• Encrypt-Keeper@lemmy.world
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        11 days ago

        Him being an “old man” would be predicated on his incorrect assumption that the act of having a book read to you is somehow new and is not as old as books themselves.

        He’s just a moron lmao

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      10 days ago

      If you actually read the Kickstarter page, he’s selling a physical and ebook version of it as well.

      Also, maybe practice reading a webpage before you act pretentious about book formats.

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      11 days ago

      What? Oral book readings predate regular book reading as a widespread practice by literally thousands of years.

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        Yeah, but that was because in those days most people were actually illiterate, which in recent history we considered a bad thing and tried to avoid, but it seems to be making a comeback unfortunately.

        (Nothing against audiobooks specifically, you gotta do what you gotta do, just suggesting the decline in literacy in general is worrisome)

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          10 days ago

          Not true, even highly educated Roman and Greek elites would attend book readings. It was considered a leisure activity and was appreciated as the performance it was, same as today.

          In fact today we have more reasons than ever to listen to audiobooks, the most significant of which is that it’s not legal nor advisable to read a physical book while driving a motor vehicle.