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CONTROVERSY! LiterateDog Send a noteboard - 07/03/2024 02:57:39 PM

Let's go for some more livening up this place with a little troll-ish behavior. I say "ish" because what I'm about to post I do firmly believe but also know that many do not and might consider me throwing it out there to be trolling behavior. I encourage you to make your own posts with your controversial beliefs! Also, DO back up what you're putting out there, don't just make a declaration.

Mine today?

Listening to audio books is not "reading" books and doesn't in any way truly impart the same experience as actually reading a book. It's as passive as watching television; just taking in information without the positive action required in real reading. Plus, you're almost always doing something else while listening, so you're not getting the same immersive experience.

As harsh as this sounds, I say it kindly and from the heart: all you people who listen to audio books and claim to be "reading" are full up crap!

"I'll blow whomever I want, whenever I want, as long as I can still breathe and kneel."
-Samantha Jones, SatC
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CONTROVERSY! - 07/03/2024 02:57:39 PM 616 Views
Oooh, those are fighting words! - 07/03/2024 10:00:30 PM 380 Views
That's bullshit! - 08/03/2024 04:02:38 AM 418 Views
I'll participate even though I personally would never troll... - 07/03/2024 10:40:35 PM 419 Views
Fo' shizz, old dude. - 08/03/2024 04:04:12 AM 395 Views
Audiobooks are great for re-reads - 07/03/2024 11:13:16 PM 352 Views
Possibly. - 08/03/2024 04:06:40 AM 370 Views
Re: Possibly. - 08/03/2024 04:55:51 AM 372 Views
That's not controversial, that's settled science. - 08/03/2024 01:42:16 AM 385 Views
There are people I like around here who insist otherwise. - 08/03/2024 03:59:41 AM 389 Views
why are you policing my sincerity ? - 08/03/2024 09:47:38 PM 338 Views
Can't wipe your @$$ with a page ripped out of your podcast - 08/03/2024 11:55:04 PM 370 Views
Nah. - 09/03/2024 12:18:25 AM 412 Views
That's fair. - 09/03/2024 03:38:16 AM 389 Views
As long as you admit your crimes, all is forgiven. - 09/03/2024 03:52:11 AM 365 Views
Well, my conclusive answer is "it depends" - 10/03/2024 10:29:10 AM 369 Views
Oh, I never meant it was the same as watching a movie of the book. - 10/03/2024 05:31:05 PM 368 Views
Reading a book requires text to read. It is an active action. - 18/03/2024 01:21:04 PM 365 Views
It's not the same experience - 18/03/2024 01:48:00 PM 338 Views
*NM* - 18/03/2024 02:09:57 PM 169 Views
Here's something that draws me out of the book sometimes - 15/04/2024 03:50:31 PM 344 Views
It definitely isn't. - 18/03/2024 02:11:19 PM 398 Views
Oh I agree. Some others in this post dont have a basic command of the English language. - 20/03/2024 12:29:28 PM 352 Views
*NM* - 20/03/2024 01:27:38 PM 163 Views
Dude. Language persists - 20/03/2024 01:52:17 PM 364 Views

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