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Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by tubularhells on Monday November 09, 2020 @05:26AM (#25033300)
I haven't watched a lot of things the past 10 years. A couple movies with friends, but I can count those on one hand. I don't really miss it. Some friends find t weird and try to push recommendations still, and I thank them and tell them I'll put it on the list. Then I promptly forget what they talked about, but they seem to have been satisfied with this. No harm done, right?

On the other hand, they seem to be all about audio books while I tell them they are not the same as sitting down with a real one. They tell me they don't have time for books, and listening to them while working our, jogging, cycling is how they 'read'. I don't think they are getting the same thing out of it that I do actually reading the physical book in a single tasking way, but then again, I shouldn't be bothered by other people's habits.

Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by icebraining on Monday November 09, 2020 @06:18AM (#25033587)
Oral sharing has been the human way of transmitting stories for tens of thousands of years. Your newfangled "written books" are just a novelty :)
Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by spdionis on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:01AM (#25034293)
I think "single-tasking" is key though :)
Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by tubularhells on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @11:12AM (#25047561)
Yeah.
Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by rorykoehler on Monday November 09, 2020 @06:34AM (#25033685)
I do audio books too. Actually often if a book is good I'll download the text too to read and listen to interchangeably. It's nice going for a walk in the park while listening to the book once in a while.
Re:No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This by tubularhells on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @11:13AM (#25047581)
I enjoy the walk and quiet. I do t want someone talking into my ear when I go for a lonely walk to get away from people, work, noise. I find that it defeats the purpose to take your phone with podcasts and audio books with you for such occasions.