Interesting question. I don't read things solely to poke fun at them. A perfect example would be the ABVH books.
I lOVED the early books. And then the books got down right rediculous. After two books of basically nothing but porn, I stopped reading. I still read peoples flogs of the books, but I won't read the books myself.
While I appreciate people who do read them, and entertain me with their flogging of them, I also don't entirely understand why they continue to read the books if they hate them so much.
Is it jealousy? As in, this person is a horrible writer, but is making bookoo bucks, and thus I must insult her art to make myself feel better? Or boredom? Or just being a small-minded person? Do people who make fun of things that aren't to their taste just have nothing else to occupy their time with? No other things to amuse themselves with? Are they just mean people? I don't know. But I want to understand it as well.
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Date: 2008-05-29 05:33 pm (UTC)I lOVED the early books. And then the books got down right rediculous. After two books of basically nothing but porn, I stopped reading. I still read peoples flogs of the books, but I won't read the books myself.
While I appreciate people who do read them, and entertain me with their flogging of them, I also don't entirely understand why they continue to read the books if they hate them so much.
Is it jealousy? As in, this person is a horrible writer, but is making bookoo bucks, and thus I must insult her art to make myself feel better? Or boredom? Or just being a small-minded person? Do people who make fun of things that aren't to their taste just have nothing else to occupy their time with? No other things to amuse themselves with? Are they just mean people? I don't know. But I want to understand it as well.