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What thing do you love that you can never get anyone else to check out? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Kind of a hard question to word, but is there anything in your life you have recommended to other people but no one's ever gotten into?

I love podcasts and have friends who still thank me for getting them into this one or that one. But I've never gotten anyone to listen to My Brother, My Brother and Me. I don't know if the name is unappealing or the concept but people seem to bounce off immediately.

So what can't you get people into and why should we check it out?

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 7 months ago (17 children)

Discworld by Terry Pratchett. It's got something for just about everyone and I have a few avid readers in my family but they keep putting it off.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I really just can't get into fiction books but I definitely wish I was every time this series comes up. It sounds pretty cool

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (5 children)

I'm the opposite. I only read fiction, both scifi and fantasy and everything in between, because why read something else? I love imagination possibilities of authors that can put something crazy in, something you simply can't get in non-fiction literature. Why read "boring" stuff that can (have/did) happen to everyone in normal life?

I know I'm exaggerating, but I hope you know what I mean. And I highly recommend Discworld.

PS: I believe Discworld is not for everyone because it's British with their style of humour baked in. If you don't like Monty Python, Red Dwarf, IT Crowd or other British shows, you probably won't enjoy Discworld either.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Aside from the accurate list you posted, I felt similarities as well with hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, that didn't cross my mind, but it's definitely true!

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