Comments on: Depressing Book Statistics On College Readers http://bkish.com/2009/03/11/depressing-book-statistics-on-college-readers/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:45:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike http://bkish.com/2009/03/11/depressing-book-statistics-on-college-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Mike Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:48:40 +0000 http://bookish.us/?p=193#comment-46 Which is worse, spending an hour reading Twilight or spending an hour watching Flava of Love? Which is worse, spending an hour reading Twilight or spending an hour watching Flava of Love?

]]> By: b http://bkish.com/2009/03/11/depressing-book-statistics-on-college-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-45 b Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:45:38 +0000 http://bookish.us/?p=193#comment-45 homie i'm definitely not saying twilight is any good. i'm saying it doesn't matter if a few people read a few shitty books and a few good ones are sort of left behind by the majority. it's always been happening and it always will. it's no one's fault it's just human nature to always be changing their culture. nothing to get sad about. homie i’m definitely not saying twilight is any good. i’m saying it doesn’t matter if a few people read a few shitty books and a few good ones are sort of left behind by the majority. it’s always been happening and it always will. it’s no one’s fault it’s just human nature to always be changing their culture. nothing to get sad about.

]]> By: Joe http://bkish.com/2009/03/11/depressing-book-statistics-on-college-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Joe Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:58:23 +0000 http://bookish.us/?p=193#comment-44 I really don't know how we got this far with this argument. Whatever you say, I don't think you're going to convince me that "Twilight" is good. It's fine for kids to read and I'm glad it's getting kids reading. But I'm skeptical of older people who are really into it. Sorry, buddy. That's just how it is for me. I really don’t know how we got this far with this argument. Whatever you say, I don’t think you’re going to convince me that “Twilight” is good. It’s fine for kids to read and I’m glad it’s getting kids reading. But I’m skeptical of older people who are really into it. Sorry, buddy. That’s just how it is for me.

]]> By: b http://bkish.com/2009/03/11/depressing-book-statistics-on-college-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-43 b Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:22:05 +0000 http://bookish.us/?p=193#comment-43 dude...if you have a depressing outlook of the future it's just cause you're depressed. if you think people are getting dumber it's because you fear that in yourself. idiocracy is a damned comedy. it's makes you laugh because it's absurd and exaggerated. the amount of information out there, its ease of accessibility and use is growing at rates we never thought possible. every generation bitches about the upcoming one but it's just because we don't totally understand each other. our teachers and parents and grandpas who thought we were getting dumber because of grunge music, walkmans and cable tv can now witness some dude our age who's working on developing a 6th fucking sense, for example. holy sHIT!! (really watch this video if you haven't seen it. it will blow you away) http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html dude…if you have a depressing outlook of the future it’s just cause you’re depressed. if you think people are getting dumber it’s because you fear that in yourself. idiocracy is a damned comedy. it’s makes you laugh because it’s absurd and exaggerated. the amount of information out there, its ease of accessibility and use is growing at rates we never thought possible.
every generation bitches about the upcoming one but it’s just because we don’t totally understand each other. our teachers and parents and grandpas who thought we were getting dumber because of grunge music, walkmans and cable tv can now witness some dude our age who’s working on developing a 6th fucking sense, for example. holy sHIT!! (really watch this video if you haven’t seen it. it will blow you away)
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

]]> By: Joe http://bkish.com/2009/03/11/depressing-book-statistics-on-college-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Joe Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:21:46 +0000 http://bookish.us/?p=193#comment-42 You're right on the teaching stuff, Bradner. I don't know as much as you about it but I did go to high school and I can still have an opinion based on my experience. But I don't think you're right about what real literature is or should be or what it will be like in 100 years. Maybe the "Twilight" series will be revered like Lord of the Rings but that doesn't mean it's good and it doesn't mean there won't be thousands of other books that were written that people think are better and "literature." I agree that books are, at their core, entertainment. But I think they should also be taught as such. High school kids don't need to read Pride & Prejudice; it's way over their heads and it's boring to them. But they could read more modern books that still try to achieve something beyond entertainment to inspire them to explore further. I also disagree on your analysis of Mario Kart and the Mario series as a whole. I think Mario is trying to have sex with Princess Toadstool. But Luigi has a crush on Wario; Wario is a lot like Luigi's brother Mario, but he's a dick, and Luigi is one of those people who goes for someone who's no good for him. Ultimately, I don't care what people read. But I can still be depressed about trends toward stupidity, can't I? You've seen Idiocracy, right? You’re right on the teaching stuff, Bradner. I don’t know as much as you about it but I did go to high school and I can still have an opinion based on my experience. But I don’t think you’re right about what real literature is or should be or what it will be like in 100 years. Maybe the “Twilight” series will be revered like Lord of the Rings but that doesn’t mean it’s good and it doesn’t mean there won’t be thousands of other books that were written that people think are better and “literature.” I agree that books are, at their core, entertainment. But I think they should also be taught as such. High school kids don’t need to read Pride & Prejudice; it’s way over their heads and it’s boring to them. But they could read more modern books that still try to achieve something beyond entertainment to inspire them to explore further.

I also disagree on your analysis of Mario Kart and the Mario series as a whole. I think Mario is trying to have sex with Princess Toadstool. But Luigi has a crush on Wario; Wario is a lot like Luigi’s brother Mario, but he’s a dick, and Luigi is one of those people who goes for someone who’s no good for him.

Ultimately, I don’t care what people read. But I can still be depressed about trends toward stupidity, can’t I? You’ve seen Idiocracy, right?

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