Do you consider an audiobook "reading"?
#books #reading #poll

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Yes
59.4%
No
40.6%
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@dancinyogi I wonder if the people who say no don't read audiobooks, and are being snobby. I don't know why this is even a question. I read about 80-100 books a year, through audiobooks. A bit of an ableist question.
@Kellyshenanigans I try to say nothing if I can’t say anything nice, but the gatekeeping in the replies to this question is exceedingly disappointing.
@Kellyshenanigans @dancinyogi I may be an odd case for whom audiobooks are usually a sensory overwhelm. I feel like I hyperprocess verbal input whether it comes in through my eyes or my ears. I love reading out loud to other people! But my comprehension is often impaired if I’m listening to someone else read, because my inner experience of unfamiliar text is so intense and multi-threaded (including compulsively analyzing the spoken performance) that I lose track of the stream of spoken words.

@Kellyshenanigans @dancinyogi I wrote about this in 2011. Basically, I experience most audiobooks as Vogon poetry.

I don’t think audiobooks are a lesser form of reading — they just overload me.

http://idiozeitgeist.com/2011/08/04/when-words-collide/

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