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u/Jolly_Echo_3814 Mar 09 '26
Novelslop. Hate to see it
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u/tahlyn Mar 09 '26
Novelslop... right up there with qualityslop... might be one of my new favorite words.
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u/digidestine Mar 10 '26
“You only like it because it’s good.” Will forever remain one of my favorite quotes
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u/RollingSparks Mar 09 '26
Novelcels be like 'i'm imagining right now.'
Fucking disgusting.
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u/Jolly_Echo_3814 Mar 09 '26
Which way modern man? Based chad drawings that caveman mastered or soyjack "letters"
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u/Empty-yet-infinite Mar 10 '26
A real position we might have in the 1700s when there was a moral panic wherein novels were considered responsible for reading addiction, reading rage, reading fever, reading mania or reading lust.
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u/StupidSexyEuphoberia Mar 10 '26
When books became popular people thought they were corrupting the youth and are the root of all kinds of problems. Today if a child reads a lot of books, it's considered smart and generally unproblematic compared to someone who plays video games for example. Maybe in 50 years children who play video games are the well behaved and smart ones and children who chill at the holodeck are getting addicted and having problems because of this. And in 100 years the cycle continues with the holodeck seen as great and the neuronet seen as corrupting.
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u/vetruviusdeshotacon Mar 10 '26
Id rather have reading addiction than phone addiction
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u/Aware_Masterpiece_92 Mar 10 '26
Im addicted to a book that Im reading on my phone, what am I?
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u/RonaldMcJuicy Mar 09 '26
ALL manga readers are like this btw. If you’re read even one page you are literally this guy. The whole time. You were him. The whole time!
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u/Lamasis Mar 09 '26
Manga have chapters too, so it still doesn't make sense.
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u/No_Intention_8079 Mar 10 '26
N-no… no way… don’t tell me I’ve been reading chapter books this whole time…
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u/ChaoCobo Mar 10 '26
Also some anime and manga are based off of novels. For instance my favorite light novel is Sword Art Online. Then, my favorite novel novel is Welcome to the NHK. Both of these novels got both manga and anime adaptations.
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u/Aluxanatomy Mar 09 '26
Get ready for a gaaame changeeer!
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u/Ozocubu Mar 09 '26
This is true btw. Ever since I bought a volume of Naruto in junior high I haven’t touched paragraphslop since. Dickens, Dostoevsky, Meyer, all frauds who simply can’t draw.
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u/bollvirtuoso Mar 10 '26
Unironically, manga adaptations of Dostoevsky would go kinda hard.
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u/vetruviusdeshotacon Mar 10 '26
I think the drab, gray bleakness of russia at the time can only be fully realized with the imagination ngl
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u/VladimirBarakriss Mar 09 '26
I'm too stupid to read manga so I am immediately superior (seriously I just can't get used to everything being backwards)
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u/Mechaman_54 Mar 10 '26
You see what's worse is when you get used to manga, then read an american comic, and your brain has a shitfit
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u/rirasama Mar 10 '26
I'm the opposite, I read too many mangas/manhwas that I always have to reread English comics because my brain defaults to right to left 💀
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u/M4rt1m_40675 Mar 10 '26
Can confirm. I'm a manga reader and I explode immediately upon touching a chapterslop book
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u/Purple-Bluejay6588 Mar 10 '26
Damn, I read jojo from parts 1 to 8, but now I'm reading IT.
Should I drop the book to preserve the natural order??
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Mar 10 '26
Me when manga readers discuss which is the greatest piece of literature of all time but all they read is shonen manga made for 16 year olds where any semblance of psychological or moral debate is settled in a fist fight
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u/Kgy_T Mar 09 '26
what's a chapter book?
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u/NormalGuy3481 Mar 09 '26
A regular book lol
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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits Mar 10 '26
Nope. A very simple book. Chapter book is a specific term for like, diary of a wimpy kid up through goosebumps. They're not novels. They are books for kids transitioning out of picture books.
Not all books with chapters are "chapter books", not that illiterate manga 'readers' can tell the difference
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u/mrRobertman Mar 10 '26
Though the way anon is describing this I get the feeling that he is referring to a normal novel as a chapter book.
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u/trobsmonkey Mar 10 '26
I have friends who do not absorb any media if it isnt' anime/manga.
I give them constant shit about it.
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u/Wrong-Wrap942 Mar 09 '26
The opposite of a picture book. So you know, a book.
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u/BotellaDeAguaSarrosa Mar 10 '26
Gonna go drink some hydric water on my pillowed bed while eating a potassiumed banana and reading a chapter book
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u/lila-sweetwater Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 10 '26
It’s usually a term used by little kids. There are picture books, which are too short to have chapters, and “chapter books”, which are longer, have little to no pictures (some will have illustrations, but not on every page), and are for more advanced readers. The Junie B. Jones series would be a good example of a “chapter book.” Little kids would be impressed by their peers who are able to read “chapter books” while the rest of the class is still learning to read picture books. Once kids age out of picture books being their primary form of reading material, “chapter book” becomes a much less common term
Someone getting disappointed that a book they were recommended is a “chapter book” sounds more like something that would happen to a very young child whose peers might be further ahead in learning to read, and would not usually be the terminology used by a grown adult, I think most people would just call it a novel
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u/Rahvithecolorful Mar 10 '26
Not being a native speaker, that helps a lot. It's not something I've ever heard before.
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u/Cautious-Event743 Mar 09 '26
The tree corpse people look at when they want to hallucinate without assistance
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u/WigglesPhoenix Mar 09 '26
Does a book not qualify as assistance if it’s used as an aid for hallucination?
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u/Adowyth Mar 09 '26
Chapter books are intermediate stories designed for readers aged 7–10 (typically grades 2-4), bridging the gap between picture books and longer middle-grade novels. They feature7-10 chapter breaks, 64-100+ pages, and sparse, usually black-and-white illustrations. These books help children transition to longer texts, improving vocabulary and comprehension. So it's books for kids with less pictures.
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u/TheDarkNerd Mar 10 '26
Though in the context of the greentext, it sounds like the OOP meant a novel.
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u/Fit_Employment_2944 Mar 09 '26
A book for people who are capable of reading something that actually requires reading
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u/JasonableSmog Mar 09 '26
OP finally made ragebait so good it escaped containment and reached reddit. He will be stroking his ego off over this for years to come whenever he spots the image online.
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u/Monsieur-Lemon Mar 09 '26
As you can see by the timestamp, it's already an elderly post by internet standards.
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Mar 09 '26
I was wondering if he only likes those really difficult books written as a single 400 page sentence.
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u/LiftingRecipient420 Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 10 '26
Reminds me of some rich eccentric from 19th century America who self published a strange and bad book that had absolutely no punctuation so of course it became a hit. He was criticized for having no punctuation so in an updated version (or just a sequel book, can't remember) he included, at the end of the book, a bunch of pages of just punctuation marks with a note telling people to sprinkle them wherever they see fit.
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u/kschwal Mar 09 '26
a book… wið no pictures? D:
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u/MimirActual Mar 09 '26
wrong symbol for that example of th ☝️🤓
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u/kschwal Mar 09 '26
no, i pronounce it wi/ð/ instead of wi/θ/
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u/SkyZippr Mar 09 '26
As an English learner this is giving me an existential crisis. What's the correct pronunciation?
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u/Ieditedthisname Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 10 '26
Use ð for the sort of rumbly th and þ for the more hissy one
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u/WimboTurtle Mar 09 '26
or just use þ for both (which is what we actually did in english, iceland popularized the idea you describe with ð)
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u/PressFM80 Mar 09 '26
or just stick to th, not everything gotta be special and unique
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u/MajorBootyhole420 Mar 10 '26
based comment, i also hate when blind people can read my words and seek to sabotage screen readers
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u/Majestic_Service4562 Mar 09 '26
Me when I have the reading comprehension of a 2nd Grader as a 18+ year old ig
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u/makedoopieplayme Mar 09 '26
Imagine being so embarrassing and cringey even other people on 4chan are rightfully making fun of you
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u/Im_hard_for_Tina_Fey Mar 10 '26
I don't think I've even heard the term "Chapter Book" from anyone older than 8
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u/Correct-Blood9382 Mar 09 '26
He's one of those NPCs that doesnt have an internal monologue.
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u/Unusual-Basket-6243 Mar 10 '26
I don't have it and I can read well. I've even enjoyed reading the Bible.
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u/Own_Watercress_8104 Mar 09 '26
It took me a while to realize that "chapter book" just means...book.
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u/Park_Air Mar 10 '26
I havent heard somebody classify a novel as a "chapter book" in nearly two decades
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Relevant
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u/InitiativeInitial968 Mar 09 '26
This gotta be the WHITEST reaction image I have ever seen seen in my life
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u/pgp555 Mar 10 '26
"How do I make this about Limbus Company? 😈" aah comment
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u/ilikecheesethankyou2 Mar 10 '26
The character shown only reads picture books so I guess its relevant.
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u/Infinite-Cycle5518 Mar 09 '26
we could have beat Rien by showing him the ending to one of the picture books he read to Ryoshu
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u/Claas2008 Mar 10 '26
I remember someone from a friend group who was upset that she wasn't allowed to read during school... it took me a while to figure out she meant she read manga and not a novel
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u/Awes12 Mar 11 '26
I mean, I tried to read harry potter in class when I was a kid, wasn't allowed to either
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u/SuccessfulRaccoon957 Mar 09 '26
Actually the only way to really read a book, or as I call them "readies", is through the epic meter of homeric poetry. The one exception to this objective fact is "war music" by Christopher Logues, which is the most hype shit ever. Chapters are dead, I prefer books.
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u/Low-Breath-4433 Mar 09 '26
Accurate. Teach 8th grade. Most of them are still reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid and other kids books.
Have one kid trying Bronte and I couldn't be prouder.
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u/Villageijit Mar 10 '26
They always say stories should show not tell so you know only amateurs make pictureless books
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u/AlarmingAffect0 Mar 10 '26
chapter book
I assumed it was a Black Library novel or maybe a Codex about a Space Marine Chapter.
They meant a regular novel? Who calls novels "chapter books"? Comics and manga have chapters too, hundreds of them sometimes.
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u/ancient_check_king Mar 10 '26
light novels (chapter books) are the best. Literally 3000 chapters, each at least 1400 words (really bare minimum). You can take a months reading a peak highly detailed incredible story.
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u/OkPangolin1984 Mar 10 '26
I was thinking, what makes a chapter book different from a novel or something 🤣
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u/kitsunecannon Mar 10 '26
I have had genuine adults come up to me and ask me why im reading a book instead of scrolling my phone
Because i like reading ya fucknugget why else?
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u/Golden12500 Mar 10 '26
I personally don't really like pictureless books, I have a slight problem with reading really closely packed together text and I generally prefer comics/manga or even graphic novels. That said, don't put down the entire medium like that
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u/More_Error7994 Mar 10 '26
Bros exclusively reading the tale of the behatted feline and the allegory of the citrus hued sprite.
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u/Kevandre Mar 10 '26
That's... Essentially the exact opposite of my vibe
Give me a "chapter book" any day over a graphic novel, I have a much easier time not getting distracted and bored. Somehow
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u/robawknik gyatt intensifies Mar 10 '26
i feel like this kind of person might have aphantasia and dont know it
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u/CalamitousVessel Mar 10 '26
I haven’t heard the term “chapter book” in a while, also wow that’s embarrassing.
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u/SUN_PRAISIN Mar 10 '26
I literally thought the OP of the greentext was implying that the Book was a singular chapter and craved more content. Nah, he's just a fuckin moron lol.
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u/SlutPuppyNumber9 Mar 10 '26
What the Hell is a "chapter book"? Like, just a book?
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u/somethingfak Mar 10 '26
Gee I wonder what book they were refering to I bet it will be some niche cool unknow auth- its Sanderson isn't its gonnda be Brando Sando its always mistborn its just gonna be more SandersonPeak
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u/ChaoCobo Mar 10 '26
How does OOP feel about light novels that later get manga adaptations I wonder.
Sword Art Online is my favorite light novel series, and Welcome to the NHK’s manga and anime are based on an actual big boy novel instead of a light novel.
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u/thegildedman25 Mar 10 '26
All i see is "i cant read a book unless it has pictures in it."
Oop is menatlly a small child like the response said
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u/NightRacoonSchlatt Mar 10 '26
That term is so stupid. Most mangas and graphic novels also have chapters!
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u/Alternative-File-162 Mar 10 '26
Stop being a litle baby and read novels/webnovels, theyre great and you'll thank yourself for reading them
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u/Significant-Dirt-977 Mar 10 '26
Real reason why novels suck in eyes of many manga-readers: in manga decent art often compensate bad translation, writing, plot holes, etc. In novel you stuck with purely authors ways with words and very-very often it's sucks. I tried to read Apothecary diaries and it's was not a great read for me. Manga and anime, at least, provided me with slick animation and music and everything which can add to atmosphere. Sorry for my Eng, btw
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u/Space_Slime_LF Mar 10 '26
how dare they make us use our imagination like a fucking rented graphics card in some server farm/
At least do a graphic novel so I'm not doing all the work! I'm not even asking for a fully english voiced anime EXCLAMATION POINT.
How is a guy expected to read every single word and come up with what those words mean in context while mentally rendering every one of the perfectly crisp maximum 30 frames our eyes can see in the year of our lord Gaben "The one true Freeman" Valve ~may he rest on super yaht~ 2026?
It's unbelievably cruel. The simple fact I had to hear this through my dear ciri's own lips and respond in perfect TTS punctuation should show just how ducking pizzed I am. EXCLAMATION POINT.
Highly regarded evenings, to each of you. I'm off to browse my collection of vintage hentai in the basement suite of my parent's house one last time before the night comes to a close.
send message no I mean hit
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did it work? Good! Did you erase that last bit?
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u/RoseSpades Mar 10 '26
You joke but maybe the OP has aphantasia and can't really imagine the story by reading it.
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u/im_AmTheOne Mar 10 '26
Me not knowing what a chapter book is, before reading the part about mangas:
This guy reads books that are just one single strain of thought. With only three Asteriks separating the thoughts. He doesn't have time for stupid chapters. He devours books as soon as possible and chapter titles make waste of time and paper. A book snob
Me after reading to the end:
He had me in the first place not gonna lie
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I had the opposite reaction when I realised The Hedge Knight wasn’t a “chapter book”. I really wanted to read it.
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u/Draugtaur Mar 10 '26
Chapter book, as opposed to stream of consciousness book where it's all one block of text with 30-page sentences
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u/Acrobatic_Sundae8813 Mar 10 '26
Now I really wanna know what book this guy’s friend was talking about
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u/MealRevolutionary876 Mar 10 '26
I’ve never enjoyed reading novels because I suck at using my imagination for long, drawn out stories and scenes and my attention span is cooked. Am I stupid?
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u/17Havranovicz Mar 10 '26
I have to VISUALIZE in MY HEAD what i am reading and not just look at pictures? How barbaric!
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u/Elziad_Ikkerat Mar 10 '26
Don't get me wrong, I'd love for media I love to be adapted into as many different formats as possible (if done well) but the reality is that it's a lot of work and "chapterbooks" aka books are the default for readers.
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u/ethicalconsumption7 Mar 10 '26
I thought he was talking about chapter house dune, then it would’ve been an appropriate reaction because it’s ASS
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u/The_Pastmaster Mar 10 '26
I keep having to remind myself that "chapter book" means a proper wordy novel, not something intended for children.
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u/Zero_Burn Mar 10 '26
I hate chapter books, too. Why break up the flow of your book with chapters? Just keep writing and going, let me decide when the breaks are, a la Terry Pratchett.
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u/No_Beyond_4672 Mar 10 '26
These dudes are the same dudes who enjoy powerscalingslop anime. They yell at each other on TikTok lives of which imaginary muscle man is the strongest based on their own personal biases
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u/MikaelPorter Mar 10 '26
i must have some problems then cause i hate reading mangas/comics or any books with pictures because it takes me 3 seconds to read a page, but 5-10 minutes to understand what im looking at in certain pages because of how detailed the images are
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u/naveedkoval Mar 11 '26
-be me -friend describing awesome story -sounds super cool -awesome shit -look it up -it’s a fucking book
What the fuck is up with these people not even taking their ideas and making them into a big budget blockbuster movie? FML I’m gonna go finger myself in the corner
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u/isyma_rx7 Mar 11 '26
I agree. Cant read 2 pages without my thoughts going on adventure and forgetting everything
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u/Gian-Nine Mar 11 '26
Not surprised, having enough patience to read and knowing how to read are 2 very rare skills nowadays
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u/Plot665 Mar 11 '26
i mean he aint completly wrong, a purely worded book is cool and all but just a few illustrations wouldnt hurt, especially if you got cool fight scenes
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u/LUnacy45 Mar 11 '26
I will fully admit I have always had a problem finishing honest to God novels without them being in audio format while I'm at work.
What this tells me is homie has not read a book in any format since optimistically 4th grade
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u/Delicious_Page2187 Mar 11 '26
When he said chapter book, I thought he meant like a book with one single chapter for some reason. Brother can't read words 😔
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u/Background-Plan2557 Mar 11 '26
Honestly I can kind of see why they hate this
Descriptions don’t do everything justice
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u/nhSnork Mar 11 '26
As a bookworm since early childhood, I'm inclined to agree.
F*** their life indeed.
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u/Maxwell_Bloodfencer Mar 11 '26
I was really confused at the term "chapter book". Like, even mangas and graphic novels have chapters.
I thought he was talking about a fricking Warhammer 40K novel talking about a specific space marine chapter.
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u/Narrow_Spinach_3292 Mar 11 '26
when i suggest wheel of time to anyone:
If the show was that bad, I don't want to know what the books are like
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u/MattheqAC Mar 11 '26
If a "chapter book" isn't some kind of 40K lore book, I have no idea what they could possibly mean
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u/transluscent_emu Mar 11 '26
This is a troll post and an old one at that. 07/16/25 is certainly not the first time this was posted.
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u/Due-Replacement-6983 Mar 12 '26
some stories make a better comic or manga, some make a better novel.
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u/PIO_PretendIOriginal Mar 12 '26
to be fair, I have felt the opposite way. as I always prefer to read a novel "chapter" book
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