YES. I’m tired of all of you pretentious assholes saying that I’m not “really reading” because I use a kindle.
Yes, you are reading.You are just reading a “lesser” form of book. Reading isn’t just reading the words on a page/screen, it’s smelling the book, new or old, it’s wearing the books spine out after rereading it for the X’th time, it’s leaving crease marks on a page you flipped too fast because you were that eager to get to the next page, and most of all, it’s losing yourself in a book to the point where the world around you no longer exists. And I, for one, cannot lose myself in an electronic screen. The words of a real book take on a depth that cannot ever be recreated on anything electronic. So you may be reading a book, but you will never truly experience a book unless you read it in a printed medium.
lol this pretentious bullshit. “The words of a real book take on a depth that cannot ever be recreated on anything electronic.” i mean really. anyway, the words of your reblog have no depth or meaning to me since i’m reading them in electronic form, but u tried it
LMAO I CAN’T
go sniff a book and get the fuck off tumblr bc ur electronic words mean nothing 2 me
BUT GUYS IT’S NOT A REAL BOOK B/C YOU CAN’T SMELL IT
YOU CAN’T RUN YOUR TONGUE UP ITS SPINE
YOU CAN’T WHISPER SWEET NOTHINGS IN WHAT YOU PERCEIVE TO BE ITS EAR
do you not realise how creepy you sound
you’re reading a fucking paperback not eating pussy
you’re reading a fucking paperback not eating pussy
And frankly, where does it end? Books are mass-produced now. Even handled a handwritten manuscript? It’s amazing- the ink marks, the margin drawings. Or even one that’s been typset by hand? Someone set and printed each page with a press, and perhaps did their own illustrations. Again, heady stuff. But I don’t insist all my books be done this way, nor do I insist that it’s the only kind of legitimate reading. (You bastards with your mass market paperbacks, you’ll never understand real reading!) And even try to pack enough books for a weeklong trip if you happen to be an incredibly fast reader? It’s impossible. The Kindle was a godssend, if you ask me- I can now read three books on a six hour plane trip and still have 200 more awaiting the rest of my week.
You can choose what you like, but you don’t get to choose what’s legit.
