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The cognitive dissonance is actually a good thing. It means despite the book having elements you enjoyed, it fundamentally disagreed with your beliefs. Honestly, it might not be noteworthy. Potentially more stories like this can desensitize you, which is not the same of it being normalized for you.   reply

The ML cut his hair   1 reply

I didn’t realize it was down. But you’d think this would prompt me to save my reading list. Think again tho because I won’t   reply

I get you. This is why I hate how romanticized mental health is sometimes. People don’t really understand how it can make you a poor friend, partner, or parent. I’m not going to tell you to be understanding or to enforce boundaries because relationships are complex. Even if you explain yall relationship to me I’ll never fully comprehend all ......   reply

I don’t understand the obsession with Jinx I stopped reading at chapter 5 or something because the plot was so cliche to me I could anticipate the entire story. It’s very old BL coded, just new art. There’s a lot worse BL out there. I don’t understand the overwhelming hate because it’s very obvious the kind of people the characters are......   reply

Some of you actually gave some very insightful and philosophical answers My take is biologically humans are very similar. Compared to other species we don’t really have a lot of genetic diversity. I think this might have to do with the fact that humanity is not a species, but a race. The other races of Homo sapiens died out or so they say. Such......   reply

If you’re like me, the noodles is part of it. When I’m really looking forward to something and the other person disappoints me I’m upset. Especially if I feel like they didn’t care or try. However, i constantly invalidate my own feelings. “It’s not even that serious.” “I’m being ungrateful.” “I shouldn’t overreact.” I’......   reply

You’re not going to get a solid answer because it’s contextual. That’s why this conversation keeps going in circles. However, people need to be more open to criticism of things they enjoy. No media or art is perfect because the creators, people, are not perfect. We always default to black or white thinking and it prevents progress. This mig......   reply