@jd Hilariously, I only read paper books when the power is out and I want to conserve my battery. If you see me outside somewhere on my phone, chances are I am reading a book. If you see me inside on my phone, chances are I am reading a book too.
Paper books are over.
@PatrickoftheG @jd I'm usually reading a book or article if I'm on my phone as well.
However, paper books will never be over. They're too pretty to give up.
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my parents read books all my life, i hated reading until i was 15.
I read books for as long as my child exists (even tried to encourage my child to read) they are an adult now, still no interest in reading.
The comic is bs
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@greensofshade @bryanredeagle @jd I read a lot as a kid. Then I stopped. I didn’t have time for much beyond literature in grad school. Now I’m almost exclusively using audiobooks. Reading, even as a kid, was always a chore even while I enjoyed the stories.
I rarely read in order, which is how I read journal articles. I look for the reason I’m reading and get it over with.
@bryanredeagle @PatrickoftheG @jd No one can delete your physical media. I'm buying more paper books and Blurays now than I ever have. All thanks to the enshittification of tech services.
I do read a lot on of DRM-stripped books on my Kobo reader though, because it is much easier to travel with and it has a backlight. So yes, modern devices are of course very useful.
@PatrickoftheG @jd My phone will happily report being in the 90% charge after a whole day reading books, maybe you should check the settings on yours, it doesn't take noticeable battery charge at all. (ReadEra set to sepia on black, though new-ish phone). Should be able to go for days.
I buy paper books to -have- them (planning on getting Murderbot in English now) but I don't ever seem to pick up any, or I pick one up and then I remember when being out that I want to continue reading and then poof I'm reading on the phone.
Got the Premium ReadEra to be able to sync to tablet, because comfortable big screen at least at home, right? Wrong. I forget to switch to the tablet and just read on the damn phone... :/
So the solution of that miracle is not to wear a bra?
I'm not sure if I understand you well – sorry!
However, instead of pointing to the obvious and intended I wanted to highlight another striking difference between the two sides of the bench. A difference I could hardly explain, if asked: Does it show some sort of emancipation? Linked to reading books? Or, on the contrary, is it misogynous in some way?
What's your opinion?
Oh, maybe there is the main misunderstanding that I didn't want to react to your post but to the discussion on that comic in general.
So I misplaced my post, another mistake of mine.
@jd I don't get why parents try to infuse their kids with their own nostalgia.
The enormous amounts of hours I spent alone reading books my kids spend socializing with others playing games.
I'm happy for them.
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my kids spend socializing with others playing games, I'm happy for them
That's the important thing.... you judge their quality socializing as good
The tablets and phones are different than paper, they can be ⭕encouraged to be productive
🟢I like audio ebooks‼️
⭕So, how do you get your kid to look up difficult words and build a study vocab list?
(One kid uses a phone the other kid reads a book)
⭕Well, she underlines the words and later, makes a list in a notebook, smile.
@jd @europlus Didn’t work for vegetables, much to my parents’ annoyance
However — at a guess, and it’s a big one — I’m going to pop that into the big bucket of unexpected outcomes from undiagnosed coeliac disease (which, I want to remind listeners, is 80% of all of them — IT COULD EVEN BE YOU)
What do YOU think your life would be like if most of certain nutrients were denied to you for half your life? Yeah, a ton of copium, all second nature, because you don’t quite “work right”.
It’s basically living life sitting on a 3-legged stool that’s supposed to have 4. Things can work and will work, but they’ll go wrong quite often compared to others. You might even get expert at it.
So in this case — I was craving basic sugar & salt & fat too much, because none of it really absorbed properly, and “too much” was basically the normal routine. Eventually it impacts your diet preferences. Certainly lowers your baseline mood and attention span.
@jd so true
I'm a reader from a mother who read too, and set the example by always reading and taking us to the library and even a father who not so often reading as having less time also read with us and was reading particularly papers in his case.
Books were always around the house, and of course in my case elder brothers reading too
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