The Tiktok Trend that is Ruining Reading. 

i think people romanticized reading LONG before tiktok

Why PRETEND to read when you could ACTUALLY find books that intrest you, and ACTUALLY read them?

I wonder how one of those fake readers would react if someone asked them about the book or ran into someone who knew the book well 😂😂

Why don't you just... read the book if you're doing all that work???

Why people pretending of reading? 😊

reading for the "aesthetic"

Soon having coherent thoughts will be romantic guys

reading is good, reading is silent.

I read fiction, pretty well exclusively. It's not just escapeism for me, there is an art to a well told story, in the author's ability to invoke imagery, to craft believeable and relatable characters, to explore themes and ideals that might acutally inspire people. I love sinking into a new world, a new perspective, and sometimes familiar tropes. I read voraciously! That's why I did my degrees in literature. This "trend", although honestly it's been happening since forever, is just a new iteration of pickup artists. They are shallow and/or insecure, and will, in turn, attract the same because what they don't realize is this: people who legitimately read are going to want to talk about books with them. And we can clock them pretty quickly because there's always a type of book they gravitate to, and they can only discuss it on the most shallow of levels. They want to appear more intelligent, deep, interesting, but they're literally the kid in class trying to BS their way through an essay or a question the teacher has asked about a book they never actually read. I love when people read because they enjoy learning, or because they enjoy it! But seriously, developing a personality is going to give greater success in dating than pretending to read.

If reading makes you look romantic, then just do it on your phone anyway. Maybe the next generation out of Alpha will find a Kindle kink for people actively swiping to turn pages

i like reading now but i used to hate reading because english teachers love to ruin it 😊

I can't believe posers exist in the reading world too now

The Tiktok Trend[s] that -is- are Ruining -Reading- Everything.

no one is pretending to read, these videos are staged. you caught the bait.

Commenting so you get better engagement for the algorithm. This video is well made

It's good that people are actually breaking out books!

There's nothing wrong about romanticizing reading The word you guys are looking for is "poser"

honestly love the concept of video, I really wanted someone to capture this topic and I'm glad you did ... but you need to work on audio for more progress anyway great work buddy!!!!

i am shocked that u have a mere 50 subs, this looks like the quality that a youtuber with hundreds of thousands of subs. you earned yourself a sub :)

This is just sad. People seem increasingly allergic to doing the things that are connected to a certain identity and instead just try to appear to do them. It was already bad enough that people have always done things to obfuscate who they truly ARE (appearing to read is removed from reading endless non-fiction with no action is removed from understanding and engaging with the subject up close)

Here before u blow up. Good luck big bro!!👍👍

As someone who fucking hates reading books with every cell in his body, it feels good just to cut the shit and talk about how much I hate it. It feels good to just be who you are, and not put up a front to seem more intelligent than you actually are.

This video overcomplicates reading a book

Great video!

Great video! I was just wondering, what books do you recommend for someone trying to get into non-fiction?

I think people should romanticize reading. It's a healthy hobby, and if there are people out there dumb enough to think reading a book makes them look attractive, then maybe they'll actually learn something when they finally quit it for a moment to read the thing they're holding. Even if they don't, who cares? Reading will always looked at as positive.

Holy cow I thought it was a robot talking

People romanticised this way before tiktok. Reading is appreciating an art form, appreciating and analysing to understand the world and ideas of another individual. Understandable that people find it "attractive", considering intelligence is an attractive trait. However it's sad that some people don't actually read to read and enjoy a book and an author's writing, but simply to look "hot" or "aesthetic". But I don't think it's that big of a deal, it's just one of those trends that some people pull.

Idiocracy was a documentary. Everybody knows that roughly 40% of Gen Z can't read at their age level.

These videos are rage bait!!! I love reading too but so many people who love reading have it as a pillar of their personality and these videos are designed to piss off them off. I think this is a tho good video, especially the second half!

been wanting to get into reading philosophy any recs?

Why would you pretend to read when actually reading is easy & fun?

In my opinion, he made a good call to end things. He handled it very maturely because he understands she has her own life and shouldn't be going backwards in it to appease him. Mature guy dantes is, aside from all the goofy stuff he says. tbh you and this comment section need better reading comprehension.

why make it hard for yourself, just romanticize doom-scrolling

"Oh my god, have you seen this guy recently? He has been going to this cafe everyday and reads?! Like, he clearly isn't like the rest of these guys mindlessly scrolling tiktok. I wonder whats going on in his head. Girl, he's sooooo interesting" type shit

Damn, we are downgrading faster than I thought.

Can ppl are cringe. At the same time, I feel bad for them.. I couldn’t imagine a world faking who you are or living a lie

Me and my friends all read about guns One is horny one is suicidal and one likes war....

Mmmmmmmh but I wonder how many of these pretending-people will become readers by accident--I think it would be very hard not to.

*their - I think you need to read more.

Idk why people pretend to read. Books are just movies but without visuals, colors,music, voices... yeah reading is pretty bad isn't it?

A well-made video for sure, but man if this advice is really necessary we're fried 😭

69th subscriber. Yippee!

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hahahahaahahha interesting

Look, let this one slide. Its better than a thousand people having a friend record holding a calculator at a concert or being a nuisance in public.