Those of you complaining about a lack of distance learning and too much screen time...

[Anonymous]

No kids, but--I thought about going to library but things got crazy with packing up office (computer and moniters, etc as they have particular stuff loaded, we were not going to be using laptops) and getting the company phone system and VPN working, and a bad alternator on vehicle in the midst of a walmart trip for dog and cat food and litter, I was exhausted.

Then the library closed.

Somewhere in my house there is a kindle, if I can find it and make it work . . . not my fave way to read at all.

[Anonymous]

Literally have heard zero people complain about too much screen time. It’s a pandemic. Lighten up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol library. Is this the 1800s

That says a lot about your level of education.

DP. I have a bachelors, masters, and doctorate and I don’t go to the library. Everything is digitized these days. PP is correct, this is not the 1800s.

Would be so much cooler if you just had a doctorate.

[Anonymous]

I'm kinda annoyed with op because I did exactly what she did. Maxed out each kid's library card and my own. Even got math and science books, gasp! Wiped them all down, which was a pain, but it'll be worth it.

I told a few friends about it and now I'm afraid they'll think I'm op. Not all of us library hoarders are so sanctimonious, I promise! Everyone's just trying their best.

[Anonymous]

Shut up, OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally have heard zero people complain about too much screen time. It’s a pandemic. Lighten up.

+1
Mostly just complaining about distance learning because schools are being paid and what the hell are they doing? Waiting for instructions from unions? How hard is it to look at your plans and send out something?

[Anonymous]

Hey OP, we have a couple Kindles and we have Kindle FreeTime, Kindle Unlimited, Overdrive, and Audible. PRETTY sure by the end of the this closure, we'll have read FAR more books than your and your kids.

Who's the loser now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, we have a couple Kindles and we have Kindle FreeTime, Kindle Unlimited, Overdrive, and Audible. PRETTY sure by the end of the this closure, we'll have read FAR more books than your and your kids.

Who's the loser now?

Should have said "read or listened to"

[Anonymous]

I haven't heard anyone complaining about screen time.

[Anonymous]

Kindle is okay but physical books are much better for kids. The fewer screens the better.

[Anonymous]

What an obnoxious post, OP. It’s just not a real disaster unless some judgmental fool on DCUM can inform you you’re doing it wrong.

I’ll go you one better, OP. We’ve been buying books for years and have a huge home library. How shoddy of you to need to load up on books at the last second. Careless, really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What an obnoxious post, OP. It’s just not a real disaster unless some judgmental fool on DCUM can inform you you’re doing it wrong.

I’ll go you one better, OP. We’ve been buying books for years and have a huge home library. How shoddy of you to need to load up on books at the last second. Careless, really.

Seems wasteful to buy a ton of books you don’t intend to read in the very near future. Plus, you have nowhere near the diversity as a library does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol library. Is this the 1800s

That says a lot about your level of education.

DP. I have a bachelors, masters, and doctorate and I don’t go to the library. Everything is digitized these days. PP is correct, this is not the 1800s.

Would be so much cooler if you just had a doctorate.

Hahaha!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What an obnoxious post, OP. It’s just not a real disaster unless some judgmental fool on DCUM can inform you you’re doing it wrong.

I’ll go you one better, OP. We’ve been buying books for years and have a huge home library. How shoddy of you to need to load up on books at the last second. Careless, really.

Seems wasteful to buy a ton of books you don’t intend to read in the very near future. Plus, you have nowhere near the diversity as a library does.

Nah, it works out well. The older kid’s books have become the younger kid’s books. The older kid is now able to read the thousands of adult-level books. And because the adults in this house don’t read pulp crap, books that are read ten years ago can be reread today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol library. Is this the 1800s

That says a lot about your level of education.

DP. I have a bachelors, masters, and doctorate and I don’t go to the library. Everything is digitized these days. PP is correct, this is not the 1800s.

Adult literature sure but not children's books.

Plus there's mountains of evidence that children focus better when they read a physical book and not on a Kindle.