Topic: "Reading Harry Potter books makes children mentally ill"
hamfist !0Ynig1RSDc started this discussion 10 years ago #52,086
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3577223/Reading-Harry-Potter-books-makes-children-MENTALLY-ILL-says-headmaster-warns-letting-addicted-fantasy-novels-bad-feeding-heaps-sugar.htmlwhat do you think? i read harry potter growing up but i grew out of it around the time i hit 14. at the same time, if we raise children on books like harry potter are we leading them to only read young adult garbage and genre fiction? stephen king said he likes the harry potter series because it leads children into reading his books. that's really fucking scary for the future of fiction if true. look at all the booktubers who barely discuss anything beyond the newest john green or hunger games or game of thrones or whatever. i don't think reading shitty books is much better than not reading at all.
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 12 minutes later[^] [v] #677,743
@OP
That's the joke.
That's the joke.
Adam Djensen joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 6 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,747
reading the daily mail makes children mentally ill
kook !!vzUOyOi/5 joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 3 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,751
Well you could say that anything fictional isn't worth reading
Adam Djensen replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,752
Also you are a pretentious twat op
chili dog !!81dzJNNYL joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,753
I don't know that is rather pretentious
The Harry potter series does have literary value and if pop books encourage people to read who otherwise wouldn't,isn't that good?
Who decides that fantasy books are worth less than the classics?
The Harry potter series does have literary value and if pop books encourage people to read who otherwise wouldn't,isn't that good?
Who decides that fantasy books are worth less than the classics?
hamfist !0Ynig1RSDc (OP) replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,755
Big Daddy Derek !Uvm54ORbmo replied with this 10 years ago, 2 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,759
Adam Djensen replied with this 10 years ago, 52 seconds later, 32 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,760
chili dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 34 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,761
@677,755 (hamfist !0Ynig1RSDc)<
@677,751 (kook !!vzUOyOi/5)
lol how could you possibly justify saying that
buttons joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 6 minutes later, 40 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,765
chili dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 41 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,769
Maddy !kCITGirlXc joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 minute later, 43 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,772
Harry Potter is about a mentally ill child, suffering from vivid hallucinations. In which, he is a wizard, and doesn't live in a cupboard or get beaten regularly.
kook !!vzUOyOi/5 replied with this 10 years ago, 7 minutes later, 51 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #677,777
Dr. FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 4 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #677,925
@677,747 (Adam Djensen)
As a doctor, I can confirm this.
@previous (kook !!vzUOyOi/5)
nice pents
As a doctor, I can confirm this.
@previous (kook !!vzUOyOi/5)
nice pents
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lost soul joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 9 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #677,928
I love reading so much. I loved the Harry Potter stories so much. In the winter time Wed build forts and rooms with the snow, and pretend we were in hogwarts doing hogwarts things. In the summer time we gripped our bikes a specific way and pretender we were playing quidich or whatever
And I wanted to play Harry Potter til the day I died, but my friend turned 12 and decided she's too old
And I wanted to play Harry Potter til the day I died, but my friend turned 12 and decided she's too old
kook !!vzUOyOi/5 replied with this 10 years ago, 6 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #677,931
@previous (lost soul)
that sounds very fun and not pretentious. Harry Potter has prevented yet another tragic life.
that sounds very fun and not pretentious. Harry Potter has prevented yet another tragic life.
vriskalon !0D.SXWIdy6 joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 37 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #677,941
confirmed - read harry potter once, now im a mass murderer
FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI replied with this 10 years ago, 8 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #677,943
Antikhristos !M6R0eWkIpk joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 4 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #677,945
It's also a gateway to Satanism, drugs, and the occult. Fortunately I didn't actually have to read Harry Potter to find those things.
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 32 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #677,958
@677,747 (Adam Djensen)
> reading the daily mail makes children mentally ill
Pretty much this. We've been telling children fairy tales for thousands of years, and most of those kids have grown up much more sane than the average Daily Mail reader.
> reading the daily mail makes children mentally ill
Pretty much this. We've been telling children fairy tales for thousands of years, and most of those kids have grown up much more sane than the average Daily Mail reader.
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 1 hour later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #677,971
lost soul replied with this 10 years ago, 3 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #677,976
more positive squeegee joined in and replied with this 10 years ago, 7 hours later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #678,155
stop liking what i don't like!