Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Sage, I normally agree with you, but seriously, shut up. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to read. I love a good book, but some people don't, and your acting all superior to those people that don't is only gonna piss them off.
The guy who burned all those books was an idiot because he's assuming the problem is with everyone else and not with his own inventory or methods of advertising, and hence wasted a bunch of books that he could have sold on ebay or donated to a Goodwill store/library etc.
Originally posted by: JediSage
You're right. Whatever. Keep happily becoming a drone, and buy all the shit they yell at you about in the commercials.
Originally posted by: lordjedi
So what? So we should all read more so twits like this can feel good about the country? What..ev..er.
As long as you're doing something that enriches your mind, who cares what it is. Playing games increases hand eye coordination. You can learn things from the TV. You can learn things by surfing the web. Reading is not the only way to learn things or entertain yourself.
Originally posted by: JediSage
My point in bringing this all up was not to equate anything with anything, but to "raise awareness" (God, I hate that phrase) about reading in general. How many adults would know who wrote The Idiot? Or Walden and Civil Disobedience? Or Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde?
Yes, what this guy did was most likely a publicity stunt, but let's face facts. Think about how much time we spend in front of the tube (I don't CARE what it is), how much time surfing the web (non-business related), playing video games, etc. Does your reading time REALLY amount to more time than that?
My point in bringing this all up was not to equate anything with anything, but to "raise awareness" (God, I hate that phrase) about reading in general. How many adults would know who wrote The Idiot? Or Walden and Civil Disobedience? Or Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde?
Yes, what this guy did was most likely a publicity stunt, but let's face facts. Think about how much time we spend in front of the tube (I don't CARE what it is), how much time surfing the web (non-business related), playing video games, etc. Does your reading time REALLY amount to more time than that?
So what? So we should all read more so twits like this can feel good about the country? What..ev..er.
As long as you're doing something that enriches your mind, who cares what it is. Playing games increases hand eye coordination. You can learn things from the TV. You can learn things by surfing the web. Reading is not the only way to learn things or entertain yourself.
You're right. Whatever. Keep happily becoming a drone, and buy all the shit they yell at you about in the commercials.
Sage, I normally agree with you, but seriously, shut up. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to read. I love a good book, but some people don't, and your acting all superior to those people that don't is only gonna piss them off.
The guy who burned all those books was an idiot because he's assuming the problem is with everyone else and not with his own inventory or methods of advertising, and hence wasted a bunch of books that he could have sold on ebay or donated to a Goodwill store/library etc.
I didn't realize I had a superiority complex by pointing out facts Chaltab. Nowhere in this thread have I suggested abandoning TV. I said it takes more work to read a book than it does to watch tv. Yes or no? I said that the amount of time we spend watching tv and other things amounts to much more time than reading. Yes or no? God, you guys are so f#cking sensitive about this it's unreal. I'm out of it.