• quacky@lemmy.worldOP
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    Focusing on the last example, a lust for studying would be those academia animes where it is the fetishistic appearance of studying. My conception for a lust for studying would be like school outfits or the words or ideas associated with studying. It may even be the smell of paper books, or the sensual things around the act of studying.

    This is different from enjoying studying because that is more like love. I don’t think love and lust are the same thing, which explains that people are attracted and regret it afterward. The enjoyment of studying is more like passion.

    I could also be using the wrong words. I don’t know what word to descrbe this odd but common “lookist” phenomena where people are just so infatuated with the mere appearnce of “studying” rather than the actual studying.