nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj for me it's silent reading > reading out loud > audiobooks, but recently I listened to some Poe short stories as audiobooks because I had to make some long trips and I enjoyed them. I get what you mean about preferring your own delivery, though, and the offerings seem especially bad with a 'horror' writer. They're trying too hard to be either sCaRy or british.
For plays I find whispering out loud to be better than silent reading
I want to hear some morally bankrupt congressman policymaker thinktank globalist asmr (pic related)
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj Yeah I listened to some Poe audiobooks and they were so fucking bad. I even listened to one done by THE LEGENDARY SUPER SPY CHRISTOPHER LEE, and it was pretty eyerolling. Feeling the own rhythm on your tongue is so much better, it's orgasmic
nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj nostr:npub1e5rgj93kqzll2xfwqc2yzwswrd90x2sjcpvc4eppg9kwj3jrnspqdwk5ld Leaf Lord finding the prophesised stick
https://cawfee.club/media/86591955f894dd500d1677fae8996d3e536ae8383d9f5a1c45143ea276d4af38.webp
nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj nostr:npub1e5rgj93kqzll2xfwqc2yzwswrd90x2sjcpvc4eppg9kwj3jrnspqdwk5ld Finding the perfect stick is like pulling Excalibur out of the stone
nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj Marge Simpson but without the gravelly smokers throat
nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 WHY IS ASMR GOOD FOR YOU ITS JUST SOMEONE DOING LIKE SCRITCHY MIC SCRATCHES OR WHISPERY WHISPEROOS
nostr:npub1jacntdqvalt27vngj9hwhjyqzppeayq7hnm2xmf7747t84yz32as4czppv nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj Yeah but I don't think I'm the best at delivering on variety. I have like, badass man voice, little goblin voice, exaggerated woman voice, and normal speaking voice
nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 Reading is more enjoyable to me than audiobooks though!
And never! I will never support audiobooks!
nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 That's why reading is good. It stretches you in a way that frictionless forms of consumption don't. I prefer reading out loud to audiobooks anyway since I prefer my own delivery usually.
nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 Although I find it a lot harder to retain things when I read out loud so I have to read the entire thing again in my head anyway 🥴
nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 That's why reading is good. It stretches you in a way that frictionless forms of consumption don't. I prefer reading out loud to audiobooks anyway since I prefer my own delivery usually.
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw Why? Is it the exhaustion of simulating a long journey?
nostr:npub1pt6l3a97fvywrxdlr7j0q8j2klwntng35c40cuhj2xmsxmz696uqfr6mf6 Yeah it's just such a gigantic pain in the ass. The book becomes a lot more tense and dramatic as time goes on. Certain passages in the last third always make me weep. But it still feels like having a vampire energy drain you somehow.
I got a lot more out of it after reading it this time though since reading more medieval literature and learning more about theology and the history of literature makes it much more clear what Tolkien was doing and responding to. Lord of the Rings somehow feels like the most overrated and underrated book ever written because it's so poorly understood.
nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj nostr:npub1gkuzrady7pnaaxdy9r47v6rxmj5ga5fxmm7sefuadjzsp4jlp48stcfcxq For real. She's an alcoholic and smokes a few packs a day so it should be expected I guess.
nostr:npub1g0uss0sjsgxwmhqxgnvlj0zv9ru89xwfyktkcjc0kgy8syxj79ss383vfw nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj dementia is such a nightmare for me, I couldn't imagine my granps or my meemaw getting it. I don't think I'd be able to see it through
nostr:npub1gkuzrady7pnaaxdy9r47v6rxmj5ga5fxmm7sefuadjzsp4jlp48stcfcxq nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj It's hell. My mom is getting it too :aaaaaa:
nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj That's good. Dementia scares me, and is really difficult to deal with as a family member
nostr:npub1wkwhx86vqdp2zel4uepr0uhs8rzm9mmn4jhdsnw4vnn5gy8zdedsh2y9sj My grandma used to get very violent if you suggested she should get care but the dementia has progressed so much that she doesn't realise it's a nursing home. She thinks that it's her house and the nurses and cohabitants are her tenants 🥴
Lord of the Rings is a great book but also every time I re-read it, it puts me off reading for months
AFTER MANY MONTHS my grandma has finally been approved for a nursing home. Moved her in today, nice place even with all the mushy food. Got to hang up her paintings on the wall too so she should feel at home thankfully, and it's a government assisted one so my family won't go bankrupt trying to crowdfund it :)
Normies getting into McCarthy is creating some of the funniest content of all time
Forced to play Starfield because of my connections to Microsoft
nostr:npub1j3vtkuurx77yzs33ufzzc08syhrqca8aawa5p4afnfqxrnzvugmqrmqxec nostr:npub1vcnsepcg4zvqpqnfrf6fr96hezvqr0pz57ql0vydd7nc3y4y2glscgpad9 nostr:npub1wr2hkrks4hm8pqzqqp2zhsjs0z5vt8m3ceupkxw3z33u48rq8u4s3e06kh I've always been sure but after joining fedi I realise whatever autism I have is a pale imitation of the weaponised sort you can find in the corners of the internet