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I still have no idea what that means, what is the issue with third person

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I think it’s a meme so not entirely like it’s a blur for them but 

Yes

So it’s not a literacy thing it’s just being able to understand a situation without being a participant? This would not be limited to books though, if that was true then those people would not be able to understand almost anything

Both. The type of entertainment you usually consume (hate that word, but seems fitting in this context) shapes your cognition. It has a more pronounced impact when you’re younger, but it’s not like you gain immunity to it as you age…

Is it an entertainment thing though or a cognition thing? I just don’t get how if it’s a cognition thing how you’re a functioning adult without having that ability

Normally I’d think someone must have missed a joke somewhere along the way, but a friend who works in the YA ‘literature’ business was telling me about this a long time ago, so it seems like something is actually happening.