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Just so we’re all clear, it is okay to miss people you no longer want in your life.

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we lost a huge culture war when everyday people started describing works of art as "intellectual property" and "content"

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my tummy hurts :(

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"Would you rather use the app? :)" I cannot begin to describe how much I wouldn't

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Winter Prague Castle by Master J.Sudek

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Snowing in Hamburg (Erie County, US)

Photo: Cracker Jack

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Pedro as Pero Tovar in The Great Wall (2016)

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Everyone spare a thought to that poor CEO that was killed

He's going to have to work on Christmas Eve warning the other CEOs that they'll be visited by 3 ghosts that night

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we must believe the love is worth the risk of whatever comes after btw

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warm winter tones

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it used to be 2007 you know

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listen, I think audiobooks are great. I think they "count". I'm not bothered by people calling listening to audiobooks reading. however, I think a large part of the reason people are annoyed by this recently is that there are many, many people online saying, "I've read 300 books this year" and then posting a lot of stuff implying they are superior to (or like to read more than) people who haven't.

But then, all it takes is to scroll back on their profile a little ways to find out that they "read" 300 books because they listened to audiobooks on 3x speed while they were doing other things and flat out didn't listen or absorb any of it and couldn't tell you what 90% of those books were about even if their life depended on it. And THAT is not reading. If you're actually taking in the story, sure, then you've read the book. If you're speed running the process without paying attention, then no, that's not reading. I would say the exact same thing about skimming/flipping through the book.