Jul 18, 2026 · 47 min · 11 segments
If you love quiet horror, folklore that creeps under your skin, and book discussions that feel like catching up with your best friends, this month’s episode is about to hit. We dive into Snake-Eater…
Lip Gloss MafiaHostKarachiHosthey meanwhile have you been seeing all the horrible like bookish takes that people have been coming out with lately
And you know what I've noticed from all these takes? It's taking away valuable time that we could be using to read.
I feel like all these people don't have, they are just piling books in their house and they are not reading their books.
Because if they were reading their books, they would not have time to come and be saying all this kind of nonsense on the internet.
Ah, there are two that are standing out for me.
One is the author, I can't remember her name, who said something along the lines of how if you're borrowing books from libraries, you're stealing from authors.
And then...
Did she not go to school? As in,
do you not understand
an author.
What's the point? Like, why is she here? The second one is the one that really busts my brain.
The one that said that if you use big words in a book, you're ableist.
Like, I mean, I know people can say some very stupid stuff, but that was like, in fact, you know what? That should be the highest.
hey meanwhile have you been seeing all the horrible like bookish takes that people have been coming out with lately
And you know what I've noticed from all these takes? It's taking away valuable time that we could be using to read.
I feel like all these people don't have, they are just piling books in their house and they are not reading their books.
Because if they were reading their books, they would not have time to come and be saying all this kind of nonsense on the internet.
Ah, there are two that are standing out for me.
One is the author, I can't remember her name, who said something along the lines of how if you're borrowing books from libraries, you're stealing from authors.
And then...
Did she not go to school? As in,
do you not understand
an author.
What's the point? Like, why is she here? The second one is the one that really busts my brain.
The one that said that if you use big words in a book, you're ableist.
Like, I mean, I know people can say some very stupid stuff, but that was like, in fact, you know what? That should be the highest.
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