#so I’ll be scrolling through looking for something and get hit with The Amish Beekeeper’s Son out of nowhere. humbling

[tomatoluvr69]

I never ever thought I’d be in a place where I vastly prefer an ereader to physical books in most situations…it really creeps up on u. I bought mine used in 2020 bc the libraries were shut down and I got kicked from student housing and all I had was the terrible 00s ya and stuff in my childhood bedroom and was like ugh this sucks I miss paper books. But over the years I’ve started using it more and more due to being w/o a massive public library system with 50 branches like I grew up with… and unfortunately it rocks so much to a) have hundreds of books on me at all times b) adjust the font c) read in a completely unlit room when I’m overstimulated or tired or in a car or overstimulated or ready to go to bed immediately d) keep it on me whenever. fits in the pockets of mens garments e) trick my brain into thinking I’m getting lazy screen time when I’m actually on a book. Tricking your phone into thinking you’re a book when actually you’re your parents etc f) that one time I wanted to read an Amish romance bc I thought it was really funny I could do that without having to physically hold an Amish romance book in public lol aaaaaaaaaaand perhaps my favorite feature of all: g) hold down on the word to get an instant definition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Literally I still read paper books (when I can get a copy of the one I want without waiting 4-6 weeks bc it required an interlibrary loan from across the state (using up the like two cents of funding the republicans deign to give the libraries down here) or has a waiting list 100 miles long in the county system) and really like them but it’s kind of crazy to see people’s opinions be so staunchly physical book oriented bc I used to be the EXACT same way and thought I’d never ever stoop so low as to use a cold soulless electronic device. But here I am lol…a nice reminder for me to chill out. Live and let live etc. also do u think gatekeepers in the 1500s were so pissed at the printing press and were like “these fucking kids are such lazy gutenbergpilled peasants no fucking thank u I’ll keep my painstakingly handwritten monk illuminated scrolls the OLD fashioned way they just smell sooooo good and u don’t have to charge them even”