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Re:JRR Tolkien reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952) by cush on Monday January 12, 2026 @12:40PM (#46591691)
Honestly, you probably don't even take reading seriously if you're reading the book. If you're sitting on an armchair not really doing anything else, you should be reading from clay tablets, as Tolkien would have wanted.
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Re:JRR Tolkien reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952) by loloquwowndueo on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:03PM (#46591980)
Wow hyperbole and personal attack, all in a single post.
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Re:JRR Tolkien reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952) by cush on Monday January 12, 2026 @02:12PM (#46592845)
Read the room

(see what I did there?)

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Re:JRR Tolkien reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952) by bombcar on Monday January 12, 2026 @05:38PM (#46595193)
To be fair, Tolkien probably have more in common with audiobooks and reading of works than reading them from printed pages - given his scholarly pursuits were of oral traditions.
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Re:JRR Tolkien reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952) by wewewedxfgdf on Monday January 12, 2026 @06:36PM (#46595653)
I suggest people should live their life in a way that makes them happy rather than complying with your expectations.
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Re:JRR Tolkien reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952) by cush on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:33AM (#46597593)
Preach!
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