vateso5074

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[–] vateso5074@lemmy.world 26 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I've definitely been there. I think it's like what English teachers say when they see their students reading whatever latest YA drivel has been published (e.g. Twilight):

At least they want to read something.

Encourage their passions, even if you really hate what they're currently doing with it, and trust that eventually they'll get a better sense of taste when they learn more about what else is out there.

Take the "lead a horse to water" idiom but add the corollary that the horse definitely will not drink if no one leads it to water in the first place.

[–] vateso5074@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Lots of journalists are reporting on this buyout.

But not too deeply.

[–] vateso5074@lemmy.world 107 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Some humor is timeless, like this one from 1921: