I think all the data shows that men are reading less and less every year, so at this point i have to conclude that the "the lit bro" archetype is functioning as something of a folk devil
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I read a lot but it's Warhammer 40k books š¤
aug 27, 2025, 12:10 pm ā¢ 2 0 ā¢ view
They all count
aug 28, 2025, 9:39 am ā¢ 2 0 ā¢ view
Saw a man walk onto the plane holding the latest Sally Rooney. luckily due to articles such as these I knew it was an insincere ploy for female attention, most likely as part of a human trafficking operation..
sep 5, 2025, 9:35 pm ā¢ 57 2 ā¢ view
I want to hear Juliens take on this, right now š¤£
sep 5, 2025, 9:55 pm ā¢ 3 0 ā¢ view
Intermezzo whips tho. I like the brothers
sep 5, 2025, 9:52 pm ā¢ 1 0 ā¢ view
I'm a middle aged man who met my current partner talking about books online, but that was more of a "sincere mutual interests" thing than a "peacocking with literature" thing
sep 5, 2025, 9:43 pm ā¢ 2 0 ā¢ view
It's an absolute banger btw
sep 5, 2025, 9:36 pm ā¢ 1 0 ā¢ view
I also liked it a lot!
sep 5, 2025, 9:39 pm ā¢ 1 0 ā¢ view
This whole thing seems to have been dreamed up by some 20 yer old incel at an AI startup with connections
sep 5, 2025, 9:42 pm ā¢ 0 0 ā¢ view
Likewise, the phrase "Infinite Jest" online usually has vanishingly little to do with the book of that title.
sep 5, 2025, 9:46 pm ā¢ 1 0 ā¢ view
At this point it has to be a shibboleth, right? Like the stereotype of the faux-intellectual reading Russian poetry in public was a cliche when I was young, there's no way it's not just a thing everyone knows happens because everyone knows it happens.
aug 27, 2025, 9:22 am ā¢ 6 0 ā¢ view
I almost spit my cereal out when I realized he was reading Harry Potter
aug 27, 2025, 1:32 pm ā¢ 1 0 ā¢ view
That's some super serious big brain literature there. Clearly a guy that sexy couldn't understand a word of it.
aug 27, 2025, 11:40 am ā¢ 1 0 ā¢ view
See, everyone's taking the mick out of the picture but it actually makes sense to me. He's meant to be a faker right? Not unlike the fabled "girl gamer" who actually only plays candy crush..
aug 27, 2025, 11:47 am ā¢ 3 0 ā¢ view
I can't imagine that declaring that enjoying reading a book in a park is 'performative' is going to increase the number of men who read. Also, what is *not* performative?
aug 27, 2025, 9:26 am ā¢ 9 0 ā¢ view
In a shocking twist, sitting indoors and staring at your phone all day seems to be the only truly authentic act
aug 27, 2025, 9:32 am ā¢ 25 1 ā¢ view
I just read to get attention from boys and it's not working. Learning so much about the human condition though
aug 27, 2025, 11:42 am ā¢ 2 0 ā¢ view
folk devil ep, Iām ready
aug 27, 2025, 9:47 am ā¢ 1 0 ā¢ view