condemns e-books and says that one has to feel and taste the book
in one's hands, and not just absorb information but also capture the writer's feelings and intonations in a way that is impossible with these gadgets
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1841869201679519843
Putin condemned e-books and said you couldn't feel "what the writer feels", unlike reading paper copies.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 3, 2024
Most media and sources are convinced that Putin doesn't use Internet and gets all his news and reports via printouts prepared for him. pic.twitter.com/Kcdll1dnUn
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I spend my workdays staring at a screen. I spend a lot of my leisure time staring at a screen. An ebook is taking one of my hobbies that doesn't involve screen use and putting a screen in it
For that reason, I don't like or use ebooks
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e-ink hits different bro
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E-ink doesn't feel like screen
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a book is an screen with normal ink
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Shitty zoom tho
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compared to a book it does
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so basically you hate the environment and go out of yer way to kill trees instead of using something that doesn't contribute to environmental harm in any way
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lol you don't think ebooks and laptops require fricking up the environment to make? Nerd
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The laptops will continue to be made and used regardless of books and the environmental impact of ebooks and the tiny amount of electricity needed to write and read them is tiny when compared to the paper industry.
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source on ebooks and laptops
fricking up the environment 
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/congo-cobalt-mining-for-lithium-ion-battery/
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washingtonpost? really? you just linked a literal fascist
newspaper 
as yer source? 
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Yes.
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Do you know how many trees you just killed by using an internet link?
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What interesting things you know about the Isle of Man?
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They host the most dangerous race in the world there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Man_TT
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Did you know that the isle of man is one of the oldest democracies in the world?
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