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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 410 Views
Oooh, those are fighting words! - 07/03/2024 10:00:30 PM 191 Views
That's bullshit! - 08/03/2024 04:02:38 AM 175 Views
I'll participate even though I personally would never troll... - 07/03/2024 10:40:35 PM 238 Views
Fo' shizz, old dude. - 08/03/2024 04:04:12 AM 189 Views
Audiobooks are great for re-reads - 07/03/2024 11:13:16 PM 182 Views
Possibly. - 08/03/2024 04:06:40 AM 209 Views
Re: Possibly. - 08/03/2024 04:55:51 AM 180 Views
That's not controversial, that's settled science. - 08/03/2024 01:42:16 AM 200 Views
There are people I like around here who insist otherwise. - 08/03/2024 03:59:41 AM 190 Views
why are you policing my sincerity ? - 08/03/2024 09:47:38 PM 175 Views
Can't wipe your @$$ with a page ripped out of your podcast - 08/03/2024 11:55:04 PM 179 Views
Nah. - 09/03/2024 12:18:25 AM 201 Views
That's fair. - 09/03/2024 03:38:16 AM 176 Views
As long as you admit your crimes, all is forgiven. - 09/03/2024 03:52:11 AM 181 Views
Well, my conclusive answer is "it depends" - 10/03/2024 10:29:10 AM 187 Views
Oh, I never meant it was the same as watching a movie of the book. - 10/03/2024 05:31:05 PM 176 Views
Reading a book requires text to read. It is an active action. - 18/03/2024 01:21:04 PM 188 Views
It's not the same experience - 18/03/2024 01:48:00 PM 165 Views
*NM* - 18/03/2024 02:09:57 PM 76 Views
Here's something that draws me out of the book sometimes - 15/04/2024 03:50:31 PM 160 Views
It definitely isn't. - 18/03/2024 02:11:19 PM 178 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 170 Views
*NM* - 20/03/2024 01:27:38 PM 84 Views
Dude. Language persists - 20/03/2024 01:52:17 PM 173 Views

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