Listening To An Audio book Is Not The Same As Reading You Fucking Idiots
Now this was an issue that myself and Shane debated very briefly in the RSBANDB!Update of two weeks ago. Now I went away on holiday before this update was actually posted up for the masses and upon my return earlier this morning I was shocked to find many people had taken to debating this point. This shocked me first and foremost because I can’t see how anyone (even Shane) can think it’s anything to debate over. It’s just dam stupid.
There is no debate to be had. But I think what many people arguing on the topic seemed to try and say was that Audio books and reading a book is the same because you get the same information out at the end. God dammit how ignorant can people be. The debate on the show and in general was never about if the information you got at the end of both processes was the same. Of course, it’s going to be the fucking same. If you watch a movie and then read the book you’ll get the same dam story, give or take depending on how much Hollywood has mangled it. The argument is that the way you reach that information is profoundly DIFFERENT.
When you sit down and read a book you use your fucking eyes, something which you people arguing that audio books are the same obviously don’t do very often. When you listen to an audio book you use your ears. Two different ways of getting the same information yes, but different ways. Which was my original argument. How you can claim they are the same is beyond any reasonable persons comprehension.
Listening is not reading. Reading is not listening. Sometimes I seriously question how many of you were dropped multiple times on your head as small children.
It probably got blurred on the show by the nature of the debate but it’s obvious that they’re not the same when you look at the action itself. The only thing I was trying to get across is that audio books provide an alternative to get the same information but through a different medium.
In the end you come through with the same result. So with this point stated if you still feel that you don’t get the same information from an audio book I highly recommend you try one.
How about tasting books? Smelling books? I’m sure those offer the same ways to get the same information.
BRAD GIVE ME AN EMAIL.
Shut up, Brad. I love audiobooks!
Hm, I think we need a max on characters per comment.