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A comment on JK Rowling's Commencement speech at Harvard. Parent comment

Re:JK Rowling's Commencement speech at Harvard by Tichy on Monday June 09, 2008 @06:48AM (#212686)
What other things did you dismiss based on that heuristic?

Since you probably missed Harry Potter because of it, I am going to claim that you miss some good things with the heuristic. On the other hand there is doubtless a lot of crap that is popular.

Would be interesting to see some statistics, but maybe people have to do that on an individual basis.

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Re:JK Rowling's Commencement speech at Harvard by Xichekolas on Tuesday June 10, 2008 @03:48AM (#213667)
I missed Dan Brown's books with that thinking. I avoided those silly Goosebumps books as a kid. It also keeps me firmly away from TV.

I think a big part of it is that I really don't like discussing books/movies with other people. I know that is odd. I just like to have the story in my head and interpret it as I please, without having to hash it over with everyone else in the world.

It's paid off for Harry Potter. I get perverse enjoyment out of rejecting my girlfriend's sister's desire to discuss whether such and such character is in love with such and such other character. Since I haven't read it, she won't ramble at me for more than a couple seconds. I fully plan on reading it someday, once the furor dies down and there is no risk of having a coversation about it. ;)

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Re:JK Rowling's Commencement speech at Harvard by eru on Tuesday June 10, 2008 @07:45AM (#213773)
I saw the Harry Potter movies with my family, though.
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