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

submitted 10 months ago by MacedWindow 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 10 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.

[–] daddyjones 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've had similar problems. I think party of the issue is that, IMHO, the first two are amongst the weakest in the whole series and are less inspiring. I keep trying to tell my daughter to start with #3, but she hasn't done it yet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Start with Guards! Guards! And the Vimes cycle and then move on from there.

[–] TheDoozer 10 points 10 months ago

Seriously. If they don't get hooked on Vimes, I don't see them enjoying anything in the Discworld series.

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