So. The New York Times did an article on whether reading on the 'tubes counts as "actual" reading. Cue references to MySpace, Wiki, and Google. Surprisingly (at least to me, since I'm not very used to meat-world media talking about fandom), there were also references to Gaia, the Pit, and fanfic writing, in general.

I'd like to rant about how the representation of fanfic is more skewed towards the "Lol, I wrote this on a suga high! R/R!" types. Or on how you could totally call the Comments section being "I have [condition]! Reading on the 'tubes helps me!" vs. "STFU and read a real world book!" vs. "At least they're reading!" vs. "Um... I like to do both?" However, my eyes are shot, so I'll just leave you with a constant:

Anyone who thinks that reading teen gossip or making up fantasy characters that change plot to satisfy the adolescent mind is remotely similar to reading a great book must be suffering from the same malaise that the Internet is purported to create. So at least their reading, huh? Even if the grammar and syntex, well, again, forgive me, SUCKS!