I am a pukka 'serious' literature type. On the Google search, often there are lists of twenty or fifty, or whatever, number of books one must have read at least once in a lifetime. Most often than not, I would have read each one from such lists at least twice because I would have taught them, and each time I teach a text, i read it thoroughly yet again.
I am not in to social media in a big way either. Why, I am not on to insta or X. FB I do check, may be, twice a week for about half an hour. My wapp contacts are mostly minimal or professional. I do check the messages/statuses ASAP which takes me very little time though.
My e-mails, too, are either professional or deal with high-funda stuff like New York Times or specialist sites related to literature, psychology, pedagogy, neurology, medicine, newest I/T or space or medical developments.
Why, I do not like silly, under-the-belt, personal attacks kind of comedy either. The YouTubers I watch, while carrying on/multi-tasking with some other activity, deal with high-funda stuff. Believe me, all this apparently 'serious', high-funda, intellectual, heavy trappings are simply great fun that truly charges you 'up'. No wonder, silly serials kinda stuff bores me to death.
The only exception to such 'serious' reading/entertainment habits is reading Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Robin Cook, and the types. Why, I watch 'Crime Patrol' episodes, too.
Why this quirk? Well, it is not an oddity. You see, I have been brought up by extremely sincere, straightforward, god-fearing parents in a very clean, honest way. In addition, all that 'high' stuff mentioned above is very ideal-stic.
Well, in this wicked world of ours, life is never this clean, Sane Guruji's "Shyamchi Aai" type. Every nano-second and every centimeter here are bound to be fraudsters of all types and varieties. Such crooks think that being straightforward is being silly and foolish.
How to save oneself from such sick traps without being sullied by their very many wickedness-es? Well, 'thrill'ers vicariously show me the evil without scar(r)ing me much in the process, I think. Hence, watching 'thrill'ers is not any timepas. It is for me bitter medicine as sweet pill!
Pratima@Evil exists. No use denying it. Life is no fairy tale either. 'Thrillers' can be the 'open sesame' against the forty (actually very many) thieves of all types, right?
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