Boomer Humor Doomergod lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyThese aren’t too different from the novels we’d get at the Scholastic Book Fair. Captain Underpants definitely comes to mind. They gave my kids a stepping stone from short children’s books to chapter books so it’s not all bad.27Reply
BlueLineBae replymidwest.socialI agree. Some kids need extra motivation to get them to practice reading so it really shouldn't matter how dumb the subject matter seems. Whatever gets them to open a book and practice is good.12Reply
tthe_beber feddit.org3Hide 3 repliesInstead of „shop now“ I read „slop now“. Definitely a fitting misread.21Reply
RobotZap10000 replyfeddit.nl1Hide 1 replyHey, at least with the books they'll have to use their imaginations to visualize the scene!6Reply
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These aren’t too different from the novels we’d get at the Scholastic Book Fair. Captain Underpants definitely comes to mind.
They gave my kids a stepping stone from short children’s books to chapter books so it’s not all bad.
I agree. Some kids need extra motivation to get them to practice reading so it really shouldn't matter how dumb the subject matter seems. Whatever gets them to open a book and practice is good.
Instead of „shop now“ I read „slop now“. Definitely a fitting misread.
These books were released WAY before the LLMs
slop was a thing way before LLMs
Definitely, but the word is mostly used for that in the current time
If I had kids, I'd rather they stay on their phones.
Hey, at least with the books they'll have to use their imaginations to visualize the scene!
Their phones contain AO3.
Holy shit it's real
Peak youtube to book content
The even have a Minecraft Bible