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Originally Posted by binaryhermit
I think I've even heard the term "genre fiction" used derisively too. But whatever.
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You seem to know my mum
She likes to state often and loudly she doesn't read fiction and how it is wasted time to do so. And she is implying those who do are somewhat less intelligent than she is.
Every time she does this I think to myself that she lacks imagination, which makes it necessary for her to stick to non-fiction. And the intelligence to see how much can be learned by reading novels. Just think about how much one learns when reading historical fiction, for example. It always strikes me as one of the stupidest things to say whilst she is trying to appear smart by saying so.
