No, BookTok, We Will Not Use 'Easy Words'

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• KJ

  @KJStarrett · 2 months ago

  In an age when everyone has a pocket dictionary there is no excuse to be confused by words.

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• JO

  @jonnaas · 2 months ago

  Ableism❌️<br>You didn&apos;t pander to me specifically✅️

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• BR

  @bramnemeth565 · 2 months ago

  Can&apos;t believe we&apos;re larping being literate now

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• ST

  @Stok3dgaming · 2 months ago

  Illiteracy isnt meant to be catered to, its meant to be added upon and erased.

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• PU

  @Puns_intendedButNotGood · 2 months ago

  “Please use easy words” is something I’ve only thought while reading my spider biology books lol

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• SO

  @sonicmeerkat · 2 months ago

  Nevermind media illiteracy, this is just straight illiteracy lol

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• GO

  @godinblack3180 · 2 months ago

  Up next: &quot;Please use emojis so we can understand the feelings of the characters.&quot;

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• PI

  @PinkAndPathetic · 2 months ago

  Remember when reading books was associated with learning new things? Pepperidge farm remembers

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• PO

  @polaris.wesche · 2 months ago

  Being a reader for these people is an aesthetic rather than expanding their world view or vocabulary

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• ST

  @StarrLights · 2 months ago

  second girl genuinely could&apos;ve called us retarded and been less offensive imo

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• RE

  @renee61026 · 2 months ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0CmvextUoE&amp;t=372">6:12</a> I noticed a booktok say &quot;skipping the words to read the dialogue&quot; and I had a horrifying moment of realization. These &quot;readers&quot; are throwing away most of the actual meaning so they can chew through superficially entertaining character conversations. No wonder people are actually using AI apps that make up shallow slop fiction on demand. That&apos;s how they were already reading. That&apos;s already all they were digesting.

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• ON

  @Onion_Tasty123 · 2 months ago

  As a non-native English speaker I love looking up words I don&apos;t know. It improves my vocabulary and I can flex with it to my friends.

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