Post B23O8UTGoA25o7LBGi by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
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 (DIR) Post #B23O8UTGoA25o7LBGi by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
       2026-01-07T21:09:23.755767Z
       
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       For a while I've had a project to get back into sustained book reading.I have encountered an unexpected problem. I have been mostly accumulating "to read" books from my online reading, and because of my various interests, the bulk of those books are serious, dense, and depressing. So I've found some aversion in myself to picking up a book because I know I'm going to feel worse after I have read it...Note to self. Henceforth, for every "worthy" downer of book, at least one entertaining one.
       
 (DIR) Post #B23O8W3Sv4a0ifHbKC by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2026-01-07T21:10:34Z
       
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       @stephen I share your quandary.
       
 (DIR) Post #B23O9yXiUIFpMY81yK by stephen@microbe.vital.org.nz
       2026-01-07T21:10:20.130335Z
       
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       Of course this may say something about the mismatch between my aspirations/self-image and who I actually am, vanity and snobbery...
       
 (DIR) Post #B23O9ztNTFAvY1GqNE by lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2026-01-07T21:11:57Z
       
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       @stephen ditto. I think you might be being a bit hard on yourself, though 😉 - unless you subscribe to Immanuel Kant, a good person and still find much delight in life.