafted left, right and centre because of this shit.

I can't believe I actually agree with you on this one. Perhaps her man misinterpreted her reading of S/M soft porn as she wanted some and started out with the bottle of steak sauce. NO, I don't believe she deserved it, and I am pretty sure you were tongue in cheek about meaning she deserved to be A-Sauce-saulted but, I agree overall with the rest of the intensity and theme of your commentary.

As to the topic at hand, of course books are important. Art imitates life and vice versa. Unless you don't take life seriously, you should take books seriously. I think the relationship however had more critical issues than a philosophical disagreement about reading material however...