How come I write things I hate to read, and I can't write things I love to read?

How come I write things I hate to read, and I can't write things I love to read?
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Maybe you love to read those things because they are not something your brain can fabricate on its own, which would make sense of hating self-help books because you must have plenty of it being fabricated on your own. Its like when french people come to america and when they go out to eat they get pancakes and burgers, which for us is just normal food, but to them its glorious and fun.
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