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It is way past time for printed media to die.
Yes. We should contribute further to the culture of rental life.
Here's a thought. Maybe it's time for techie shits to die.
Fuck off, I read all my books on paper cuz I'm old and my eyeballs like it.
I'm not trying to convince you otherwise, but how do your eyeballs like e-readers, compared?
Your pissing into the wind, and the paperback does fuck all for your eyes.
Says who?
The vast majority of people of buy books to read…
Are you an AI? Because you speak with such confidence while not backing anything up.
Did you read the article that spawned the thread?
IT STATES THAT PRINTED BOOKS ARE DEAD.
Did you?
It specifically talks about one form.
And it implicitly talks about the USA.
And with your performance here, I can see why books are dying in the USA. Reading is for lefties, amirite?