https://old.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/18h6ndp/please_read_more
OP posts a longpost but it basically says "you should read books if you want to write".
Post is fairly new, but 9/10 of top-level comments are 
YOU DONT NEED TO READ TO WRITE WHAT IF SOMEONE CANT AFFORD BOOKS
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This is why I read literary fiction. I write for a genre that uses a lot of old timey speech and such and due to reading a lot of Tolstoy I can write better dialogue than all of my peers lol.
Unfortunately reading takes effort and the average Redditor is allergic to effort.
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Lmao another Sanderson wannabe loser who writes fantasy 😂
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