I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport.
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
Full ack. It always enrages me when my e-book reader announces that I have been on a reading streak. I would have been on a reading streak without this "nudging", but I feel that trying to keep me doing something I would have done anyway out of inclination is trying to devalue my reading. Sort of "you are (only) reading to stay in the reading streak, and we know it's hard for you, so we try to help you by telling you 'good boy'".
Also: I I haven't read for a day, maybe I have been thinking? So WTF, e-book reader.
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan
There was a Polish social campaign that stated “You don't read I'm not going to bed with you.”(Supposedly based on a John Waters quote that I couldn't find a primary source for on a glance.)
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@Daojoan you can even stop reading a book you don’t enjoy, or read a book you like several times.
Mad I know.Readers are all crazy, we know. Staring at and enciphering all this black and white dense code in those so-called books, which don't have moving pictures in them.
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan I don’t think the internet did that organically. There’s major marketing involved in turning books into a basic consumable.
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@Daojoan
There was a Polish social campaign that stated “You don't read I'm not going to bed with you.”(Supposedly based on a John Waters quote that I couldn't find a primary source for on a glance.)
@dzwiedziu @Daojoan Off the top of my head the John Waters quote was something like: “If you go back to someone’s house and they don’t have any books don’t fuck them.” Sound advice.
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan hear hear.
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan I don't know about that...I missed 52 by one last year in a crushing defeat that I only got over after 3 minutes.
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@dzwiedziu @Daojoan Off the top of my head the John Waters quote was something like: “If you go back to someone’s house and they don’t have any books don’t fuck them.” Sound advice.
@arratoon
Yeah, that is even quoted on the action's page, yet I was looking for a primary source to verify.And to expand this is troublesome advice. Books can be in storage or electronic or audio. You can read magazines, zines, long-form articles, and still be a decent person.
Because often such thinking is intellectual snobbery, as books are often expensive and require time.
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan It did that to a lot of things that I imagine we'd consider indulging in the arts, whether as a first-party or third-party enjoyer. It used to be such a mindful activity. Now it feels like everything wants us to see art as work. Both the initial creation as well as our interactions with art.
I long for society to remember to be mindful and intentional again.
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@Daojoan you can even stop reading a book you don’t enjoy, or read a book you like several times.
Mad I know. -
I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan
Was anyone convinced of that? -
I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan yep. give me dungeon crawler Carl style stuff I'd disappear for few days.
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan guilty as charged (quantifying is addictive too...)
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan "finishing books is a competitive sport".
Interesting, I hadn't even heard. Are there prizes?
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan or take pauses from one book, I like to do that as that makes me enjoy the book more and I can play around with the characters in my head between reading sessions :3
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan@mastodon.social Nice of you to force your convictions onto others. I read for pleasure and knowledge. If I read a lot, it’s my business, not yours.
No TV no movies. To each their own. -
I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan I’ve been reading a lot these past couple of years, and I didn’t realize how much I’d been missing. You’re absolutely right. I finished a book yesterday, and it’s still sitting with me. I’m not ready to move on to another one just yet.
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I genuinely think the worst thing the internet did to reading was convince people that finishing books is a competitive sport. You don't need to read 52 books a year. You just need to read. Books you like. At your own pace. And think about them for longer than a TikTok video.
@Daojoan
I abandoned Goodreads ages ago, even before Amazon bought it. -
@Daojoan "finishing books is a competitive sport".
Interesting, I hadn't even heard. Are there prizes?
