• Rose@slrpnk.net
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      24 hours ago

      Funny thing is, I bought the Harry Potter ebooks back when they were only available through Pottermore. Last time I checked, you couldn’t actually download them through the website anymore. Which is funny because the site only allowed 7 downloads or someshit. (I think that I failed to download one file, that counted as one download anyway, and the queer idea of “fuck this greedy hag” started to percolate in my mind.) How many downloads did I need? One. Thankfully in the unlikely event I need to access this shit, it’s sitting in my Calibre library. Where it has been sitting ever since.

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      24 hours ago

      Read the Harriet Porber books by Chuck Tingle instead.

      Reading bigoted shit for free is still training your mind to think bigoted thoughts.

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        8 hours ago

        That depends how you read it. Uncritically for wish fulfillment? Obviously. As a portrait of the author’s mind? Not at all.

        I think some experience reading fiction written for literate adults would do most people good.