Books Are Pretentious? 📚 Agree or Disagree?
Summary
A straphanger has a scorching hot take: books are just "TikTok without sound or video." Statistically speaking, the worst content there is. Kareem pushes back, but this rider isn't budging. Reading in public? That's peacocking. It's like wearing a fedora. People who read on the subway are just showing off, treating books like fashion accessories to get attention from the opposite sex. Why read when you could watch a documentary or scroll TikTok instead? The contempt is palpable as this anonymous New Yorker tears into literary culture with zero remorse.
Full Transcript
A book is a TikTok without sound or video. Statistically speaking, it's the worst content there is. Why don't you just watch a documentary? Watch a documentary. Watch a TikTok. Come on, you think you're better than me? You're not.
You don't like people reading books on the— I detest it, actually.
What do you think about it? It's like reading a book in public. It's like wearing a fedora. It's peacocking.
You think reading a book in public is performative? I think it's peacocking. I think it's showing off. And I think you—it's a fashion accessory. They want attention. They want attention from the fair sex.
What's your take?