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Books themselves aren’t going anywhere, or so I keep telling myself and fervently hoping despite all the evidence humanity’s collective brains are dissolving into a stew of slop and influence.

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[–] Libb@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The vast majority of people of buy books to read…

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are you an AI? Because you speak with such confidence while not backing anything up.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Did you read the article that spawned the thread?

IT STATES THAT PRINTED BOOKS ARE DEAD.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 0 points 5 days ago

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?