I’m just puzzled… I mean yeah, no shit, people read books out loud all of the fucking time, particularly before literacy became so common.
But what is the point? What is it that you actually thought I meant with my previous comment? That oral tradition didn’t exist in the 90s? What??
Because it seems like that’s the point you’re arguing against.
I thought it was pretty clear that I meant more people tended to read than listen to audio books in the 90s. And that’s how I interpreted the original comment.
I thought it was pretty clear that I meant more people tended to read than listen to audio books in the 90s.
More people tend to read than listen to audio books today. Despite that audiobooks are very popular today. They were also very popular in the 90s and 00s. So I guess I’m still wondering what exactly your point is? Having books read to you is popular today, it was popular in the 00s, it was popular in the 90s, it was popular 200 years ago, it was popular 2,000 years ago, etc.
people read books out loud all of the fucking time, particularly before literacy became so common.
That’s just it, it was not particularly before literacy became so common. People read books out loud all the time before literacy was common, and they did it all the time after literacy was common. They do it all the time today. It’s a thing we’ve collectively been doing for one reason for another for thousands of years so I don’t understand where you or OP are coming from when you refer to is as being something that’s normal now but not “before”. Especially with OPs tone of righteous indignation against it.
I’m just puzzled… I mean yeah, no shit, people read books out loud all of the fucking time, particularly before literacy became so common.
But what is the point? What is it that you actually thought I meant with my previous comment? That oral tradition didn’t exist in the 90s? What??
Because it seems like that’s the point you’re arguing against.
I thought it was pretty clear that I meant more people tended to read than listen to audio books in the 90s. And that’s how I interpreted the original comment.
More people tend to read than listen to audio books today. Despite that audiobooks are very popular today. They were also very popular in the 90s and 00s. So I guess I’m still wondering what exactly your point is? Having books read to you is popular today, it was popular in the 00s, it was popular in the 90s, it was popular 200 years ago, it was popular 2,000 years ago, etc.
That’s just it, it was not particularly before literacy became so common. People read books out loud all the time before literacy was common, and they did it all the time after literacy was common. They do it all the time today. It’s a thing we’ve collectively been doing for one reason for another for thousands of years so I don’t understand where you or OP are coming from when you refer to is as being something that’s normal now but not “before”. Especially with OPs tone of righteous indignation against it.