This. I use audiobooks for political works or light fiction while I'm doing something else like working or playing vidya.
If it's anything serious, I read it.
I do them when i'm at work cause i usually can and why the frick not. what idiot would not utilized found time to maybe do something he absolutely loves which is learn a story, yeah it's better to straight read it but honestly reading easier to follow books or just rereading old books with audiobooks is great when it involves situations as succinctly described by podcasts suck ass and honestly i run out of interesting music to listen to pretty fast
I'll also add that there are a good few audiobooks on youtube, if you want public domain audiobooks go to librivox, and I'm told that yandex is pretty good for finding audiobooks by searching "[title] free audiobook".
English teacher here. I use them in classes a lot. I'd much rather read to the kids aloud, but unfortunately kids can't listen to anything anymore. As soon as my attention is on reading the book, I've got 3-7 career frick-knuckles doing anything but what they've been told to do. If I use an audiobook, I can wrangle their behaviour more.
This is the sad state of affairs we have found ourselves in.
>you should talk to their parents
I blame the parents for their children turning out this way. Do you work with children? Modern kids throw tantrums when you tell them 'no'. I had some fat frick rat bastard outside my classroom threatening me because I confiscated a bottle of spray perfume. I was definitely able to shut the frick up and listen for 10 minutes as a teenager.
Almost exclusively these days, my life is henpecked middle-aged man hell and at least I can still listen to stuff while I spend 95% of my waking life driving round doing stuff for other people
No. They take a lot longer. They were literally invented for blind people and to this day the U.S. government will let you access their vast audiobook catalog (including books not in Audible) if you're blind or disabled.
>They were literally invented for blind people and to this day the U.S. government will let you access their vast audiobook catalog (including books not in Audible) if you're blind or disabled.
Yeah and? Literally what's the problem with this? They're for blind people AND anyone who wants to listen to books. >ummm you're not blind so you shouldn't be listening to audiobooks.......
They take longer if you only listen to it. If you multitask audiobooks are an easy activity to tack on. This especially applies to genre fiction or shallow nonfiction.
Then why the frick are you even listening to it. I'd rather give full attention to something than do it half assedly. If something is not worth listening/reading with full attention, why would I waste time on it? Why are you even reading it? Is it only for le "I finished 100 books this year. Look I read so much."? I don't have a problem with audiobooks, just that people who claim multitask with audiobook on.
'Multitask' is a very polysemous term. Like, if you're doing anything involving language while listening to it or anything complex and mentally demanding, yeah, you're not absorbing anything. But if you do it while doing fairly brainless tasks like traveling or cleaning- well, you can hold an intelligent conversation while doing those things, can't you?
Yes I'm using them to replace listening to music 24/7. But I feel like sometimes I can't follow what's happening at all so I listen to nonfiction audiobooks or dramatizations in my main language.
I'm training for a 100-mile ultrarun, so I spend a lot of time just shuffling along slowly. I love music but I can't listen to music for so many hours. I listen to audiobooks when running instead. I've tried different genres, but I find biographies particulary good for this; they're usually long (i.e. good value for money) and can be very motivating. I'm currently listening to pic related.
Not only do I listen to audiobooks but I listen to them at 1.25x speed to maximize productivity. No, this is not a substitute for reading. Yes, this is an infinitely better way to spend your aural time than listening to music. Music is literally goyslop for your brain, even when it’s sophisticated music like Mozart or whatever. It’s fine once in a while, but if you listen to music all the time you’re basically a drug addict and don’t even realize it .
Addendum: not all “audiobooks” need to be books at all. Pic related has an audio magazine and a series of lectures. There’s also audio dramas (BBC excels at these), and of course: podcasts. Anything but music!
I'm within 4 chapters of finishing reading the Decline of The West audiobook 😀
Yes but mainly genre trash I'd never read with my eyes.
This is the light and the way. Biographies read by the author are often better, as well.
This. I use audiobooks for political works or light fiction while I'm doing something else like working or playing vidya.
If it's anything serious, I read it.
mostly great courses and other things that can't be read
Mostly when my hands are occupied but my brain isn't, e.g. doing the dishes.
I do them when i'm at work cause i usually can and why the frick not. what idiot would not utilized found time to maybe do something he absolutely loves which is learn a story, yeah it's better to straight read it but honestly reading easier to follow books or just rereading old books with audiobooks is great when it involves situations as succinctly described by podcasts suck ass and honestly i run out of interesting music to listen to pretty fast
This. Also not all texts require a close reading and those that do could still benefit from an audiobook reading first.
There's also something to be said for repeated listenings, at least for short texts. I would do it sometimes for class readings in college.
frick off podcasts can be just as entertaining you just need to figure out what you want out of them
after i read a book i like i listen to it
Nice. Whats the experience like?
i only know where to get pdfs files, can't find any torrents or anything for audiobooks
Audiobook bay
thanks I'll check it out
I'll also add that there are a good few audiobooks on youtube, if you want public domain audiobooks go to librivox, and I'm told that yandex is pretty good for finding audiobooks by searching "[title] free audiobook".
At work, yes. At home, no
I listen to your mothers moans in my bedroom
I like making them. Its an easier way to share ideas.
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English teacher here. I use them in classes a lot. I'd much rather read to the kids aloud, but unfortunately kids can't listen to anything anymore. As soon as my attention is on reading the book, I've got 3-7 career frick-knuckles doing anything but what they've been told to do. If I use an audiobook, I can wrangle their behaviour more.
This is the sad state of affairs we have found ourselves in.
you should talk to their parents so they can heavily medicate them. children should be docile, everyone knows that.
>you should talk to their parents
I blame the parents for their children turning out this way. Do you work with children? Modern kids throw tantrums when you tell them 'no'. I had some fat frick rat bastard outside my classroom threatening me because I confiscated a bottle of spray perfume. I was definitely able to shut the frick up and listen for 10 minutes as a teenager.
Yeah why not?
Almost exclusively these days, my life is henpecked middle-aged man hell and at least I can still listen to stuff while I spend 95% of my waking life driving round doing stuff for other people
No. They take a lot longer. They were literally invented for blind people and to this day the U.S. government will let you access their vast audiobook catalog (including books not in Audible) if you're blind or disabled.
>They were literally invented for blind people and to this day the U.S. government will let you access their vast audiobook catalog (including books not in Audible) if you're blind or disabled.
Yeah and? Literally what's the problem with this? They're for blind people AND anyone who wants to listen to books.
>ummm you're not blind so you shouldn't be listening to audiobooks.......
https://thingofthings.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/the-curb-cut-effect-or-why-it-is-basically-impossible-to-appropriate-from-disabled-people/comment-page-1/
They take longer if you only listen to it. If you multitask audiobooks are an easy activity to tack on. This especially applies to genre fiction or shallow nonfiction.
Then why the frick are you even listening to it. I'd rather give full attention to something than do it half assedly. If something is not worth listening/reading with full attention, why would I waste time on it? Why are you even reading it? Is it only for le "I finished 100 books this year. Look I read so much."? I don't have a problem with audiobooks, just that people who claim multitask with audiobook on.
'Multitask' is a very polysemous term. Like, if you're doing anything involving language while listening to it or anything complex and mentally demanding, yeah, you're not absorbing anything. But if you do it while doing fairly brainless tasks like traveling or cleaning- well, you can hold an intelligent conversation while doing those things, can't you?
Youtube meme audiobooks read by AI dagoth ur are usually better than an average audible audiobook.
No
Yes I'm using them to replace listening to music 24/7. But I feel like sometimes I can't follow what's happening at all so I listen to nonfiction audiobooks or dramatizations in my main language.
I'm training for a 100-mile ultrarun, so I spend a lot of time just shuffling along slowly. I love music but I can't listen to music for so many hours. I listen to audiobooks when running instead. I've tried different genres, but I find biographies particulary good for this; they're usually long (i.e. good value for money) and can be very motivating. I'm currently listening to pic related.
Based, author-narrated audiobooks (especially celebrity memoirs) are the best genre to listen to in audio format
Not only do I listen to audiobooks but I listen to them at 1.25x speed to maximize productivity. No, this is not a substitute for reading. Yes, this is an infinitely better way to spend your aural time than listening to music. Music is literally goyslop for your brain, even when it’s sophisticated music like Mozart or whatever. It’s fine once in a while, but if you listen to music all the time you’re basically a drug addict and don’t even realize it .
Addendum: not all “audiobooks” need to be books at all. Pic related has an audio magazine and a series of lectures. There’s also audio dramas (BBC excels at these), and of course: podcasts. Anything but music!
bugman mode. The Economist is owned by the Rothschilds
yea i just listen to it over and over and over again until i get it. it's still easier than reading