Anonymous #1 5w

me reading reviews like “who are they talking about” before realizing I’d been spelling a characters name wrong the whole time

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Anonymous #4 5w

I don’t have the money (or space) for so many physical books and work provides me 6+ hours of listening time so I multitask. My little book club has fast readers but I’m not one of them so I have to keep up somehow.

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Anonymous #4 5w

that’s so funny because I feel superior for not judging how other people consume books. to each their own ig

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Anonymous #4 5w

Don’t have the time to sit down and read anymore unfortunately, I have to listen to audiobooks while driving to be able to consume books at all

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Anonymous #4 5w

ableist piece of shit

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Anonymous #5 5w

Yo chill out bruh I don’t literally feel superior to those who can’t actually read lmao

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Anonymous #1 5w

Why not use Kindle? Cheaper than physical and audiobooks

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Anonymous #4 5w

I do and no it’s not always cheaper 🙄 my roommate was literally just complaining the yesterday about how the kindle version of a book she wanted was the exact same price as a physical book. Audible lets me give myself sales on brand new books and like I said when I’m working is the only time I actually have where I can listen to a book. People have busy lives we can’t all just sit for hours and stare at our phones/kindles/a book as much as we’d like to.

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Anonymous #4 5w

Also u really shouldn’t be bragging about being superior you’re gonna give yourself the wrong reputation. Plenty of people listen to books because they HAVE to. My cousin loves books but growing up I had to read them out loud to her because her dyslexia was horrendous. So many disabilities and outside factors cause people to not read books and the internet isn’t going to find it funny if u use ablism as a joke regardless of your actual meaning.

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Anonymous #1 5w

Okay wait I think my idea of superior was misleading… I was referring to those who are ABLE to read a book and have time to but choose not to and listen to audiobooks. Ofc I wouldn’t bother with those not able to lmfao

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Anonymous #1 5w

It was never about ableism lol

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Anonymous #4 5w

I don’t know man…to me, someone flexing that folks who consume books differently are ‘lesser’ is a bit of a self-report that they’re arrogant and need to put others down to feel above them. :( The whole idea of ‘people who could read in the exact way that I read but don’t are inferior to me’ is really quite sad. I enjoy reading physically, in fact, primarily! But I also couldn’t imagine putting down others who experience joy and learn through listening to the same exact book.

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Anonymous #4 5w

hating on people who use a disability aid regardless of their disability status is still ableism (assuming it’s not a finite resource). you don’t know people’s situations. unless you’re hating on a nebulous hyper specific person you’re making up in your head in which case, why?

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Anonymous #4 5w

Even after walking it back to sound less ableist, you’re still clinging to this one ‘correct’ way of reading, which is antithetical to the spirit of learning with reading? Between those who a. treat reading as a pursuit of superiority b. and those who treat it as an exercise in empathy, understanding, and connection, I know which group makes the world better & actually honors the spirit of reading. I know who likely makes the world a kinder and warmer place. And for me, it’s not the former.

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Anonymous #8 5w

Literal yapfest

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Anonymous #4 5w

True that - meant every word though. 🤙 I guess I can’t stop you from dodging thinking about the impact you have on others. Nor can I exactly force you to think critically. I’m stuck sick at home, so I figured might as well. XD Good luck, my dude.

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Anonymous #8 5w

Hope u recover soon brotha. The comment about “forcing me to think critically” was unnecessary tho

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Anonymous #8 5w

it’s like watching a match between an unstoppable force (well intentioned commenter) vs immovable object (troll)

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Anonymous #3 5w

Blud thinks every person that speaks smth provocative automatically hates on ppl with a physical disadvantage instead obviously comparing to ppl who can read without disability

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Anonymous #4 5w

comparing what to people who can read without disability?

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Anonymous #3 5w

Reading the book instead of listening to audiobooks (guys it was gonna be a provocative joke in the start)

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