• @d00ery
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    3 days ago

    Podcasts are thinking for people who can’t read.

    I’m making a rather cruel joke, but I do find some friends who struggle (lazy / busy, I’m not sure why) to read a news article I might share with them and, who will share with me some 20 sec Instagram clip with the words flashing up with Peterson or Rogan “slamming”, “owning”, “destroying” the libs. A quick Google usually dispels the quote or shows that the subject is not so simple.

    I should also add I do listen to podcasts and radio and there’s nothing wrong with both.

    • @5oap10116
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      53 days ago

      I don’t have time to read…I’d love to but I can’t. Gotta mortgage slave and take care of/support a crotch goblin

    • yeehaw
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      43 days ago

      I’m these people. Probably read like 7 books in my life but dozens of audio books 🤣. I get distracted while reading a book. Can crush audio books when I’m cleaning or driving though.

      • @[email protected]
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        43 days ago

        Audiobooks count. You’re still getting exposed to the same, long, fleshed-out ideas in story form.